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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-02

bigger part Of Baltimore's training
expedition to Florida and as matter
Of fact was not in good condition when
he suddenly joined us after the season
had been well under way.
Only fair pitcher last season, Earn
shaw this year has proved one of the
mightiest curvers in the two major
and after hard game he can repeat
for a few innings the next day, if nee
esSary.
One of the best points of this grand
pitcher is that he always is willing and
ready to get into ball game at any
time. He was the first major league
pitcher this year to score his twentieth,
twenty-flrst and twenty second victories.
No Signs Of Weakening.
George never has shown signs of
weakening at any time, and it Is sig
nificant that some of his best pitching
feats were performed in the month of
September. It will be recalled that
Earnshaw shut out the White Sox with
five hits on September IA to clinch the
pennant for us.
George Walberg, another great left
won and lost. While his record Is not
quite so impressive as Groves and Earn
shaw's, he nevertheless was steady
winner for us.
Moreover, if you examine his game
this year, you will find that the games
lost by Walberg were very close, with
the scoring low. We did not seem to
hit our true level when Walberg was
pitching. He had few soft" victories,
but had to go at high pressure through
his games to win.
Walberg's biggest achievement was to
shut out the Browns with O. solitary
single from Melillo's bat on May In
81 LoNia. athletic players WIN never
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-02
CUB BOSS PROUD OF FLAG
WINNER HE HAS BUILT UP
Only Six of Players He Inherited on Becoming
Manager Four Years Ago Now Are With His
National League Championship Team.

to provide the rest that we needed.
AS it turned out, the Cubs lost the
services of Carlson for almost an en-
tire season and Cuyler's injury, before
the season began, kept him from reallz-
ing his full value until the closing
months. However, those are things to
be expected in base ball and are not
being advanced as an alibi.
Hornsby Provided Punch.
When the race was decided last year
I decided that the Cubs could stand
more of the old wallop, enough OF II
that the ordinary, or even an eXtraordl-
nary, run of bad breaks would not affect
it greatly. Such a player is Rogers
Hornsby. Once he had joined the club,
felt that we would be able to sweep
through the schedule, regardless OF
breaks, and I have not been d1sap-
pointed.
Hornsby is a ball player after my
own heart. He is what I call down
the line" ball player. When the critl-
cal stretches come, he is at his best.
He is a driving, hustling player, and
an asset to any ball club. Hornsby
added the punch that was lacking last
year. He served to make us forget our
troubles, and don't think any one can
say, honestly, that the Cubs have had
ULlS luCh III GlIC WOAA0, OAAAo oNoS~AA'
To begin with, we have been deprived
of the services for the whole season OF
Hartnett, one of the greatest catchers
in the game, and a spirited, hustling
player. Then, too, at one time or an
other, we have lost the services OF VIII
son and Stephenson, and in the weeks
when the race should be at its hottest,
of Grimm, the captain of the ball club.
Those breaks seem sufficient to wreck
the best laid plans of any manager, but
the Cubs have battered their way
through all this misfortune. Not little
of the battering has been done by re-
serves. of which I expect to have some
thing to say in another story.
The continued absence of Hartnett
from the game presented a catching
problem that was comparable with that
of two years ago, when I spent most OF
the season trying to find some one to
play third base approximately as 1t
should be played.
It wasn't until midseason that we
were fortunate enough to land Taylor
to do the catching, and he more than
filled the requirements.
Four Regulars From the A. A.
It is a source of considerable salts
faction to me that four of the regulars,
exclusive of battery men, have come to
the Cubs from my old league. the Amer
lean Association, these being Wilson,
Stephenson, English and Mcmillan, in
whom we finally found third baseman
after four years search. And any man
ager likes to get efficient work out of
players that have been discarded by
rivals.
That's one reason why the Cuyler
deal. one Of the two most important I
have made, always gives me something
Of a chuckle.
It might be recalled that when I
traded Adams and Scott to the Pirates
for Cuyler not few critics decided that
the Pirates in getting a second baseman
such as Adams was were being pre-
sented with the pennant. was salts
fed with the deal for Cuyler, and still
feel that way.
(Copyright, 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-02
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n VIEW YORK, October o. The
world series battlefront of 1929
NJ is perfectly arranged for an
4 iron-man pitching performance,
with George Earnshaw OF the
Athletics or Pat Malone OF the CUBS
picked as the leading candidates Tor
the role.
These two fast-ball right-handers
have thrived all season on plenty OF
work. They have finished stronger than
any of their curving mates, and the
probability now is that they will face
one another on the opening day at
Wrigley Field next Tuesday. Malone'
at least, seems a certainty, although
Connie Mack would not hesitate to
switch to Robert Moses Grove If the
willowy southpaw manifested sudden
return to his midSeaSon form.
The schedule for the series is so ar
ranged that 1t would be altogether pos
sible for Malone or Earnshaw, assun1-
ing they are the first game selections,
to twirl four games, still having three
days of rest between each assignment.
This, of course, would hinge on the
series going the limit OF seven games.
Two days of travelling and the Sunday
of rest in Philadelphia give the pitchers
more than the usual amount Of time to
recuperate. =,
The one thing certain, so far as the
pitching is concerned, is that it will be
n fast-ball series. The big Three" OF
the AS, Earnshaw, Grove and RUDE
Walberg, all have tremendous speed
So have the main Cub trio-Malone
GUY Bush and Charley Root.
otherwise, the vital factor OF mounc
work, considered go per cent OF any
world series battle, is largely specula'
ton. When he is fright" there Is ne
better pitcher in either league thar
Grove, but the portsider has been on
form since July. The Red Sox pounoes
him ali over the park In his last ap
nearance, It viii be an especially heaV!
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Series May Be Iron Man Duel
Between Malone and EarnshaoU

