Evening star., 1933-10-05

~ looking for the fiend in
human form who circulated
the report that the Giants
couldn't hit.
They were supposed to be too flabby
with the bat to dent the cuticle of q
custard pie. They couldn't hit the size
Of their hats. So today there is blood
in the eye of this pursuing Washington
posse and murder In its heart for the
fiend who first cracked this rumor.
ing the scalp Of Wallie Stewart, q
senatorial pitching ace, the Giants
have now added the hide of Gen. Alvin
CroWder, the Carolina sniper from
Winston Salem, to their collection of
world series relics.
They take their stand in the. third
game Of the series along the purling
Potomac, leading the Senators two
games to nothing at all, crushing
advantage with Carl Hubbell and Hal
Schumacher waiting for their next big
shots.
Crowder Has Bad Inning.
"HY won the second game of the
.. series to / and it only took them
one inning to drive Gen. Crowder
from the spot of glory in the middle of
the diamond to somber and melancholy
recollections under the cooling shower
Of the club house
While all this was taking place young
Hal Schumacher, with recent college
diploma still sticking out Of his hip
pocket. picked up where Carl Hubbell
left off by stopping the once slugging
Senators with five scattered hits and
a lone run. delivered over the right
field wall by Goose Goslin in the third
canto
For five innings this winging home
run fight Of the Old Gray Goose looked
to be highly important. But later on
it was buried deeper than the mummy
Of Rameses or the lost gold Of Capt
Kidd.
Here is the picture Of this second
epic. A gray day-40.000 in the stands
Hal Schumacher facing Alvin Crow
der, the big shot Of the American
League. so far as right-handers 60.
Dull Game Up to Sixth.
THE fifth inning has slipped away
and Crowder Is leading the young
Giant collegian to o. Up to this
point the contest has been just about
as exciting as reading geometry.
The mighty Crowder, good enough to
win "a games in the American League,
Yankees, has the Giants throttled
with two puny singles With a free
smooth delivery, a good fast ball and
a smart change Of pace, he has the
Giant attack completely bottled up.
GoSlin's home run in the third looks
big enough to be the Empire State
Building. doubled and re-doubled. For
Crowder is on top of a big day-and
the Giants can't hit.
And then a combination tidal wave,
cyclone. simeon. earthquake and nitro
glycerine explosion suddenly came from
nowhere at all.
The big crowd was dull and de-
pressed. watching big Crowder's shin
Giants There was a faint cheer as
Moore singled to open the sixth. There
was more gloom when Hughey Critz
tried to advance him-and failed. The
rumor was right. The Giants couldn't
hit
Terry Opens With Double.
DUT at this point serious minded
h young fellow by the name Of Mem
phis Bill decided to start some
thing He opened the bidding with two
bases to right center that drove Moore
around to third. But the flabby Giants
couldn't hit-so what difference did it
make against the crack highlander of
the American League? And yet by this
time the aroused mob seemed to inhale
q sniff Of impending drama.
It roared and screamed in fury as
Crowder purposely passed Mel OFT, the
slugging hero Of the first game.
There Is a slight lull-then an in
creasing roar as Frank Lefty" O'Doul
Of San Francisco and all points, East
or West. swaggers up to the plate.
Kindly pass the chaplet of apple
blossoms to Bill Terry for this move
As a starter, Lefty" O'Doul is
great natural hitter More important
still. he is smart enough to like the
spotlight. where gallant deed will get
somewhere. The stronger the spotlight,
the better 1t suits Lefty"
Steps Into Fast One.
THE bases are full-there is one
out-and O'Doul looks about as
nervous as a steel girder Crowder
feeds him two strikes and two balls
and the Giants can't hit. A strike out
and the rally is over. But on the next
pitch O'Doul steps into q fast one and
clubs it over second for smoking
single scoring Critz and Terry-and
the smothering avalanche is on its way.
The Giants can't hit. But before
they got through jackson, Mancuso
and Schumacher had stuck poisoned
arrows into Crowder's whiting system
and when McColl was called in to re-
place him, Moore and Critz ran the
bombarding total to eight hits and
six runs as young Hal Schumacher
continued to break down every Senate
rial attack
The Giants can't hit. Lindbergh
can't fly. Babe Ruth has no color.
Bobby Jones can't play golf. Shake