Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
POINTS TO PITCHING
EDGE OF ATHLETICS
Philadelphia Pilot Lavishes
High Praise on Club
for Third Win.
BY CONNIE MACK,
Manager Philadelphia Athletics.


~ HILADELPIIA, Pa, October -.
Never have doubted the
gameness and fighting qualities
of the Athletics, and while did
not expect them to score 10
runs in the seventh inning to nose out
the Cubs. 10 to s. and put us within
one victory of the world championship,
I can't say I was surprised. l know
the 1929 champions of the American
League will fight even when they face
tremendous odds and the way they
came through in that record inning in
q world series game pleased me beyond
measure
have been in base ball q long
number of years, but never did / have
team that ever performed such feat
in an important event. The rally
started off with five hits in q row and
five more were made before the inning
ended. Al Simmons started the wav
to victory when he Sledged the bsll
to the roof OF the left field stands
FoxX. Miller. Dykes and Boley singled
in succession and two more runs
counted
George Burns failed as a pinch hitter
but Bishop renewed the attack when he
combed a single to center Haas had a
break when Wilson missed his ny in
the sun and it rolled to the fence, to
give him home run.
Couldn't Be Stopped.
Then Cochrane walked and players
started up for the second time in the
inning. Simmons and Foxx singled and
Miller was hit by pitched ball Dykes
then came through with the winning
double, to give the Athletics their most
glorious and theatrical victory since the
team started in 1901 felt sure that
the Athletics players would get over
their hitting slump of Friday. They
didn't do much to Root in early
innings. but when they finally got the
range on him 1t was debacle. Nehf
Blake and Malone could not stop us
either. Athletic teams have won many
sensational games in the 20 years
have managed them, but never saw
one that gave me a bigger thrill than
yesterdays remarkable triumph.
Everybody should get credit for the
win. All my players hit timely. SIM
mons and Foxx are always dangerous
and giving US hits when we need them.
said in my advance stories that I had
every confidence in my regulars to
finally guage q pitcher even If he gave
them trouble in the first few innings.
That happened today. Root held us to
three hits in the first six innings and
then in the seventh he was plastered
out of action and his successors pounded
numerically.
Some Brilliant Fielding.
While two errors were charged to
Athletic players there was also some
brilliant fielding. Boley at short made
some wonderful stops while Dykes was
good at third and Bishop at second.
Foxx was able to get any kind of q
throw hurled at him.
The outfield did not have any snowy
work to do but they performed excel
lently. Behind the bat, Cochrane gilt
tered as he has in every game of the
series He keeps the team fighting and
Is the biggest kind of inspiration to the
pitchers.
I recall how he patted Miller on the
back when he was going to hit after
the catcher had scored. 1t was the ir-
resistible lighting spirit Of the Athletics
that made those 10 runs possible.
am also delighted with the way my
pitchers have acted. Ehmke and Earn
shaw have done wonderful work. while
Grove has saved two games for US by
alright relief work. In today's game
] put him In after we had our two-run
lead and he delivered in rare fashion.
Grove Famed Four.
He had two innings to go and re-
tired the side in order In both rounds.
In this brief time he famed four rivals.
That's what you call great pitching for
the least show Of weakness would have
been disastrous and We might have lost
the fruits of our 10-run rally.
They have day of rest today and
then we go to the mat again tomorrow.
II we win tomorrow the world cham
pionship Is ours.
/ sincerely hope that we can end the
series tomorrow and then have q
breathing spell after the rigors Of .
long and hard campaign. 1 am not
announcing the name of the pitcher
although everybody believes will use
Earnshaw. Maybe I will and maybe I
won't
If we should happen to lose tomor-
row. which I greatly doubt, 1 feel that
we can get a victory in Chicago to end
it. have plenty Of good pitching left
for the remainder of the series and /
believe that have distinct advantage
over the Cubs In this respect.
(CopyriRht. 1927