Evening star., 1929-10-13

Win Jnree victories OF IOur
needed to cop the big prize, the
Athletics naturally hold a tre-
mendous advantage over the Cubs,
who have triumphed but once.
And the nature of the trimming
handed the Cubs in the game
here this afternoon might be eX-
pected to demoralize them to such
an extent they will be unable to
function properly when they take
the field Monday for the fifth
game. Ball clubs are affected no
little by a beating such as the
Chicago club suffered.
Having victory snatched from their
grasp by Notwithstanding rally is
apt to have the Cubs still dazed when
they next encounter the doughty Amer
ican League warriors. It must have
been a terrible shock to McCarthy's
men to see an eight-run lead they had
accumulated in six innings by their
best attack in the series, brushed aside
had been so helpless before.
The morale of the Cubs must have
been lowered greatly as they saw pitcher
after pitcher rushed to the slab utterly
unable to check the onslaught until
the Athletics were in the van. There's
no doubt the Cubs were crushed lot
after the AS finished that big seventh
inning rally. There certainly was no
fight in the National League champions
as they took their eighth and ninth
batting turns. Once overhauled they
seemed to accept defeat as matter of
course.
Tonic for Athletics.
On the other hand, what wonderful
tonic their surprising victory should be
for the Athletics. Having discovered
that their opponents are likely to weak
en- quickly before concerted offensive
even though well ahead when the Of
fensive gets under way. Mack's charges
are unlikely to be awed by the Cubs
hereafter In the series. They are not
apt to be unduly embarrassed in the
future by slips such as they made to-
day before launching their triumphant
attack. For the Athletics demonstrated
today they have as much heart as any
club that ever took the field in the big
series, that little daunts them and that
they are great in emergency.
For the Monday engagement here.
Mack seems to be better on than Nc
CaFthy for pitchers, which means much
when one game can end the series
eummarily. The Philadelphia manager
will have his prize left-handers, Robert
his right-handed star. George Earn
shaw, for service. Neither Grove nor
Walberg did so much today they would
not be in trim for the fifth fray. Earn
shaw, going back to the battle Friday,
after a day of rest, was not SO severely
tried that a two-day lay-of should not
Mt him for duty
Grove in both appearances in the
series has been a remarkable relief
Iya1 ct1
Of strength during his brief stay. 1t
was a wild throw by him that cost his
club three runs, not his pitching. Earn
shaw's trouble in his two starts was
lack of control, but, despite his Wild
ness he did not allow the Cubs to do
much scoring He ought to be still
steady enough to foil them with his
fast ball hurting for four or five innings,
at least
Bush Best in Month.
Mccarthy would seem to have no
other choice than Guy Bush, the right
handler who appeared to such good ac-
vantage when beating the Athletics
here Friday. Bush had all pitcher
needed to be successful in that fray
Yet 1t is a matter of record that FIJI
days game was Bush's best IN nearly
a month and that during the latter
part Oh JIi6 HdAOIldA 6Cd6AC NoAAPS~S"
he was not particularly good when re-
turned to the hill with only short
rest following hard game.
Back of Bush, what has Mccarthy?
Charley Root, who was routed today,
has twice failed to 60 through. He
has followed a lot of brilliant pitching
Itth a sudden and disastrous faltering
IN each of his starts. Pat Malone has
not been very impressive in two trials.
i;heriff Blake has failed twice. Art
Nehf looked good in a relief role in
l'hicago, but he did not today. Hal
t,arlson never has been regarded clever
enough to be considered a starter in
Ihe series. Anyway the pitching situa-
lion is considered, Mack seems to hold
tha edge over the Chicago manager.