Show of sports Terry men tilen arc aie ai e Q lies lion mark alark in 1940 race R ace by ronert ROBERT ale leased by western newspaper union AS S MEMPHIS alcada ia BILL TERRY lends his new york giants into the 1040 baseball wars ho he Is faced with his biggest task since taking over the ho june 1932 managerial relna back in tito glants giants who once dominated baseball in hi new nr jv york have sagged bailly badly tito yanks worlds chain eions ire are stronger than ever and lie brooklyn rooklyn Il dodgers 0 nee rated as atif it 11 atlon ot of crackpots rank aloe ahoo the giants 0 1 ants both bolt in league aings ind and popular lir appeal all of which makes the giants the cites third club a position which causes terry no end of grief and sorrow to make things worse tho the team does docs not look much better today than it did at the close of last I 1 ast season since terry became man manager agor the giants have won one worlds championship pion plon ship in 1933 and three national league pennants in 1933 1930 and 1937 the club the club that limped hamn home i in alth place last year was tho the fourth second division ga giant ant ball club since 1902 under the terry regime the club has been in first place three times second place once and third place three times critics of terry and they aro are plentiful point out a good share of his success lias has been due to the very capable work vork of J IS BILL TERRY from rom the he mcgraw dynasty notably C carl arl hubbell mel ott ilal hal macher anti and joo joe amoore ott hubbell key men hubbell and ott are the two key men hubbell came up tip under the late mcgraw in 1928 1028 and ott in 1025 year after year they have been performing much needed miracles for the giants ott driving in runs and even doubling as a third baseman and right fielder and hubbell pitching his heart out in winning alve years in succession more than 20 games a season the past two wo seasons have been off years for hub in 1939 1039 lie he won only 11 and lost 9 games the year before lie ho won only 13 and dropped 10 the giants were whipped both years A year and a it half all ago carl was forced to submit to an arm operation and last year he ready to pitch until july this year lie ho figur figures es lie he will be all right so do the giants mel OUs otts powerful bat has been a determining factor in giant pennant battles ever since he joined the club A dependable hitter he was wag responsible for many a game chalked up in the win side of the column the most optimistic note emanating from the giants Is that hubbell Is already as good as ever he has been under iare in early season games and had dem demonstrated his old skill so has ott at least that gives manager terry some cause for jubilation in A recent statement terry remarked thatis that if I 1 could win 77 g games with lie ho humpty team I 1 had last year I 1 dont see any reason in predicting less tha than n go 00 victories this year and that will put me high up in the pennant race why we ile bo a better team were better at second third have a chance of improving in the outfield and have a better first baseman basc man it may be that terry Is whistling for the sake of courage at least lie he appears to be overrating overeating over rating his team he has a better infield than last year yea r at least defensively the outfield is good providing joe moore does docs not collapse moore Is no stripling and it may bs be that young john rucker will see plenty of action this year rucker hucker has stood up well he is a good hitter and a good fl fielder elder and Is very fast all wise manager V nevertheless tho the giants are tre treading ad on dangerous ground they got the youngsters who can take up where hubbell and ott are likely to leave oil oft and those two gentlemen cant go on forever the club has one adv advantage intake its overlord makes very lew few mistakes on the field once in a while terry does docs make an error off the field ile he may have erred when he remarked that the team that bents beats us will win the pennant |