Evening star., 1933-10-08
OTIS HOME RUN
BEATS MATS, 4-3
Blow in Tenth Gives Giants
TitIe-Schu|te Completes
Circuit in Sixth.
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Myer and Goslin were easily disposed
of as the last half of the sixth got
under way. Nor did successive safeties
by Manush and Cronin then seem par
ticularly significant. as the youngster
had emerged unscathed following the
pair Of hits made with none out in the
preceding round.
Schultz Smacks Homer.
But Schultz, already possessed of half
dozen hits, since play started last
Tuesday, was yet to be reckoned with.
The big Dutchman lost no time. Lung
ing Justify at Schumacher's initial de-
livery. a fast ball right in the groove,
he sent it winging high and far to dead
left field.
There it goes was the excited COM
ment of the war correspondent seated
beside us and whose experienced eye
correctly judged both power and trajec-
tory. And, sure enough, there it went
into the circus seats so high that Left
Fielder Moore couldn't have reached it
with fishing pole standing on a chair
and he didn't have a fishing pole, or
even a chair.
And with this drive. as Manush and
Cronin trotted around to the counting
block ahead of Schultz. scared the ex-
pectations of the vast assemblage which
had been fervently hoping against hope
that something would happen to get Nle
Griffmen back in the ball game and
avert the rout
When Kuhel came along with a hot
smash that skidded untouched past
Critz and took third as Jackson made a
wild heave of Blueges single the fans
were in a hubbub of anticipation. Five
straight hits! There would be no STOP
ping of the Nationals now displaying
the sustained drive that had carried
them pennantward in the American
League race.
But stopped they were. and BY the
ancient right arm of Adolph Luque.
injected into the proceedings at this
juncture by Manager Terry who seems
to be guided by sixth sense in map
ping his strategical moves.
Luque Halts Uprising.
The senor from Havana. Cuba. affec-
tionately known as Pop" to his mates
and who is exactly twice the age of his
pitching predecessor. trudged in from
the bull pen where he had been indus
triously warming up along with Lefty
Clark and. later. Herman Bell. the
Giants other emergency moundsmen.
He proceeded then to demonstrate that
his boss had made the proper choice
of FINGERS by promptly retiring Sewell
to halt the uprising.
As further demonstration of his
flinging efficiency the swarthy right
handler took Russell. Myer and Goslin
on strikes in the seventh. He yielded
a safety to Cronin in the eighth and
slipped to the extent of issuing pass
in the ninth. but had gotten rid of
both GoSlin and Manush in the tenth
when Cronin evolved his third straight
hit
What was this? Was tickle fortune
about to smile on the Nationals after
all? 1t seemed so when Schultz got
his base on four straight balls and
turned the running job over to the
agile Johnny Kerr while he retired to
nurse the right leg bruised when he
went over that wooden partition along
with Otis homer earlier in the frame.
Kuhel Fails In Pinch.
The fans sensed thrilling final
frame triumph such as the Nationals
had staged SC frequently in the course
CT their successful flag campaign. Any
kind of a hit would tie the score and a
long one meant victory.
1t was kuhel uDOn WhOm the entlre
gathering focused. the Kuhel whose
bat had played 1922 tune throughout
the Summer and who although he had
been baked in the first three games
had. emerged from his slump the day
before and already had two bingles to
his credit in this game.
Kuhel would do it, they thought, as
he took one strike.
Kuhel would 90 it, they hoped. as he
lashed savagely but futilely for strike
two
Kuhel would-but Luques third pitch
already was nesting in Mancuso's
glove. untouched by another desperate
swing and the newly crowned champion
Giants were racing exultantly for
baths. taxis. trains, homes and well
earned plaudits while the Nationals
plodded YEARLY and disconsolately off
the field.