Evening star., 1937-10-09
Fourth-Game Line.up.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Stan COrrespondent of The afay

GtdA SOiitopOiidcAt VI lIc StAl.
NEW YORK, October 9.-The end
Of the trail loomed today for the
triumphant Yankees, the weary Giants
and all base ball
Leading, three victories to none, Joe
McCarthy's Bronx Bombers again
moved into the Polo Grounds to try
to put the clincher on the 1887 world
series. According to this mornings
odds the American Leaguers were
heavily favored to end it, too.
In one last desperate bid to prolong
the series, Manager Bill Terry Of the
Giants beckoned to tall. lean Carl
Hubbell, who was beaten In the open
ing game by to /. In the first game
Hub pitched magnificently for five in
nings, but cracked in the sixth. Today
he was to pitch on only two full days
of rest.
Mccarthy and the Yankees, on the
other hand, found themselves in a
position to gamble today. Bump Had
ley, one of the lesser lights of the
Yankee mound corps, was nominated
to pitch by Mccarthy, and if the
Bumper should fail the Yankees to-
morrow may be able to put the clinch
on the set by pitching Lefty Gomez in
reguiar-season turn.
Hadley Won Game In 1885.
Hadley pitched one game in the 1895
series and did surprisingly beautiful
job. He drew fat Freddie Fitzsimmons
in the fourth game Of last Falls series
and, although Ftzsimmons pitched the
best game of the set, Hadley won
2-to-1 victory. Bump was not as good
as Fitz, but he won the game and in
a low-scoring duel such as that he had
to be something more than inadequate.
Terry doggedly stuck to his original
lineup despite the widespread belief
that he should gamble. Many critics
think he especially should insert First
Baseman Sambo Leslie instead Of
Johnny Mccarthy in an effort to inject
a stronger measure of batting punch
IN tne mloQle OF the order.
Harry Danning. the big catcher who
debutted yesterday as the Yankees won
5to-1 decision over Hal Schumacher,
again was to be behind the plate. Gus
Mancuso, the veteran who has done
most of the Giants backstopping for
the last few years, took his sore finger
to the hospital yesterday and had it
X-rayed. 1t was disclosed the digit
was broken. 1t is the small finger on
his right hand and it was hurt near
the end of the second game.
Ideal Foot Ball Day.
Today dawned clear and cool again
and 1t was another ideal foot ball day.
In fact, foot ball was in the air as
much as the series here. Interest in
base ball reached new low and it
was believed that no more than $4,000
spectators would watch this fourth
game of the series.
Attendance has tailed of steadily
since the opening day, when 81, 900
thronged into Yankee Stadium. The
second game drew approximately
5000 less and yesterdays crowd barely
cleared the $4,000 mark. Giant
patches of empty seats were found
yesterday and todays vacant pews
threatened to outnumber those.
A comparatively skeleton bleacher
line had formed this morning, waiting
for the gates to open. and this was
in tribute only to the great Hubbell.
Scalpers were stuck with tickets, box
and reserved grandstand, and were
having difficulty selling them at regu-
lar price. This has been lean series
for the scalpers. Only for the first
game was there any demand for seats,
and then Yankee Stadium was far
from filled. Some even we're selling
$3.50 seats for 50 and glad to get 1t.