The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-10-06
YANKEESLIFT WORLD SERIES
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the Cubs ace, who won go games
during the regular season. a.;
Lee dug the first hole in his
own grave in the second inning
when he walked Gehrig on four
straight pitches with one out.
Dickey singled past Rip Collins
for his first hit, sending >Gehrig
to third. Dickey raced to. second
on Cavarretta's relay to Hack. :
In this spot George Selkirk bit
slow roller at Billy Herman, who
came in on the grass to reach the
ball. He juggled it and Gehrig
scored, Dickcy reached third, and
Selltirk was safe at first. It was
damaging error by the man who
played a stellar role in the Cubs
spectacular drive to the pennant.
Then Gordon, making his first
appearance at bat, in a world Sc
ries, slashed a hot drive left of
Hack and. Dicliey scored. Lee got
out of the jam when Ruffing
bounced into a double play, Jur-
ges to Herman to Collins.
That one. brief splurge,, almost
feeble in. comparison to. great
Yankee rallies in past world Sc
ries play, proved good enough to
decide the ball game.
The Cubs hustled back a run
in the third, and also hustled
themselves out of what e., might
have been a rally. Rip Collins
opened the third with line sin
gle to right. urges famed, and
Lee tapped in front of the plate,
but Collins moved to second on
Lees out. Hack singled sharply
to right, scoring Collins, and went
to second on the throw-in to the
plate. Billy Herman slammed a
single out Red Rolfc's glove, and
Hack tried to score. Making his
first great play, Crosctti raced
over behind Rolfe and retrieved
the ball to nip Hack at the plate
with an unerring throw.
The Yanks kept pecking away
at Lee, but couldn't score again
until the sixth. Heinrich led off
with wicked double off the right
field wall--the hardest hit ball Of
the dav - but seemingly was
stranded on second when DiMag-
gio flied out and: Gehrig famed,
thanks to Lazzeri's masterminding
from the dugout. But. with two
out, Dickey hit a short fly. to left,
which the wind got under .and
blew back. toward the infeld and
Demaree couldn't quite reach it.
Heinrich easily scored. - -;
, With 81 lead and Ruffing
working on the Cubs like a sur
geon with a scalpel, the .Yanks
seemed safe enough, but, there
were, anxious moments ahead in
the seventh and eighth frames.
Indeed, it might have been. trou-
BILE but for Crosetti and Gordon.
Cavaretta led off the seventh
with a sharp single to center, but
Crosetti gobbled up Carl = Rey-
nolds' roller and converted It into
a lightning double play by step
ping on second and then tossing
to Gehrig. This play averted tron-
BILE for the Yanks as Gabby Hart
nett, playing with two damaged
fingers, dashed fly along the
right field line which Heinrich, i'm
trying for a diving catch, played
into a triple. With Hartnett on
third, Collins bounced a. hot
grounder through. the box, which
looked every inch hit. But Cros-
ETH raced over to his right. scoop
ed the ball up back of second, and
threw out Collins on the greatest
play of the game. 90.
The Cubs tried to start an up
rising in the eighth after urges
opened the inning with a single, |
but Crosetti and Gordon cut them
down. Pinch-hittcr Jimmy O'Dea
rolled to Gordon. who tossed to
Crosetti, forcing urges. Then
Hack, who had three straight
hits, came up. menacinglv. His
best effort was a groundcr to the
right of second, which Gordon
gobbled up and tossed to Crosetti
to set up another important dou.
BILE play.
And that was your ball game
Ruffing, behind the superb defen-
sive play of Crosetti and Gordon,
coasting through to win his third |
world series triumph in four
starts,
Today is another day, with
Lefty Gomez, who has never bow
ed in world series. competition,
facing Dizzy Dean. the mystery
man who will try to save the Cubs |
from another rout like they suf-
fered at the hands of the Yanks
in 1882. 80
South Africa plans to construct