Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-10-04 | Page 11 | Hubbell, Ott Giant Heroes

HUBBELL OTT GIANT HEROES Wobbly Support Only Matter to Worry Southpaw in Opener By STUART CAMERON United Press Sports Sport Writer NEW YORK Oct 4 Yesterdays Yesterday's game was largely bound up between two players Carl Hubbell and Mel MelOtt Ott Had Hubbell been given the support he had every right to expect I his performance would be talked about for or years ears to come e. e But the Giants contributed I enough misplays at precisely the wrong moments to put the Oklahoma screwball artist in three separate bowls of hot water Ott drove In the runs to offset his mates' mates misplays His homer in the first Inning while It did not actually put the game on ice did cool off oft Washington's hopes His other hits were singles The game had its goat He was Buddy Solomon Myer probably the best Jewish player in the game and the man picked by the Giants as their most brilliant opponent He began his unhappy day earl early making an error on the first ball batted and subsequently added two more mis- mis plas He had a total of at seven chances and the three errors approached approached ap ap- preached an time all low for tor world series fielding The game put the betting at nearly even mone money If It it wasn't precisely even it was because of pitching There will be those fans who will point out that if it the Giants had so much trouble in winning behind their heir ace Mr Hubbell they will have trouble rouble in double doses behind any of their other lingers And dont don't let anybody say the Giants didn't have trouble in the in- in augural There was that fourth inning inning in in- ning lapse when Myers Myer's sin single le and Hughie Critz's Crux's error and a fielders fielder's choice hoice brought Buddy all the way home home- There was another minor flurry lurry in the eighth when successive bases Dases on balls on a fielders fielder's choice sent Sewell to third And tin finally all there here was a 3 major disturbance In the ninth when Blondy Ryans Ryan's error and singles by Manager Joe Cronin and Fred Schulte paved the way for tor HeinIe Manush's score and left the tying runs on base The Giants Giants' side of at the scoring was bound sound up In Ott His homer in the first scored two runs His single Inthe in inthe the he third brought home one of the two runs made in that inning