Show Terry Happy As His Team Moves West WestBy By GALE TALBOT NEW YORK May 3 The P-The runaway New York Giants go charging into the western half of their heir N National a ti 0 n a I league eague opposition today and andare they th thare f. f are so confident in n their new found I batting strength that they will be be bevery Af e every tob very hard to stop j I doesn't worry worry t II bit that tha rl Terry a i t. t hell he'll e 1 I h have ave to get t fo fota a along I Ion 0 a g quite a awhile 0 while without Burgess White White- lead head his lJ regular II second baseman k h last year A slow recovery from an appendicitis oper- oper Whitehead this spring has kept Whitehead Whitehead Whitehead White- White head from playing and brought ona on ona on ona a nervous breakdown that requires a complete rest Whitehead was placed on the voluntary voluntary voluntary vol vol- vol- vol retired list Tuesday Has lIas No Fear Terry has no real fear of the Cincinnati Cincinnati Cin Cm- Reds against whom the Giants start their western invasion today In fact he doesn't scare much when any of the western group is named though he picks the Chicago Cubs as most likely to prove trouble trouble- some Were going after them just like weve we've been going after the others Bill said The Cubs and Pirates and Cards will all aU look alike if we keep getting this kind of pitching and batting As long lobi as Ripple and Ott and Leiber and McCarthy continue to pound the ball well we'll keep on playing for plenty of runs If they fall off well we'll go back to the old scheme of playing for one run and letting our pitchers slap em down We can play both ways now that weve we've got this power Coffman Improves Next to the clouting of Johnny McCarthy and Hank Leiber Terry lis is most enthusiastic about the great relief pitching of f Dick Coffman the captain of his bull pen corps Coffman already has saved three games and won another No I wont won't make a starter out of him Terry said Dont need tp Weve We've got plenty of game full-game pitchers pitch pitch- ers now and are going to have another another another an an- other soon Clydell Castleman is ready to go and Im I'm just waiting for a chance to give him a little relief work before putting him in his regular turn Terry also gives Harry The Horse Danning a lot of credit forthe forthe for forthe the teams team's terrific early pace Many folks thought the colonel was being pretty headed bull-headed this spring when he announced that Danning was going going going go go- ing to be his catcher displacing the Veteran Gus Mancuso who had sparked three flag winners but it looks like Terry guessed right again Hes not only a fine catcher now Bill exulted but hes he's going to get better Hes He's had a little hard luck with his hitting but hes he's done a marvelous job with the pitchers |