Word: grimm
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Says Grimm: "Holy Cats-I love...
...Grimm's Cubs have pitching to match their hitting. Claude Passeau (won 14, lost 4) and Hank Wyse (18-8) are the two league-leading hurlers. Behind them is ex-Yankee Hank Borowy, whom the pennant-hungry Cub's management wangled out of the American League (TIME, Aug. 6) for a round $100,000 worth of players and/or cash...
...that fans like. Two samples: he doffs his cap and, with a great show of respect, uses it to dust off third base to welcome any Cub who hits a home run; if a pitcher hits a homer, he topples over backwards in a mock dead faint. The more Grimm mugs, the better his Cubs seem to play...
...Jolly Cholly" Grimm learned the hard way to take it easy. During the '305, he won two Cubs' pennants in three years, then was banished to the minors when his '38 team began cracking in midseason. Rescued from Milwaukee last year, he had become philosophical enough to treat his adult hired-help like adults. He served beer in the dressing room after each game, and concentrated on getting team spirit. How well the spirit moves the Cubs is apparent in their record: they have won 42 of their last 54 games...
This week at Wrigley Field, Grimm & Co. face the first of a dozen tough games with the second-place Cardinals. If the Cubs come through, there is little chance of their being stopped short of the World Series...