The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-10-10
Billy Evans Says Two Pitchers
Grooved Balls for Home
Run CIouts
STEPHENSON TOO CAUTIOUS
Result Of Yesterdays Game
Came indirectly From
Three Pitched Balls
BY lilly A
Tribune Special Seryicel

Wrigley Field. Chicago, Ill.,, Oct.
l0.-In the opening game Of the series
Connie Mack used . so-called second
stringer to defeat the Cubs. In the
second game he was forced 70 use his
two best bets, despite the fact the
Athletics scored q one-sided victory.
Ehmke turned the trick In the first
game, while Earnshaw and Grove
were called upon In the second Skin
mish. The score vas 9 to 3.
In my very humble opinion. the
story Of yesterdays Athletic victory
and Cub defeat hinged on three
pitched balls. On two occasions the
Cub twirlers pitched badly to Foxx
and Simmons. In each instance the
result was q home run. Those two
telling blows spelled victory for the
Mackmen. The other ball has to do
with Stephenson and the failure Of
the Cubs to pick on the cripple" at
q time when Earnshaw was weakening
badly.
It Is foolhardy to pitch high and on
the inside to Jimmy Foxx. Mack's
powerful first sacker has perhaps the
strongest pair Of arms In baseball.
He is more or less an arm hitter. It
Is just too bad to tempt fate BY
pitching high and inside to him. He
pulls q trifle on such balls and hits
them Q mile q minute to left field.
Started In Third
In the third inning things happened
after two were down. It was the badly
pitched ball to Foxx. however, that
started the Cubs or the way to defeat.
Mickey Cochrane. baseball's greatest
catcher, hit safely after two were
down. Working carefully on Simmons.
Malone finally passed him. That set
the stage for Jimmy Foxx and the
first break OF the game. That really
proved the opening Is well Is the de-
cisive blow.
With one strike on Foxx, Malone
either lost control Or had no idea Of
what Foxx can do to . fast ball IN
side. It was . badly pitched ball from
two angles. For the ordinary batter
It would have simply been another
ball. However. Toxx has = pcnchant
for hitting 'em of his ear. Pulling
away from the plate q trifle, he put
all the power Of hts broad shoulders
into the pitch and sent the ball high
and far into the left field bleachers
for hts second home run of the series.
e rave the Athletics . lead Of three
runs. Later this was increased - tx.
when two hits and m error ~ the
unfortunate Woody English added
three more.
Ordinarily when you try 70 spol
George EarnshAw o. the Athlettcs ~
runs you are Just out Of luck: yet -
terday that wide margin wasn't
enough. Five hits In the fifth
sent three runs over the plate
for the Cubs. and runners were "a
first and second. with two down. when
Connie Mack sent . hurried call Tor
his star southpAw, Lefty" Grove. He
responded nobly BY whiting Pinch
hitter Hartnett to end the upriGlng.
pospite the fact that five hits "a
the NTH inning sent Earustlaw q The
showerS. II y my belief that the Cuba
missed their chance IN the third h.
ming. Chicago played safety 1isst ball
IN that oeoS1on rnther than tAke thA
big gamble. a base hit would haye
relatively ncnt EaSnahaW 10 the show
ers and might have changed To Cd
tire coQnpaexion Of thu ball gaG,e. Let
NJ tai you about Il.
out % . clear ~. II tho third
EASushaw developed : streak Of MD
nsas thet filIed tn baaos. With tve