The Washington times., 1935-06-06

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:. Frank buck" O'Nein rumble of base
hits. AS matter of fact, the fin
ish was flat toned and drab, but
1.-The winning run counted just the
same.
] Somehow or ether the public de.
SmandS that public heroes be
.beaten beyond all question of
doubt when the time comes for
them to lose. For that reason. if
Cliff Bolton had made crashing
hit to drive in the final run, cheers
would have greeted his spectacular
coup. 1ut when Lefty Grove
passed Bolton and forced Buddy
Meyer in with the winning run,
everybody hesitated, including the
w ashin on ballplayers. Then
everybody filed out in orderly
style, just little bit disappointed.
= Baseball, dramatic in its great
moments, wholly ignores the set
rules of drama. If Belasco had
written the action of yesterdays
ball game, the Red Sox would
have left the field whooping after
Oscar Melillo threw out Manush at
the plate on Fred Schulte's twist
ing looper toward right field.
And all the precedent of histri-
.onics would have justified such
. climax.
A Real Play
: For there, my hearties. was a
play that bordered on the impos-
sible, and taxed the faith Of fans
IN their own eyesight. If the
game were to be won by Wash
ington, that ball Of Schulte'S
Should have spun toward the
right field foul line. in which
case no human agent could have
cut it down. If Washington were
to be beaten. then Melillo should
have made his play. for that would
be the way of fiction.
n Let's look at the setting. There
were two men on base when Jake
Powell came to the bat. Joe
Cronin ordered Powell passed,
which was sound baseball. There
was only one out and, by filling
the bases, Boston set up a double
play at every corner. Cronin
violated one Of the precepts of
baseball strategy. Instead of play.
Ing back for double play, he
pulled his infield in on the grass,
called his outfield a way in, to
bar the way to the plate, attempt
ing to cut down a run, register
the second out, and gamble on
the next hitter.
Now here is what happened.
Schultz hit a handle hit over
Babe Dahlgren's head. The UNI
pires might have ruled it an in.
field fly Immediately, but they
didn't. Now Dahlgren had no
chance to get the ball, but
,Manush had to go back to third
to play safe. This was fatal, for
Melillo, playing the thousandth
chance, speared the ball with his
bare hand as it bounced, and
threw to Rick Terrell, forcing
,tManush. That brought up Bolton,
who hadn't hit the ball out of the
infield and who had struck out
in the ninth inning.
: Missed the Place
: Grove fairly poured the ball to-
ward the plate, but it was toward
the plate and not over it. And
:on the fourth wide pitch Bolton
walked and Myer scored the run
that emptied the stands.
= Earl Whitehill was favored by
fortune. In the fifth inning,
.Kuhel's single got away from the
brilliant Armada, and rolled to
the fence, thus producing two
runs, for Bolton was on base at
the time. In the tenth inning
Bill Werber booted Meyers sacri.
flee and that led directly to BoS-
tons defeat. There are few who
will complain about the Griffs
getting an occasional nod from
Lady Luck, for they have had
plenty of grief since Earl AverillS
line drive snapped Buck New
,Some's knee cap and shattered the
morale of the team.