Evening star., 1933-10-04
Hubbell's Screw Ball Breaks =.
Like Matty's Old Fade-Away;
Otis Smash Meant the Game
Sew Up Game In Third.

'XXIHE,Ny that .l homer exploded from
mosphere was rife with the call
Of the wild and 10000 flying tokens Of
score cards, newspapers and hats. That
mighty blow, plus Carl Hubbell's daz-
cling left arm, meant the ball game and
every member Of the packed stands
knew it.
But it was In the third inning that
Critz opened this inning with q single.
Bill Terry followed with another that
sent CritZ spinning around to third.
Once again the call Of the wild OPEN
ed its old chorus as OFT came up Amid
the tumult and the turmoil his answer
was a hot single that sent Critz over
with the third run and drove Terry on
around to third, in position to score on
almost any sort Of blow. Terry scored
the fourth run later on Jackson's in
field out-and there were the Giants
leading, 4 to o, with a fellow named
Carl Hubbell feeding his snake-like
benders-in and out and down-to
Senatorial bats.
But the Senators. good enough to
beat the Yankees and the Mackmen,
were far from through. They were
lost in the jungle of the fer de lance
and the cobra, but they were still un-
beaten In their hearts. They struck
back at Hubbell In the fourth when
Myers hit, Critzs error and Schulte's
single scored q run.
Issues Two Passes.
TT WAS in the eighth that Hubbell,
who had thrown every ball with
brains as well as arm, who had
given the full limit Of his stuff. began
to weaken. Russell had stopped the
Giants-but they already had killing
lead. In the eighth, after tanning
Bluege for his ninth victim, Hubbell
passed sewell and Harris. a pinch
hitter.
Up to this point the lean left handler
had not issued a pass. He emerged
from this dark, gloomy looking hole by
stopping Myer and Goslin, the old gray
goose.
But his deepest trouble came in the
ninth. At this final stage he walked
under the shadow of the guillotine.
Manush was safe on an infield error
and then Cronin and Schultz singled.
The whole tide of the game had
changed in less than two minutes. Now
the bases were full with nobody out.
The tieing run was on first and the
winning run was at bat.
The. confident hilarity Of the GiaE.
crowd suddenly ended. Anything
could happen now. Hubbell had
crowded so much stuff on the ball for
two hours that he now stood In deep
danger down the stretch.
Hush Falls on Scene.
VYIHAT is technically known as
w boding hush fell upon the
scene One more hit could tie
up the game-and maybe win it.
Kuhel's out scored Manush with the
second washington run. but there were
the tieing runs on second and third.
Here the cool. scrappy Hubbell famed
Bluege. always dangerous in a pinch.
And Bluege was his tenth victim in
the land CT the phantom swing.
It was q magnificent exhibition Of
pitching under flaming fire-where just
one mistake could wipe out the fine
work Of full game.
Only Sewel was left-but still hit
could tie the score. Sewell raped one
to Travis Jackson, and old Stonewall,
with the lame knee whipped the ball
to Terry for the closing out.
In this first game the Giants DOM
mated the show. They outhit and out
fielded and outscored the Senators
and no rabid partisan could ask for
fairer proof.
Myer First Goat.
TINE two heroes Of the first show
were Carl Hubbell and Mel OFT,
who contributed most Of the de-
fense and most Of the scoring offense.
The first goat was Buddy Myer. who
kicked in with three errors. and fourth
play that he mussed up. Most Of the
errors were scored bv brilliant defen-
sive stars-Myer, Critz and Ryan, all
due to overeagerness.
The Giants deserved their opening
victory from every angle known to base
ball
Washington can at least give three
cheers that Carl Owen Hubbell. the
carthage catapult, will take his snaky !
left arm back to the zoo for the next
three days They know at last how
well the name Of Hubbell rhymes with |
trouble. And they also know how well
the name of OFT rhymes with shot and
hot.
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