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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-07
World Series F acts and Figures


Contestants Philadelphia Athletics American League
champions managed by Connie Mack and Chicago Cubs
tional League champions, managed by Joe Mccarthy.
Conditions-Best four out Of seven games
Schedule two games Tuesday and Wednesday,, Wrg
Chicago; Friday
day. Shibe Park Philadelphia last two Wgey Field Chicago
Wednesday and Thursday October B and IT, Postponed
will be played in city where scheduled
Time-1:30 pm, Central standard, in Chicago;
standard. Philadelphia.
Estimated attendance5ooo at Chicago 10000 Phladel
phia, for each game.
Estimated recepts-$2O5OOO at Chicago $s5OOO at Phil
adelphia, for each game.
Ticket prices-$1 bleachers, So standing
grandsand grandstand
seats.
Nationwide hookups by Columbia and National
Ibroadcasting chains.
Betting dds to Athletics for opening game.
Athletics to win SERIES
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FONSECA NOSES OUT
SIMMONS FOR TITLE

CLEVELAND, october z P.-Lew
Fonseca, first baseman for the Cleve-
land Indians, finished the 1929 season
as the unoficial holder of the American
League batting championship with a
mark of 1863. Nursing bad leg that
kept him out of double-header at st.
Louis Yesterday, Fonseca sat on the
bench while he received a report that
AL Simmons Of the Athletics, his close
rival, had failed by a scant margin TO
equal his mark as batsman.
If the unofficial championship Is
made official, Fonseca will be the
Indians first title holder since Iris
Speaker topped the league in 1916 with
1856. Fonseca, born of Portuguese par
ents, has been in base ball eight years.
The Indians picked him up from
Newark in 1927.
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Big League Mark Set
By Cubs Season Gate

CHICAGO, October z R.-Chi-
cago fans appreciated a National
League championship to the extent
of l,485,00O paid admissions during
the regular campaign, a new major
league record.
The mark fell somewhat short OF
the million and one-half attendance
record President William L. Veeck
hoped to set, but was more than
100000 better than the previous
standard set by the 1927 Cubs.
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As Get Needed Homer as Ball
Hons From Glove Into Stands

Chicago's lowly White Sox slammed
the ball like their National League
neighbors to win the final from Detroit.
to Z. The Tigers went ahead In the
ninth on Dale Alexander's twenty-hfth
homer but the Sox scored twice in their
half to win.
Johnny Evers and Hank Gowdy,
coaches of the Boston Braves, played
against the Giants in the last half of
the ninth. The total result of their
efforts was one error for the former
keystone member of the infield COM
bination of another generation OF
champions. New York won, 9 to 4.
Ivy Wingo of Cincinnati joined the
ancients who we're closing the season
properly and caught part of the game
against st. Louis. The Cards eked out
a 2-to-1 victory.
The champion Cubs let Hank
Grampp, who has spent the season
pitching for batting practice. start
game. But he went out In the second
inning when Pittsburgh hammered him
for six runs. The Pirates closed with
an S-to-3 triumph.
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An unpleasant year, too, for
Walter Johnson, handling a big
league club for the first time in
his long base ball career. Like
others, Manager Johnson regarded
the club he brought up from the
Southern training grounds as a
good one, but he was unable to
make it go once the flag race
started. Just a bad year all
around.
The Nationals went through their
season never reaching the 500 mark in
winning percentage. They started
poorly, steadily grew worse and just
about went through the motions of
playing base ball for more than three
months. Suddenly, though, they braced
and breezed through the last two
months of their campaign at a clip
better than 500. But that often hap
pens with second division clubs in the
majors.
Two Glaring Weaknesses.
The Washington Club had two great
weaknesses this year. 1t lacked good
pitching and it lacked power at bat
Fred Marberry was the only hurler
to finish with good record. Garland
Braxton managed to break 500 and
SO did Sam Jones and Lloyd Brown,
but this trio of whom much was ex-
pected were too spotty in their work
to be of much help. Jones was out
the greater part of the campaign nurs-
ing hurts. a
Then the Nationals got virtually
nothing from two pitchers who in train
ing promised to be Of great service.
Irving Hadley, who only two seasons
ago led the Americal League slabmen.
s,.kA x,,i,A t,arp frfI Nd
Ad Liska, recruit purchased from Min
neapolis, followed a glowing campaign
with good start only to be put out
of commission by an ankle sprain early
in May. And Ad never was able to-
come back.
With these hurlers who were regarded
sure-fire winners when the training
period was over failing to make the
grade and some Others who fingered
awhile with the club but never helped
1t. the fairly good pitchers were sorely
overworked. The strain proved too
great for all except Marberry, who
pitched to his best record since he
became major Lacquer.
Griff Attack Pitiful.
The Washington attack was pitiful
the greater part of the year. With
the punch of the club, Goose Goslin,
falling from the heights of a league
batting championship won last year
to below the 800 mark there was little
left in the lineup to produce the hits
that meant runs. But for the gallant
efforts of the veterans Sam Rice and
Joe Judge and the youngster, Buddy
Myer, the Nationals would have had
virtually no offensive.
When the club cracked suddenly
after coming up from the South, Man
ager johnson felt compelled to do a
deal of experimenting with his lineup
and naturally this hurt the Nationals
to some extent. 1t was quickly dis
covered that Myer would not do as
o third baseman and 1t was some time
before he could be made into fairly
eficient second baseman. Jack Hayes,
who started at second, was shifted
often between the bench and the field
and Ossie Bluege, until leg injury
put him out in July, was jumped from
one post to another frequently. In
fact, Judge at first base was the only
player to hold his position all the way.
With these many changes, the infield
was unsteady most of the time.
The experimenting spread to the out
field, too. Red Barnes was tried as
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KANSAS CITY NEAR TITLE
IN LITTLE WORLD SERIES

