The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-01
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By KIRK MILLER
Tines Sports Editor

NEW XOhh, OCC. /.
The story of the first
World Series game of
1886 is the story OF
King Carl" HubbelI,
the thin man from the
Ozarks whence such
other masterful ball
players as "Dizzy"
Dean and pepper"
Martin spring.
The angular southpaw screw
ball sleight-of-hander most
definitely carved a niche for
himself in the sports laurel
wreathed hall of fame by the
pitching performance he
turned in to hold all Of the
Yankees but Jake Powell,
practically helpless through
$50 minutes of play in the
first phase Of baseball's great
annual extravaganza.
His was a one-man show!
It will be many day before the
10000 who endured the dismal
setting, forget the picture of Okla
homa's slender son turning back
the 1896 edition Of MurdererS
Row, as if they were lassoed and
hog-tied as they say down yonder
in Hubbell'S native sand dunes.
Ball Does Magic
His long, tapering fingers
gripped that ball a couple of hun
dred times during the afternoon
to make it do magic as it danced I
deceitfully across the plate.
In coordination his frail wrist
seemed to fairly snap the ball past
the Yankee batterS, eight of whom
swung in vain and only seven of
whom could hit the ball out
yonder and make it stick.
Glance at the fielding record of
the opening day, my distant
friends, and observe that IL Of the
~ putoutS recorded by the Giants
were the handiwork Of Bill
Terry. Such is silent testimony
that Hubbell was keeping the
batted balls pretty well in the in
field.
Add to that the 9 putouts Of Gus
MancuSo, eight of which came by
dint of HubbellS strike outs, and
you have a pretty picture Of ex-
actly how Hubbell had his adver-
SarieS handcuffed there in the rain
which Slanted before stiff sting
ing northeaSter.
Not Just an Accident
And this was not just a happen.
stance, this giltedged game that
Hubbell turned in before the un-
believing eyes Of so many Ameri-
can League fans from far and near
who had come to watch his wiz
ardry.
On the other hand, 1t is the Gus
tomary or usual thing whenever
the Stringbean Singer from the
wastes Of the great Southwest is in
the saddle.
He has lost but one game in the
Polo Grounds this season. It stood
to reason he wasn't going to drop
yesterdays before so distinguished
a jury Of fans, friendly and other
wise.
Yes sir, Of the six games Carl
Hubbeu has dropped while he was
winning ~, counting yesterdays,
but one humiliation came in his
own bailiwick. That was back
there, femme see, along about July
10 I believe, when he was out
gained by the Chicago Cubs by so
close q count as l to 0.
Pills Did 1t!
And of all things, came that
5-to-3 defeat at the hands Of the
LA14-GUO 6u41A4oS h11O IL WAS GA1S
only game in which Hubbell has
been knocked out of the box this
season, my friends. Think of that!
Then Carl was humbled by one
run, in a 3-to-2 victory established
by the Pirates. On that occasion
Mel OFT overran a hit that he
should have held to single.
The blow developed into a
triple and HubbellS cause was lost
for the day.
Hubbell'S other loss was an af-
fair against the Cubs in Chicago.
He left the game in the seventh
inning for a pinch hitter with the
score 20 against the Giants and
that was also the final score.
I commend such a record to
your deliberations and for future
reference when and if anyone ap-
proaches such a peerless span of
pitching.
-VOTE AMERIcAN-
Wrestling Results
AT Los ACCOMPLISHMENTS LOPEZ
Mexico, tossed Dave Levin, New York.
two out of three. Bill Hanson. PaRA.