The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-09

1T OVER
WITH JOE WILLIAMS

EOH the Time Dt.IlBt bAllS SSA~
II will say very little about that
fellow Hornsby and the Cubs .
Cornelius MEG illicuddy pulled one
for the book Tuesday, when ne
reaches over and extricated a lean
and melancholy looking Individual
bv the name Of Howard Ehmke from
the club house waste basket and Sc:
him n motion in the first game OF
the world series. Practically every
body In the stands had forgotten
that McGillicuddy had an empioye
nv the name Of Ehmke on his stan,
and when he was announced as the
starting pitcher some Of the younger
generation of experts began TO IN
ouire who he was. what he ia and
whether ne belonged to the male,
female or neutral gender.
N,cmBeuddv has a very Formidable
nItehing star which includes Grow: Earn
shaw, WaIberE. Rommsl Ano Suinh. ~
SS1bmhs. name mainly because his name
happens TO be on there In az the
lnnortantlv as a white rabbit in 'he
African Jungle lands.
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A. no Tuesdav afternoon when ne
.,spped out OF the Athletics duRout ana
started throwing law pitches into the
no HACK glove Of Cy Perkins he was
looked on merely as another OF McoH-
ueuddy's fantastical experiments. But latef
In the afternoon he was the OUTSTANDING
figure IN one OF the finest games ever
pjaved IN any series a winning pitchet
and the holder OF a new strike-out record
n
THE experts had little trouble
i explaining after it was all over
Why McGillicuddy had defled the
dope by starting a second stringer
against the heavy hitting National
League champions. The Athletics
crafty leader simply had gamoleo
on what was supposed TO be d
of his weak pitchers against what
was known to be OF the chi
cago stars-Charlie Root-and ne
has won.
John Joseph MoGraw. himself and not 2
ghost, went into the technical phases OF
motion. he Is both n side arm and an un-
derh9nd finger. Out in center heIo a.
the Cubs, park IN : o az toy bIeschers. cut
on and set apart from the man T1hinS
sII]Sngemspt;; II, This ba iGs%s and a pitcher.
partIeularly a side armer-throNlng OUT d
The crowd has an ADVANTAGE
'Ehmke might not win another game
from the Cubs If he pitched against them
for a YEAR said McGraw. but ne was
tremendously effective Tuesday. The CUBS
didn't get to bat against much side arm
p;tching throughout the season ior the
simple reason that most OF the pltchers
in our league are overland WORKERS
rbmke was a new and strange PROPOSE
ton 10 them. and old Connie undoubtedly
had his in mind when he started MN
r NEVER saw a pitcher VINO
worked with less concern or Ell
fort than the waXen-taced rlgnI
handler from Silver Creek, N. Y. He
went about the business OF turning
The National League champions
back with all the nonchalance n
indifference of a Kansas congress-
man nicking his teeth in a wayside
station. He seemed utterly without
emotion. He would amble out TO
the box and stand with his hands
on his hips while the infleld smut
tied the ball back and forth. men
he would take the ball from one OF
the infelders and hold his hands
clasped behind his back until Coch-
rane gave him the signal.
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A brief nod Of the head would confirm
the catcher's wiE-waE. a short Tinarno
would follow and then the ball would CONE h1te
in. az tS. Go Corners me or . curve, which At
times scarcely broke at all and at otner
ieaped and jumped IN j"
Whether the ball was driven into safe
territory. or missed. and II was nhASSoe
hmit t the emotional effect on Ehmke was
the same. ne would stsnq o1t dhe SssfbtD0d
ne mound With tlnG hif FOR hangs t6s f ineidenta afnt by-
piays of the moment TO end
EHMKE pitched with rare cour-
T. age during the %infrequent IN
tervals when the Cubs developed a
truculency that carried a hint OF
danger. In the third when McMll-
Ian and English got hits with one
down he famed Hornsby and VIII
son, and Just to show that there was
no mistake about it he did it aga-I
later in the game.
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In The seventh with runners on third
and second and one out he forced q pinch
hitter to pop out and Tanned anotner one;
Arain in the ninth. with the ball kame At
stake. he got rid OF tho side with, two on,
tanning Charlie TolSon to end the game
and record his thirteenth strikeouI'
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II anyone should happen to ask you.
oscar This is very gritty pitching. and the
next time It is suggested that Ehmke is
NOT thoroughly game. eS many nave SUI
.ss.sd in the past. walk right I'D to him
and bust him one for old Colonel WI
iiamS' II Ehmke isn't q game guy ne
u-ss ont there mAsouerading as two otner