The Washington times., 1929-10-03

Prefers
OWE R
CUBS

Walter johnson hoped on
The Athletics bandwagon with
j boost for the new champions
and i slap for the league that
made them. johnson picks the
AS to win the world series.
He says they have q great
bunch Of sluggers and doesn't
see how the Cubs pitching can
stop them.
But, hec ontinues, the MaciSmen
won the flag in q year of the
dlleerest baseball he has ever seen.
Defense didn't mean thing this
year, Johnson says There we're
lust two things that counted hit
ting and pitching. I never saw q
year like Il in the ~ I've spent IN
the league. The clubs that won
were the ones that had = punch
and 4 couple 81 pitchers that could
hold the other fellows down
little.
sDeFerIse didn't n0grIits Take
the Cleveland Indians ID m
example, They cope third
place this gear. But d0ift 4
cnll tbem geod ban club
'.Thers' Joey seWelI. at third
slowed up 20 inliclI ne could hardly
move out of his track Over AZ
first was another low man. Fon.
SEGA. At second they had Johnny
Hodapp, normally 3 third basemans
Vet with that kind O defense
the indians won lot of San games.
They could hit ana III had
couple 81 gooa pltchegs That's an
they needed.
In taking the gI6peIand
AZ All example ter. sul1llsOlI
intended 10 rel eti0r on he
success tbs Tribesnlef had tllls
season. Nor ID HIS appraisal Of
the league IN general id he
mean ID helittle the Athletics
That's the way i size tas iea
mp he said. never sa N.Y..
thing like it l5sfore iiIa al line
Some fellows say the pitching Was
rotten. think Il was too
As totlle appr0 ching world series
JOElHSOWs - "a w elf w ". ssAAA03 H.
replied, eAmerican League men pick
ana the National League fellows
pick theirs
Naturally. ia favor the Athletics
Il only out De loyalty to my own
league. But beyond that can see
where the Athletics ought to win
because of their strength.
know that every time they
played us they looked like cham.
pions. don't think ever saw
team with more power. And we
didn't have bad ball club, either.
Wed play pretty good bah
against the other clubs, winning
shout As many as We lost. But
when we'd bump into Comics
club they climbed I'll over ns.
'aThe way they slammed our pitch
ers around I can't see how the Cubs
will ever stop them, because cant
see their staff being that much bet.
ter than ours
81 think Chicago has = good bali
club; IT has 70 b good to win q pen-
nant Maybe the liclEings the Athle-
tics gave us made them look better
to me than they are and all that.
But they have the power. Sim
mons won't stop hitting. Miller and
Haas are not only good outflelderss
but liable 10 hit one any time 81
all F'oxx, of course. win always be
dangerous.
"a free swinger like JImmg's apt
to catch hold OF one ball and break
up d game for you. He's that kind
Of q hitter.
Johnson also has plenty Of respect
for the Athletics pitching staff. He
thinks II VIII come Through against
the Cubs.
Lefty Groves one Ok those
kind 81 fellows that may find
himself ID = big series HE this
and be the surprise 81 the whole
show, observed the old hurIer.
ssIf I4efty's right the rigttshand
hitters won't bother him. Don't
worry about that II you have the
ola Apeed, you don't have 70 care.
much what side Of the piate they re
swinging from.
Howard EhYnke.s ~ sweet pitcher.
hear he's expecting to pitch one
Of the games. If Towards ready
and says he Is. he'll pitch q great
hall game. He's bad folks for the
right-h bAtters
Earnsllaw I'd put my money on
him any time he pitched. IL Earn
shaW's anywheres near right he'll
sure beat the Cubs: !"