The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29
HUBBELL HOLDS
 KEY TO LENGTH !. OF B. B. CLASSIC.
Short Series Probable l; Odd Deliveries of Giant
 Pitchers Help
(EditerS Note: Following Is the last of . series comparing the World Series centenders.D
BY GEORGE KTRKSEY

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 BY GEORGE KIRKSEY
 Limited Press Staff CorrcspOndent)
 New York, Sept. 2e.--(UP)-The outcome of the World Series hinges on how the Yankees n1urderouS batting array win perform against a strange variety of pitching it has never faced before-Carl Hubbell'S screwball, Hal Schumacher sinker and Fred Fitzsimmons' knuckle ball.
 All three of the Giants pitchers have deliveries the Yanks don't see in the American league. In four out of seven game series that trio might silence the Tanks big berthas long enough for the underdog Gi- ants to creep through to victory be- fore the American league lnaraud- CTS get the range.
 The Giants have the games greatest pitcher on their side in Hubbell. He has run Up 16 straight victories in compiling a record of 26 triumphs against defeats. He is counted on for two victories. That means If Hubbell wins twice, the Tanks must capture four of the other five games to take the title. That's 8 difficult assignment.
 But many students of the game believe that Hubbell, for all his greatness, won't be able to smoth- CT the Tanks more than once-that the Tanks will get wise to his screw ball in the first game, and hit him enough to win the second time he faces them. It will be recalled that Hubbell had more trouble beating Washington the second time he faced them in the 1883 series than he did in the first game.
 FitzsimmonS and Schumacher have had only fair success in their own league this year, but National league partisans believe they will be more effective the first time they face the Tanks because of their un- usual deliveries, foreign to anything in the American league. Fitzsim- mons won nine out of his last ten games, but was belted hard by Brooklyn in his last start. Schu- macher lost four straight games in September until he pitched the Gi- ants to the pennant-clinching game against the Bees last week. Pearson Out
 The Tanks three top pitchers are Red Ruffing, Lefty Gomez and Monte Pearson. Manager. Joe Me- Carthy's decision on his opening pitcher may have 8 big effect on the outcome of the. series. He may start his No. 1 man, Ruffing, or he may gamble with Gomez, who is de- cidedly question mark. Pearson figured on to start the third game has back ailment which has failed to respond to treatment and he may be out of the series. If Pearson is out, Pat Malone or Johnny Broaca will step up as a starter.
 The Tanks seem to be better equipped with relief hurlers than the Giants. In addition to Malone they have Johnny Murphy and Bump Hadley. The Giants probably will depend on Dick Codman, a former American leaguer, and Al Smith, 8 southpaw, for relief work Any discussion of World Series pitching comes right back to Hub bell. He holds the key to the series If he should lose the first game the Tanks might sweep through to four straight, belting the Giants pitching from pillar to post. Even if Hubbell stops the Tanks Col Fitzsimmons and Schumacher may fail because the Giants haven't the confidence behind them that they demonstrate when Hubbell is wield- ing his southpaw magic.
 Hubbell Picked
 In Q short series, good pitching can stop a dangerous hitting team Even so dangerous a batting array as the Tanks, with a deadly hitter in every spot, might curl up before Hubbell's screwball, Fitzsimmons's knuckler and Schumacher's sinker But the odds are against it. Granting that Hubbel wins two games, the Tanks ought to take the series in six games. But American league supporters refuse to believe that Hubbell can beat the Yanks with only two days of rest in be- tween.
 This writer believes that Hubbell will stop them in the first game and that. the Tanks will win the next four in row, beating Hubbell the second time out.
 The Yanks appear to have the advantage in catching, with Bill Dickey batting 1882 to Gus Man. cuso's .30l and driving in 1O6 runs to the Giants receivers GA. Dickey also is considered as effective be- hind the plate as Mancuso although the Giants catcher was on import ant spark plug in winning the Ma tional league title.
 Comparative records of the pitch- CTS and catcher follow: