The Washington times., 1933-10-04

RUTH Five singles,
and two of them scratch hits, 10
StrikeoutS with the last and most
important coming in the ninth
when the Senators were only one
little base hit away from tie score,
when Hubbell got Bluege on strikes
with runners on second and third
In the ninth and only one out,
he put the finishing touch on
rally which came close to putting
the Senators back in the ball
game.
HubbelI Cool
There was GOODNESS about Hub
bell, an assurance in his work
which seemed to say that there
was no chance of his losing.
That was the way it went for
eight innings and then the ninth,
which showed the Senators fill
ing up the bases with nobody out.
A slip here would have caused so
much trouble, but Hubbell was
equal to the task and the hit
which was so much needed failed
to arrive.
I like the chances of either
Whitehill or Crowder in the Sec
ond game which will show Schu-
macher as the Giant pitcher. I
suppose look for the American
League champions to even the
series today, but am convinced
after looking at this first game,
that it is going to be hard
fight. I still pick the Senators
to win the series but I like the
Giants better than I did before
the series started.
National Leaguers have been
telling me that Hubbell would
surely beat the Senators, and I
noticed that Joe Cronin had high
respect for the pitching skill of
the New York left-hander. That
explained the selection of Wally
Stewart as his starting pitcher,
the idea of course being that if
Wally had a good enough day to
beat the Giants ace the Washing.
ton team would enjoy big ad-
vantage in having Crowder and
Whitehill to throw back at the
Giants less able FINGERS.
Neither Run Earned
Hubbell has been specializing
In pitching shutouts all season
and it wasn't his fault that
Washington picked up a pair of
runs today. Neither belonged
on the scoreboard. It was a
tumble by Hughey Critz, which
made possible the first Washing
ton run, and it was a miscue by
Blondy Ryan which permitted
the second run. AS far as Hub
bell was concerned it was shut
out pitching.
But Hubbell's part, well played
as it was, would have availed
nothing if somebody didn't fur
nish some runs for the Giants to
work on. Mel OFT, the most dan
gerous of the Giant hitters during
the year, came through with this
part of the victory. He figured
heavily in all the New York scor-
ing, driving in three runs and
putting another in position to
score with the single which sent
Terry from first base to third in
the third inning. Otis singles in
the fifth and seventh did not
count in any runs but his two
earlier drives did all the damage
necessary.
Terry's Great Catch
Billy Terry's catch in the
eighth inning and that juggling
play which "Blondy" Ryan turned
into putout at second base in
the same inning were other bits
OF brilliant defensive play.
Buddy Myer had his worst day
Of the year at second base, but
he won't let that bother him in
the remaining games. He is not
that type of player.
When I saw those Senators fill
the bases in the ninth I said "oh
OH because it brought back
memories of some unpleasant af-
ternoonS this past season. They
have been putting on those late
rallies all the year and there was
nothing that we could do about it
in their games against the Yam
KEGS. They specialize in these
strong finishes and the Giants
may we'll be on the lookout for
such things in the games to come.
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