Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-09
PITCHING PROBLEM
SOLVED BY EHMKE
Connie Keeping His Hurting
Selection for Second
Game Secret.
BY CONNIE MACK,
Manager Philadelphia Athletics.

~ HICAGO, october 9. -Everything
turned out in the first game
as 1 expected. I never gave
~ anybody any inkling that /
would use Howard Ehmke as
nv opening pitcher against a great
crowd in the enemys country. All along
I felt sure that Ehmke would deliver
for me. The games he won in the
American League season were not many,
but they were important, and helped us.
When I talked to Ehmke yesterday
morning I asked him If he was fit and
ready. He replied: MIR. Mack, Will
win the game for you. Don't worry"
I never saw better pitching than
Ehmke put over. He was in control OF
the situation at all times, and was at
his best in the pinches. Just think what
he did. He famed Is opponents and
beat Ed Walsh'S 1906 record by one
Strike-out. 1 always had great conf
6ence in Ehmke as money pitcher.
and ne certainly came across for me
yesterday. He has solved lot of pitch
ing problems for me by taking the
opener. am taking nothing for
granted and realize that we have not
yet won the series. We certainly can
lose 1t.
Lot Of Aces Left.
But with Ehmke pitching a winner
I have a lot of aces left. After you
analyze it, 1t was not an easy game to
win. Ehmke held the Chicago hitters
in check, but Joe McCarthy's boys gave
us a great battle. We just got in.
am not making any claims. have
every confidence in my team and think
we will win, but we know that we have
a fight on our hands, think my team
yesterday played splendidly.
Giropoonc Haas and Miller DrOVeO
that they have no equal as an outf1eld
unit. Simmons ran into the crowd to
take drive and Bing Miller raced all
over rightf1eid and took everything OIL
fered. The same can be said OF Haas.
Jimmy Foxx came through nicely:
He won the game for us when he poled
that great homer into the centerfeld
bleachers. We needed at the time Just
such an inspiration. I am so glad tnat
Jimmy clicked because he has had so
much bad luck hitting in the last 10
DAYS of the pennant season. But TINS
bow is a mighty good player and In the
big pinch will rise to great heights.
Bishop played smart game at sec
ond and Boley used good Judgment az
short. He had one error, but that was
an excusable one Dykes had wild
out. When Jimmy throws he puts
everything on the ball. There Is no
half way about it. 1 always regard
him as one of the greatest players IN
America.
Just as He Figured.
We beat the Cubs because OF Enmke
wonderful pitching and the fact tnat
we could score a few runs. It was just
the way / figured. Everything is IN our
favor now. I have George EarnsnaW,
Jack Quinn, Lefty Grove and George
Walberg left for pitchers. / am NOT
saving bv any means who will pitch LOT
ma TODAY. but he will be good and right.
Don't forget we put two pitchers gu!
of commission yesterday IN ROOT ana
Bush. They lost with q pair OF stars
on the mound. wv.
The status of the series is this: we
have the jump on the Cubs and with
enc victory in the satchel we are not
worried. Should we lose today we VIII
not worry for we have three games In
Philadelphia.
There is nothing troubling us at the
moment. Ehmke struck out IS enemy
batsmen and such great batting stars
as Hornsby, Wilson and Cuyler were
throttled on strikes twice. think you
have to be a, pitcher to do thing ike
that.
cannot be blamed II admire my
team after its wonderful work yester-
day. Nevertheless I do not want 10
slight the vanquished. Joe Mccarthy
will give us plenty OF worry before tne
series ends. He is WonderIul MANA
ger and has a fine set OF boys.