Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
Moriarty Calls Macks' Victory
Most Sensational He Has Seen

Grove mounted the rubber and proved
to be the silver lining for the Athletics
The bullet balls he propelled also
looked like silver flashes as they shot
by and left four batsmen at the plate
strike-out victims. while one Cub
grounded out and another hoisted an
ordinary fly to the outfield.
The real tragedy of the game centers
around Hack Wilson, who up to the
seventh inning of this battle, appeared
to be headed for high honors as the
Cubs outstanding hero. 1t was in the
fifth frame the fates first challenged the
Cubs center fielder. That was the time
Dykes Swatted a catchable nv to Hack,
and he pulled Snodgrass on the eff
fort. Almost immediately he came back
into the limelight with a marvellous
backward running stab that lifted his
mates out of tickliSh spot.
Then came disaster. Miller, the third
batter up in the seventh inning, lifted
Texas Lacquer into center. and Will
son misjudged 1t as II the sun had
blurred its line of flight. He had not
time enough to recover himself then.
and Hack did the same thing later In
this inning when Haas hit a fly within
his grasp. 1t travelled only foot from
his hands-and went for homer. That
was about the last straw for the Cubs,
as 1t seemed to shatter their morale
completely.
The Athletics lost golden opportu-
nifty to amaSS cluster of runs in the
fifth. Miller was on second and Dykes
on first with Boley at the bat and none
out. There Is much confusion about
what they attempted to pull. Here's the
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strike on him and had given the run
ners hit-and-run signal. Miller start
ed for third, and Dykes for second, but
Catcher Taylor pulled a smart play by
calling for a pitch out. and throwing to
third. where he nailed Miller. Boley
endeavored to put on what ball players
call the blunt and rum" figuring it a
dead certainty that the ball would be
pitched over the plate
The Cubs again displayed their right
fed batting tendency. only scanty few
of their total hits going into left field
1t seemed that Quinn's spit ball was
made to order for them. as 1t broke
over the outside of the plate and was
rifled into right field off the neavy ends
of their war clubs.
Cubs Lose POiSe.
Mcmillan played his first star game
Simmons hard-hit grounder took an
unexpected bad bounce over his left
shoulder. This put two runners on base.
Briefly the Cubs turned from a cool
unperturbed crew to panic stricken
OUTFIT during that varigated and scram-
bled seventh. Wilson was victim of
the glaring october sun. His mistakes
cost about half of the AS runs. I'M
derstand Wilson had little trouble
hawking flies in center at Wrigley
Field. The middle garden at Shibe
Park, however, requires an expert who
thoroughly understands how to guage
fly balls through sun glasses
Wilson'S weakness in this respect has
not been previously dwelt upon. 1t
may be the pivot to swing the cham
pionship to the AS.
Charley Grimm pulled a masterpiece
of one-man strategy when he nailed
his homer of Quinn over the right-field
wall and scored two runs in the fourth.
Grimm is a dead left-field hitter but
Smartly made up his mind to pull
Quinn's splitter when 1t broke into him
While both clubs have lost their bal
ance q few times in the great meeting,
have not observed anything to charge
against them that borders on weak
heartedness. Both teams have fought
tenaciously
Connie Mack has turned back the
second gueSSers who claim he should
have worked Quinn or Walberg in the
third game instead of Earnshaw. Score
supreme move for Mack in holding
Grove for pinch-pitching instead OF
starting him. Comics judgement has
been truly remarkable in selecting his
pitchers.
Umpire Van Grafiin, who was be-
hind the plate, had the most difficult
game of the series. Both Billy Evans
! and behind the plate in the press
box were satisfied to be spectators in
stead Of having that exacting task be-
Ind the plate on the ground.
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