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Show Backseat Driving (OmUmm tnm Vmm Trm') why everybody la moaning about the way the "Reds split wide open In the aeries.". Ha puts It this way: "Why not admit the greatness af tha Yankees under fire?" Joe didn't say so, but he might have pointed out that it took a Yankee error one by Red Rolfe to itart the last halt of the seventh inning to help Cincinnati get it 4-2 lead. Nobody thought about crucifying Rolfe-for that misplay, yet the disgust ia almost universal at Buddy Hyer'i failure to hold the ball on a potential double play for the Reds in the ninth or about Lom-bardi'i Lom-bardi'i blow-up in the tenth. There's one ray of sunshine so far as Cincinnati's miscues are concerned, and that it the possibility that it will help us all realize that it is still human to err. I know, for instance, that there was a general tendency last summer to expect too much in the way of brilliance, perfection, etc, from the Pioneer league just because the boys were professionals. As the pennant winner ia the National league, Cincinnati Cincin-nati stacks up as an of the best baseball clubs in existence. - If a team af that caliber eaa have its lapses, surely we should not be too Impatient with leas experienced and lea seasoned outfits. |