Evening star., 1938-10-09
YANKEES WIN, 81;
PEARSON IS HERO
Allows Cubs Only Five Hits.
Gordon's Homer Sets OF
Batting Power.
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fists. Selkirk claimed that French
threw bean ball" at him and fight
was prevented only by quick action
Of the umpires and players racing
from the two dugouts.
Pearson's start was as ragged and
yet as sensational as ever seen in a
series. To open the game he walked
Stan Hack and Billy Herman After
Phil Cavarretta flied out, Rookie Joe
Marty, hitting star of the Cubs, sin
gled to deep short to fill the bases with
only one down.
The power hitters" of the Cub
lineup, Reynolds and Hartnett, came
to bat, but Pearson struck them out
so easily it was pathetic. Neither got
foul off the wicked. darting slants
Of the handsome, poker-faced Yankee
right-hander.
With these two strikeouts behind
him, Pearson opened the second in
ming by striking out Collins and
Jurges, but Bryant broke the streak
by rolling to Crosetti, who threw high
over Gehrigs head for an error, put
ting Bryant on second. The Cub
hurler died there as Hack bounded to
the box for the third out.
In Trouble in Third.
In the third inning Pearson was in
trouble again. After striking out Her
man, first up. he pitched a single to
Cavarretta and another to Marty. On
the second hit Cavarretta raced to
third base, but again Monte pitched
out of trouble when he again famed
Reynolds and forced Hartnett to roll
to Gordon
In the first three innings the Yam
KEGS never seemed particularly danger
Gus. Bryant. displaying a fine fast
ball but a weak curve, retired the
champs in order in the first inning. but
started the second by walking Joe Di
Maggie. After Lou Gehrig had forced
Giuseppe. Bryant also walked Bill
Dickey, but at this point he stole leaf
from Pearson's book and whiffed Sell
kirk and Gordon to retire the side.
Pearson got into trouble again In
the fifth, which Hack started with a
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out of the hole. but Gordon booted
ball behind him after Monte had
famed Herman for a second time.
Gordon kicked Cavarrettas roller, put
ting Hack on third and Cavarretta on
first, and the run scored while Marty
was forcing his outfelding running
mate at second base.
Moran Refuses to Quit.
A near-tragedy marked this play.
Third Baseman Red Rolfe of the
Yanks scooped up Marty's bounder and
threw to Gordon to nail Cavarretta.
Trying for a double play, Gordon
whipped the ball toward first base,
but Umpire Charley Moran of the Ma
tlonal League got in the way. The
ball struck Moran squarely in the
mouth. Although painfully injured
and shaken. Moran refused to quit,
even when it was suggested BY Base-
ball Commissioner Judge Lands.
Except for three bases on balls. the
Yanks had made no headway against
Bryant. But with two out In the
fourth inning and the bases empty
Bryant's spell was broken by Gordon
The 23-year-old infielder from Port
land, Greg, successor to Tony Lazzeri
slammed drive into the left-field
seats and the Yankee machine began
to roll.
Before Bryant could get the third
out Pearson singled and Crosetti
walked Then Rolfe looped a single
to center, scoring Pearson, and New
York was ahead, 2 to /.
The sixth inning found the Yam
KEGS pouncing on Bryant like a pack
OF hungry wolves. Di Maggie opened
with a single. On Gehrig's single he
raced to third base Dickey fouled
out, but Selkirk walked filling the
bases. and young Gordon was at the
plate again, swinging a menacing bat
The Cub infleld, as per National
League custom, moved in close. The
Cubs preferred to try play at the
plate rather than lay and hope for
a double-play ball, even when Gordon
slammed drive into the left field
seats few feet foul the infield played
close.
1t was costly bit of strategy. Cor
don shot a hard grounGer between
Hack and Jurges for single, scoring
Di Maggie and Gehrig, and the score
was to ! Bryant was beating a sor-
rowful path to the dugout and Rus
sell was coming in from the bull pen.
Russell Comes Too Late.
That was the ball game. Russell
neatly ended the inning with no fur
ther scoring, but it was too late. In
the eighth the spectacular Marty
reached Pearson for home run with
one down, but the bases were empty
and the blow only served to make the
score to 2 in favor of New York
That hit, incidentally, was the only
one off Monte in the last four innings
Dickey's homer, coming in the
Yanks' half of the eighth, ended the
scoring and ran the count to So. It
was off French and paved the way for
the near-fight with Selkirk, who fol-
lowed Dickey at bat.
F'rench's first pitch was straight for
Selkirk's head The big outfielder, a
former professional wrestler, promptly
dropped to the ground. The ball struck
his bat, rolled out to French. The
pitcher threw out Selkirk as he sat on
the ground, and then prepared to de-
fend himself when the Yank rushed
him with blood in his eye.
Umpire ziggy Sears rushed between
the men and players rushed to the
spot. Several Cubs had to hold
Coach Earle Combs, who also was bent
on clinching with French, but in the
end 1t blew over and the Cubs, IN their
half Of the ninth, went out in order
despite the use Of pinchhitters Tony
Lazzeri and Ken O'Dea.