Evening star., 1937-07-04
kuhel Hurled to Ground.


The game was tied at A when
Powell touched off the explosion,
One was out in the Yanks' ninth when
JAKE hit an easy grounder to Third
baseman Buddy Lewis. Taking the
Dali, Lewis threw to Kuhel, pulling the
hrst sacker off the bag.
Fo"el was out by many feet. how
ever, and Kuhel elected to touch him
with the ball as he sped by. Then. in
manner reminiscent of the time he
colllded with Hank Greenberg of the
Tigers year ago, Powell struck Kuhel
solldly. Joe, knocked several feet. fell
and was badly shaken. The ball
BOUNDED out of his hands and Powell
continued to second base.
"A roar of boos greeted the act
hunel, after few moments rest was
soie to continue play and Jake tempo
sarlly was forgotten as Relief Pitcher
eyd Cohen valiantly ATTEMPTED to
tomoat this menace to his performance
he Intentionally walked Tony Lazzeri
eno, while Pinch-hitter Charley
Humng was batting for JOHNNY
murphy, the southpaw picked Lazzeri
on nrst Tor the second out.
Pop Bottles Spray Field.
THIS done, Cohen was ordered IL
pass Rufing also and pitch to the
~eak-hitting Don Heffner, but the
strategy went haywire when the sub-
stitute shortstop looped lazy single to
center, scoring Powell with the deci-
Eive run.
All the bitterness of the bea acherites
then broke loose as Powell trotted to
&eft field for the Mats half of the
inning. The shirt-sleeved clients in
the sun stand rose to their feet and
started boo in unison that increased
IN tempo until 1t was almost deafen-
Ing. Powell walk out and gestured
his defiance.
Then 1t happened Sailing almost
unseen against the sky, a bottle
whizzed near Powell's head. Then an
other. Finally, veritable torrent of
them poured down at the feet of the
hometown boy who, in his own back
yard, succeeded in creating the most
bitter protest by local fans in recent
years.
Powell Defies BleacheriteS.
POWELL. hands on hips, stood still
and faced the aroused gallery.
Teammates rushed to his side, glanc-
Ing fearfully at the bleachers, and
Umpire Bill MCGOWAN tugged at
Powelfs shirt sleeve and tried to make
him leave the scene At one stage it
looked as if MCGOWAN was persuad-
ing Jake to leave the game. but Man.
lger Joe Mccarthy of New York rushed
out at the umpire's gesture and made
1t plain that he wanted Powell to
finish the inning. Mccarthy had no
one else to play at the time.
Meanwhile, the Griffs were whipped.
as far as that game was concerned.
They went out in l-2-3 order in their
half OF the inning, while Frank
Makosky was pitching, and failed even
to lift ball to the outfeld, which had
been cleared in left by the Yanks,
umpires and lone member of the
ground crew. Powell himself joined
In this work by throwing the bottles
against the concrete stands In deep
LETT and spraying glass all over the
premises.
well Make it Up" Mats Mutter.
SO THREATENING was the attitude
OF the crowd that when the final
out was made the Yanks waited for
Powell and encircled him as he made
his way to the dugout steps. Boos fol-
lowed him and scorecards were flung
at the New Workers, but there was no
further heaving of glassware. Even
when Powell had showered and dressed
he found threatening mob waiting at
the entrance, but Jake strutted in
company of three other Yanks and
outside of heckling the boy from Silver
Spring no demonstration was made.
In their dressing room the Mats bit
terly accused Powell of dirty base
ball" and there were murmurs of
well make it up" He did the same
thing to Greenberg last year when he
~uo "AoaA 10, oflC Va IlICIll Shlu, he
deliberately broke Greenberg's wrist
and he almost did the same thing to
Kuhel"
The defeat was bitter pill to the
Griffs for they had come from behind
to tie up the game in the sixth in
ming, after the Yanks had built up a
<-to-l lead against Monte Weaver.
Yanks Get Three Homers.
THE PROFESSOR did not pitch a
bad game, but the Yanks made it
appear as if he were throwing what
the boys call gopher ball" When
hit 1t would go for" extra bases. OF
the seven hits made by the New York
ers, only one was single. And that
was Heffner's blow which sent Powell
across with the winning run. Three
(see POWELL Pare A-l3.)