The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-07-16

M ~ - down TO IL lhel
arc even better than thcS were ia,i
year. for when the season started
doughty Leo Durochcr wc;l; rieht oui
and grabbed himself bctt oi high
powered reserves Who voHid b.
regulars on most an} other eluD III
fhc circuit
All tins talk aboni the Dodetl
being Buns j. merol, color that
the Scrii,cs ne 10 .aoll-lp" lhc!g
stores. They ike 10 iniec lie old
stuff" into thcir diamond anecdotes
TO glre the fans more interesting
reading bur PLAYER for PLAYER the
fiery Duiocher has All cmbic that
stands OH like the proyegbial Rock
Of Gibraltar. That's Hh'. AZ this
writing. the Dodgers arc eight iull
games III the van and that's why
they will again collide with thr New
York Yankees IN thc 1852 World
series and when thcs 40 don take
It for granted this time that tine
American Leagucr5 VIII Wlu
TAAIMy COMING BACH"
There's Scinl.l!a,ing so.ihSidcg
pitching hLs heart OFT down ~ The
Southern Association III an effort
to come back 10 the mslolS. H!s
name l., Vito Tamnills and 20 'hoSc
who followed tie Cumberland Colts
in their Middle Atlantis oat he
wa one .; the INES .llaGcgs iucy
ever scrulini2cd And !. effort mean
anything as ihcy Shou!0 iAcn Vito
the Tamllis IS dcfinrrl, headed
back to the biz tent.
Already lie has tapped the register
for fourteen yic'orles. The crStwhilc
Dobbin Is chuckiug for the Nah
VILE Vols and j. lie can continue
hi present pace lie should have
well oyer 20 conqucsts b. the time
tho curtain comes Gown. Tammy
incidentally. icel he got Sour
dish from the BROOKLYN Dodgers
with whom lie hurled some mighty
tine bail for numbci OF wear
And III tins particular case perhaps
he docs have orcf. III yccont
chm session with Nashville
scfibester he had this 10 sar
For three wears pitched what
thought was good bali Tor The
Brooklyn Dodgers ard III that time
sai.cd many a-game ior Mc.srS
Ii,lslmmo,is. CaScy and wyatt And
jus, when We were headed Tor the
pcunani ihcy shipped me oli. But
can take il. That's all Over noW
and my present though: is 10 get
back TO the malo!s ~ quick a
possible and or the basis OF myq
record This season I believe ! am
entitled 10 another opportunity up
there
We agree with brother TamulL
As 2 Colt he was predominant
factor IN winning a pennant here, A.
Newark Bear. he WAS kcv factor
~ several flag wayingS and ~ a
Dodgcr lie wasn't the Wort gun
ner IN the world. Todar. a. Vol
os Nashville. he's BURNING up tho
Southern Association What more
could be asked OF him?
HERE S-TTIERE
The lads in and around tho Ma
tional League circuit have let out
the word that Ducky Mcdwick Is
staging comeback-W What come
back? Didn't he bat 1913 las, year
and 30l the year before We all
know that lie y. OF course. a natural
$50 or 800 hitter but anytime YOU
hit 300 or better you're still bruiSing
that ball-If you don't believe it
ask New York Yankees and paftieu-
larly Joe DiMaggio and CHARLEY
Keller neither Of whom have won
any medals this year Medwick ;
such great Slugger and a great
ball PLAYER that when ne occasional
~ slips beneath the $50 mark ihcy
come out and Shou, that he's start
ing TO slip II all players could hit
like Medwick !; wouldn't be safe ior
any pitcher 10 be around--George
EarnShaw thinks George McAico
the ex-Dukelet and Chicago Bearlct.
is Surc-lire biz league stuff
Chimes EarnShaW Speed l., his
greatest asset. Oldtimers who have
watched him on the bases claim
hes faster. a better runner than Ty
Cobb ever was Real Giant kill
erS" are the ST. Louis Browns Last
Saturday they went out and wham-
med the daylights out OF the New
York Yankees with iour-rn
ninth inning surge and the following
day they turned around and OBJ
liberated lie Boston Red Spx IN
both ends OF a twin bin Just when
the B0sox had chance OF two 30
sneak-up on the world champion
Yankee But where tine Brownies
batter the big bows they fold-up
like an old accordian when they
hit the leagues inferior teams
Which is what makes baseball the
game and sport that It is-unpre-
dictable,
Inc blazing. sweltering heat
If ihe past few weeks has sent