Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 September 1936 — Page 27

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Southpaw Phenom Gains Distinction Which Even

Mathewson Never Saw|

Williams Considers Achievement Greater Than Those of Past Immortals; Gotham Hurler Pulls Giants | From Doldrums to Top.

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By JOE WILLIAMS : Times Special Writer EW YORK, Sept. 24—In winning his sixteenth consecutive game in Philadelphia yesterday, Carl Owen Hubbell, the screwball wizard of the Giants, achieved pitching heights which were denied jeven to the great Christy Mathewson, who quite generally is rated the greatest hurler of all time and whose right to that designation is disputed only

by Walter Johnson.

Since the National League began to function back in 1876, when hoss cars ran on Broadway and grandpa went to the game in a plug hat and fancy sideburns, there have been only three

winning streaks superior to Hubbell's.

Superior in a

mathematical way. How much superior in technique I will take up a little later. In 1884, Hoss Radbourne, who was the Lou Gehrig of the pitchers of his time, hung up 18 in .a row for

the Providence club of the National League.

Nobody

figured that Hoss's mark ever would be bettered, but only four years later Tim Keefe of the Giants took 13 in succession and actually got a quarter of a column in the old New York Herald, which went so far as to

label the yarn “Remarkable.”

You know, it was the

ancient Herald which headed the story of the shooting of Lincoln “Extraordinary News." The business of compiling winning streaks lan-

Joe Williams veritable rash of

guished until 1912, when both leagues broke out in a

glorious skeins. Rube Marquard of

the Giants started the outbreak by matching Keefe's record, with 19 straight. Then Smoky Joe Wood of the Red Sox and Walter Johnson of the Senators established the American League record with 16 in succession. Lefty Grove matched that mark in 1931, and Schoolboy Rowe

in 1934.

So much for the somewhat dull arithmetic of it. Now let us go into

an analysis of the actual worth of these various feats in hurling endurance and brilliance, and pitching stanchness. It is my impression that to Hubbell's streak must go the palm for all time.

” ” ” K Ere performed his stunt for a New York club which was a winner all the way. Marquard’s 1912 performance was punctuated by great pitching adroitness, but as I remember it, the late John J. McGraw performed some very interesting legerdemain. with that record, and with the Rube. He nursed the streak along, taking the pitcher out on several occasions when it looked ds if the skein might sha d. aDPe i Rowe compiled their streaks for pennant winning teams which had fine pitching staffs and tremendous power. Johnson won his 16 straight for a Washington club which finished second. It was a grand feat, but Walter was the firebdll king of his time and could buzz that apple by any hitter in the league—and that went for the eagle-eyed Cobb, among others. Hubbell’s winning. streak is not just an individual achievement “which strained at an individual record. He lost to Bill Lee of the Cubs an July 13, even though the Bruins had got only two hits. Then Hubbell pegan to win. With the sheer artistry of his pitching, he lifted a whole ball club out of the doldrums. ” ”

Be ] N July 15, the Giants were in O Kieatened by the

fifth place, t sixth lace Braves, in fifth position 10% games behind the pace. The ‘day before Horace Stoneham admitted that his Giants looked terrible: that they could not hope to get anywhere; that even a first division finish was very problematical, and that his ball club would have to be ripped apart during the

rebuilt. But among those Giants there

was at least one ball player who believed in himself; who believed in

the sovereign virtues of gameness | cg

fight; who felt that the season aad — yet a vain one for the Polo Grounders. That man was Carl Hubbell. © At the All-Star game in Boston, Hubbell was fooling around in the Sutfield before the competition. A certain A eatue Siar 3 eetings Ww ar i 5 with your ball ¢lub, Carl?”

} Hubbell fairly snarled. “There is

nothing wrong except that the boys |G

on't think they can win. Would ou believe it, they already have out the best roads for driving home?” ” 2 » T was that ball club, which had 1 picked its road home as soon as the season had finished, which Hub-

bell pulled up by the force of his|n

determined pitching, by the power of his invincible will to win.

