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...York Yankees, who had zoomed into the lead on Labor Day, muffed their final chance on home territory, dropping three straight to the Philadelphia A's. The heat was on. But the unhappy Yanks, moving into the hostile West for the tenterhook last 13 days, hoped Rookie Pitcher Mel Queen (5-1) and Veteran Hank Borowy (17-9) might turn the tide right back again in this week's series with the Detroit Tigers...
With such forces the Nazis must hold a line almost eight times as long as Rom mel's original front in Normandy (where at the height of battle they had 30 divisions...
Meanwhile smart Joe McCarthy, who kept insisting that his Yankees could win, was not missing a trick. He picked up the veteran Paul Waner, released by the Dodgers, for pinch-hitting duties - and saw him deliver the first time up. From Newark he called up strong-arm rookie pitchers Mel Queen and Floyd Bevens-and already had a 6-1 record for the two to back his judgment. And the apple of McCarthy's managerial eye, speedy Second Baseman George Stirnweiss, was going strong as ever: he had stolen 49 bases in 55 attempts and was leading the League...
...well as playing on some fine the ball clubs he has opposed some of the greatest players of all time, and the Chief has superlatives for every one. He calls Bronko Nagurski "the greatest plunger of all time"; Tuffy Leemans, "a real gentleman"; Mel Hein, "in a class by himself"; Ace Parker, "the greatest player in all-around ability...
...player: Mel Ott, the New York Giants' right-fielding manager, scored his 1,741st big league run on June 21, breaking the great Honus Wagner's alltime record, hung up in 1917. Ott also holds National League records in home runs (483), runs batted in (1,749), extra base hits (1,013). At a time when most veterans begin to relax, 35-year-old Ott was last week leading both leagues in home runs for the season...