New Britain herald., 1929-10-10
PITCHERS SAVED
 OLD TIME SERIES
Boston Pulled PlayOf Out of the
 Fire in 1908 Battles
By CY YOUNG (Only Major League Pitcher to Win 500 Games)


 500 Games)
 1 Chicago, Oct. 10 UP)-For the l benefit of Chicago Cub fans who are downhearted at turn of events in the 1929 world series, I'll recall a series that was pulled out of a worse hole than the Cubs are in on this one and it was saved by only three pitchers. I was lucky ! enough to have been one of them. It was in the Boston, Pittsburgh series of 1903. Bill Dineen and my self constituted the Boston pitching staff. Instead of losing only the first two of the series, as the Cubs, we lost three of the first four. I lost one, Bill Dineen lost one and won one and Tom Hughes and I to- gether lost another.
 It looked pretty black for the Boston club. Even our home town fans were betting to 1 against us and from our showing they had reason to put their money where 1t would do the most good.
 In those days a pitcher was ex- pected to pitch whenever he was a dozen days of rest between games. And so far as I recall gen. orally there were about two days rest.
 I was lucky enough to win the fifth game, which was played in Pittsburgh. Jimmy Collins, the man. ager, had pleaded with Dineen and me to get some victories, even if only to keep up the good record that we had made throughout the season.
 Hoartened by my success. Bill Dineen, who was one of the best in his day just as he calls 'em as he secs 'em now. hurled q victory in the sixth. I came back in the sev- cnth with only one day of rest and set the Pirates down again.
 Then we wont back to the home town and with q weekend to rest his arm Bill won the eighth and the series for Boston. Tn those days it was necessary to win five out of nine to take the series instead of four out of seven as now.
 Perhaps 10 bring hack to the dis heartenod Cub fans the memories of how a series was won against uphill odds 26 years ago will be Of some consolation although the Cubs are fighting tho strategy of Connie Mack as well as trying to win ball games on the diamond.
 As far as nitching was concerned in the first two games Of the 1929 series, Howard Ehmke has the edge on the others His game Tues day will always stand out in my memory as one of the best pitched ! I ever saw and at the same time one of the brainicst.
 , Yesterday the pitchers were ovorshadoWed by the bat..rs and that is particularly true SO far as , the Cubs are concerned The Ath- '"tics had no trouble at all solving the best Malone, Blake and Carl , son hod 10 cffpr
 On the other hand Lefty Grove
 
 make a great pitcher. Contrary 10 the general run, he is graceful nort&idor and has plenty of speed with fast hraal,ing curves. No man. agor could ask any more.
 Connie Mack. always an old fox oy"n in the days when he caught for Ju0'alo and Pittsburgh and played agai0st mo. is in a good po- sition as far as pitchers are con- c"rr"1 for the reet of tho series. Tn 1903 or before, Grove would have hAd to work ag1in tomorrow or at the latest Saturday and Connie may call on him 10 do that very thing because the Cubs certainly couldn't toHch him yesterday.
 or tho procession of Cub pitch CTS yesterday the less said the bet ter. They, Of course. did their best under the circumstances but a1- narently It will take better than that to keep the Athletic hats from pounding out the hits that win.