“you can't drive home on the| gost

roads you have picked, you'll haye to play in sage which Hubbell sent to his teammates as he won game after game and the hitherto hopeless Giants became powerful contenders for the pennant. > : The Giants rose, peg by pes. They won 15 in a row, and always

Hubbell was in the van. They were

pulled and tugged until Hubbell had ‘them in the No. 1 spot. And then He said, “Here's where we stay. We won't budge an inch.” And there ‘they have stayed—and from there they will pass into the World Series with the Yankees next Wednesday. _.sTo me Hubbell is the greatest cher of the year by so big a margin as to destroy all thought of competition for the distinction. To me, he is one of the greatest pitchers of

"all time.

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Cubs’ Challenge Accepted by Sox

By United Press CHICAGO, Sept. 24—Renewal of the “City Series” between the Chicago Cubs of the National League and the White Sox of the American League was assured tody. The Cubs challenged the Sox yesterday when they were definitely removed from the National League pennant race by the Giants’ victory over Philadelphia. The series was halted in 1933 after the Sox won four in a row for a 13-6 lead in series history. el ERA Akon

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

W. L. Pct. WwW. L N. York..100 49 .671|Cleveland.. .. 83 69 .546| Boston. ... . 80 70 .533| St. Louis." Chicago... 79 70 .530( Phila NATIONAL LEAGUE

W. L. Pct. W. L. Pct, New York 90 59 .604|Cincinnati. 71 78 477 St. Louis. 85 64 .570/Boston.... 69 80 .463 Chicago... 85.66 .563/Brooklyn.. 64 86 .427 Pittsburgh 83 68 .550/Phila 52 98 347

Games Today

AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia at New York. Boston at Washington, St. Louis. at Cleveland. Only games scheduled.

NATIONAL LEAGUE New York at Boston (2). Pittsburgh at Chicago. Cincinnati at St. Louis (2). Philadelphia at Brookiyn (2).

Results Yesterday

NATIONAL LEAGUE 101 200 100— 515 © 000 000 031— 4 2 Hubbell and Mancuso; Sivess, Jorgens, Benge and Wilson.

(Ten Innings) 012 030 000 1— 7 16 4 000 000 420 0— 6 12 1 Swift, Weaver. Lucas and Todd: Hen-

shaw, Bryant. Root, Lee, Warneke and

Hartnett.

Brooklyn . 320 001 002— 8 18 2 Boston 010 110 003— 6 13 2

Mungo and Phelps, Berres; Kowaulik and Mueller.

Cincinnati at St. Louis, rain,”

AMERICAN LEAGUBR

» (First Game) Chicago 002 000 000— 2 7 3 Cleveland 300 003 110x—17 19 1 Kennedy. Whitehead. Chelini and Sewell. rube: Feller and orge. (Second Game: Six Innings: Darkness) Chicago Cleveland Dietrich and Shea: Harder, Hildebrand. Galehouse and Becker.

Andrews and Hemsley: Rowe, Lawson, Phillips and Tebbetts.

... 102 003 000— 5 13 3 012 300 33x—12 13 0

Archer and Hayes: Broaca

Sorrell,

Turbeville, and Glenn,

oston 101 000 000— 2 6 0 Washington 000 010 002— 3 8 2

Poindexter. Wilson. Ostermuel . Dickey; Appleton and Hogan. ler 4nd

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MAJOR LEADERS

LEADING BATTERS

G AB R H Appling, White Sox .. 135 520 110 202 es Averill, Cleveland 148 hes aner hte Ss . Dickey, Yankees 108 418 : HOME RUNS Gehrig. Yankees : 80 {Giants Foxx, fed Sox... hve leve. RUNS BATTED :N ky, Cleve ... i850: i

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xX, Sox .. 138 rig, Yankees. 148/Ott, Giants .... 134 Medwick. Cards. 138!Bonura, W Sx .. 134 ash RUNS Gehrig, Yankees 166! tl; Yanks . Gehrgr, ligers . 143 Bikikelo Yanks Clift. Wns .. 140/Averill, Cleve ... HITS | - P Waner, Pirates . 333\Trosky. Cleve ax: 310

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Giants Need One Triumph

Or Single Cardinal Defeat Will Do It, Thanks to Hubbell.

