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Show CARDS THREAT TO LEADERS NEW YORK, Aug. 22 (U.1I The New York Giants, wlio rule the National league roost from an imposing altitude, five and a half games above their nearest rival, Chicago, are casting a weather eye to windward at the St. Louis Cards, not at the Cubs. There is a growing suspicion among Memphis Bill Terry's champions that there is trouble ahead from these Cards. The reason rea-son is simple. The Cubs have been playing at the top of their game this year and the Cards have not. Yet they are still in the race. Consequently, if there is to be a crack-up in the dash down the stretch, the Cards are quite likely to be stronger than Chicago. St. Louis is the only club in the league j which holds an edge over the Giants. They have beaten New York nine times and lost six to the Giants. Chicago and New York are even seven up. The Giants top the others. The Cards are now a frame and a half out of second place and seven games behind the Giants. That is a lot of weight to give away to a club like the Giants, yet the champions know very well how easy a long lead can be cut down as witness their fatal visit to Chicago on their last trip west. New York moves into St. Louis Thursday for a four-day stop-over. They will receive the Cards at the Polo grounds on September 13 for another four-day engagement. It is not improbable that the pennant pen-nant race may be decided in those two series. ! |