The daily independent., 1936-10-07
A Thin Fifth World
Championship
Victory
$4,000 FANS SEE 1T
Giants Made Gallant Stand
In Seventh, But 1t
Was No Use

Polo Grounds, New York. Oct.
6.-CUP)-The slugging New York
Yankees won their fifth World
Baseball Championship today by
crushing the hard-fighting Giants.
13 to 5 in the series sixth game.
A laundering seven-run Salvo in
the ninth inning climaxed the VIC
tory, which clinched the all-New
York million dollar classic at four
games to two.
More than $4,000 fans saw the
Suicide Squad" blast out II hits
off four National League pitchers
as the Yanks evened the count in
historic subway series" competi-
ton at two championship each.
In previous subway" series. the
Giants had beaten the YankS in
1921 and 90, with the American
LeaguerS winning in %.
Marse Joe Mccarthy of the
Yanks was forced to use two
pitchers himself to win this thrill
studded encounter. He started
his ace southpaW. Vernon Lefty"
Gomez-the fire-ball throWer-
but removed him in the seventh
with one out and two men on
base. Elongated "Fordham"
Johnny Murphy, a right-hander,
succeeded Gomez, who was credit,
ed with his second victory of the
series. They yielded nine hits to
the National Leaguers.
Gallant Stand In Seventh
The Giants made their most
gallant stand of the series in this
seventh inning when Memphis Bill
Terry sent in three pinch-hitterS
in all attempt to wrest the lead
from the American Leaguers.
This big gamble necessitated four
player changes in the Giants field
when the eighth opened.
Manager Terry who had used
pitchers Freddie FitzSimmonS, the
right handed knuckle ball spec
ialists, and Clydell Slick Castle
man, a right-hand faSt-ball
thrower, in the previous innings.
sent another ight-handed pitch
er, Dick Coffman,t o the mound at
the start of the ninth. The Yanks
blasted him with a barrage Of
three hits, which combined with
one walk and one error for three
runs. With none out and two on
base, another right-hander,. Har-
ry Gumbert, replaced Coffman.
The Yanks found Gumbert for
two hits and three walks. result
ng in four more runs.
Frisco Kid Up
Joe Di Maggie. the Frisco Kid.
was the first Yankee up in this
session. Joe singled TO left. Lar
ruping Lou Gehrig singled to
right past Mark Koenig at second.
who missed a diving try. Catch
er Bill Dickey grounded to Terry
at first, who threw TO Eddie Mayo
at third, trying to trap Di Maggie
off the sack, but the fleet Cali
fornian was sprinting for home
and he scored when catcher Dan
ming let Mayo's throw get away
from him.
George Selkirk walked. filling
the bases. Jake Powell-who had
driven in two runs with his homer
in the second singled sharply
through shortStop Dick Bartell.
scoring Gehrig and Dickey. At
this point Coffman was replaced
by Gumbert. Tony Lazzeri was
Intentionally passed again filling
the bases. Pitcher Murphy singl-
ed to right on the first Rch.
scoring Selkirk, and leaving the
bases filled. Slender frankie
Crossctti walked, forcing in
Powell from third. Red Rolfe
Crosetti at second, and Lazzeri
scored on the play. Di Maggie
came to bat for the second time
in the inning and beat out a hit
to Bartell. scoring Murphy. Gehrig
walked, filling the bases. Dickcy
famed. and Sclkirk filed to Rip
pie in deep right center to end
the execution.
And 1t Was All Over
In the Giants ninth, Mayo, OFT
and Danning went down in order
and the game and the World
Series was over.
The Giants got off to a two
run lead in the first inning today
with Moore's single, walks by
Bartell and Hank Leiber. and Mel
Otis double to right. Joe Nc
Carthy's outfit evened the count
at 2-all in the second when
Powelrs homer into the upper left
stands, just over the 315-fout sign
scored Selkrk ahead uf MIN. Sell