The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-14
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1T OVER
WITH JOE WILLIA,ds

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. A.
A FTER a day Of rest in this blue
IA Law town Of SNUG piety where
even rest Is labor, the demon ath-
letes were back on the job today
doing whatever remained to be done
about deciding the ultimate DISPOSE
ton Of the 1929 baseball champion
ship OF the northern hemisphere.
With the count three to one In their
favor there seemed very little Tor
the Athletics TO do, except PICK up
the marbles.
The bays were still iabbsrinK this morn
ing about that ten-for ten inning inc
Athletics put on 10 pun w tIaIiing for
six innings by eight runs Nome OF tne
experts seemed quite decided Just where 70
place the precise blame Of the CUPS col
fanse Joe Mccarthy was criticized by
some Of the second guessers for leaving
his starting pitcher. Root, IN too long ;
Inning. and six Of them hit him for solid
wal!ops. among which was the hStqest
and longest home run OF the series. "hsa a
Mccarthy took him out four runs mac
crossed the plate, and two runners were
on the bases nobody was out and the
entire Cu5 team was in state OF panic
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BUT PREVIOUS TO THIS INNING
ROOT HAD MASTERED THE AS THEI
HAD MADE ONLY TWO CLEAN HITS
OFF HIM IN SIX INNINGS. HE WAS
PITCHING A FAULTLESs GAME OF
BALL. THERE WAS EVERY REASON TO
BELIEVE WOULD WIN IN A BREEZE
"A DELIGHTFULLY."- SOFT OCTOBER
BREEZE. AS IT HAPPENED TO BE. TOO
THERE is no way definitely to
J. explain Roots sudden loss of
dominance. Some Of the boys tell
you he grew over-confident. that he
eased up and that when the shift
ing tide threw him into perilous
currents he was unable to regain
command of the situation. They
say the psychology of these things
generally work out that once GU be-
gin to drift along its is almost i'm
possible to snap back into winning
stride.
The techniciaus offer a more convincing
Is as Curve T ba p P0R 0g That 'n has d Ef
reliance IS speed, and that as the game
grows older his speed invariably
as fast in the seventh Saturday as he had
been in the earlier innings and the
gradual loss of his speed made the busl-
ness Of hitting him Just that much easier.
This is the usual fate of fast ball pitch
ers lacking in stamina to 90 the distance,
ears.
It n
Perhaps II it had not been for
carpiciOus sun Roof might have got by the
fairly decisive score, though this is
wholly theoretical To your time-stained
correspondent however, IL seems that II
the Athletics had not got Root when they
did, they surely would have got him later
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PERHAPS SOMETHING WILL HAVE TO
BE DONE ABOUT THESE PREJUDICIAL
SUNS WHICH SHOOT BLIND1NG RAYS
OF LIGHT INTO THE EYES OF HACK
WILSON AND CAST ONLY COMFORT
ING SHADOWS OVER THE VISION OF A
MULE HAAS. WILSON LOST TWO FLIES
INAHE SUN AND ONE OF THEM WENT
TO THE BACK WALL FOR A
IRTY- CENT HOME RUN.
NTO air-minded filbert could fail
IN to recognize that it was strict
" an American league sun. Local
lstrologers peering at the gentleman
elongated binoculars claim
he was CARRIED in the livery of a
philadelphia player and that he even
shifted his position on signal from
the Athletics dugout. responding
instantly to the mysterious Wig wags
of Cornelius McGillicuddy's score
card.
There NAV be much truth in this. Nc
Gillicuddy is one of those painsiaking, con-
scientiOus old gentlemen who will do any
championship back to his faithful GUS
toners.
OLD SOL. AS HE is AFFECTIONATELY
KNOWN TO HIS FELLOW ELKS. WAS
EASILY THE HERO OF THE ATHLETICS
SENSATIONAL VICTORY. INDEED. ANY
ONE WITH SUFFICIENT BRASS. MIGHT
BE DISPOSED TO SAY THAT HE ROSE
TO THE OCCASION BRILLIANTLY.
Judge Lands should see to it
that Old Sol gets a cut out of the
players share, though if the mat
ter were left to the cold judgment
of Joe Mccarthy he'd probably ia
vor a cut from ear to ear.