KANSAS CITY, October z P.-The
Kansas City Blues and Rochester Red
Wings are on their way to Rochester
today to conclude the junior world
series, four games of which have been
played here, with the clickety-click Of
the rails sounding song Of jubilation
to the American Association champions
as the result of 6-to-2 victory yes
terday, and by the same token a more
somber note of foreboding to the Inter-
national League pennant winners.
OF the four games played three are
safely in the knapsacks of the Blues
The consequent advantage to the asso-
citation representatives continues a hur-
die Of no mean proportions for the Red
Wings, the Blues having to win only
twice, while the New Workers must take
four games to win the minor league
championship.
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these two games three pitchers for
three innings. The boys who as
signed in this two-day trick we're
Grove, Earnshaw. Quinn, Shores, Wal
berg and Rommel.
Pleased With Pitchers.
I am greatly pleased that all of these
fingers made a good showing and
proved beyond any doubt that they
are eligible to show their trajectories
to the great bat carriers in the Chicago
cast.
feel that our team after winning
two straight games from the Yanks
are on edge to whip any team that con-
fronts them. All our men are on edge
and Babe Ruth tells us that we are
right and all we have to do Is to play
our normal game and we will win.
I have the greatest respect for the
Cubs and Joe Mccarthy, yet I think
that my young ball players VIII come
across and win the series.
Copyright. 1927
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Cubs Edge in Batting and Fielding Figures
May Be Offset BY Superiority of As Bo*men

the Bruins superiors only in the max
ing Of three-base hits.
Defensively, the two clubs turned in
seasons average Of .975, but that does
not argue that they are equal In the
field. The point in favor Of the Cubs
is that they have made 159 double plays
as compared to 11s for the Athletics,
and have shown greater skill in making
assists. That would argue the Cubs are
more sure handed and bit faster In
the fielding % all types Of chances: But
that may disproved in a short series.
Progressing to the rival pitching stahs
the numerals give a margin to the
Athletics. The Mackmen have a per-
centage Of $50 against ISL for the
Cubs. They have allowed 125 less hits,
% less passes, and have famed 36 more
batters. So that in control and effec-
tiveness the American Leaguers seem to
have the edge.
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BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, Jr.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

TINE major league season closed
yesterday.
Connie Mack kept his regulars
i in the final game for a tuning
up before the series and he
needed them to beat the Yankees.
Dusty Rhodes, late of Jersey City, held
the champions under control until the
seventh inning when Mule Haas tied
the score at % with freak homer
The ball glanced off Paschal's glove
into the stands. Simmons completed
the So triumph in the ninth with his
thirty-fifth homer of the year and tied
Lou Gehrig for second place in the
league standing.
St. Louis and Cleveland gave their
younger pitchers workout In their
closing double header and the Brownie
youngsters came out ahead each time.
Stieley, a newcomer from the Texas
League, outpitched Brown to take the
first. Al, and Kimsey conquered
Shofner in the second. to l.
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Poorest Years. Victorious WdUp C0nni
GOOD WEATHER is DUE
FOR OPENER OF SERIES

