The Washington times., 1933-08-09
BREAKS F AVO R
|. GRIFFMEN IN
CRUCIAL TILT

special Dispatch to Washington Times
NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-It's often
been told that the breaks mean
just about everything to a team
trying to win a game in a crucial
baseball series.
Well, sir, the breaks were all
with the Griffs yesterday and at
the right moment, as loss yeS.er-
day would have dropped Manager
Cronin and his gang into a tie with
the Yanks for first place.
The GriffS' first break was in
the form of the excellent pitching
served up by Earl Whitehill, vet
eran left-hander, who was sent to
the mound ito do or die" by
Manager Cronin.
Whitehill did his part and more
besides, as he held the hard.hit-
ting New Workers to only five hits
and one measly little run. All of
which is quite a feat these days
when thoughts of how the Yanks
can score runs and plenty of 'em
are reviewed.
CrOsetti Throws Wild
The second Griff break came
in the fourth inning when Frank
Crosetti, Yank Shortstop, threw
over Lou Gehrig's head at first
base, trying to complete a double
play on Schulte's grounder. This
error gave the GriffS the second
run of the inning while it put
'em in lead that was never
headed as the game wore on.
The third and final break
came as a result of ruling
'layed down" by Umpire Bill
MCGOWAN in the fifth inning.
There were two out and Earl
Whitehill on base when this rul-
ing was handed out by Nc
GOWan.
Buddy Myer sent up a high
foul fly back of the plate which
Catcher Bill Dickey, of the
YankS, ran all the way to the
stands for. He crashed into the
screen and came up with the
ball in his gloved hand.
But here, Umpire MCGOWAN
waved his hands excitedly and
told the world that Dickey had
not made the catch legally as
the ball had hit the screen first.
Long and windy arguments fol-
lowed the announcement, but
McGowan's ruling was not
changed with the result Myer
stepped up to the plate again
and Whaled out the prettiest
home run seen in moons-the
ball travelling on a line into the
right field bleachers.
Johnny Allen Losing Pitcher
Whitehill? Sure he scored and
so did Myer. All of which added
so much to the Griffs lead that
the Yanks could never have got
ten into the game again had they
called out the militia. That is,
hardly ever.
Johnny Allen was the pitching
victim in these instances of the
breaks. He hurled a fair game
otherwise, and might have won
9 times out of 20. But he couldn't
when the Griffs were getting runs
on errors and home runs and the
Yanks were failing inning by in
ming to fathom the shoots Earl
Whitehill served up.
The Griffs made it complete
day in the eighth when Heinie
Manush stepped up and socked
out another home run into the
right field bleachers. This made
the score 5 to by that time, and
Manager Mccarthy soon had Al
len withdrawn for Pinch Hitter
Sammy Byrd in the last part OF
the eighth. Byrd walked, but no
scoring resulted as Whitehill was
able to retire the side.
The Yanks scored their lone
run in the fourth inning when
Combs and j. SeWell singled and
Ruth hit into a double play.
Combs scored on this twin killing
and the frame marked the only
one during the game that the
Yanks collected more than one
hit at any one time.
The triumph was Whitehill's
fourteenth of the campaign. And
is he happy lad today? Well sir!
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