| Show Sport Parade Junior Loop Strategy I Bothers Joe L B By y JACK CUDDY CUDDY CUDDY- NEW YORK July 17 UP tSP UP- The American league is using so much strategic baseball the baseball the hit and run bunting etc that that the circuits circuit's play encroaches upon methods of the National league At least that's the impression of Jolting Joe DiMaggio that well known analyst of the New York Yankees who is quit quite willing to sidestep an anniversary Friday It was just a year ago Friday that DiMaggio ambled out under the in Cleveland's huge municipal stadium before fans and failed to get a hit through the combined efforts ofAl of ofAl ofAl Al Smith and Jim Bagby That failure to get even a scratch single ended DIMaggio's record hitting streak at 56 conse consecutive games Has 1188 New String DiMaggio rebounding from this seasons season's early slump is working on another string now Counting Thursdays Thursday's game with the Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land Indians he has hit safely in 13 consecutive games I Lefty Al AI Smith was vas slated to hurl against DiMaggio and the Yankees again Friday this time with the Cleveland at Tew rew York I But Jolting Joe is concerned only indirectly with his new necklace of Df 13 games He concentrates upon the unexpected ted methods of play in his circuit The slender haired dark San Francisco Italian I says i Sometimes it seems that we I must be play playing in the National not league league not the the American these American these days be because ause the hit and run rum is 1 used so much and because theres there's so much bunting Also the scores are generally lower and closer than last year although now and then there are lopsided games DiMaggio continued I dont don't know what caused the increase in strategy Maybe the entrance of so 50 many good players into the services sort of leveled off the clubs bringing them closer to a apar apar S Spar par in strength This Is makes makes' it more difficult to get runs runs and increases the use of strategy Ball Not Lively DiMaggio conjectured that the current ball isn't as lively as in the past He said It seems deader dead dead- er to me I find it harder to hit for distance And when Im I'm in the outfield I note that well-hit well balls lack expected ted carrying power Which makes it most difficult to tc judge long flies Concerning his own career DiMaggio Di Di- Maggio who was voted the American American Ameri Amen can leagues league's most valuable player last season explained I got off oil to a bad start this season I I snapped out of it recently but despite my game 13 streak Im I'm hitting about 95 points belo below last lasi V vear at at- t thi h 1 B Because s of h his weak eak hitting earl early r in fl the season DiMaggio was booed booe I roundly by the fans Naturally I dont don't like to be booed he said But it doesn't bother me as much muck as you'd imagine I realize that thai the fans h have ve the right to boo bo anyone they wish wish umpires umpires players play play- ers ens or even managers And I ap appreciate ap- ap predate that the fans and the thi game of ot bas baseball ball have been swell i to tome me in the past So I can stand stan I a little booing now if I can only r keep hitting I hope opposing pitchers dont don't L walk me too much because Id I'd like lilo to make this streak a long one too |
