Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-09

Now that it is all over it is being
told about Chicago that the canny
Connie, for as much as a month
before the Serier opened, had
planned to employ Ehmke in the
initial engagement of the classic.
'Tis said Ehmke is of the unusual
type Of hurlerS that knows the
club he Is apt to be particularly
effective against and that he had
looked over the Cubs and figured
he might be able to baffle them.
Whether this be true or not, battle
them Ehmke did and in great
style, too.
Puzzling change Of Pace.
Not only did the lanky blond who
pitched in but SIS innings for the Ath.
ietics during the league championship
campaign, show remarkable wide
sweeping hook that had the best bat
tiers the Cubs could put forth swinging
at nothing, SO to say, but he also re-
vealed puzzling change of pace that
had virtually every man that Manager
Mccarthy used during the proceedings
wondering If the ball had been actually
thrown or not.
It was this combination Of wide
sweeping hook and change of pace that
accounted for Ehmke's new record for
Strikeouts IN world series tilt. Strik-
ing out Is batters is splendid effort in
any game during the ordinary course of
championship season in . league. It
Is rarely done. But striking out Is bat
tiers In a world series game where the
contending clubs are supposed to in
clude the canniest batterS of the BUSH
ness Is something to make even the
most blaSe base ball critics marvel.
When the senior Ed Walsh struck out
a dozen of the Cubs in that memorable
world series between the two big league
clubs of Chicago in the world series of
1906. It's understood there were many
base ball sharps of the time who pre-
dicted. the record never would. be sur
passed. Which shows that In base ball,
as in anything else. you never can tell.
It was a great feat Ehmke performed
and he. deserves all the praise being
heaped upon him today.
Root Hurls Splendid Game.
In justice to Root, who opened fire
for the Cubs and pitched through seven
innings. it should be said he. too. hurled
q splendid game. He yielded but three
safeties and that one of them should
have Jimmy Foxx's hoist into the open
stand back of center field in the seventh
inning was merely one Of the breaks
of the modern slam and bang style
game Of base ball. With the boys
swinging freely as they do these days
any one Is likely to smash up pitching
battle at any time with long hit. Root
pitched well and deserves much more
than honorable mention, which is about
the most q losing pitcher usually gets.
AS for that last inning yesterday
when the AS helped themselves to two
more runs and the Cubs to their lone
tally. there's nothing to consider Sc
riously. Not one of the three runs was
of the earned variety.
I But such play is likely to happen in
any game between the best Of clubs.
1t did not indicate that either Ehmke
was weakening or that Guy Bush. who
worked on the hill for the Cubs in the
last two rounds. was not so good.
After getting away with Ehmke.
though, it does seem Mack Is sitting
pretty. He has the advantage over
Mccarthy in every way in the pitching
end of the series. No matter what may
happen today. This doesn't mean that
the AS are all but Gin" so far as the bic
end of the series goes. but they have
much better chance than the Cubs.