GAME 1
MALONE MOWS DOWN FREMONT; BURNS TAKE OPENER
FREMONT (AP) - Behind a record-setting performance by pitcher Pat Malone, the Montgomery Burns defeated the Fremont
Furtraders 2-1 in Game One of the 1932 World Series. Montgomery leads the Series one game to none.
Malone struck out a career-high 12 Furtraders but needed some late-inning heroics from his teammates. With the score tied
1-1 in the top of the eighth inning, a single by Eric McNair drove in Heine Manush with the run that would give the Burns a victory.
A raucous, sell-out crowd filled the ballpark in Fremont for the Furtraders first ever post-season appearance but they were
quickly quieted by Burns leadoff man Smead Jolley who smoked the first pitch of the game by starter Ed Brandt into the gap
for a leadoff double. Paul Waner moved Jolley to third, and Manush was walked intentionally to put runners on the corners
with only one out. However, Brandt escaped trouble by inducing a pop-up off the bat of Ripper Collins and striking out
Mickey Cochrane to end the threat.
Fremont led of the second with two singles from Lou Gehrig and Riggs Stephenson, but Malone struck out Tony Cuccinello
and got a double play ground ball off the bat of Shanty Hogan to end the inning. Two innings later, Arky Vaughn led off the
fourth with a home run to even the score at 1-1.
However, from that point on, Malone kept the anxious Furtraders on their heels with aggressive pitching that seemed to catch
Fremont by surprise in their maiden post season voyage. After the Vaughn home run, Malone struck out six of the next eight
batters he faced to halt any Furtrader momentum.
After Montgomery took the lead in the top of the eighth, the stage was set for the first controversial managerial move of the
Series. With one out in the bottom half of the frame, third baseman Johnny Vergez touched Malone for a single. With Malone
clearly tiring as well as overachieving, Fremont player/manager Jack Quinn chose to allow pitcher Ed Brandt to hit for himself
rather than opt for a pinch-hitter. Speculation after the contest was that the Furtrader bullpen was tired from the Northeast
division pennant race and that Brandt was well-rested. Whatever the reason, Brandt struck out and Malone ended the inning with,
predictably a strikeout.
Montgomery relief specialist Firpo Marberry retired the side in the ninth inning without a serious threat to close the game
and earn the save. For Game Two tomorrow, Montgomery will start rookie Tex Carleton and Fremont will counter with
veteran southpaw Rube Walberg.
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