CHICAGO, October z (P).-The
weather man, after going into hud-
day, held out promise of generally
fair weather, with not much change
in temperature, for the opening game
Of the world series tomorrow.
II there is no drop in the temper
ature, it will be around SO or 10
degrees at the start Of the game.
With chilling winds sweeping of
Lake Michigan, however, light top
coats probably will feel comfortable.
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BOWIE AND TAk0MA
MINES DEADLOCKED

Bowie Motor Co. and Takoma Tigers
will clash Sunday on diamond to be
announced in the rubber game of the
series to determine the unlimited class
base ball championship Of Prince
Tigers. Montgomery County champions.
yesterday scored over Bowie, Z to 4, ct
Bowie to even the series count at one
victory each.
Southpaw Ray Davidson was the big
noise in the Tigers win. Though he
allowed hits. he famed IL. and in
the seventh came through with two
base smash that tied the score at 4-all.
A single by Simpson in the next inning
resulted in two more Tiger runs and
they added their last in the ninth.
Roche pitched well for Bowie until
the late innings.
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the thick of the
National League
campaigning. I'm
doubtedly Charley
Is ready to go
against the Ath-
letics and play the
Kind Of base ball
that Cub fans have
come to expect Of
him.
lack Taylor,
whose thumb was
injured two weeks
ago, Is also ready
for the series.
There was no i'm
mediate reason for
his crowding his
way back into the
game After all.
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KLEIN, MORAN, DINNEEN,
VAN GRAHAM TO UMPIRE

CHICAGO, October (P1.-The four
series games are William j. KLEIN and
Charles Moran, representing the Ma
tional League, with Roy Van GRAHAM
and William Dinneen the choice OF the
American League.
KLEIN, Dinneen and Moran are the
veterans, the first two having served as
arbiters for more than 20 years, while
Moran has been calling 'em for IL years
It will be Klems fourteenth appearance
as an umpire in the world series. Van
GRAHAM, who started umpiring three
years ago, will make his debut as
series arbiter.
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with pitching such vital factor in
a short series, continuance Of the
Mack hurlers' superiority would Offset
the Cubs advantage at bat and In the
field. No series in years has been so
difncult for critics to prognosticate.
Both teams are particularly powerful
on their home fields, and the first two
games Of the series will play tremen-
dous part in the ultimate results. But,
a. said In previous articles of this
series, there is little chance that the
1929 world championship VIII be won
in four games; there is q good likeli-
hood the battle may run six or seven.
The Cubs and Mackmen are well
matched, and the superiority Of either
one in any department may account
for little once the series begins. To the
compiler OF these articles the outcome
is a toss-up. The fans can peruse the
figures and make their own selections.
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lack had been a very busy man, since
he joined the Cubs in midseason, and
was entitled to breathing spell.
Only Hartnett Out.
With the exception of "Gabby"
Hartnett, who has been unable to catch
all season, the entire strength Of the
Cubs is ready for the games against the
Athletics.
The pitching staff, which has APP
parently worried some of the critics,
especially in the closing weeks Of the
National League race. Is in the best
of form.
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PRESS BOX AT CUBS
BALL PARK ENLARGED

CHICAGO, october 2 R.-So great
has been the demand for press seats for
world series games TO be played at
Wrigley Field, starting tomorrow. that
the press box has been enlarged to &C
commodate 412 writers and teleg-
raphers.
Ninety-six telegraph wires have been
strung into the press stand. These will
be handled by 1O8 operators and super
visors.
The booths from which six radio an
nouncers will bark their accounts of
the games will be LOCATED in section
apart from the press box.
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SECOND DIVISION WIND.UP
CRIFFS' FIRST SINCE 1922
Club Hailed as Pennant Contender as 1t Began Its
Campaign Never Reaches 500 Mark-Lack of
Punch and Weak Pitching Handicaps.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

