Show I j Good Ball Clubs But By GRANTLAND RICE- The Answer The Moving Finger and having writ Moves nor any error or a Nor any prayer can change a single Nor any tears wash out a game from L. Durocher Khayyam The Costly Slump New May No one can ex- H baiC a flying One can only guess what actually happened to the Git the through Rice Giants and Phillies were rated in the plateau practically neck and I know Durocher worked his bunch into first-class physical Condition has always been a big word in the Durocher He rates mental attitude just as club had no pennant faith itself last he said one June had passed Into Then it began to believe It could a very big From that point on through August and September we played the best ball In the Now we are starting this season with a stronger faith In ourselves than we had at any time last The team has been Ml lira uy llie ui Bowman and I feel sure we have a fine chance to although I know also how good the Dodgers A good start will be a big Whereupon this well-conditioned ball club took a fast running start and dived for the bottom of the Here was a better team than the squad that outplayed the league for three It was a match for any team it faced all including the But after picking up two games in the following moody events started taking 1 The pitching became extremely When the pitching bad outfield and infield play wrecked game after I saw one outfielder turn a simple putout into a game-winning home run by misjudging the same ball 2 The consistent power ai bat became extremely inconsistent The Giants could hit only on dayi when the other team was getting more hits and They support the few well-pitched they 3 The team lost its It soon began to look Ther was a dazed look on practically every Giant 4 The squad was It was drawn tighter than 8 dozen Apparently all it early faith and belief had been The Rest of the Way No one can say just how far the Giants ragged start will crowd them close to 1951 It won't be any big They art still only a few games back of the leaders and now that the losing skein has been broken it may bt a different A few winning games could get them going I ran across several managers and veteran ballplayers who didn't believe Hearn and would do nearly as well with a. pennant chance as they did when far out of the There Is a big psychological It was Important to win this It wasn't too Important last summer when team was far Hearn and are still three good Jansen has pitched two fine games and another good Hearn and so far haven't been nearly as effective as they were last summer on a team practically ont of the No one can lay any blame so fai on He has picked the pitchers he was figured to He hasn't the relief hurlers which he expected to have back in St The poor on the wasn't After all Durocher can't do the hitting and the fielding from the bench of the In the middle of a slump you become Jittery and You expect something morbid or choly to happen at any given You are looking for trouble ic every You wear your cut low so as to be prepared foi the Finally the situation becomes so desperate you become numb and then start again with most of the tension Field of Fun Yale's 1951 football team may not finish among the first five or first ten or first twenty next But we can slip you one soft sure It will have more fun and learn more football than any |