Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08

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The Wailing of those who
skies.
Wrigley Park will hold some
begin to accommodate those who
Mr.. Wrigley, Mr.. Veeck and
have locked their doors and di
Heydler and Mr.. Barnard, preside
into hiding. Even that valiant
observed skipping lightly from b
ticket applicants.
For some reason, which Seem
been made slight favorites in tn
fact that the Cubs play the first
where thtey are at their best and
The strain will be bit less on
the home team. It's players will
know every angle of the park,
and the crowd will be roofing
fiercely for home talent. The.p
is no neutrality out here.
The manner in which pitchers per-
form in season is absolutely no guide
to the manner in which they may per-
ager must start by relying on the pitch
ers who won flag for him, but before
the games are over other pitchers may
move solidly into the spotlight.
This series. like almost every other
series. probably will be won and lost on
pitching. And, as each team has at
least three fine pitchers, can not see,
before the first ball is pitched, that 1t
Is anything but an even bet.
From an advance viewpoint, it looks
as If Cochrane, Simmons, Dykes and
Miller might be expected to do fine
work for the Mackmen. I should say
that Hornsby and Stephenson would be
the most dangerous men on the Cubs,
with Cuyler and Wilson also danger
Gus.
Cuyler is great ball player. Wilson
can field with any of the best and hits
q ball fast and far. Like Foxx of the
Athletics, he is weak on a certain ball
at the bat, but, If the pitchers fail to
put the ball absolutely in that spot,
either man is apt to smack 1t over the
wall. It Is question Of style, and I
believe that wilson may be tough for
pitchers of the type Connie Mack pos
SeSSeS.
Depends on Luck.
The quick return from a pitcher is
almost sure to be barred In this series, as
it has made trouble for umpires more
than once. If the series turns out to be
as close as it looks, this will be tough
weather for the umpires in any case.
One thing you might look for is the
shoestring catch. At least once in every
series some outfielder attempts a catch
of this description, instead Of playing
the ball safe, and becomes either a hero
or dumbbunny, depending on his luck.
There is another thing which is 60
ing to count-luck. Tell me the team
in this series which will get the breaks
and I'll come close to picking the win
ner. If the series opened in Philadel-
phia, I'd take the Athletics. Opening
in Chicago, it looks like q $3.50 prop
0sition.
The first game is of tremendous i'm
portance. The boys who go out SAere
and play steadily, the ones who forget
that every ball pitched, hit or fielded
is wrapped in thousand-dollar bills, the
fellows who keep their nerve and their
heads. the money players, are due to
world.
Practically all students of base ball
agree that a world series is about 10
per cent pitching. And experience has
demonstrated that three good pitchers
are plenty to win series.
Connie Mack has won seven Ameri-
can League flags. The Athletics won
in 1902, 1905, 1910. 1911, 1918, 1914
and are this seasons winners. Pitts
burgh won the National League pen
nant in 1902, but there was no series.
so this will be the sixth time Mack has
led a team in the world championship
games. Three times he has won and
twice he has lost. Let US see how he
handled his pitchers in the past.
In 1905 Mathewson and McGlnnity
beat him. In that series Mack used
Plank, Bender and Coakley. In 1910 he
beat the Cubs with Coombs and Ben
der and the following year trimmed the
Giants with Bender, CoombS and Plank.
He won from the Giants again, in 1913,
with Bender Plank and Bush. The
Braves, led by StallingS, beat the Ath.
letics in 1914 with James, Rudolph and
Tyler
In this series Mack used Bender:
Bush, Pennock. Plank, Shawkey and
Wyckoff. So it seems that the only
world series that Mack lost in four
straight games was the only one In
which he used over three pitchers.
Losers Use Six.
That, of course, was before the ao-
vent of the lively ball. but let us look at
the more recent records. Last year the
Yankees beat ST. Louis four straight
games. using Hoyt, Pipgras and Zach
ery st. Louis used six pitchers. IN
1927. tire Yankees took four straight
from Pittsburgh, using Hoyt, Moore.
Pennock and Pipgras. Pittsburgh USED
seven pitchers.
There have been series where some
thing like II pitchers were used 6y tn s
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remains clear that three. and certainly
not more than four. good pitchers can
win a series. Both the Athletics and the
Cubs can call on at least four good
moundsmen.
shall be surprised If the winning
team IN the eserieS uses over four pitch
ers, unless it gets so far ahead in some
game that a pitcher is taken out TO
save hin Ger d future contest. If the
Athletic. get away well, Mack may use
only tfGee pitchers, as he has done SO
often before That would mean Earn
shaw, Grove and Walberg. Ehmke,
quinn and Rommel look less likely bets,
although If Mack won the first game,
he might gamble on the second.
Root, Bush and Malone look like the
best bets for Chicago, but such pitchers
~ Carlson and Nehf must not be over