Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-07-25 | Page 11 | Medwick Refuses to Fall into Any Kind of Slump

Medwick Refuses to Fall Into Any Kind of Slump By Associated Press The St. St Louis Cardinals seem to be having their troubles staying ta stay tay- ing around the head of the National league parade these days ays Manager Frankie Frisch is having headaches with Paul Deans Dean's sore ore shoulder and Dizzy's sore head About the only bright spot in the picture is the fast pace Joe Medwick Medwick Med Med- wick is setting both setting both at the plate and in the field Jersey Joe has been pacing National National Na Na- atio a- a tio al sluggers with an average around the mark In the little matter o of driving in runs Medwick leads by a comfortable margin Good Fielder The sturdy star is having a great year in the outfield just about the best of his flashy career In 80 games he handled putouts and nine assists without an error Then he was was charged with an error when his throw got away from Gelbert in the recent series with the Brooklyn Dodgers Half Hal the season is a long time to go without being charged with a single miscue That talkative veteran and the Dizzy Dean of the American league Buck Newsom of ot the Washington Senators can be depended upon to pop up with a new idea every now and then Heres Here's his latest stunt Big Buck credits a fig leaf with keeping him cool as under a degree heat in Washington July 10 he shut out Detroit with a single hit 5 6 Uses Fig Leaf Its It's all very simple the simple the way Newsom Newsom Newsom New New- som explains it in a few thousand well chosen words Talking like a space writer Buck tells how c cotton pickers slip fig leaves under their straw hats to keep cool In South Carolina Newsom picked cotton as a youngster and nd the fig leaf lea stunt worked to perfection Going into the Senators' Senators dressing room before the game Newsom having hayIng hav hay ing torn a leaf off a plant near by informed his t teammates that it p I would bring him victory Nothing keeps you cool like a fig leaf under your hat he announced as the o other er players jeered Newsom lost 14 pounds t that at day under the hottest sun In which a game has been played during this campaign Nevertheless he ho insists he felt cool as the proverbial cucumber cucumber cucumber cu cu- cu- cu cumber thanks to teh ten fig leaf