The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-05
GIANTS ATTACK
 IN PINCHES IS QUITE PITIFUL
Long Range Attack Oi Terrymen Negligible;
 Pitching Desperate
By GEORGE KIRKsEY

bauE world champlonSh1p was one game away from the New York Yankees today.
 The ascendency of the swaggering, slugging American league cham pions seemed only Q matter o1 hours as the Tanks and Giants moved into the fifth game of the world series at Yankee stadium be- fore an expected throng of 60,000.
 Leading three games to one and needing only one more, the Tanks were overwhelming favorites to be- come world champions for the fourth time in ten years.
 Even King Carl Hubbell, baseL balls No. 1 pitcher, was caught in the maelstrom yesterday as the Tanks took their third straight triumph over the frustrated, floun- dering National league titleholders Hubbell's defeat, 5-2, before 66,66e largest crowd ever to see a world series game-was almost the last straw in 8 forlorn cause. The Giants seem doomed to succumb to the rampant Yankee power. They haven't the weapons to fight back on the mound or at bat-in close, tight games or knock-down-and- drag-out slugging battles.
 To add to the desperation of the Giants situation, their pitching strength is exhausted. For today's game they must trust to Hal Schu- macher, who was so rudely handled by the Tanks when they battered their way to an IS to { victory in the second game.
 Even Bill Terry recognizes the hopelessness of the task ahead of the Giants when he says:
 "Itll be Schumacher today-and company, if necessary. And if we win, Fitzsimmons will pitch tomor- row. have to pitch him with only two days rest because there's no one else. Smith has @ sore arm and couldn't pitch him if I wanted to-"
 Big Red Rufing, the ex-coal miner from Nokomis, H., who was beaten by Hubbell in the rain and mud on opening day drew the Tanks pitch ing assignment. Although beaten by the Giants, 6-1, Ruff1ng pitched on almost even terms with Hubbell for seven innings, allowing only six hits until the disastrous eighth when four runs poured over on three hits and two errors.
 The heroes of the Yankees con- quest of Hubbell, who suffered his first defeat since July 13 when the Chicago Cubs beat him, To, on two hits, were Monte Pearson, who 8 wek ago was abed with lame back and Lou Gehrig, who had previously been helpless before the Giants screwball king.
 Pearson, drapper, blond Califor- nian who used to work in an ice- house in Oakland, outpitched the great Hubbell. He had made 8 study of the Giant hitters when he was with Cleveland. Cleveland and the Giants came north together on a spring exhibition tour. Yesterday he allowed only seven hits and struck out seven men.
 Gehrig, who had faced Hubbell seven times (once in an all-star game and six times in the world ser- ies) and never made a hit of him, struck the blow which smashed Hubbell's 17-game winning streak. It was 8 screaming line drive into the right field bleachers, more than S44 feet from home plate, with Red Rolfe on base in the third.
 Gus Mancuso and Hubbell say Gehrig hit @ bad pitch, @ high curve which broke outside. Gehrig says he hit "the biggest curve in the world" right across the chest. Whatever it was Gehrig really laid his POS pound frame into the ball, swinging from the ear, twisting his body around like 8 whirling dervish. It was the first time this season that any player has hit 8 home run off Hubbel with a man on base. King Carl, who seems likely to have suffered some after effects from his strain of pitching in the wretched opening day weather, blanked the Tanks after Gehrig's clout, but was relieved for 8 pinch hitter in the eighth. Heallowed 4 runs, and hits in 2 innings. Frank Gabler pitched the eighth and gave up an- other run and two hits.
 Broadway betting commissioners today quoted the Tanks to l fa- vorites to win the series, with no takers. Even these odds do not re- fleet the low ebb of the Giant hopes.
 With Hubbell conquered, the Giant pitching staff has wilted. Even if by some miracle Schumacher should come through with 8 brilliantly pitched game as he did to beat the Boston Bees in the game which clinched the pennant, the Giant at- tack might bog down as it did when Fred Fitzsimmons hurled his heart out on Saturday and lost.
 The Giants attack with men on bases has been pitiful. They have 0AAvVA A4 OAAAy A uAAS 0A 4Vu1 kaA1AcS as compared to the Tanks record oi 26. The long range attack of the Giants has been negligible with homers by Jimmy Ripple and Dick Bartell and doubles by Bartell, Ott and Mancuso their only extra base hits. In contrast the Tanks have blasted out 12 extra base hits homers by Gehrig (2), Dickey, Sel- kirk, and Lazzeri, and doubles by Crosetti CD, DiMaggio (2), Gehrig Powell and Pearson.
 Whereas the Giants are desperate for pitchers, the Yankees have Ruffing ready today, and Pat Ma. lone, who pitched the last inning of Bump Hadley's 2-1 victory Sat- urday Johnny Murphy and Johnny Broca in reserve. No Yankee pitcher has yet pitched a bad game.
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