Evening star., 1933-09-02
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BY HERBERT w. BARKER,

Associated Press Sports Writer.
TIME battle of Boston was cru
cial only to the Braves to-
i day.
Memphis Bill' Terry led
couple of pitching aces yester-
day the Redskins couldn't trump,
the New York Giants swept both
games of uble-header, in
creased their National League
lead to 7 games and dropped the
Braves into third place, a single
percentage point behind the re-
vived Pittsburgh Pirates.
Trailing two victories to one now,
the Braves needed to snare all three
remaining games to make any ap-
preciable slash in the Giants heavy
margin. A single game was ON the
cards today and another double header
tomorrow will close the series.
Forty-eight thousand persons
one of the largest crowds in
Boston base ball history-watched
thC uOuDAC OciCdt WIN uOt y
little pain.
First Carl HubbSll, lean master OF
the screwball. and then Fred Fitz-
simmons, portly right-hander, stopped
the Braves spectacular rush which
many Boston fans hoped would lead to
just such another pennant as George
Stallings miracle men, achieved
in 1914
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HubbelI Wins, 20.
YUBBELL, the leagues leading
i i southpaw, was supreme in the
first game, which the Giants
finally captured in the tenth, 20, after
wasting one scoring opportunity after
another. Hubbell allowing only four
hits as he outpitched Fred Farmhouse
by a wide margin and hung up his
twentieth victory and tenth shut-out
Of the campaign.
Except for one inning, Fitzsimmons
was just as effective in the second
game and the Terrymen romped away
to a So triumph. The Giants two
pitching aces added insult to injury
by driving in the winning run in each
battle.
HubbeN, 7rorking as smoothly
as he has all season, 1oould haze
had an easy triumph had his
teammates discoUered scoring
punch.
1t was not until the tenth that the
league leaders broke through, although
they filled the bases in the first, third.
seventh and ninth.
Hubbell took things into his own
hands in the tenth. Errors by Jordan
and Maranville put Mancuso and Ryan
on base with only one out and Hubbeil
slashed a single that sent the first run
home. Ryan scored later on Joe Moora's
long fly.
Yanks Lose long Game.
ETTZSrN1dONS blanked the Bra
l. with two hits through the fl
seven frames Of the nightcep
while the Giants pounded away q.
Southpaw Ed Brandt for single runs
the sixth, seventh and eighth. In L
last half of the eighth, however, Bos,
| ton tied It up on singles by Pinkl
Whitney, Shanty Hogan, Maranville
and Bill UrbansN.
Fftssimmoas came to bat in the
| ninth with two men on and
pumped a double into the over
| now crowd in center held that
| drove both of them home.
! Ancient Dolf Luque went in to pitch
the last half of the ninth and set the
Braves down in order.
Pittsburgh. meanwhile. hung up its
seventh successive triumph as Pie Tray
| nor's single in the eleventh broke up
a great pitchers duel between Larry
French and Bill Hallahan and gave
! the Corsairs a 21 verdict over the St.
Louis Cardinals
The Cincinnati Reds punched six
hits and eight walks to whip the Chi
cago Cubs, 7-3
In the only American League games,
the Boston Red SoX rallied for two
runs in the twelfth to beat the New
| York Yankees, Az, and Jimmie Foxx
| hit his thirty-seventh homer as the
Athletics trounced the league-leading
Washington Senators. 1913.