NEARING THE FINISH « To : : W. LL. Pet. GB. Fl: Giants 0 604 ‘5 ards 85 5% 5B GB.—Games behind.

TODAY’S SCHEDULE

Giants at Boston, doulile-header, Cards at home, with Reds, header.

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¢ BY LESLIE AVERY United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Sept. 24—Lanky Carl Owen Hubbell, 33-year-old southpaw whose screwball has catapulted the New York Giants from second division mediocrity almost to the National League championship, was No. 1 candidate today for the senior circuit’s most valuable player award of 1936.

It would make the second time he has been selected for the award

Pet. | Carl first received the honor in 1933, when his great hurling was thel prime factor in the (riants’ capture

of the world championship. Hub’s 5-to-4 triumph aver the Phillies yesterday, in which he allowed eight hits, leit the Giants needing just.one more victory to clinch the pennant. A defeat for the St.Louis Cardina}s will have the same effect. The Giants are five games in front and both teams have five to play, making the Giints a mathematical certainty to tia for the pennant even if they lose all the rest and the Cards win al! theirs. St. Louis was rainéd out yestere day and will play thie game in a double-header today. The Chicago Cubs lost their last chance for a first-place tie when they dropped a 10-inning struggle to the Pitts« burgh Pirates, 7 to 6. Brooklyn collected 18 hits to give Van Mungo and 8-to-6 triumph ver Boston. The Giants are scheduled in a twin bill today at Boston. Cleveland's 17-year-old rookie strikeout artist, Bob Peller, fanned 10 men in beating the Chicago White Sox, 17 to 2, iri the first game of a double-header, The second game, which had to be called because of darkness at the end of the sixth, went to the Sox, 8 to 3. The 1936 champion New York Yankees won their one hundredth game of the year, 12 fo 5, over the Philadelphia Athletics, Detroit was walloped 10 to 1 by the St. Louis Browns and Washington edged out Boston, 3 to 2, 2

| The start of that peculiar hut effective Carl Hubbell windup that made him the mainitay of the Giants’ pitching staff and one of the greatest hurlers ever fo grace the National League.

Buffalo Bisons Leave to Oppose Brewers in

‘Little World Series’

By United Press : BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. 24.—The Buffalo Bisons, International League. pennant and play-off winners, were en route to Milwaukee foday to begin play tomorrow night in the “Little World Series” against the Milwaukee Brewers, American Association champions. The series, resumed this year, was suspended in 1935 due to the American Association’s objections to the International League's system of play-offs to determine its representative. : : The ‘first three games of the series will be played in Milwaukee. The remaining four games, if they are necessary, will be staged in Buffalo. Buffalo won the right to represent the International League in the little world series last night by defeating the Baltimore Orioles, 3 to 1, for its fourth victory against two defeats in the final play-off series. Ken Ash, Bison righthander, allowed the Orioles only six hits to win his second game of the series. Buffalo’ss victory marked the first time that an International

League winner also won the play-

offs. Milwaukee duplicated Buffalo’s feat in the American Association, winning the pennant and then defeating Kansas City and Indianapolis in the play-offs.

Top Net Players

Gain Semi-Finals|

By United Press - ; LOS ANGELES, Sept. 24—Francis X. Shields, tennis star turned actor, and Fred Perry, world champion, who may become a film player, held semi-final places in the Pacific Southwest men’s single play today..

