The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-10-03
Series Will GO SIX
OR SEVEN CONTESTS,
UMPIRE ANTICIPATES
Expert Hurting Of George Earn.
shaw, Grove and Walberg
Will Not Be Denied
MALONE lMPRESSES CRITIC
Eddie RommeI, Jack Quinn and
Rookie Shores Will Fill
Relief Roles Well
| MALONE lMPREssES CRITIC
b. BILLY EVANS

ASK inc something easy.
Picking pennant winners and world
champions is not an easy task. If in
doubt. ask my old friend Hughcy
Fullerton.
This spring. writing for a WE'LL
known weekly. Fullerton named
Washington as the pennant winner
in the American League and picked
Cleveland to finish last.
Two months ago. if some n asked
me which team would win a seven
game series between the Cubs and
the Athletics. ! would have said the
Athletics with much ~positivcness.
Today. the question rouse mingled
feelings Of uncertainty.
Connie Mack is one of the best
friends I have in baseball. And since
the Athletics are a member Of the
same league with which ! am identi-
fled. naturally I lean strongly to
Mack and the AS when the outcome
Of tho series is discussed. Yet In
summing up the chances of the two
clubs. ! am going to do my very best
not to let partisan feelings sway my
judgment.
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Unless Mack is able to perform
miracles in reconditioning some of
his athletes. I cannot e how he will
be able to present as strong a lineup
against the Cubs as would have been
possible two months ago. At that
time. his pitching staff was In high
gear and his team in fine shape
physically. Since then. the club has
suffered through illness and injuries.
Joe Boley and Jimmy Dykes, two
highly capable inficld performers.
have been ailing. The standard Of
their play has suffered. The infield
defense of the AS may show it.
Then the case Of Lefty Grove
calls for serious consideration. Grove.
two months ago. "a at the very peak
Of his game. During the final two
months of the campaign he has been
away below par. Perhaps it Is just
one of those things that happen In
baseball, the pitcher having plenty Of
stuff but being unable to win. Then.
he may have lost some Of his pitch
ing edge through being overworked.
Probably proper rest prior to the Sc
ries may restore that edge.
Considering the Athletics from
every angle. the club does not impress
me as strongly on the eve Of the Sc
ries as it did six O. eight weeks back,
when 1t was running wild at the ex-
rensc Of the rest Of the American
League.
Along the same lines, I might say
that the play of the Cubs during the
final month of tho season was moi
nearly so impressive as earlier during
the race. The pitching Of the Cubs
has slumpcd. Bush. the c Of thu
Cubs staff. like Grove. the big noise
of tho Mackmen, Is the most seri0u:
offender in this respect. Bush ha.
been shclled from the box In nearly
every appearance he made In thu
hcme stretch. / am sure both Macl
and Mccarthy have been much wor'
ried about the ineffectivcness Of thei1
ace:.
favor the Athletics to win TIN
world series. I like the pitching o
the American League champions {
triflc better than the National Lea
guers, even though the Cubs have
most formidable array Of twirlers
Pitching invariably dominates the Sc
-ies and I look for the Mackmen +
show the edge In this department.
am inclined to think the series viii
go six games. possibly seven.
In favoring the pitching Of tn
Athletics. I am well aware that tw
of Mack's stars are l~eft.handers an
that southpaws have not been uni
formly successful against the Cub.
However. ! doubt II any club in tn
majors can offer two portsiders VIII
come even close to what Mack has t
offer in Grove and Walberg. The
arc somewhat different. Each pos
sesses terrific speed and q sharl
breaking curve.
Few pitchers in the Nations
League have been more successft
against Chicago than "Dazzy' vanc'
He counts 1t a bad day when h
doesn't whiff eight o. more Cubs I
a game. As q rule, he holds the slug
gers of the Cubs In the hollow OF h
hand. II Chicago has found Vane
tough. then there is every reason I
believe that the Cubs will find Earr
shaw almost as hard to beat. Earr
shaw is the clocest approach to'Vane
iii the majors. He will use moi
speed than Vance does and while h
curve isn't quite A. sharp . that
the Brooklyn star, the Chicago b.
terri will find he has plenty on q
ball.
On form, Chicago will depend el
tirely on rignthnnded pitchin
} Curve-ball pitching naturally bottle
free-swinging club and the Athleti
must be 50 listed. Cub pitchers -
cialize in curves. A deceptive cur
makes Simmons. Foxx, Miller q
! other free swingerE In the Athletil
lineup look bad at times but It mu
be q perfectly pitched ball to accor
8. plist that result. Get the curve ni
In the wrong spot and they viii mn
the opposing pitcher look equally b
like the Chicago staff. ! an -
ticularly keen about Malone. In
8. seen him pitch . halt dooen gan
q. during the past season and - =
Impressed mo moro each time.
has everything and should ma
=. plenty Of trouble Tor Philadclph
ID Bush kc:n't looked CO gond II his ],
two q three starts md y may
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