The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-11
NATIONAL TWIRLER
BLANKS AMERICANS
FOR THREE FRAMES
But Americans Wipe Out Four
Run Lead and Then Coast
to 9 to 7 Victory
CARD STARS HIT HOMERS
Mel Harder Limits National
Stickers to One Hit in
Last Five Innings

Wednesday after giving nearly $4,000
bowling fans the greatest combined
one-day baseball and vaudeville show
in the history of the sport, American
Ieaguers can thank their lucky stars
that Carl Owen Hubbell, the Okla
homa master Of the "screw ball. and
ace Of National League pitchers, huri-
ed no more than three of the nine
spectacular innings In the now his
toric battle of the Polo Grounds.
Hubbell's dazzling performance in
banking the Americans for the first
three frames and striking out five of
the games greatest batsmen in Sue
cession-Ruth. Gehrig. Foxx, Simmons
and Cronin-absolutely stole the Sec
ond annual all-star show Tuesday.
This highly dramatic achievement
In the full glare of the spotlight not
only set Hubbell apart for the day as
the star Of stars but thoroughly over
Swallowed the subsequent proceedings,
during which the Americans wiped
out four-run deficit by shellacking
Lon Warneke and Van Mungo, took
the lead with Six-run outburst in
the fifth and then coasted to a 81
victory over the Nationals behind the
effective pitching of young Melvin
Harder of Omaha, Nebr., and the
Cleveland Indians Harder held the
Nationals to one hit in the last five
innings.
Second American Triumph
It was the second successive tri-
umph for the Americans tn this bril-
liant mid-season pageantry, with Al
Simmons and Earl Averill taking the
clouting honors that went to Ruth a
year ago in the first all-star game
at Chicago.
Hubbell capped the climax Wednes-
day with his gaudiest display Of skill.
Charley Gehringer, lead-off man,
slashed single past frankie Frisch
and raced to second on Wally Ber-
gers misplay. Heinie Manush walk
ed but Hubbell then proceeded to
strike out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and
Jimmie Foxx in succession.
AL Simmons and Joe Cronin also
famed at the outset of the second
inning. Vernon Gomez was Hubbell's
sixth victim in two innings.
Hubbell collected no more strike
outs In the third. He walked Ruth
but retired the side quickly and left
the Nationals riding the crest Of a
four-run lead, gained at the expense
Of Gomez and thanks to a brace of
home runs by Cardinal stars, Frisch
and Medwick.
The Americans climbed all over
the right handed pitching Of Chica-
COS Warneke and Brooklyn's Mungo.
Big AL Simmons, who enjoyed a field
day with three hits and as many runs,
opened the assault on Warneke with
double in the fourth. He scored
on Cronin's single and raced home
when Earl Averill tripled.
Score Tied in Fifth
Hits by Foxx and Simmons tied the
score in the fifth. With the bases
full, Averill banged double to right,
scoring two more runs. With the
bases full again Charley Ruffing belt
ed single to left, tallying two more
runners.
Dizzy Dean pitched the next three
innings, yielding the Americans ninth
run in the sixth.
The Nationals in their own half Of
the fifth drove Ruffing from the
box. A pass to Pepper Martin, fol-
lowed by successive hits by Frisch,
Traynor and Chuck Klein, accounted
for two runs. with none out and
Harder stepped into this ticklish spot
and promptly squelched a fresh brt-
gade Of National League sluggers.
A double steal, engineered by Tray
nor and Mel OFT, as Paul Waner fan
ned, accounted for the Nationals
seventh run.
The five National League pitchers
famed IL Americans but also issued
nine bases on balls. The Americans
had a big margin in hitting, II to 8,
but they couldn't collect a single home
run. Ruth and Gehrig failed to get
a hit between them. The Babe walk
ed twice but iron m: ! Lou struck out
three times.
The official figures showed 1883
cash customers. The net receipts were
52,982.