Imperial Valley Press

GIANTS NEED First Sacker - But TERRY WON'T DO

By HENRY McLEMORE

NEW YORK, Oct. 8. (UP)—Don't you dare tell a soul, but—that talk about Bill Terry returning to first base for the Giants next year is so absurd that only a Terry could have started it in circulation. . .The truth is, the Giants are in such desperate need of a first baseman that other clubs are taking advantage of the situation and raising the price on their first-sackers . . . and Terry figures that if he spreads the rumor that he is going to do the job, for the Giants the other clubs will lower their demands ..

The wise boys gathered here for the World Series slaughter insist that Billy Herman, Cubs second-sacker, will be player-manager of the Cardinals next year . . . speaking of Herman have you ever seen a player go down hill as quickly as William? Three years ago he was one of baseball's greats . . . today -well, he's just another man in flannel pants.

The Cubs don't care much for the song that Art Fletcher, Yankee coach, chants through each World Series game . . . it goes something like this: "Come on up and take your cut, that's more than Grimm got." . . . This is to remind the Cubs that they set a new high in stinginess when they failed to vote Charley Grimm a share of the series money . . . Fletcher's song doesn't have much rhythm, but it has a lot of truth . . .

Chet Smith, sports editor of the Pittsburgh Press, brought tears to the eyes of the baseball writers when he presented them with buttons entitling them to free drinks and food at the series games between the Yanks and the Pirates . . the Pittsburgh club had the buttons all made up and then came the collapse . . the last-minute failure of the Pirates didn't cost Pie Traynor his job . . . he was signed for next year the same day that the Cubs won their third straight game from the Pirates and took the National league club . . .

If you don't think Paul Waner is a great hitter, please let me tell you that he hit .295 this year despite the fact that not once during the season did he make a safe hit off a curve ball..

Phil Wrigley is a great collector of baseballs autographed by the winners of the National league pennants . . . When the Pirates moved into Chicago for that crucial series Wrigley sent down a dozen balls for the Pirates to autograph . . . he figured they were in . . . Know what happened to those signed balls? . . . They were used by the Cubs in batting practice before the first series game last Wednesday...

What American league player slid into third base during the past season and suffered a bad cut when the slide broke a pint of whiskey in his hip pocket? . . . I give you two guesses . . .

Football note: Stanford is hot after Jock Sutherland of Pitt, and has been for three years . . . Judge Landis, one of the most lovable characters since Scrooge, Shylock, and Iago, further enhanced himself to one and all by refusing to allow Rogers Hornsby to sit in the press box at the series . . . Judge, take a bow! . . .

To show you how tough the Yankees are, they only employ Johnny Murphy as a relief pitcher . . . Try and name me any National league club with the possible exception of Cincinnati or Boston, where Murphy wouldn't be 1-2-3 on the pitching staff . . .

Four members of the Cub pitching staff visited the Empire State building tower yesterday . . . Maybe they were accustoming themselves to high altitudes in case they blow up against the Yankees . . . .

Ray Schalk will be the next manager of the Browns . . .

Bill Dickey thinks Buck Newsom of the Browns is faster than Feller.

The Yanks will win by a score of 7 to 3 today.