Sport: The Decline of the West

With the American League practically rained out of business for two weeks, the National League was making news enough for both. The supposedly strong western teams had finished their first turn around the eastern circuit and had been knocked cold by the amazing New York Giants and the astounding Brooklyn Dodgers. The figures told why:

BATTING AVERAGES

Holmes, Boston .426 Kurowski, St. L. .387 Ott, New York .402 Olmo, Brooklyn .382

RUNS BATTED IN

Lombardi, N. Y. 25 Weintraub, N. Y. 23 Nieman, Boston 24 Olmo, Brooklyn 23

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