New Britain herald., 1929-10-15

task of picking the hero of the 1929 worlds series seemed today as diff | fcult as it was trying to guess Con- nie Mack's starting pitcher.
 There was one heroic figure after another down through the lineup of the triumphant Philadelphia Ath- letics. The three perhaps that stood out most conspicuously, after an analysis of the five games were Jimmy Foxx, young first sacker, his bat mighty in three of the four vic tories; George (Mule) Haas), whose freak home run was a crucial blow in the historic lucky seventh of the fourth game and his second, man. sized homer the tying factor in the final contest; and Robert Moses Lefty) Grove, whose southpaw speed saved two games and was ready for third, only to have the distinction go 10 George (Rube) Walberg, another portsider.
 There was, also. the chunky fig ure of Jimmy Dykes, with the high est batting mark of any of his team mates; Mickey Cochrane, who caught every game with marvellous 1 skill; Al Simmons. the great left l fielder, potent in both critical ral- i lies of the last two games; and last, but not least, Edmund (Bing) Mil | Ter, veteran ight-fielder, who knocked in the deciding runs in the first game and the winning run with q s50,000 blow in the last. Walbcrg Supplanted Grove l Grove unquestionably would have been the outstanding hero had he | been delegated to relieve Howard ! Ehmke in the last game and suc- cceded as Walberg did. Ehmkes 1 first game heroics were not repeat l ed or he might also have been the i main bidder for the laurel wreath. Perhaps, after all, Connie Mack was the real hero, for it was mostly for him that all these agile boys as he calls them, were outdoing themselves.
 Bush Hero of Cubs
 The hero of the Cubs. from a pitching angle, was Guy Bush, the only winner and therefore the only candidate for the honor. Otherwise their greatest figure was pudgy Hack Wilson, mightiest of a Cub clouting array that otherwise failed to live up to its reputation. Wilson led both teams at bat with All. Yet Hack also was a goat" for it was his dismal performance in losing fly balls in the sun Saturday that con- tributed largely to the As startling come back. Charley Grimm. clever first baseman, played brilliantly throughout the series and also hit hard. The batting bust" was Ro- gers Hornsby, the seven-ti time Rajah of the National league batters, who struck out eight times to lead the list of Cub strikeout victims. The fielding goat" aside from Wilson was Shortstop Elwood English, with four errors, some of which he re- deemed with a great exhibition ir the last game.
 The summary of outstanding fea. lures of the five games:
 First Game
 Won by Athletics, 3 10 1, witf Howard Ehmkes slow curves pug zling Cubs, producing 8 strikeou victims for a new worlds series rec ord, Hornsby, Wilson and Cuyle, each struck out twice. Jimmy Foxx'. home run into center field "birdcag, bleachers" only run off Charley Root who allowed 3 hits in seven innings but As scored two more in ninth of Guy Bush on Miller's single after two errors in row by Elwood Eng fish, Cub shortstop. Jimmy Dyke. furnished fielding feature with div
 ing catch of Stephenson's drive il fourth.
 Second Game
 Won by Athletics, to g, Pa Malone being knocked out of box il fourth inning after yielding si, runs. Foxx's second homer of ser ies again started Cub pitchers down
 fall in third frame and Al Simmons driving in two runs in fourth anC two more in eighth, equalled world
 series record of four in one game George Earnshaw, As starter, wlt and relieved in fifth by Lefty Grove who held Cubs helpless rest of game adding six strikeouts to Earnshaw' for another Cub total of 13. Cub used four pitchers, Blake, Garrison and Nehf following Malone. Grimm furnished fielding feature with one hand falling stab of wide throw b. English to get Foxx on first. Wil son, Foxx and Dykes got three hit each.
 l Won by Cubs, 3 to 1. on fin