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Show Giants Fear DiMaggio at OldJPlatter By PAT HOBINSON Internatiefial New Kporta Writer NEW YORK, (XL I (IN8 Don Patricia "Blubber" Melons, ipuk-Ing ipuk-Ing for th Yanks, chortles. . . . "Maybe that wasn't putting 'em twice behind the eight ball . . . I've tipped you right twice. , . . Now I'm telling you again the Polo Orounda la taliormade for a curve ball pitcher like Monte Pearson. . . . Looks like we take four straight . . Joe McCarthy, smiling, remarks: "Was I surprised by us scoring eight runs again? . . . No. but I would have been If wa hadn't , , . Scowling Bill Terry has nothing to aay. but due Manruae explaina: Mrlvea lost Me atuff . . . and when be did th Yanks went t town. . . . It'a curtains for a pitcher pitch-er to lost eentral agalnat them. . . . Still If a pitcher has perfert centre! he can pitch to a note ea all f them except IXMaagle . . . that guy can hit anything anybody any-body throws. . . . And before I forget, let me tall you Ruffing waa lot faater than Gomes. ... In fact, through tht first half of th gam h wss th fastest pitcher I ever saw . . . fastsr even than Dissy Dean. . . ." All the Glanta aay Ruffing threw few curves. "His speed Just overpowered over-powered us." says Joe Moor. Mslton declared he felt chilled de-spit de-spit th warm day. ... "I got a cold." h explained, "and when I suddenly got chilled I lost my stuff." And Burgess Whltehesd . . . who sports a Phi Beta Kappa key . . . said. There's nothing to say about a gam where they beat your ears down. . . . " Charley seem to get a much kirk eut ef hrs hitting a he did out ef hat pitching. ... Ha liked the Idea ef knocking two rival pitcher eat ef the bos with two sucreeilrs hit. . . . Lssseri, DiMeglio, Dickey and Selkirk agree . , . Melton la pretty good for a kid . . . but it' silly to compare him with an old master Ilk HubbelL It's Strang how highly high-ly th Yank tat tern Hubbell even when they beat him. . . . "Boy, take it from me, he's a great pitcher," ssys Lasxert. . . "Ht can ahow plenty of atuff and he know how and when to ahow it-. . . Melton may be faster, but he haan't got half th ttuff nor half th head Hubbel ha." |