Californian Not Worried Mental, Physical Errors About Seelig's Words Gave Yankees Four Games San Francisco, Nov. 15.
In World Series Johnny Fasano, North Beach veteran welterweight who meets New York, Nov. 14.
Andre Shelaeff of Shanghai at the The story of the 1938 World Series Dreamland Auditorium on November is that the Chicago Cubs beat them-25 in a return bout, is not worried selves. The Japanese have a word for about predictions made by Henrich it—hara kiri.
Seelig, Shelaeff's manager, about a You can talk all you want to about knockout trumph for the Russian in the prowess of the mighty Yankees the return fight. tut when you get through you have "It takes more than mere talk by to admit that the National League a manager to get a man to the canvas champions committed suicide. It may and keep him there for the count," be sacrilegous to doubt the potency said Fasano as he belted in a hard of the triple world's champions but left hook into a heavy bag." "Shelaeff the facts are loud and insistent. Cubs' can hit, all right. I found that out mistakes proved the vital factor in in our first fight. But you notice every one of the four games. thet it isn't Shelaeff who's predicting Here's how the Cubs dug their own any knockout over me. It's his man-grave game by game: ager."
First game—Phil Cavarretta's ili-"You've got to hit a man, and hit advised throw to third base trying him hard many times, before you to head off Gehrig on Bill Dickey's can put him asleep, and I feel pretty single in the second inning, which sure I know enough to keep from be-permitted Dickey to take second. ing hit hard and often by a kid who With runners on third and second, the has had only about 30 fights, and Cub infield was drawn in and Billy all of them against people I never Herman booted an easy roller. When even heard of." 4 the inning was over the Yanks had Fasano is working very hard for two runs, in which one mental and his return bout with the figħter from one mechanical error were the im-Shanghai. He apparently acquired a portant factors. The Yanks' third wholesome respect for Shelaeff's run resulted from a high pop fly hit punching power in their first meet-by Dickey which Demaree, playing ing, and is taking no chances in their bedly out of position in view of the return fight on November 25. Shefect that @ stiff wind was at his back, laeff is. working out daily at Ryan's was unable to reach. Score 3-1, and gym.—United Press. every Yankee run aided by Cub niistakes.
Tex Carleton uncorked a wild pitch Horrible Details which allowed a runner to score from third. Then Crosetti hit a puny pop Second game—The details are horfy to left and the slow Demaree rible in this game. Shortstop Jurges couldn't get up in time and it went and third baseman Hack collided in for a cheap double. Two more runs. going after a dribbling grounder hit As the series was played the Yanks by Gordon which went for a double, deserved to win. They outclassed the end permitted two runs to score. Left Cubs, were surer and smarter on fielder Reynolds added more grief by defense, took advantage of every lingering in his position and not break and played heads up baseball. backing up the play. Without those But the fact remains that the Cubs two runs, the Yanks would have gone beat themselves—United Press, into the eighth trailing, 3-0, and Crosetti's homer with one wouldn't have put the crusher on Dean.
Dizzy still would have had one run to spare and Hartnett could have
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