Evening star., 1940-10-04
Bengal Artillery
Spiked as Cincy
Evens Series
Bucky HurIs SmortIy
After Shoky Stort
For 5-3 Triumph
BY 6 Staff Correspondent of The star.

BY Staff Correspondent of The star.
DETROIT, Mich. Oct. 4.-Bot-
tling up the power of the Detroit
Tigers eventually may be too big a
job for the Cincinnati Reds, but
today, as the World Series shifted
to Detroit, the National Leaguers
had made a good start.
In the wake of the Reds 5-to-3
victory yesterday in Cincinnati,
which broke a nine-game series
losing streak for National League
clubs, it has become evident that
Manager Bill McKechnie and his
board of strategy had studied care
fully the styles of the big belters
from Michigan.
Hank Greenberg was held to only
two hits in eight trips to the plate
in the two games at Cincinnati.
Rudy York has been held to the
same figure. Charley Gehringer, No.
8 of the big boys with the long
range punch, hasn't done that well,
with one lonesome single in eight
times at bat. The combined aver
age of this trio this morning was
only .208.
Almost Kayoed in First.
The Cincinnati pitchers are known
as low-ball singers, but against
Greenberg and York they have beens
mixing up their pitches so well that
five times so far Hank and Rudy,
between them have struck out. YORK
particularly has been made to look
bad by Whitley Moore, Rookie Elmer
Riddle and Bucky Walters, hero OF
Yesterdays triumph with a three
hit performance.
Walters saved himself from a one
inning knockout yesterday by his
ability to pitch to Greenberg and
York. If ever a pitcher got OF to a
poor start, it was the reformed third
baseman, who ranks as the Reds
No 2 pitcher.
Bucky's first delivery to lead of
hitter Dick Bartell was wild pitch.
His second almost hit Dashing Dick
in the head. In no time at all
Bartell and Barney McCosky had
walked and out of the Cincinnati
dugout rushed q pair of relief pitch
ers to warm up.
Hank, Rudy End Rally.
Gehringer, third to face Walters,
singled sharply to right field. Had
he thrown home. Ival Goodman
could have cut down Barteil with
plenty to spare. Instead, he threw
to second base, Bartell> scoring and
McCosky taking third.
With Greenberg and York coming
I'D. the crowd of 30,640 began to
hold onto its hats again, but Walters
forced Hank to hit into double
play. which scored McCosky, and
he struck out York. Detroit started
as if it was going to score six runs
and got only two.
After that first inning Walters
was superb. The next hit off him
came in the fifth, when Pinky Hlg-
gins doubled to start the round.
Bucky moved down Birdie Tebbetts,
Relief Pitcher Johnny Corsica and
Barter to leave Pinky stranded.
In the sixth Walters faltered
momentarily. He walked the first
batter, McCosky, and Gehringer
forced him. But Greenberg got a
double with a low liner over short
and with the score cut to So. Hank
on second, only one out and York
and Bruce Campbell coming up,
the Tigers seemed set for a big
rally.
1t never came off. Pitching care
fully, he made York lift a fly to
right and then got Campbell on an
easy roller to end the inning.
Thereafter, Walters was dynamite
He set down nine straight hitters
in the last three innings. Two of
them were Greenberg and York,
who led off the ninth.
Schoolboy Rowe, who was blasted
out of the box and charged with
the defeat, got off to start that was
sharply opposite to Walters. The
tall Tiger literally knocked the
bats out of the Reds hands in the
first inning and then blew up as
the National Leaguers put together
four hits in the second to tie the
score at %. In the third, Goodman
beat out bunt and Jimmy Ripple
homered him across to make it
AZ In the fifth, after successive
doubles by Walters and Bill Werber,
it was all over for Rowe. Young
Johnny Gorsca came in to finish
the game and did great but futile
job.