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Show Red Ruffing Bests 'General' Bill Lee In Pitchers' Duel Ruffian's Curve Ball Sets Cubs Down With Nine Hits; Gordon Cracks Out Hit To Give Yanks Lead First Time Up BY HAHKV FERGVSOX United Tress Sports Kditor WRIGLEY FIELD, CHICAGO, Oct. 5 (U.R) There's nothing like beginner's luck, so on this cool afternoon young Joe Gordon, coming to bat for the first time in his first world series game, whistled a single down the third base line and knocked across the run that sent the New York Yankees into the lead in the opening game with the Chicago Chi-cago Cubs. The Yankees, nicking away at big Rill Lee's smokeball r until he was taken out for a pinch hitter, never lost that lead and came in winners by a score of 3 lo 1. Ruffing's Curve Effective Rufus the Red Ruffing, snaking a curve around the knees of the Cubs and pouring through his high hard one, got better inning by inning and wound up by giving Chicago one lonesome run and nine stingy hits. Hot Keystone Combination The Yankees can thank that peerless combination of Crosetti and Gordon for getting them out of trouble. Almost every time a Cub uprising seemed flnmincnt one of them would make a stabbing stab-bing stop of a double play ball and choke off the rally. The Yanks renowned sluggers, weren't blasting blast-ing the 'ball out of the park today but were stealing a leaf from the National league book and playing tight, defensive baseball. Yes, young Mr. Gordon bad quite a day afield, but the moment mo-ment he will remember longest was in that vital second inning with Dickey standing on third and Selkirk on first. The youngster swung at the first one, fouled the next and let the third one go by for a ball. Then he waded into the. next one and it went screaming down the third base line, too hot for Stan Hack or anybody else to handle. Dickey scored and tiiat was all . the Yankees needed. Lee, weary from a hard National leapuc race, pitched a courageous gnme but the Yankees chipped away at him after he held them hitloss the first inning. The Yanks hit in every inning except the first. ; The Yankees got their first run :n the second inning. Billy Herman Her-man fumbled a hard hit ball off the bat of Selkirk and Gehrig planted his big left foot on home plate. The Cuba came back in the third inning and scored a ; " run when Collins singled, moved to second on Lee's tap in front of the plate and then came home on Hack's single to right. That was all for the Cubs, for Rufus the Red began to bear down and drove them away from the plate with his fast one. Dizzy, Gomez Tomorrow Just to make matters cerlnii;, the Yankee."? picked up another run in the sixth. Tommy Henrich got a nice double to the right field wall and Bill Dickey singled him home. Manager Joe McCarthy calls on Lefty Gomez tomorrow in an attempt to make it two slraight and start back for Uroadwuy with an overwhelming lead. Kor the Cubs it will be that pal of your cradle days, Dizzy Dean. |