<<X IAT until next year is what washington must do for its
w successful for the Nationals than this has been
The Washington club disappointment this
than Hailed contender when
out of the South the Spring local sports writer's
authorities
failure of
nsp campaign barely finish at the head of the
second division of the American League.
games lost Not much of showing for
promised it's formative stage Fifth placehe
1922 Nationals
their in sixth position.
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"A'S JUST ONE MORE BALL
CLUB" OBSERVES MCCARTHY
Capt Grimm Ready to Play His Usual Brilliant Game
at First Base-Too Many Old Heads for
Stage Fright, Says Cub Boss.
BY JOE MCCARTHY,

~HICAGO, concluding Of the National
Leagues club coming through in Just the
proper shape begin championship tussle with the
Athletics
Every pitcher given exercise
the series right Of against the Reds to
for duty. ..s
at the clip the boys have followed
-.
Cant Charley While that he
taken excellent Of
the broken hand benched him for long Is possible
skepca Charleys
tn - : -. &c.. ...,... -
the
T forced in a
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TWIN DEFEAT OF YANKEES
REVEALS MACKS In TRIM
Ruth Tells Pilot His Club Needs Play Only Its Normal
Game to Vanquish Bruins-Six Pitchers
Do Well in ouble.Header
BY CONNIE MACK,

Manager the
October latter winning straight from
finish the feel much encouraged as
with the Cubs for the ball champion
America ..
will the battles
not At to make the greatest fight in his
have been much graed players last
games and rain kept idle after last
in the Stadium
York Sunday There doubt that felt
conditions that
games wit Washington Philadelphia.
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LOPSIDED CONTESTS
FINISH BALL SEASON

Most Of the few ball games played
yesterday among sandlotters hereabout
were decided by decisive margins. The
games just about ended the season.
Cherrydafe downed Ballston, IL to 6,
at Cherrydsle. The winners scored
eight runs in the second inning to
gain q commanding lead. which was
maintained.
Chevy Chase Grays defeated Pal
isade A. c., to 2. Ray Knight, win
ming pitcher, gave up only three hits
and famed II.
Anacostia Eagles counted six runs in
the tenth inning to break tie and
defeat Shady Oak tossers. z to /. Good
win famed II Shady Oak batters.
Doing all their scoring after the
fourth inning, Hess A. c. squeezed
though to a ga win over College
Park A. G.
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There are a half dozen pitchers to
face the Athletics, and ! am certain
that every one of them will be able to
give a good account of himself.
The Cubs have made the best use OF
the schedule break which gave them
rest. shortly after the pennant had
been cinched, and they proved, I
imagine, that they were tuned up to
cope with any kind Of battle, on the
basis of the game they turned IN
against Cincinnati last week. They go
into the series, therefore, In shape to
win, and they will win.
To us the Athletics are just another
ball club that we didn't happen to en-
counter until the second week IN Oc-
tober.
Old Heads Valued.
The Cubs are in no sense green
team. There Is no reason why they
should become affected with stage
fright. There are too many old heads,
such as Eornsby and Grimm, around
for that All that We could wish for,
as the date of the series opening ap-
proaches, was that, individually; the
players would be free from accidents. or
the effects Of accidents. That wish has
been granted us.
It is my opinion now that the Cub
fans will see their ball club playing the
same kind of base ball In the world
series that they have played in the reg
ular season. That kind OF base ball was
good enough to win pennant. I shall
be more than surprised II 1t isn't good
Copyright. 1899, by the Christy Walsh Syn
dicAte.)
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the magnates in the beginning coulo
not have made 1t part Of the contracts
that the athletes report in condition
for few rehearsals at home for the
opening show.
Say the base ball training camps
were about IS per cent for the pur-
pose Of preparation and looking over
new ivory, it would still seem that
the training camp for base ball
teams remains rs per cent for the
purpose of ballyhoo, which is a very
necessary factor in the business OF
promoting professional base ball.
It strikes me that the training camp
for the foot ball team has about the
same result. trust that it is not planned
that way. That would be stimulating the
overemphasis, and the Association of
American College Professors agrees
that overemphasis of intercollegiate
foot ball is terrible thing.
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from the stand
point that I want
ed my players to
get on razor edge
for the Cubs. They
had been idle so
long that I COM
menced 10 worry.
I never had any
misgivings about
the skill and the
grit of my team,
but I wanted my
players right.
The two games,
our bow of of the
season, were won
by the Athletics in
New York and they
certainly pleased
mo I gave in
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EX- MARYLANDERS SHINE
AS M0HAWKS TRIUMPH

