The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-10
EDWARD SACHS
Morning Watch
winning Streaks

At this writing, the Boston Red sox have won IA hall
Games in a row. A nice round figure, and one which has
SSoused the good folk OF Beantown to take more than q pass
t NO interest in the activities of Joseph Cronni's voi1no
mnntlemen. Qf they weren't gentlemen, we assure YOU
Inv wouldn't be allowed to play in Boston)
BOSTON is a wonderful town full of cold s+aros and ,n
heated hotel rooms. 1t also is the home of Harvard IJni-
Trsity but that could happen to anybody. Several Repub-
fcan politicians nave come from Boston but that too is lust
n Of those things that could happen anywhere. Roston
Uorspapers are known to the trade for the infreouencv with
which they give raises. All and all, we can think of 46
lawns in the United States-even including Charlotte
IN which we would rather live than Boston.
And yet, this refuge of bad cooking and stale beer may
up0 be the site of the next world series if the Yankees and
Tigers don't do something about the present situation. The
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Boston .5 is xinnin 'g games {sa sa because y Johnny pssky i, playing
the best defensive tm5v center center fielder in the junior circuit, and that in
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and Mickey Harris have formed with Boo Farris and Tex Hughson,
mound corps which can look the Indians and the Yanks in the
se Without finching. N0
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still one of the best second basemen in baseball today.
But perhaps the greatest factor in the Red sox streak is that
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got bad bounce, never saw a screaming drive turn foul, never had
ar imp call a raw one. 1t is just baseball. Somebody's everything
goes wrong and other days a $50 hitter will slug like Babe Ruth.
Baseball people can not explain it but they will tell you that the
with Dis55 you + for no good reason. and everything ing else Is being sha" equal l. a g good
team getting the breaks will be winning team.
A case at point is the Chicago Cubs ability to beat the Gin
cinnati Reds whenever they wish. In the last two seasons the
clubs have played rs games and the Bruins have won "a: In the
1916 opener, Joe Beggs gave up only one hit in eight innings and
had a to 0 lead in his pocket going into the first halt of the
night. Beggs is considered the most moderated pitcher in the
major leagues by such experts as Whitney Martin of the AssOciat-
ed Press. And yet Joe was beaten in the first half of the ninth
when the Cubs got three cheap-note the word cheap-hits. And
yet this same Chicago Cub team has won only seven of the last
80 games it has played with the st. Louis Cards. How can you
Explain it other than saying tt S the breaks of the game. There
isn't that much difference between the three ball clubs to credit 1t
to ability. 49, xM MM sx
Enough of this Dow-Jones trade talk. The Tobacco State league
has been off to a flying start here in Wilmington. That crowd We'd
nesday evening should put an end to all runors that this city won't
support baseball. The league looks like it will be a strong organiza-
ton and as soon as one minor point is cleared, the season should
be an enjoyable enc to the most important people concerned, the
fans of this city who PUNK out their money to see the games.
We are referring to the umpires. Now, We realize that Class
D circuits can't afford major lea que unnpires. We realize that good
men are hard to find. Yet one of the unnpires during his first two
games of the season-the Dunn-Erwin series at Dunn and Wilmington
has proven inadequate. The situation should be corrected by
League President Wade.