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Show HUM FAILED CUBSJE0 21 Barrow Says Pitchers Are to Blame for Poor Showing Show-ing of Clubs. i ST. XXDUIS, Mo., July 26. "You can't' keep the best speed car in the world out tn front all the time. Sooner or later a ! tire will burst, some important cog or1 part will wear out or break and you have ' to surrender the lead." I This was the answer Ed G. Barrow, manager of the Boston Red Sox, gave ! when asked to explain the presence of ; the 191S world champions in sixth place! of the current (American league standing. I "When the season started I believed i the Cubs and Red Sox would walk away with the 1919 flags," continued Barrows. "But a cog in each machine broke. The Cubs are third and we are sixth. Jn both cases the part of the machine to give way was the pitching staff. When the Cubs had four pitchers taking, their turn and hurling high-class ball the Cuhs won ; a pennant. The same went for the Red , Sox in 191S. My pitching staff is way off form this season. "Bush hasn't pitched a game this year. Sam Jones was not in shape to start the season and now I have to use him out of his regular turn, and he does not do himself him-self justice unless given regular rest. You may not realize it, but It takes an unusual hurler to get in there out of his turn and pitch a few innings and then come back and hurl a full game in two days. "Then Ruth has not been worth much as a twirler this season. I don't think his becoming a batting celebritv has interfered in-terfered with the functioning ofiis cranium cran-ium to the extent of ruining his pitching arm. I think if fame has had anv ill effect ef-fect on Ruth it has not manifested itself in making a new size hat necessarv. If any harm has been done to Babe by reason rea-son of his becoming famous it has" been too many telephone calls. Babe's so polite po-lite he can't turn down company." Just then a page appeared in the hotel eourt-yard: eourt-yard: "Telephone call for Mr. Ruth!" Barrow was asked if rumors of dissension dissen-sion in the Red Sox ranks had any basis in fact. "I've spiked rumors like that before," was his reply. "There is no dissension. I have denied that Jackk Barry caused discord. Jack is not a popular player, because be-cause of his sharp tongue and tMidency to use it on players v.-hen mistakes are made. But his lack of popularity is passive." pas-sive." Jimmy Burke must be given credit for the showing the Browns are making, according ac-cording to Barrow's view of the way the Burkemen are pounding their way upward. up-ward. "I can't help thinking the Browns are playing a bit out of their heads," he said. "It is the same club, virtually, that P'ieid-er P'ieid-er Jones piloted, but it is not playing like the club Jones showed. I can't see the outfit seriously as a pennant contender, but I have to admit that Burke is making them play great ball. Then, too, thev are getting the 'breaks.' That's an old storv, but a true one. Breaks make all the difference dif-ference in the world. The Red Sox had 'em for six or seven years. This year they've been against us. The Browns" are getting them." |