The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-15
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CORNELIUS MGILLICUDDY'S
~ comment will have TO stand.
After Mondays victory he said:
I'm very proud Of my boys. When
they had 10 win they won" This
lust about tells the whole story.
They had to win Saturday and they
won after trailing by eight runs for
six innings. and they had to win
Monday after trailing by two runs
for eight innings. Nobody can say
the Athletics aren't a gritty ball
club. True they got the breaks and
plenty OF them, but they were in
there swinging and trying all the
time, and in the end the bookies
usually pay off on these qualities.
that the better ball club won. The Cubs
were cOnspicuOusly weak In the outneld
And vet the vaEaries of baseball in a short
series being what they are. they might
have won with more gracious deal from
the fates.
MoG.Iiicuddy emerges from the games
a triumphant. commanding figure az an
age wnen most cd timers Of the dialm ms
are in their dotsge It falls TO the lot OF
greatest Riory at the age Of six ~ seven
Throuehout the series McGinicudoy was a
constant source OF mystery and aStonlSn-
ment NOBODY could figure him. He
manipulated one staggering surprise al'er
another.
MANY baseball men said it was
WI bad baseball to start a second |
rate pitcher such as Howard EhmEe |
in the opening game Of world /
series. But Ehmke won, striking out /
thirteen of the national leaguers' !
Had he lost. McGillicuddy of course |
would have looked like a dumb !
strategist. That happens to be the |
simple formula by which these
maneuvers are judged. AS the game
turned out McGillicuddy was made /
to look very good indeed.
Very few people could understand why |
the venerable leader of the Athletics re-
the series and yet was willing to gamble
with Ehmke and old Jack Quinn. MoGil-
based on sound reasoning. There was al
ways a chance the starting Dltcher mlght
1--WE innings. the slender left handler can
pitch baseballs through Rhinoceross
hide.
On a couple Of occasions Grove proved
this to be so. And on at least one oc-
casion Ehmke proved that there IS al
ways a chance that the starting pitcher
no mater who he is. might still be hang,
ing around after the shouting has died
and the tumult ended. It is SAID ID G ISye
mo ut n
q finger on his throwing hand was bruised.
quinn was not a happy choice
~ for Saturdays game, but the
Macks won it, and nothing seems
to matter as long as you can win
'em. The same was true OF Mon
days game. Ehmke's control was
uncertain, and when this is the case.
he is a most ordinary pitcher. Wal
berg. who replaced him, finished the
game with a world of stuff.
criticised a great deal for starting the
veteran Ehmke instead of the RUDE II the
bovs hadn't put on another great rally for
him in the ninth to change what seemed
almost certain defeat to thrilling WIN
People celebrating victories aren't inter
ested in post mOrtems, and while some OF
McGillicuddv's strategicsl moves we're fan
tasticaI enough to bring gasps from the
grand stand managers the fact remains
that his team won the world championship
in five games.
I think the BOYS would still be, playing
the series il Patrick Malone of the Cubs
had not made the same mistake MONDAY
that his fraternity brother. Charlie Root,
made Saturday. I am not familiar with
the intimate characteristics of a white
elephant but 1t should be obvious to all |
bv now that this species OF Jungle beast
is always DANGEROUS. Root began TO- take
things easv behind an. eight-run lead and
wound I'M in q hospital ward wondering
what hit him The fact that his fast ball !
began to desert him at the same time olo
nothing to help the situation either.
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NNALONE looked and must him
wi self have thought he had Mon