The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-08
TANKS HAVE WON
 18 OF 20 WORLD SERIES GAMES
Greatest Record in Base ball History Compiled
 By New Yankers
By GEORGE KIRKsEY

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 New York, Oct. 8-(UP)-The New York Giants, bruised and battered, lilnped home today--to the Polo Grounds, where they hoped to work the miracle and halt the march of the fench-busting New York Yan- kees toward grand slam in the 1887 world series.
 Manager Bill Terry's National league champions had sad memories of the Yankee stadium, where they were pounded for two 8--1 defeats and their ace southpaws, the vet- eran Carl Hubbell and the big cared rookie Cliff Melton, were ground into the dust by Yankee Nts.
 The Giants believed their chances of stopping the slaughter would be improved on home territory, and Terry called on Hal Schumacher, veteran right-hander who silenced the Yankees bats in the fifth game of the 1886 series, to again try being Horatirs at he bridge. Marse Joe Mccarthy, manager of the American league champions, who walked into the locker room yesterday num- bling TWO down and two to go- but don't know when we'll get 'enn," picked Monte Pearson, whose right arm failed several times during the season, to put the series in the bag.
 The Yanks-they play tops at home and abroad-weren't disturbed by the transfer to the Polo Grounds for three scheduled games, and were making bets that the smaller field would inspire the fench-busting trio-Dimaggio, Gehrig and Dickey ito break out in rash of extra base hits that would crush the Giants beyond repair.
 Fair, cold weather was predicted for the 45,000 fans-10,000 below capacity-eXpected to watch the Giants Hast stand" The profess sional bettors favored, the Tanks at 6 to to win the series and 13 tol0 to take today's game. The 118,248 fans who sat through the frs two games studied these facts, which made the Giants bow their heads:
 The Giants have made only two runs in IS innings.
 The Tanks have made 16 runs in l 16 innings, and each day scored | enough runs in one inning to win. |
 The Giants two aces Hubbell and | Melton have been driven to cover
 The Tanks two aces Gomez and Rufflng have pitched one-run mas terpieces.
 The Giants have got three men as far as third in two games.
 The Giants have made two er- TOTS.
 The Tanks have played perfect ball.
 Schumacher a, right-hander, was knocked out of the box by the Tanks in the second game last year but came back to score a 5-4 triumph in 10 innings and prevented the American league champs from win ming four in row after losing the 1886 opener to Hubbell.
 Unless Schumacher can halt the Tanks, the Giants cause is hopeless because Terry's pitching staff will be depleted. All he'll have left, is Don Brennan, an ex-Yankee res- cued from the minors, and Tom Baker, a rookie.
 But even if Schumacher comes through, the Giants aren't going any place unless they can muster some punch. They are now on a one-run diet. They've made only 13 hits-six in the opener and seven yesterday-and haven't yet had a rally. The nearest they came to 1t was in the ninth inning yesterday against Ruff1ng when they filled the bases on singles by Chiozza and Whitehead and walk to pinch hitter Leslie. Joe Moore ended the game by rolling out weakly to Rolfe.
 Terry refuses to believe that things can keep going as badly for the Giants.
 We looked like a good ball club for five innings each day." said Ter ". But we can't win without hits What we need is some hits. And l don't think all the Yankee pitchers can be as hot as Gomez and Ruffing were. But still we'll never beat the Tanks on one run. We hope to do better in our own park"
 Col. Jake Ruppert multi-million- aire owner of the Yankees is great ly enthused over the chances of his club of taking four straight mak- ing the fourth time in world series play the Tanks have won series with a grand slam. As the Tanks moved into today'S game they boasted of record of | l8 victories in the last 20 world series games. They won four straight from the Pirates in 1927 the Car dinalS in 1928. the Cubs in 1882, took four out of six from the Giants last year, and annexed two from the Giants in this series. No club in baseball history even approaches this mark.
 Another shift was made in the Giants lineup today with Catcher Harry Danning replacing Gus Man cuso, who had the little finger of his right hand injured by 8 foul ball from Crosetti's bat in yester- days game. Danning is still nurs. ing an injured hand himself but is sufficiently recovered to play. Tn the first two games Mancuso failed to make a hit, oncet hitting into a dou- ble lpay.
 With @ right-hander facing the Tanks for the first time, George Selkirk was shifted back to the No