Evening star., 1934-10-04
JERSEY BOY TIES
ONE-GAME RECORD
Card 0utfieIder Is Described
as Natural Hitter by
Casey StengeI.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

z HO11y SSlODCk T.-EAo dA4
old world series hero himself
and the man now best known
for his part in proving to the
Giants that Brooklyn is still in the
National League, Casey Stengel has a
few kind words to say today for the
Cardinals in general and Joe Medwick
In particular.
I'm not insisting that the Car
dinals cut me in on their world
series money" smiled the Brooklyn
manager, but my club helped them
prove they are the best team in the
National League and get the chance
to win this world series. As for Med
wick, he is liable to blow more of the
Tigers down than the Deans. He's
one of the greatest natural hitters I
have seen in years"
Hitting star of the opening game
against the Tigers, with four booming
base hits, including a homer, that
tied a world series record, Medwick
looks ripe for a slugging spree that
will set an all-time mark. Only two
others among the dozen who have
collected four hits in a single series
game-Frank Frisch with the Giants
of 1921 and Mel OFT of the 1888 New
York Club-turned the trick IN the
first game.
The 22-year-old better from Carteret,
N. j., thus has a running start
toward Babe Ruth's record Of 10 hits
for a four game series or the top
figure of IL hits for longer struggle,
Jointly held by Joe jackson, Buck
Herzog and Medwick's own teammate,
Pepper Martin.
Whether or not it was just case OF
temporary buck fever" brought on by
an accumulation of events, the fact
is no club has looked quite so bad
as the current Tigers at the outset of
a big money battle since the Pittsburgh
Pirates of 1927 staggered into the
National League championship and
then outfumbled the New York Yam
KEGS in four consecutive world series
games
Mickey Cochrane's jittery athletes
may shake off the st. Louis blues
today They are a far better ball
club than they looked against Dean,
Medwick and company in the opener.
They proved they had courage and
resource in the clutches" by the way
they battered their way to the top
of the American League. but for the
time being their case is ominously
parallel to the plight Of the Pirates
seven seasons ago.
The bugaboos Of 1927 were the
celebrated home run twins, Babe Ruth
and Lou Gehrig. Such was the
growth of imagination in Pittsburgh
minds that the Yankee sluggers as
sumed the stature Of Giants who
habitually Dashed opposing pitchers
and frightened little fellows like the
Waner boys.
When Babe and Lou finally put in
an appearance and began hitting
groove balls" in practice with such
force that seats were splintered in
the outfield stands, the worst fears
of the Pirates seemed realized. Came
the opening of the series, the Bucs
began kicking the ball around and it
lasted only until the fourth and final
game was lost on a wild pitch. They
were over-awed from start to finish.
This year the Dean brothers and
their pitching exploits spread some
thing akin to apprehension through
the jungletown. After being all set
to tackle the fading Giants, Detroit
suddenly found itself obliged to face
the greatest pitching pair in base ball.
Not since Ruth's palmiest days has
any individual performer so caught
the popular imagination as Dizzy
Dean. His prowess had every chance
to expand in Tiger minds, thanks to
an extraordinary build-up, and he
didn't disappoint them very much.
The collapse of Detroit's infleld to
such an extent that Greenberg, Geh-
ringer, Rogell and Owen Joined In
making five errors in two and one
third innings gives them the dubious
distinction of trying to outdo the 1909
Tigers, who rolled up an all-time
series record of 19 miscues in seven
games. They we're emily one short Of
the single game record Of six, jointly
charged to the White Sox Of 1906 and
1917 and the Pirates of 1909. which
seems to have been the great fumbling
year.
The explanations, none Of them
helpful to the present Tigers, are %
too much tension, brought on by
hometown enthusiasm, (2) additional
strain caused by the Commute delay
in starting the first game and 90
the burden of being christened the
Battalion Of Death" They're sorry
now that anybody brought that
one up.