Show Sox Not In Yet Says Tige Boss COOPERSTOWN N. N Y June 14 W Baseballs Baseball's Baseballs Baseball's birthday party is over and the Detroit Tigers can an go back to the serious business of ot chasing the runaway Boston Red Sox Steve ONeill O'Neill portly skipper of the world champion Bengal who absorbed a 9 5 pasting by the New York Giants In an exhibition game here Thursday do doesn't nt think the Sox are out of reach No Losing Streak They haven't run into any losing los los- ing big streak yet philosophized the Tigers' Tigers keeper keepe as he waited for Governor Thomas Thomas' E E. Dewey and Commissioner A A. B. B Happy Chandler to complete a tete-a-tete tete before the Doubleday field tilt Not that I dont don't think they are hot he continued But Im I'm not convinced they can stay hot Its It's only mid June and a long way until October Let them lose three or four in a row and they'll be dropping back toward the rest i of usI usI us I 1 think we still have a chance and so 10 do the Yankees and Wash- Wash ington The others seem about out of It With Boston boasting a game 10 lead ead the gener general l feeling around baseball circles circle Is that the Sox are in unless 5 somebody starts to close the gap before July 4 ONeill O'Neill does have one definite opinion about the 1946 season He Ho doesn't think the returning service stars arc as good as they used to be Toss out Ted Williams and Pesky he said Johnny They seem as M good goot as ever but most mOISt of the others are lacking something some some- thing I dont don't know what it is neither do they but il its it's a fact Well be better It looks like Dick Wakefield is starting to hit Hank Greenberg will do better too He is no gazelle around first fint base I but jut he will loosen up more marc with the warm weather Then when we get Eddie Mayo and Hoot Evers back in about two weeks we ought to be ready unless Its It's too late Dont Don't forget target though Pittsburgh once came east on their last road trip leading by seven games fames and they blew it Theres There's hope for us yet |