| Show Cubs Off to Poor Start Now Appear Well Vell Wellon Weon on Their Way may TV ay Toward National League FI u HY In IU ING t I t i the tubs Lubs suddenly l utilized they were quite ati a II ti dub club and went ent out and won wom m elves a Nation it 1 1 League Well not yet that but Is-but Is v probably will vin to the th disgust of Bill 5 V iv york ork Giants and ond Frankle soh h and his alli cd House Gat Hou Gai ei t I ng down In St Louis Louis- not to r Pie Pic TI and his ed hands the Pittsburgh PI Pj- Pj Pi lIes fes cs who ho not so long lone ago aeo had hadi i 1 e sports scribes muttering to tot t es about black magic t 1 id rd how did Traynor get that way anyhow Naturally you find ind certain die dle- die 1111 buds ds who figure the Bruins wren IIren t I In by a long shot but each day finds Charley Grimm Grimms s lads lust Just that much nearer to their howl oal And when one stops to think that they got away to a flying start tart by dropping q- q of the first seven games they played this flits sea season on their position on top of the senior circuit heap may be beI I as a little little bit startling TO T O be sure cure much can happen between now and Oct 3 when the present campaign dra draws s to J d close Augie Galan might break a leg Joe Marty could develop the gout and may may- maybe may may- maybe maybe be even worse could come to pass but If it the law of percent percent- percentages percentages percent ages means anything the Cubs t falter They ve ye already had more thin than their share of in injuries in- in inJurIes juries and other misfortunes in- in including in including the illness of Boss Grimm during which time Gab Gab- Gabby Gabby Gabby by Hartnett piloted the club most capably And to what might the Bruins apparent success be attrIbuted Wen Well it might be the climate V wholesale promises of fat bonuses bo- bo bonuses bo bonuses or just plain downright good baseball First FUst of all there are a couple of youngsters who have been lifesavers to the mound staff Clay Bryant a right-hander right has proved himself to be the most ef- ef effective effective ef effective relief pitcher in the loop And then there is Southpaw Clyde Shoun who brings a smile of at contentment to Grimms Grimm's face every time he works Anyone who can beat the New York Giants three times In a row is okay with Charley Every once in a while however how how- however however ever the pitchers find them them them- themselves themselves selves in a spot where only a double play will help matters That's where Billy Herman Billy Jurges and Jimmy Collins come in Years ago Windy City fans chanted the famous Tinker to Evers to Chance Now it its s K g i r by byr r s st sP t r rt t 1 I F P r k Y P A W 4 F f s vv y 4 Y z r p F Fr r 8 j I Above are some of the reasons why hy the Chicago Cubs are rush rush- rushIng rushing Ing toward to a National League pennant At top Is Charley Grimm brainy inspirational leader of the bruins Lower left is Second Baseman Billy Herman lIerman cog In the Cubs deadly play double com com- combination combination At bottom right is Jimmy hitting hard first baseman usually on the end of the killings twin Bottom center is Gabby Hartnett catcher par excellence who took over the tIte managerial reins while hUe Grimm was on the sick list Herman to Jurges to Collins and the young keystone combination combination tion bon aided by the inimitable Mr Collins who picks them out of the dirt the air and the umpire s pockets if it necessary can right right- rightfully rightfully fully lay claim to being the slick slick- slickest slickest slickest est killing double machinery inthe in inthe inthe that the league And dont don't think doesn't help COLLINS incidentally has been the answer to one of Grimms Grimm's major problems The former Cardinal came along stepped in as part of a very young infield and proceeded to become the steadying influence that was needed to bring the youngsters through the heat of a stiff campaign Folks however dont don't talk about the Cubs without talking about bout Gabby Hartnett the finest backstop in the National League and one of the smartest baseball heads in the business today When Grimm was forced out of action with illness he turned the managerial job over to Gabby and the veteran went out and ac- ac acquitted acquitted ac acquitted quitted himself nobly as a mastermind mas- mas mastermind mas mastermind ter-mind ter A real outfit the Cubs And it 11 take nothing short of a mir mir- I miracle miracle acle to head them off now |
