Evening star., 1934-09-13
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bunt. Lefty Higgins ran In Tor H. bu'
hesitated Just . fraction Of . second
too long before pegging 1t down tt
Schatz. Gilbert was safe, and Walker
| and Stewart slid into second and third
respectively. Higgins was badly rat
tied. He walked the next man up
forcing In Q run and then with two
strikes on the next batter he managed
to get him out on q deep catch BE-
hind third base. walker beat thu
throw, to the plate by an s.eyslash
Lefty regained enough poise after thil
| to retire the other two batters and the
Blues were still ahead BY one run.
"They ought to take Lefty out oi
therel' Terry was hopping around the
press box. "He hasn't got . thing
todayl guess he warmed up toe
hard"
The sixth inning went by unevent-
fully. In the seventh. Higgins made
q mistake Of trying to buzz one over
the heart Of the plate on Bill Bridges
and when he looked up the ball wa
soaring past him to land high up In
the short right field bleacher for .
home run. The score was three-aN
and both teams had to start their ball
game. all over again.
In the Blues half Of the seventh,
Horan got . walk. Doyle came to bat.
So far he'd got . single and walk
and = sacrifice, which Is pretty nice
going for . rookie making his big
time debut.
Al Whitper was mad and he showed
It. He walked toward the plate to
take the ball from his catcher. Look
out, you fresh busher." He glared at
Larry as he spoke. TN going to
see II you can take it!''
Going back to the mound. he
wound up. The bali was head high
around Larrys shoulder and. forced
him to duck. Whitper laughed. He
called back to his catcher: !. This
guy Is q cinch, Joe. All these college
stars are yellow" Larry didn't an
swer. He hugged the plate and took
his ,toe-hold. The next ball WA
straight for his head. Like . fash
he. hit the dirt. The crowd, sensing
the little drama being enacted before
their eyes, howled With giee. Some
Of them were for Whitper. and the
more partisan Of the Blues fans were
behind Larry Doyle. After al. the
kid had played . bang-up game and
they didn't want to Gee him beaned
by the cagy Whitper. , a
Come on, you burnl Stand up
there and take itwa . raueous-yoiced
Philly fan yelled out.
Whitper waited . long time before
throwing the next one. Another bean
ballI This time Larry hit the dirt
again. He rose from the ground COW
cred with dirt. Throwing down his
bat he strobe out to- the mound.
"You dirty tramp. 20 that's the
only way you can pitch, issit? Well,
hit the dirt on this one and see how
you like It." !. He tented with his left
and landed . hard right flush 70
the point Of Whitper's jaw. Whitper
dropped like Q log.
In minute the ield was . mad
house. Several loyal Blues rooters
started climbing over the low wall
from the grandstand and the cops
grabbed them. It looked like free
night for all corners. Styles, the Bio
Philly catcher, ran. out and grabbed
Larry Doyle from behind. Miiligan
and PharmAn, the two Jumps,
crossed over and grabbed Whitper,
who was getting tos his feet with
murder In his eyes. Pop Clark ran
out. Of the dugout and took Larry By
the arm, puSKing styles away. The
umpire behind the piats, Moran,
came, down and ordered Larry Doyle
out Of the game. =
The crowd gave Larry . terrimc
hand q he went into the <dugout.
There isn't any better way to. get {
bah park full OF fans behind you
than BY acrapping for your rights.
Every man In the crowd was foa
Larry.
They sent man to bat for Doyle
and he got . walk. Whitper Con-
tinued to pitch. LArry's blow didn't
seem to have hurt anything but hi
pride. The next man up for the
Blues was schats and he singled Il
right, driving Horan across the plate
The Blues were ahead once more
whitper polished Oh the rest Of the
side without further trouble. A double
play and an easy grounder to firsi
accounted for the three men.
The eighth inning was uneyentful
Shorty Dugan, the Blues utility man
was at short In place Of Doyle and
handled two chances hawlessly. In
their half, the Blues went down one
two, three, and many Of the FAM
started toward the exits.
Nothing can change complexion -
fast as bali game. In. the, ninth
Harper, the Phil's third baseman
beat out . puny little hit TO Dugan
Dugan was playing too. deep and
failed TO nip Harper ut the bag By
an eyelash. Gilbert, the second
sacker, lifted . long ny to- Buck Han.
sen In center and Harper ran down
to second after the catch. Hansen
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