| Show BLUDGEONING BATS Giant Giani Sluggers I Near Time All All Time Hilling Record NEW V YORK Aug 8 tf e Whether they win the pennant or not the 1947 New York Giants probably will go o down in baseball history as the most remarkable power hitting club that ever worried worried worried wor wor- ried a pitcher Before the season progresses much further a flock of long long- distance club hitting records In Including Including including in- in some prized slugging feats by the New York Yankees' Yankees famous murderers' murderers row and company appeal appear ap- ap I pear peal ear certain to be wiped off oU the books by the bludgeoning bats of the he Polo grounds power boys The one that the Giants are the thc the one one-Is is the shooting hooting at big one home run total the Yankees amassed In m 1936 That was the year the Yanks' Yanks big four Lou four Lou Gehrig Joe DiMaggio Bill Dickey and pooled pooled their home tome runs Gehrig reached his high of 49 that year DiMaggio contributed contributed con- con 29 Dickey 22 and Lazzeri Lazeri Laz- Laz zed eri 18 Led by big John Mize and Wilard Willard Willard Wil- Wil lard ard Marshall Mel Otts Ott's wrecking crew already alread has slammed trippers round-trippers in 98 games At Athis this his rate the Giants should finish the campaign with around homers to set a figure the boys should shoot at for a long time The National league club mark of set by the Chicago Cubs of 1930 appears a virtual cinch to be passed by-passed before belore the end of Au Au- gust were going to stay right there kIbitzing on the Dodger Cardinal-Dodger date The Giants' Giants victory over Philadelphia Phila- Phila elphia delphia Thursday was their win vin in it 13 games enabling them to keep pace with St. St Louis and Its seven game winning streak Ai AU AI though hough they got no home runs the Giants Slants came up with something just as cherished good cherished good pitching Lefty Clarence IoU Iott an American Ameri Amen lean can league casto castoff relieved rookie Sheldon Jones In the fourth inning and nd allowed only three hits the rest est of the way as the Giants beat beathe the he Phils 5 to 2 the third straight for or New York over the Ph Phils lis by that hat score Wildness by Phil linger fling fling- er r Oscar Judd helped the New Yorkers who got only four hits Three Giant runs scored in the fourth inning on a walk a single a wild pitch another wild pitch and two outs The Cards ran their winning streak to seven with a 9 to 2 decision decision deci- deci sion ion over Cincinnati in which Frank rank Baumholtz Eddie Miller and Marty Marion Marlon were hurt Miller and Baumholtz collided while trying try- try ing ng to catch a pop fly and both |
