Evening star., 1928-09-23


invar, in the pitching person of
gangling Karl Hubbell, stepped in
to save the pennant chances of the
New York Giants today and make the
National League pennant race tighter
than the prOverbial bass drum.
While 10000 fans roared their ac-
claim, Hubbell, lean Oklahoma youth,
who came to the Giants only few
weeks ago from the Texas League,
throttled the league-leading st. Louis
Cardinals i'll the midst of a flercely
tough battle this afternoon and beat
them for the second straight time TO
the tune of to ).
1t was the third game of this spec
tacular SERIES the second straight vic
tory for Hubbell and the Giants and
reduced the lead Of the Cardinals TO
single game.
Triumph today for St. Louis would
have extended its margin to three
games and just about have settled the
pennant race. AS it stands tonight,
however, each club having eight games
to play it is a wide-open battle. the
outcome of which may not be decided
| until the Cardinals and Giants meet
again in the final game OF the season
here week from tomorrow.
| 1dytOT DOuLHIL TIE OOdL.
| If Hubbell was the hero of this hectic
fray the goat was Taylor Douthit,
speedy outfielder of the Cardinals, who
| let in the winning run in the seventh
inning when he allowed Freddy Lind
| strom's single to escape him in center
Douthit, coming in too fast. missed the
ball, not only permitting Andy Reese,
who had singled, to score from fist
| fol hut oil lat
ting LindStrom scamper across the
plate.
| Andy Cohen clouted a home run into
the left field stands in the eighth TO
| give a finishing flourish to the Giant
attack, but the battle was safely won
with Hubbell moving down the Cardi-
nails Throughout the last four innings.
| Less than two months ago the Giants
bought this lean and lanky southpaW.
Hubbell, from the Beaumont club for
reputed price of $4,000. He looked
like a $4,000 star out there today and
| if the Giants should come through to
win an eleventh pennant for John Nc
Graw he can claim a full share of the
world series spoils without the slightest
argument.
| Hubbell aroused the crowd and spur
red on his teammates with the coolness
and steadineSs with which he went into
the game under fire in the fifth inning.
succeeding Fred Fitzsimmons with the
bases full, none out and Jim Bottomley,
siugglng first sacker of the Cardinals,
at bat
Faces TickIish Situation,
Here was a situation to tax the mettle
OF an Alexander or a Pennock. eSpe-
ciaily with SO much at stake for both
clubs. He couldn't quite get by Bot
omlcy, who smaCked out a single that
| hrought IN two runs and put the Cards
In the lead, but the youthful portsider
was as solldly steady as the Rock of
gibraltar after that. He struck out
Chick Hafey, then scooped up Harper's
| rap to start double play that killed
| this Cardinal rally.
Only once after that, in the remain
ing Iour innings, was Hubball in trou-
Die. wilson and MGranville opened
tne sixth with successive singles but
the rally was stopped by a double plav
engineered by Lindstrom. The Cardi-
nalS rushed in flock of reserves in
the eighth and ninth. but they all
looked alike to Hubbell, who exhibited
beautiful control in tanning Blades in
tne elgnth and Martin, another pinch
hitter, in the ninth.
For the first five innings il was 4
See-saW battle with the lead changing
or the tally being tied a half dozen
times. Clarence Mitchell, veteran
Spltban artist, who started for the
Cardinals, shared the fate of his rival.
tltZslmmons, by passing out of the
picture in the fifth
Jimmy Walsh and Andy Reese.
thorns in MitchellS side. from the start
and ,pace-setters OF the Giant attack.
finally put the skids under the veteran
in the fifth. starting the attack that
once more tied the score.
| ReeSe'S home run. with Welsh on base
in the first inning. had supplied the
| opening fireworks and the same pair
! helped put the Giants back in the lead
in the third after BottoIlley. Hafey-
and Wilson had collaborated to tie the
score. .7I
| The poison pair" were right back
at their job in the fifth. after the ViSi-,
tors had tied the count again in the
fourth and taken the lead in the fifthe
Their successive singles sent Mitchell
to the showers and summoned Bill
Sherdel to the rescue. 1g.
Like Hubbell, Sherdel had scored a,
victory in Thursdays double header. ;
He twirled craftily, but couldn't uliite
get out OF trouble. Welsh and Reese
advanced on Mann'S infield out Welsh
scored on LindStrom'S Scratchy tap
that Sherdel failed to handle and Reese
Tailed the tying run on Hogan's rap;
over second on which Frisch made a,
remarkable stop. sort
After that the Cardinals couldn't
touch Hubbell with any substantial re-1
suits or stop the fighting young men OF
McCraw, who have their eye on the
pennant and don't seem to care who
knows it. 9sFid