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Dick Stuart s Bad SlumpBig Reason For Buc SlideSAN FRANCISCO lUPI) — HasPittsbui^h’s Dick Stuart lost the tremendous confidence that once made him think he night be baseball’s greatest home run hitter?“This is the worst month I’ve ever had.” the frank talking Stuart glumly admitted while the Pirates were here last week end. “I’ve only got two homers in thelast month.“I don’t know what's wrong. I know where I used to be ahead of the pitchers, they’re ahead of me. I guess maybe I’m just not aPirates were right in the middle of the pennant struggle. 1“You can’t blame it all on Stuart,” Pirate coach George De-; tore noted. “We’ve all stopped hitting at once. A lot of guys have been up there with those men on base.”But Stuart's swashbuckling technique at the plate is an eloctngy-ing kind. He can take up a wholeclub with a line shot. Willie Mc-Covey is currently doing the same thing' for the Giants. The Giants were in a bad hitting slump be-showed up and with a few crash-fore Me Covey awakened them ing base hits. When Stuartstarts to rap theball again, many Pirate followerslook for the whole team to pickup..330 hitter.r tii-o-ofide-e-Since early July, Stuart’s average has tumbled some 40 points to its present .200. And while Big Stu has been unproductive at the plate, the Pirates have just about fallen out of contention in the National League.Stuart’s slump makes it readily apparent that the big slugger’s ups and downs at the plate directly affect the fortunes of the Pirates.When Stuart joined them last summer, they immediately laun ched a drive from seventh to second place. Early this season, when Stuart was belting the ball, theFolcik's Service and FordCity Nicks League WinnersanythennoctIsaidBeappefoot!FORD CITY — Folcik’s Service held first place in the Ford City 1 Summer Basketball League last night with an 80-50 victory over Boulder Park. Ford City Nicks stayed closely behind in the second slot with a 64-44 triumph over Sone’s Amoco.High scorprs included Jim Wingate of Folciks with 22; Same Thompson of Sones with 21 and Ken Bryant of Folciks with 20.The lineups:FORD CITY NICKS—64 FG FIs TPTotals ...............27SONE S AMOCO—14Dick Scrlpps ............ 4Larry Eck................ 1Hon Mazurek ............ 3Sam Thompson..........10Walter Busch ............ 010-19 640-3-4-1-0-144218!S10210Totals ...............18 8-12 44FOLCIKS SERVICE—80 FGKen Bryant.............. 9Marvin Russell .......... 8Frank Tolliver........... 5Jim Wingate ............10Chuck Henry ............ 6FIs TP0- 1 10gonhoagaDor* •wororfi“IfAdratwninJor• •fig! “T1 con be? a c2- 2 20 If0- 0 16l2- 3 220- 0 12Tntnlqa anVinaici :-]
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Kittanning Simpsons Daily Leader Times
Kittanning, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Aug 04, 1959
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