Show Borowy Figures Hes He's Cured Latest Ailment By fly OSCAR FRAI FRALEY EY NEW V YORK July 26 UP Medicines UP-Medicines Medicines salves and oils having hav hay lug ing failed Hank Borowy believed today that a home remedy had cured his costly finger blisters and would be an antidote needed by the fading Chicago Cubs to retain the L National L league U- U pennant I and middle fingers on hl hH right hand hollow checked Hank explained explained ex ex- ex- ex that the protective lump o of oC hard was wa the product of ot countless count count- less hours hour of ot rubbing against the stitches of ot a a. baseball I III tried everything Borowy grunted as 88 he warmed up by pourIng pourIng pourIng pour- pour Ing a tat rut ball to the practice catcher But nothing worked I would woud pitch Just ao 80 o long and then the finger would get raw and nothIng nothing nothing noth noth- ing helped Worked Up Callous Finally J I decided d that a callous was the only answer so o Ive I've been rubbing the sore fingers along the stitches a half halt hour every night nIhL I It ha has done dono the trick and now Im I'm ready to go at But Hank was reminded Pres Larry Lam MacPhall Ml claimed wh when n h he sold Borowy Borovy to the Cubs last year that the pitcher was no good after Thata what MacPhall says Borowy said straightening up after atter throwing a R. curve and wiping a thin film of ot of perspiration from Crom his forehead fore tore head hend I showed hos ed th them m last year and Ill I'll show them again this year Borowy has the records on his side When MacPhall sent him to the Cubs by mysteriously g getting him waived out of ot the tho American league in 1945 Hank had a 1 10 to 5 record And after the July 27 deal Borowy won 11 and 2 in the stretch for tor the Cubs to lead them to the pennant In the series against the Detroit Tigers he won two games while dropping a a. pair demonstrating ing convincingly that despite his spare frame he could go o In the heat heat again again making MacPhail MacPhall look Jook ridiculous Series of Breaks It has hu Just been one ono thing after alter another the Fordham graduate said as ZUI he toed tho the rubber a again aln First it was a bad back and I couldn't get rid of ot the stiffness until we got plenty of at warm er Then came carrie the blisters and they've been plenty plent of ot trouble Hank can say that again For Forthe Forthe Forthe the year old Polish lad Jad from N. N J. J up to last Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day had completed d only one ono game In 14 attempts attempts and and that lone time he went the tho route was wall back on May 5 But with the blisters under control Hank Hanle fogged togged his fast tast one past the Phils all the tho way Sunday to to score a a. 3 to 0 shutout and boost his record to four tou wins against three defeats The thin almost frail tran looking fellow fellow tellow tel fel fel- fel low chewed lustily on a a. piece of ot gum and zipped another fast tast one OM down tho groove Golly it feels good now he grinned care carefully Cully Inspecting the troublesome fingers a again aln Weve had so many Injuries that its it's a wonder we are arc within sight o of the leaders but maybe now well we'll get going Show Up Hank gripped the ball for or another pitch and opined as how maybe the Cubs still could make it IL All we need is a a. hot streak and well we'll catch them ho hi said We Ve haven't had ono one and the law la of oC a. a averages are on our side aide And having been such suh a liability Id I'd like to start it and it-and and then help keep it going Id sure like to show that MacPhail MacPhall Mac Mac- Phail he added And the way the ball smacked Into the catchers catcher's mitt made you wonder wonder wonder won won- der why they didn't paint Loud Larrys Larry's picture on the glove every I time Borowy went to the hill bIll |