The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-01
Postponeent To-day Would Make Giants EUen Be- For See
TOday's Sports
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Bv HENRY ArcLEMORE

By HENRY MCLEMOkk United Press Stan COrrespondensg
 New York, Oct. 1--CUP)-Frankie Frisch picked the Giants to win the first one before it started. Y
 The tough boss of the tough Cards, a chunk of cutplug the size of your fist in his jaw, his feet draped over the railing, gave On his opinion during the Giants infield practice.
 "They won't miss today" he said as Bartell dove to his left and came up with hot one. They've got It. I know those punks, and when they warm up like that you ain't gonna beat 'em."
 Someone challenged Frischs abil- ity to call the turn on team py the way it acted in practice.
 "Okay. Have it your way. But I've been in few of these series, and give me the nervous, jerky guys. You play better ball when your scared and your belly's turning over. I don't know why, but you do. Those Giants are in today"
 It turned out that Frisch was right, but right guy never came closer to being wrong. He missed by just one inch, for one inch more to the right and that curving line drive of Joe DiMaggio's in the eighth inning would have gone ringing on to right field, Frankie Crosetti would have scored the tying run, Red Rolfe would have been on second, DiNNaggio on first, none would have been down, and Biscuit Pants" Lou Gehrig would have been up.
 What Break!
 That the Frisco kids hit didn't go, one more inch to the right, al- lowing Burgess Whitehead to stab it out of the mud and make it 8 double play ball. is due to that most fickle of all gals, Sister Luck. She doesn't like DiMaggio-not this year anyway. It was Sis Luck, you will remember, who pulled the strings in the all-star game earlier in the year, and placed the horns of the goat, instead of the halo of the hero, on the Frisco f1shermans head. In that game, with the bases loaded he caught one smack on the nose and Leo Durocher got it. A few inches either way and the bases were cleared.
 But it wasn't a flew inches either way" so he was tucker. The same yesterday. He left the field 8 chump; Carlos Hubbell left 1t 8 hero. The positions might well have been re- versed. Even the most frantic Giant fan wouldn't go so far as to say that Hubbell called the turn on that one.
 But he won it, and there's no de- nying that the long-legged screw baller from Oklahoma deserved 1t. It wasn't his kind of a day, because it was cold, and a thin curtain of rain bathed him most of the way. Hubbell has reached an age where his arm needs the hot sun to be at it's best. But up and down went the homicide squad. Lou Gehrig didn't hit the ball out of the infield. Neither did Bill Dickey. And Tony Lazzeri didn't get a scratch.
 He would have had shutout but for the fact that a curve slipped of his fingers and gave George (Twinkletoes) Selkirk the kind he can powder-a straight one, chest high.
 That was Hubbell's only mistake. Yes, his only one, for that error they called on him when he handled Red Rolfes bunt in the eighth was an error for the scorers, not for Carl. It was a base hit, and should have been recorded as such.
 Today 1t will be Hal Schumacher and Lefty Gomez. Schumacher will win it, putting the Giants two up. The Tanks will take the third one, but Hubbell will come back on Sat- urday to make it 3 to 1. After that your guess is as good as mine, but I'm still glad called the Giants in six. The only thing I'm afraid of is that they'll win 1t in five and mar my reputation as picker. Copyright, 1936, by United PreSsl