blow to the AS If Grove does not regain
his form for the series. He is the ace
of the staff and Mackian chances Of
victory are generally considered to de-
pend on whether he is fright"
Guy Bush was the Cub ace until
around the middle of August. but he
hasn't lasted full game since then
until yesterday, when he dropped a
close decision to the Reds. Walberg has
been cratic. So has Root, although
the latter pitched a 10 shutout this
week. These stars may need the inspira-
ton of a real battle to bring them back
to form. There wasn't much to worry
about while the Cubs were galloping to
pennant victories by one-sided margins.
Any one of several lesser lights in the
pitching casts may come through II the
stars fade. The AS have old Jack
Quinn and his splitter to rely on. Jack
was pitching when Walter johnson and
Grover Alexander were rockies, but he
still has enough stuff to join those two
stars in the world series hall Of fame.
The Cubs have Hal Carlson, fourth
right handler of long experience. In re.
serve. along with Sheriff Blake and
Artie Nehf, the old Giant southpaw ace:
If it comes to an issue between relief
man, Mack can rely on Rommel, Shores
and Ehmke.
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ALEXANDRIA CELTICS
LIST RICHMOND nine

ALEXANDRIA, Va, october 2.-St.
Mary's Celtics will play Burke & Co.,
champions of Richmond Sunday in
the Virginia capital with the diamond
championship of the State at stake.
The contest will be played on Tate
Field at Mayo Island.
Burke & Co. has defeated every con-
tender for the State title in Southern
Virginia, while the locals hold the
Northern Virginia championship.
A special practice of the local dia-
mond outfit will be held Thursday in
Baggett's Park at o'clock.
Del Ray A. C. will open its gridiron
season at Edward Duncan Field in
Potomac Sunday. Definite arrange
ments for game have not been made,
but Manager Guy Camden is negotiat-
ing with the manager of the Warwick
A. c. of Washington.
Virginia A. C. gridders will work out
tonight at o'clock at King and Lee
streets. Manager Pat German is en-
deavoring to list an unlimited team
for a game here Sunday on Shipyard
Field at 3 o'clock. His phone is Alex
andria 1919.
st. Mary's Celtics' workout in Bag
gets Park tonight has been called of.
Virginia Midgets want game for
Sunday at l o'clock on Shipyard Field.
Phone Alexandria 1919.
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CUBS LOSE IN LONE
BIG LEAGUE CLASH
Lucas Aids With His Bat as
Well as in Box for the
Cincinnati Reds.
BY WILLIAM J. CHAPMAN,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

