Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-11
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.
Sports. Editor Of The Star.

BY DENMAN THOMPSON.
Sports, Editor of The Star.
PHILADELPHIA, october IL
Chicago broke the Athletics win
ming streak and took the third
game here today.
The score was to /.
Earnshaw got off to a good start
when he struck out two men, in
cluding Hornsby, in the first
inning.
Hack Wilson tripled in the sec
ond, but was unable to score,
despite two infield outs.
Foxx was Bush'S first Strikeout
victim, being called out on four
pitches in the second.
The 29.521 paying fans who
thronged the greater Shibe Park
to witness resumption of play be-
tween the Athletics and Cubs fol
the 1929 base ball championship
of the world were given another
surprise by Manager Connie
Mack when he nominated George
Earnshaw to do mound duty for
the AS.
Earnshaw's slab opponent was
Guy Bush, who, relieving Charlie
Root, hurled the two final frames
of the opening combat IN the
Windy City, in which he was
scored on twice.
In direct contrast to the weather
conditions prevailing for both OF
the games in Chicago the setting
here today was almost perfect,
the sun shining brightly and
only a faint breeze sluggishly STIR
ring the flags at the top OF the
stands.
Following the customary con-
ference at the plate between the
umpireS and the captains of the
rival teams in which Manager NC
Carthy of the Cubs participated,
Umpire-in-Chie Moran OF the
National League called play ball
and the contest got underway.
The partisan fans applauded as
the white uniformed Athletics
trotted to their positions in the
field, and before the actual start
of hoStilitieS the aSSemblage stood
and barred its collective head IN
tribute to the memory OF the late
Miller Higgins, manager OF the
New York Yankees.
The AS failed to score in the
third, although filling the bases
when English made his fourth
error of the series.
Earnshaw struck out Hornsby
again in the fourth and Cuyler
followed suit. 1t was the sixth
time each had famed In the
series.
Philadelphia missed an oppor-
tunity to break the tie in the
fourth, when Boley got on by ms
second hit of the game.
The first run of the game came
when Miller singled in the f1ftf
and Micky Cochrane scored IRON
second. ). .x
scored Bush with the tying run
Cuyler followed with single tt
score Hornsby and English, to pu1
the Cubs ahead.
FIRST INNING.
-Earnshaw got Mcmillan
IN first for the Cubs, In a hole on
count of two and one, and the iattel
was set down when he missed with
vigorous swing English was at the same
disadvantage, when he gave Bishop
chance TO make a nice stop OF his hare
crack toward right. Hornsby lungeC
futily at the first two pitches, fonlint
the second. and after taking one bal
was called out on strikes, for the f1ftf
time in this series. He protested tn
decision, but to no purpose. NO runs.
HLETICS-Bishop had one bal
sandwiched between pair of strikes
He took two more WIDE ones ana tnel me
hoisted to Grimm, who backed mt
right field, close to the line, to max
the catch. Bush was in the hole q
Hass two and one, when Mule lined
single to center, his second hit OF tn
series, and the first bingle OF the Dal
game with one ball and one strik
recorded, Cochrane popped on stephen
son in short left. Simmons forced Haa
on an easy roller to English, Hornso
getting the putout. No runs.
SECOND INNING.
CHICAGO-wilson, who had bat
ting average of 1000 in the secon
game, when he got three safeties an
a walk after having been held hitles
in the opener, increased his stickin
percentage by swatting over Haas hea
in center for three bases. Cuyier ser
a soft roller to Boley, who tagged hiI
at first, Wilson being compelled to hol
third base. Stephenson then sent tn
same kind of a rap to Bishop. Th
time Wilson attempted to score, bt
proved an easy out at the plate, Coch
rane getting Bishops throw and block
ing Hack off. Grimm, the batting lead
er of the series, provided Earnshaw
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