New Britain herald., 1929-10-09
BROWN SAYS HOME
 RUN WON CONTEST
Old Time Cub Star Thinks Fozx's Hit Was Turning Point
By Mordccai Three Fingered Brown (Famous pitcher of the old Chicago
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Chicago, Oct. (P>-I saw my first world series game yesterday that l have seen since 1910, when the Ath- lctics did to us Cubs something like they did to our successors in the opener,
 The old game has changed consid- erably, but it is still the same. The Cubs, I think lost because Root thought he could slip his fast one over the plate on Foxx with two strikes and no balls. His guess was as good as anyone's, except second guesser. And the fact that FoXx hit it over into the bleachers is all that counts. If he had shot 1t over and caught Foxx asleep he would have been hero.
 AS for fielding and inside play All I can say is that they play the game differently now. Some fellow bunted yesterday and the crowd gasped as if they had forgotten the bunt. I liked McCarthy's general ship, even if 1t lost He first balled Ehmke a couple of times and came near turning the ball game upside down, but Ehmke, after being fooled those two times saved himself by fine pitching. He mixed up his curve which has an upward tendency, and he crossed them with a fast curve. He used a slow motion and put a lot of stuff on the ball in the pinch eS.
 AS for the players-they are two fine teams, and l think this boy Cochrane is the best catcher l have seen since King. They say he is bet ter, but you'll have to show me be- fore I'll believe that.
 The fine thing to me about this worlds series is to find that a lot of folks haven't forgotten me. I've been in the oil game for years, and learning to crack out a freeze proof oil is simple compared with pitching. If we don't get the right mixture on l the oil the first time we can try again, but the pitcher has only one guess-and after the ball goes into the bleachers he hasn't any chance to retrieve himself.
 The opening game was almost perfectly planned and l think the Athletics deserved to win because | they took advantage of chances and they were best when they were threatened. We old timers have to stick together, and even if I am roofing for the Cubs l have to root for Ehmke. The old head won the game over the youngsters who will have their day sometime.
 I haven't any criticism to offer of either team. The errors were part of the game and young English had at least one tough ball to handle be- cause it bounded in a funny way to him. But that didn't really count Foxx's home run settled it. If | Hornsby had been able to hit the ball at all in the third inning the result probably would have been different, as it probably would have meant that Ehmke would have been out for a pinch hitter and that Root would have finished the game.
 The turning point of the whole game, I think, was when Ehmke outsmarted Hornsby and struck him out. Hornsby was way back on the back line of the box laying to step In and hit curve and Ehmke shot fast one past him for a strike, catching him unbalanced and then curved him with a slow and then a fast curve. It was fine pitching and fine control and 1t doesn't mean that i Hornsby isn't a great hitter. In fact you can't fool dumb batter-it is the smart ones who get fooled worst.