w YITH cold rain along the At
n lantic seaboard preventing
NM the few Eastern games
scheduled in the major
leagues yesterday, base ball
action was confined to Cincinnati where
the Reds nosed out the champion Cubs
by a score Of to 2.
an opportunity to collect three singles
in four times at bat, lifting his batting
average three points to $50.
This outburSt carried him to seven
straight hits against the Rhineland
pitching corps before Red Lucas stop
ped him in the eighth inning. The
Raiah got four out of four on Sunday.
winning the game by / to with ms
thirty-ninth home run. He sui mas q
fine chance to GUST Babe Herman OF
Brooklyn from second place in the Ma
tionaI League batting derby, but only
a phenomenal squirt could carry him
past Frank ODoul, the heir apparent
To Hornsbv's throne with a neat mark
of 1896. Herman is hitting 1884.
Chicago outhit Cincinnati by seven
safe drives to six, but Lucas so scatter
ed the Bruin attack in every inning out
the second that he was in a position 10
win when his mates touched Guy Busn
for three runs in the eighth. Lucas nm
self led this assault with a single.
swanson followed with another one
ba geer and little Hugie Critz cleaned up
with triple. Critz scored the winning
marker a moment later when CnaTiie
Grimm threw past the plate after held
ing Walkers roller. ~
The Cubs got to Lucas for two runs
in the second on a triple by Cuyier,
singles by Stephenson and McMlilan
and Ford's error. It was Lucas nine
tenth victory for the seventh place
Reds and Bush's seventh defeat for the
champions. Fewer than 500 fans paid
to see the fun.
The Athletics will make another at
tempt today to close out their home
season in a double-header against
Washington. The Giants likewise VIII
attempt to run off their final Brooklyn
game at the Polo grounds. The AS have
two more open dates on which they
could dispose of their double bill. but
this is the last chance the Giants have
to get in their twenty-second contest
against the Robins.
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Art Shires to Get Paid
For Battles in Future
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TULSA, Okla, october ART
Shires, stormy petrol of the Chicago
White Sox and base balls most cele-
brated pugilist of the last decade, is
to have a chance to display his fistic
prowess in the ring.
Teddy Hayes, associate Of Jack
Kearns and a famous trainer Of
fighters, in Tulsa with Al Fay, who
meets Babe Hunt here october 9,
announced today he had taken
Shires under his wing, would put
him in training Immediately and
start him fighting this Winter.
Hayes met Shires in Chicago last
week and learned that the base
ball battler, who has had great sue
cess in his bare knuckle engagements
with other ball players, including
Manager Lena Blackburne of his
own team, was ambitious to be-
come boxer. He took Shires to a
gymnasium and watched him work
with the gloves.
"Shires weighs 1913 in perfect con-
dition and has the build Of q
fighter" Hayes said. "He has great
courage and the utmost confidence
in himself and his ability to make
good IN the ling" 9.4
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George Burns is another vet
eran, and lucky one. He
played in the Brooklyn
world series of 1920, was with the
Yankees last year and now has
hooked up with the Mackmen.
Burns is slow, but still a fair hit
ter, and can cover first well in
an emergency.
Jimmy Cronin is Mack's other utility
inf1elder, and great fielder. He came
up from the Pacific Coast League in
Midsummer and saw quite a bit of
service. The others all are outf1elders
and veterans in the major league game.
Cliff Heathcote, the Cub outf1elder,
is a splendid fly chaser and fast as the
wind. He also is hitting well this
season and could substitute well for
any Of the Bruin regulars. Beck is a
second baseman by trade, but played
third a lot before Joe Mccarthy put
Norman Mcmillan at the hot turn
Clarence Blair also is third baSeman,
spending his first year in the majors.
He is a good hitter and lively fielder
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MACKS TO PASS UP
DRILL IN CUB PARK
Connie Opposes Practice on
Stage at Chicago With
out All Scenery Set.
~ PHILADELPHIA, October 2 CP).-
u A report from Chicago that
Connie Mack would not take the
Athletics to Wrigley Field for

