FOUR-RUN FOURTH FUELS FORTY

HARLEM, NY(AP): North Dallas scored four times in the fourth inning as the Forty defeated the Harlem Knights, 6-4, putting the North Dallas club one win away from their first DBS championship.

North Dallas struck first when Babe Ruth singled home Luke Appling in the first. Appling had reached on a throwing error by Joe Cronin. Harlem starter Larry French (1-1) had trouble with his velocity all day, as he got into serious trouble in the fourth.

With the game tied 1-1, French walked Mel Ott. French then surrendered a two-run home run to Babe Ruth, giving the Forty a 3-1 lead. French then gave up a single to Freddie Lindstrom. Lindstrom was forced at second on a botched sacrifice attempt by Bill Terry, and it appeared French might be out of trouble when he got Charlie Gehringer to play to center. However, third baseman Billy Werber singled, and then pitcher Bill Swift doubled, scoring both Terry and Werber. North Dallas was now up 5-1.

North Dallas added another run when Rick Ferrell singled home Billy Werber in the seventh. However, Harlem was not going down without a fight. Chuck Klein homered with one out in the seventh off of starter Bill Swift (1-0), and Hank Greenberg singled in Lefty O'Doul and Pinky Higgins in the 8th to close the gap to 6-4 and knock Swift out of the game. But rookie reliever Joe Heving stopped the bleeding, and got out of trouble in the ninth two record his first save of the series.

North Dallas heads back home for game 6, one win away from its first championship.

9/29/1933, NDa33-Har33, Wrigley Field
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1933 Forty             1  0  0  4  0  0  1  0  0     6 11  0     4  1
1933 Knights           0  1  0  0  0  0  1  2  0     4  7  1     4  2
 
Forty                AB  R  H BI   AVG    Knights              AB  R  H BI   AVG
Appling           ss  5  1  1  0  .136    Higgins           3b  4  1  1  0  .227       
Ferrell           c   4  0  2  1  .304    Moore             lf  4  0  0  0  .000       
Ott               rf  3  1  0  0  .150    Greenberg         1b  4  0  1  2  .450       
Ruth              lf  4  1  2  3  .250    Klein             rf  3  2  1  1  .200       
Lindstrom         cf  4  0  2  0  .222    Dickey            c   4  0  1  0  .190       
Terry             1b  4  1  0  0  .222    Cronin            ss  2  0  2  1  .250       
Gehringer         2b  4  0  1  0  .273    Johnson           cf  4  0  0  0  .409       
Werber            3b  4  2  2  0  .389    Myer              2b  4  0  1  0  .400       
Swift             p   3  0  1  2  .333    French            p   1  0  0  0  .000       
 Heving           p   1  0  0  0  .000     Johnson          p   0  0  0  0  .000       
                     36  6 11  6           Cramer           ph  1  0  0  0  .000       
                                           Brown            p   0  0  0  0  .000       
                                           O'Doul           ph  1  1  0  0  .000       
                                           Zachary          p   0  0  0  0 1.000       
                                                               32  4  7  4             
 
Forty                            INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Swift            W 1-0           7.2  6  4  4  2  2  92  61  5.19
Heving           S 1             1.1  1  0  0  0  0  22  13  0.00
                                 9.0  7  4  4  2  2 114  74 
 
Knights                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
French           L 1-1           4.0  8  5  4  1  1  72  43  2.77
Johnson                          2.0  0  0  0  0  1  10   9  4.15
Brown                            2.0  3  1  1  0  1  26  19  9.00
Zachary                          1.0  0  0  0  0  0  13   8  8.10
                                 9.0 11  6  5  1  3 121  79 
 
Har: Cramer batted for Johnson in the 6th
     O'Doul batted for Brown in the 8th
 
E-Cronin. 2B-Lindstrom, Werber, Swift, Higgins. HR-Ruth(1), Klein(1). 
K-Lindstrom, Terry, Swift, Greenberg, Dickey. BB-Ott, Klein, Cronin. 
SF-Cronin. 
GWRBI: Ruth
Temperature: 63, Sky: clear, Wind: in from right at 17 MPH.