Show Miracle Man Grimm Due for Fall Fail If Tf Cubs Skid Out of Pennant Race By Dy HENRY l McLEMORE LE United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK Sept 8 8 Affairs Affairs in the Nati National nal league have taken a most ominous turn The Cubs arc are going and the Pirates are arc coming This will never do The must win the pennant They must win it first of all aU for those thousands who went out on a limb on them the minute they rolled up a six game lead They must win in order to preserve the magnificent angles the sports sportswriters writers liters have thought up for tor a Cubs- Cubs Yankees series It would never do for forthe forthe I Ithe the writers to have to throw overboard overboard over over- board all those stories dealing with Joe McCarthys McCarthy's grudge against the team that fired him the titanic battle bat bat- tb tle between the two largest cities of the nation But most of ot all the must win for tor Charley Chancy Grimm Through no fault ault of his own Charley has been hailed as the wonder man and the most inspirational leader of the age H He has been painted as a man with all nIl the virtues and none of ot the faults He has bec become me the id idol l of ot the masses the hero of the little dirty dirty- faced boys in the street All over the nation youngsters who before Grimms Grimm's ascendancy spent their time stealing watermelons melons and throwing rocks at motorists are practicing dutifully on on the thc piano plana banjo accordion accordion accor accor- dion zither musical s saw w and pipe organ organ or or- gan in order to be like Charley Grimm WILL AFFECT KIDS l If the Cubs lose what will happen The kids will go back to stealing watermelons wa va- va and throwing rocks convinced convinced con con- vinced that Grimm after all was just another manager and that sweetness and light and musical ability arent aren't half halt as import important mt to a winning club as a n couple of clouting outfielders a alight tight light defense and two or three 20 game pitchers Those of us who have havethe havethe havethe the youth of the country at heart are praying the slump is only temporary Then too think about Mr William head man of the He stands a t swell mell chance of oC losing face tace as ns we say on bubbling well toad road For Mr fired Rogers Hornsby because Mr Hornsby expressed th the opinion that the were nut not a 11 t championship team Mr said they were kicked Mr Hornsby down the stairs and substituted Grimm TROU TROUBLES LES One can easily imagine how satisfied satis satis- fied fled Mr felt these past few weeks as the Cubs spread spread-ea spread eagled led the field And one can easily imagine how he will vill feel if they go gracefully into a tailspin h leaving Mr Hornsby to chuckle out on his Missouri farm We imagine that to have Mister Hornsby Hornsby Horns Horns- by chuckling at him is not one of 01 the things Mister is most fondest fondest fond fond- est of Hornsby however may get the last ast laugh The Cubs held only a five five- game lead today and they face a most trying road trip Moreover they're due for or a slump A couple of the boys Koenig and Cuyler to be specific specific- lc- lc have ave been playing over their heads We have a hunch that the series with the Robins will vil make or break the Cubs And they're going to have to play baseball to keep it from breaking them for those Robins with the memory mem memo ory of what happened to them in Chicago Chi cago caso fresh Cresh in their minds are going to be tough Powerful tough lough |