Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-22
WARNEKE SAVES
DAY FOR BRUINS
Goes in With Two BUGS On,
None Out, and Retires
Side in 4-3 Tilt.
BY PAUL NICHOLSON,
Associated Press Sports Writer,


~ HICAGO. September 21-For
ten thrill-packed minutes the
sensational Chicago Cubs
~ winning streak hung by a
thread today but the Pride of the
OzarkS, Lonnie Warneke, came to the
rescue to weave it into the seven
tenth straight victory by stopping
the Pittsburgh Pirates and giving the
men of Grimm to conquest.
Stopped dead in their tracks for
eight innings under the spell of Roy
HenShaw's southpaw slants. which
had limited them to one run and
only four scattered hits. the Pirates
staged ninth inning uprising that
chased the diminutive Cub Lefty and
forced Warneke to give one of the
most brilliant relief exhibitions in
base ball to halt their drive.
Renowned as little Poison" to Pi-
rate hitters because of his complete
mastery over them in six out of seven
games this season, HenShaw seemed q
certain winner until the near fatal
ninth.
Situation Gets Serious.
NONE of the SO, 624 spectators stirred
much when Woody Jensen opened
with hit that Billy Herman couldn't
quite handle, but the explosion was
quick and almost disastrous. Dan
Haley singled over second and LLOYD
Waner dropped another high single
down the first base lire, scoring Jen-
sen and sending Hafey to third. Arky
Vaughan, hitless all day. then re-
sponded by hitting deep to Herman.
landing safe at first and scoring Hafey
when Phil Cavarretta failed to get
back to first. It was the fourth sue
cesSive hit and two runs were in and
still nobody out. The score was 4
to g.
1t was then that Warneke came to
the rescue as the tense crowd, Joyous
as the Cubs had belted the revenge
bent Guy Bush for runs and
hits in seven innings, groaned. But
Warneke had Just what it took.
Floyd Young, first batter to face
the tall Arkansan. topped a vicious
swing. The ball rolled weakly to
Warneke and he whirled around with
perfect throw to force Waner at
third for the first out.
Lavasetto Finally Checked.
HARRY LAVAGETTO was next and
the respects were dark as it was
Lavagetto who had cracked out three
OF the four hits off the tiny Henshaw
IN eight innings. But the law of
average and a sweeping curve forced
MN to roll to Bill urges, who threw
TO Herman to force Young at second.
1t was a dead set-up for a double
play, but Herman pulled Cavarretta
on the bag with a high throw and
Lavagetto was safe, prolonging the
suspense. Gus Suhr walked, filling
the bases and Red Lucas, big poison"
1or years to Cub pitchers, batted for
catcher Tom Padden. As the crowd
stood In frenzy of excitement.
Warneke worked the count on Lucas
10 and 2 and then forced him to
tap weakly to Herman, who made an
easy put-out at first, ending the rally
and masterful rescue that netted
Warneke tumultous ovation.
The Cubs, who now have rolled over
tne TOUR Eastern clubs in four-game
series and turned back the Pirates.
were held to two scattered hits bv
Bush, the man they traded down the
river last Winter, for four innings.
but they found the range on the
Mississippi mudcat" in the fifth.
Get Them in Pairs.
HENSHAW opened the inning bv
reaching first on Lavagetto's
error. on his ground smash, but was
forced at second by Galan. Herman
sent Galan to third with a single to
right and Augie dashed home as Fred
Lindstrom singled to right.
Gabby Hartnett was hit on the
lett elbow with wicked fast ball as
the crowd booed. but the crowd for
got that as Herman scored on a
helder's choice as Demaree forced
Gabby.
A single by Henshaw and Galan,s
homer into the right-f1eld stands
scored the other pair of Cub markers
Ralph Birkofer replaced Bush in the
eighth and set the Cubs down in
order.
LaVagetto's third hit gave the
Pirates their first run in the eighth.
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