Mohawks; District foot ball cham
pions, opened thefr season auspiciously
yesterday, defeating the Landsdowne
(Md.) eleven at Lansdowne, Is to 0.
Abbey scored both the Indians touch.
downs. Knocky Thomas, former Uni
versity of Maryland stalwart, made sew
eral long runs for the Hawks, one for
IS yards, and Zulich, another erstwhiIe
Old Liner, showed we'll at tackle post.
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Now comes the actual comparison Of
the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia
Athletics, contestants in the 1929 world
series, as units and not individuals.
Agreeing that the two teams are al
most evenly matched In every depart
ment, and that great series is certain
to result from their meetings, the cold
figures produced by the seasons play
develop some very definite facts.
The Cubs enter the series with the
percentage table proving them a slightly
better batting team than the Mackmen.
Chicago leads Philadelphia eight points
in team batting, 1t has made sixteen
more two-baggers, thirty less triples,
and twenty more homers. The Cubs
have made 100 more total bases on their
hits than the American Leaguers and
hammered home SO more runs. So on
the attack the Mackmen stack up as
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PITCHERS BATTLE

Runs battcd in-Scarritt. Narlesky. TWO
base hits-Rlce. Todt. sScarritt Thre eeeo
Narlesky Double plays-Bigelow.. to Todt,
Nariesky to Gerber to Left on on b6 bases
on durham, 3: of Liska. Struck out
By LsKa. 1; by Durham /: by Simmons. l..
Hits-Of Durham. in innings OF SIM
Durham Umpires-Mess-s. Campbell and
Nallin. Time of game hour ana rs min
uteS.
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LEG BROKEN ON GRIDIR0N.

Playing foot ball yesterday on the
gridiron at Eighteenth and Otis streets
northeast Stanley Working, "a. of 2420
Franklin street, suffered broken right
leg. He was removed to Emergency
Hospital.
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BATTING TITLES ARE WON
BY FONSECA AND 0'DOUL

NEW YORK, october R.-The
final standing Of the five leading bats
men in each major league, according to
unofiicial averages, follows:
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RECORDS FOR PAST WEEK
IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES

NEW YORK, october z P.-Last
of games won and lost, runs, hits,
errors, opponents runs and home runs
follow:
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am afraid that ball has not only reached It's
maturity but has just a little bit farther.
Association OF American
College conclusion that loot PAL
evidence today
only just It was IN Its infancy wnen the
College Professors hrSt notceo
younger game than the national pastme mtercoegae too
ball of the sports nmeght
lust the should be up with expert
the impending Word
should be methods of strategy OF Mr.
iosenh McCarthv and Cornelius McGilicuddy etc
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
MCINTYRE PITCHING STAR.

With Lefty Mcintyre allowing only
three hits, Georgetown A. c. base ball
ers blanked Laurel, 3 to 0, yesterday in
the Maryland town.
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Athletic passes for students at Penn
State this season bear a photograph Of
the owner Of the ticket.
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National League
RED sox VICTORIOUS.

Washington Red Sox handily de-
feated, A., B. q w. Busmen yesterday
on the Arlington diamond, 0 to 2.
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Fencing is rapidly gaining in favor
among the women of Hungary.
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Big League Leaders

Home Run HitterS.
Ruth, Yankees, 46; Klein, Phillies. 43;
OFT, Giants, AZ; Hornsby. Cubs, 80; VIII
son, Cubs, SO.
Run Scorers.
Hornsby, Cubs, 1856; L. Waner, Pirates,
1874.
Base Stealers.
Cuyler, Cubs, 43; Swanson, Reds, 80;
Gehringer, Tigers, 27; Miller, Athletics,
26; Frisch, Cards, Is.
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italy now has no fewer than 20 golf
curses
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It rained on the day we were sched-
uled to play a double-header and this
twin card was lost irrevocably because
of rain. We needed these games badly
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National League
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Pittsburgh, 8; Chicago. 8.
New York, 8: Boston, 4.
st. Louis, 2: Cincinnati, i.
FINAL STANDING OF THE CLUBS.