Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-09
WEATHER is CHILLY.
Foot Ball Brand On Tap for Second
Game of Series.

Foot BAN oTano On Zap LOT SecOnu
| Game of Series.
! BY the Associated Press.
| CHICAGO, october 9.-Typical foot
ball weather with the temperature hov
ering around so degrees, was on tap as
! the confident Athletics and determined
/ Cubs groomed their forces for the Sec
ond world series game at Wrigley Field
today.
Connie Mack, the rangy Athletics
strategian, who crossed up the Cubs
yesterday by sending Howard Ehmke to
the mound for what resulted in his
great 3-to-1 triumph, sent Earnshaw to
the slab to oppose Pat Malone, Nc
Carthy's choice.
Only a small group was in line for
the bleacher seats today, in contrast to
the thousands who waited hours to get
the 81 tickets yesterday.
Commedians Cut Up.
Entertained by the antics of Nick
Altrock and AL Schacht, the thousands
| who flocked courageously into the
| bleachers hours before game time hud-
died together in blankets, coats and
newspapers to keep out the chilling
blasts.
The foot ball act of the base ball
comedians was the big hit OF their
morning overture, particularly Altrock S
persistent efforts to run the wrong way
for touchdown.
BY noon there were still big empty
spaces at either end of the new bleacher
sections, in contrast with the capacity
jam of opening day. There was no
wild rush whatever for the turnstiles,
although the attendance was not ex-
pected to be much short OF the hrSt
game figure of 50,740.
The Cubs came to the park early and
seemed anything but downhearted as
they joked and kidded in the dressing
room.
whats one game?" shouted Gabby
Hartnett. with an echo from the pug
nacious Hack Wilson. We've come
back before after taking short count,
and we will do it again"
Ehmke's Slow One Puzzles.
Thanks to the wizardry of Howard
Ehmke, a tall, solemn Highlander with
ore of the slowest slow balls in base
ball. the Athletics will leave tonight
for Philadelphia with no worse than
an even break in the first two games
of the world series, come what may In
the second game today.
Ehmke's spectacular 3-to-l victory
over the Chicago Cubs in the opening
game Will Jake lllBil lain "AIiA SCI
sational pitching performances over the
long stretch of world series history
Thrice in serious trouble, the native
New Yorker, who is now in business in
Philadelphia in the Summer and De-
troit in the Winter, hitched up his
trousers and pitched just little slower
each time until danger no longer
threatened.
with no lack of confidence in his
support, the pitcher arranged to dis
pose of IS of the hard-hitting Cubs
without assistance from any one but
his catcher. The bakers dozen strike
outs set a new record, lettering Ed
Walsh's performance in the 1906 world
series, when the White Sox pitcher
forced IL Cubs of another generation
to miss third strikes.
Mack Crosses Dope.
Close-mouthed to the last, Connie
Mack crossed 80 per cent of the crowd
when he sent Ehmke out to pitch the
opening game. The veteran mentor
Of the AS had announced he would
keep the identity Of his starting pitcher
a deep, dark secret until the last
minute. It was more than secret, 1t
was a mystery.
Big George Earnshaw, the speedy
Bob Grove and the veteran Jack Quinn
were to the front in the pre-game
speculation with only scattering