Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-01 | Page 18 | Whitehead's Shoestring Catch Proves Break of First Tussle

Whiteheads Whitehead's Shoestring Catch Proves Break of First Tussle L Lf f t f By LESLIE AVERY i United Press Sports Writer j NEW YORK Oct 1 World I-World World series notes Most disappointing r t i thing about the first game game of the world series was the attendance k With a sellout thought assured the rainy weather held the crowd I d down wn to some some short of the Polo Grounds' Grounds capacity The reserved seats and the bleachers were filled meaning that th the 13 00 em empty t. t se seats ts were w worth rth about out at each Break a or we Ute first game game game-Burges Burges Whiteheads Whitehead's shoestring catch of ot Joe DiMaggio's curving line lIno drive It camo came me In the tho eighth inning with a Yankee on first and third and Whiteheads Whitehead's snap throw to Terry d doubled the gent on first pulling first pulling Pitcher Carl CuI Hubbell out of or his worst hole of or the day Selkirk Hits lilts liard Hardest est Hardest hit Hardest ball ball Georgie Georgie Twin Twin- Selkirk's home homo run In the thIrd It was a line lIno drive straight into the tho upper deck of ot the tho mid mid- right field stands With Hub and Huffing pitching shutout ball it looked mighty big until Dick Bartells Bartell's four-bagger four Inthe in inthe the tho fifth But ut Bartells Bartell's homer was just a lob barely carrying into the left field grandstand Powell Leads ads Attack tuck Outstanding hitter Jake hitter Jake Powell Yankee outfielder who collected a double and two singles in his first three Umes times at bat and was thrown out at first in his fourth attempt I 1 just couldn't get that guy out muttered mut mut- Hubbell after the game Statistics The The first world series game the Yankees have J lost t since the final tilt of or the 1926 series with the St. St Louis Cardinals Since then they had won 12 straight It was wu Carl Hubbells Hubbell's third straight world series win He defeated de de- the Senators twice In 1933