Moving toward them were Don

Budge, defending champion, meets Robert Underwood of Angeles today, and John Van Ryn of Philadelphia, who meets Jack Tidball, Los Angeles, former intercollegiate champion. Neither expected serious opposition. Shields played a sparkling game yesterday to defeat. Mort Ballagh, 6-2, 6-2. Perry beat John McDiarmid, Princeton professor, 6-2, 6-4. Alice Marble, women’s. national champion, gained the women's semifinals by defeating Dr. Esther Bartosh, Los Angeles, 8-6, 6-1. Gracyn Wheeler, Santa Monica, beat Barbara Winslow, Hollywood 17-year-old, 11-13, 6-1, 9-7, in a bitterly fought fatch, for another place.

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Auto Hot WATER HEATER —

Here she comes, boys! Get that bat ready to whiff the ozone, Sr the great Hubbell is bearing down, and when he’s right, the king can that Hubbell has breezed another past a batsman. This part of the i delivery is one of Carl's secrets of success.

N.D. ‘Race’ Is Cut to Four

Puplis Latest Quarter to Show Well; McMillin Eyes Sophs.

By United Press : SOUTH BEND, Ind. Sept. 24— The race for quarter back on Notre Dame’s varsity squad has narrowed io Andy Puplis, Chicago junior; Bill Brun, senior reserve; Joe Ruetz, junjor, who won his letter at guard but was shifted to the back field, and Chuck O'Reilly, junior. Puplis called signals in yesterday’s practice and showed up well, according to observers on the field.

McMillin Prepares 7 to Replace Davis ’

Times Special 4 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Sept. 24. —Coach McMillin was casting a calculating eye en two sophomore full hack candidates today after receiving the report that Corby Davis, veteran back field star, may not be able to play in Indiana’s opening football game Oct. 3. : Davis, 190-pound senior from Lowell, Ind,. is undergoing treatment for an infection in his right arm. ; McMillin is expected to name either Paul Graham or Dudley Whitman at the full back post. Paul is a brother of Ralph Graham, varsity back field coach. The younger

Graham weighs 190, is an even six- | footer, and packs plenty of punch. |.

Whitman is a big lad from Brazil,

weighing 195 pounds and standing |’

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Jefferson High School gymnasium beginning at 7:30. Prominent Purdue alumni, members of the Boilermakers’ coaching staffs, coaches of other teams and sports writers are to participate. Coach Noble Kizer continued to polish his rebuilt grid machine today in preparation for the season's opener with Ohio University Saturday. An extended scrimmage was held yesterday. The Boilermaker chief continues to shift his first string warriors, but it looks like Bill Vergane, end, will be the only sophomore in the starting lineup. Charles Purvis, sophomore half back, who incidentally is no relation to the Boilermaker back field stars of the same name of recent years, was given a lot: of attention yesterday.

Sterlings in Series

, Sterling Beers will play the Midcletown (O.) baseball club at Richmond Sunday at 1 p. m. in the final game of the Indiana-Ohio League elimination series. , The winner of the tilt will oppose Kautsky A. C. at 3 in the first of a three-game series to determine the champion of the post-season playoff. Julie Tangerman, Dayton hurler, has been added to the Sterling team, which will leave 1228 Oliver-av at 9 Sunday. / :

LOPEZ PINS SZABO LOS ANGELES, Sept. 24.—Vincent Lopez of Mexico, tossed Sandor Szabo of Hungary here last night in the main event of the wrestling program. -

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Police and Times Teams to Battle

The Indianapolis Police nine will close the season Sunday by tackling The Indianapolis Times pastimers on Riverside diamond No. 2 in a morning game at 10. The Bluecoats have won 13 games and lost four and. are out to keep up the high percentage. The Times has lined up three twirlers to send at the Cops in relays, if necessary, and four utility players will be available if the going becomes tough. Eller or Wuertz will take the wound for the Police with Kelley back of the plate. Club

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By United Press , : MADISON, Wis, Sept. 24 —Roy Bellin, promising left half back, and Joe Claus, veteran center, today may learn how they fared in special examinations which they must pass if they are to play against South Dakota Saturday when Coach Harry

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