A report from Chicago that
Connie Mack would not take the
Athletics to Wrigley Field for a
practice workout before the
opening of the world series was not
surprising news to those who profess to
know something of his base ball
methods.
Mack is a psychologist and he also
is known to play lunches. He may
have other reasons for not wishing to
introduce his team to the Cubs park
until shortly before game time, but
base ball experts who have been asso-
ciated with him for years dope 1t out
in this fashion.
There is large scoreboard at Wrigley
Field, also there are seats in the out
field which are said to be in range OF
a right-hand batsmanS vision, which
may prove mental or visual handicap
to batsmen not accustomed to them.
Mack knows the conditions and, &C
cording to dopesters, decided against
practicing in park devoid OF packed
seats and with its big scoreboard
dead" He wanted no practice swing
obtain when the real battle started
Simmons, Foxx, Cochrane ct al might
find the range Of an unoccupied field
to their liking, then when they tried
to hit into a field of moving faces and
the rapid changes on big scoreboard
they might not be able to hit at all. Al
any rate when the AS take their first
swings at pitched balls in Wrigley Field
it will be with the stage set and all
scenery, both moving and stationary, in
place.
Every ball park, in the opinion OF
most players, has scenery that may be
~ 1..A
these psychological hurdles develop from
actual contact with them. And Connie
Mack, in deciding against a pre-view
of the Cubs battle-ground, seems to fee
that what you haven't seen can't be 9
mental hazard"
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KANSAS CITY, ROCHESTER
TO START SERIES TODAY
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press. -.... - 80 ..
KANSAS CITY. october I'm spick
and span new uniforms, purchased espe-
cially for the occasion, the Kansas City
Blues of the American Association and
the Rochester Red Wings of the Inter-
national League meet in Muehlebach
Field here this afternoon in the nrst
game of the little world series"
The rival managers, Edward n:
(Dutch) Zwilling Of Kansas City and
Billy Southworth OF Rochester, nave
settled on their starting line-ups with
the exception of pitchers. zwilling Is
undecided between the veteran right
handler, Tom Sheehan, or the youthful
southpaw, Max Thomas Southworth
will choose just before game time be.
tween Herman Bell, Paul Derringer and
Tex Carleton.
Fair and warmer was the weather
forecast.
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BY CONNIE MACK,

(Manager of the Athletics and Seven Times
American League Pennant WtpnerO
TN appraising the worth of the Ath-
letic pitchers as whole, I don't
believe I can be charged with ex-
Il aggerating the facts when I say
that no club ever had more con-
sistent pitching than the 1929 American
League champions this year.
Robert Moses Grove, the spindly left
handler, has been a heavy and inspiring
winner all through the race. His record
is one of the best ever enjoyed by a
finger.
OF course much was expected of
Grove, as he now has the experience
and background to back up his pitching
skill. This has enabled him to do his
work well without burning up all OF
his energy. It takes several seasons,
especially for a lefthander, to acquire
poise, evenness and confidence.
Last season found that Grove was
not depending altogether on his re-
markable fast pitch to subdue an
opposing batSman. He began to work
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JOE CRoNIN H0N0RED.

Joe Cronin, clever shortstop Of the
Washington base ball team. was guest
of honor at a dinner Monday night at
the Willard Hotel. He will leave Tor
his home in San Francisco Immediately
after the close Of the season. The din
ner was given by Thomas r. Flaherty
and was attended by Manager Walter
Johnson and Mrs Johnson
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Cobb, Back From Europe,
Picks AS to Win Series

NEW YORK, October R.-
Back from Europe, where he spent
his first vacation in a quarter CEN
fury, Tyrus Raymond Cobb i'm
mediately jumped into world series
discussion with prediction that the
Athletics would beat the Cubs.
Superior pitching and the experience
contained in Connie Mack's head
will win the series for the AS, the
erstwhile Georgia Peach" believes.
1.-THE Cubs have no one to stop
Foxx, Simmons and Miller" said
Cobb. eff Chicago doesn't like speed,
as I understand they don't, Grove
can be called upon at any time in
a short SERIES"
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BY JOE MCCARTHY.
MANAGER Chicaro Cubs.

KY philosophy in running ball
mn club, or in building it up, is
IVY that as long as man is paid
1 "A to run the club, he might as
we'll run it.
That might serve to explain some of
the moves I have made with the Cubs,
in the four years have been with them.
In the season of 1925-the year pre-
vious to my joining the Cubs-the three
leading pitchers were Alexander, Cooper
and Kaufman Two of them were on
their way before the end of my first
year as a manager. The events leading
up to this have been told often enough
to need no further mention here.
If any defense were needed for these
moves, might mention that three
young pitchers, Root, Blake and Bush,
had chance then to develop. You'll
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him, as it is known
in base ball. This
season Grove con-
tinued to use his
brains as well as
his arm and the
race was not ole
until I was saying
to myself that
Grove had de-
veloped into q
smart pitcher.
must admit that
George Earnshaw
the giant right.
handler, has beer
the big surprise Of
the pitching staff
Last season he wa:
only a fair pitcher
He had missed The
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Think Philadelphia Fans Series Riuu Well Fixed for Sub
MACKS CAN'T BE BEATEN
HOME HACKERS CONTEND
Swear at Club Officials When Criticizing Ticket
Distribution, But Swear by Clubs Players.
Criffs Play Today if Rain Stops.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

