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.