It’s a baseball treat to watch Gifo
season’s boys perform. They’re
not “cocky,” but they give you the
impression of serene confidence in
their ability. There isn’t a trace cl
strain. They play with a grin,
snapping up hard hit balls and
flipping them around the infield
with an ease and assurance that
borders on carelessness. They’re re
laxed.
I watched them pin oack Car?
Hubbell's ears in their season’s de
but at the Polo Grounds. They
worked the great southpaw over
for eigh\ hits, taking the kinks out
of his renowned "screw” ball before
it had a chance to break.
The score was close, 7 to 6, but
for some reason or other you got
the Idea along about the second
inning the Pirates had it wrap
ped up. Every time the Giants
pulled close, the Traynors and
Waners and Lindstroms just let out
another notch and soon its wasn't
close any more. They made it look
easy.
They Won’t Crack Again
There no longer can be any doubt
that in young Floyd Vaughan and
Toy Piet the Pirates have one of
the classiest keystone combinations
extant. They are smooth, effort
less afield and they’re a headache
to opposing pitchers who like to
ease up on the bottom end of the
battling order.
It was this pair that “cracked"
late last summer and left the hole
through which the Cubs slipped to
the pennant. Unless the eyes de
ceive, it won’t happen again. They
look steady, sure of themselves.
| Vaughan gobbled up and easy
roller, set himself and lined a peg
three feet over Gus Suhr's head
i at first base. It let in a run and
tleft a couple more on the sacks.
Someone said Vaughan looked
shaky.