HIADEIPHIA 2Walter Johnson has his Nationals
into games with the Athletlcs
Saturday but only Walter and the players know they
Phl. only clubs known to the local base ball fan
days the who start battling next
games highest honor.
permits the Nationals to take the field against
probably their
side only They looking at the rs
this they
nothing else them They are simply goofy
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md Root, b ! q K e
and Bush taking
an active part in
the Cubs prepara-
lions for the forth
coming world Sc
ries with the Ath-
letics.. You don't
hear much of those
other three pitch
ers, any more.
In my career as
manager, I have
never asked a play
er to do more than
give the best he
has. If the best he
has isn't sufficient
for requirements,
then he is merely
set down as a mis-
take on nv part.
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Heathcote is the only utility man on
the two clubs to have seen any extended
service during the playing season. The
both clubs utility men are about the
same and neither club will have any
marked superiority in the matter of
requirements. With both clubs enter
ing the series in excellent physical
trim there is little possibility of the
utility men seeing much service. But
should they get into the game any one
of them can render good service to his
club.
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EITHER Mccarthy Connie Mack anticipates will be
necessary to call upon any OF their utility players during the
both managers are well provided with capable substitutes
Collins Homer Summa Walter French Jimmy Cronn and De Witt
Cliff Heathcote
Blair
both played
marx capable playing base
with Jim it unlikely will
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BURNS.
HORNSBY GAINS GROUND
AS BIG SIX RIVALS IDLE
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
With all but two of the major league
teams idle yesterday, Rogers Hornsby
was the only member of the Big Six
in action. The Chicago Rajah combed
Red Lucas for three singles in four
attempts at Cincinnati, lifting his aver
age three points to $50. He still has
a chance to finish second in the race
for the batting championship Of the
National League and the Big Six.
The standing:
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EAGLES SEEK BALL GAME.

Anacostia Eagles are not yet ready
to quit playing base ball and are after
q game for Sunday with an unlimited
class team, especially Georgetown
A. c. or st. Joseph's. Call Atlantic
31o4s
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pAcIF1c COAST LEAGUE,

Portland, 3; Hollywood, o.
san Francisco, o; Sacramento u
Los Angeles, 8; Oakland Il
Seattle. z; Nissinnss ia 49,
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-11
HEAVY TOLL OF
LIVES AS COLD
GRIPS EUR 0PE
Narrowing Tales of Suf-
fering With Wolves At
tacking Children.
Dy United Press Leased Wire

LONDON, Feb H. Exceptional
ly cold weather in Europe and
floods in New South Wales claimed
80 lives during the weekend.
SIX hundred and fifty one deaths
from influenza in England during
the last week were reported today.
and seven other deaths from the
epidemic now affc"tir g most Of
Europe were recorded in Budapest.
twenty sc # thr 90 deaths we e
indirectly attributed 10 the cola.
Starving wolves III The region abou;
Corytza killed 1G children and six
men, dispatches TO Athens from
Jannina, near the Grcco-Albanian
border, said.
lee in the Baltic sea had entran.
ped li0 ships, the Daily Nails cor
respondent at Berlin reported. \
United Press dispatch from Copen.
hagen said % vessels were iccbound
in the sound between there and the
island of Rucgcn, in the Baltic.
\ Daily Express dispatch from
Vienna yesterday said the Oriental
Express which left there January
80 had. not arrived at Constanti-
noplc. The train has been snow
bound 10 days somewhere east Of
Thracc with wolves bowling at its
Loors
\ thousand laborers and soldiers
were set to work in fhra'e to clear
20 miles Of snow from railway
racks so that other European trains
could proceed, the correspondent
said.
Eleven of tie deaths from the
cold were in Poland where low tenn,
pcraturcs shattered records for the
past 100 wears. Warsaw reported
63 degrees below zero fahrenheit.