The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-10-11
Old JACK Quinn AND
FRED BLAKE APPEAR
|! PROBABLE PITCHERS
eSuy Bush and Charlie Root and
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Ed Rommel and Rube WAL
! berg Are Considered
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nWACKMEN ARE CONFIDENT
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Are Better Ball Team Than
?: It Appears; May Spring
5 Loose Today
nv BRIAN BELL

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~ Philadelphia. Oct. ll.-F-Connic
~~.fack, the patriarch OF baseball. to-
\. ay brought a worlds series to Phil
y. delphia, after d wait of Is years. and
nth it the chance TO slip into a
~ iche IN the hall OF fame never be-
ore occupied.
II the white elephants can COM
- lete the task. already half accom-
Nr,lished, of turning the Chicago Cubs
crack. he will become the first man.
fo,ger to win four worlds series. The
nryrafty Connie won his last l6 years
fasgo.
sti Only one other living mar has won
p~lsaseball's richest prize three times.
ca.ohn j. McGraw Of the Giants. The
mestc Miller Higgins led the Yankees
a. three supreme triumphs.
ref Coming to his home grounds with
toe two game lead In the sixth series In
lhich he has participated. Mr. Mack
dArged his young men to try hard for
Here two needed to reduce the series
In the minimum. He has not forgot
DIN the crushing humiliation Of 1914
n0hen the AS could not win a game
3!o-om the Braves, a team held BY
baseball generally before the big test.
~ cheap and lucky"
- With both games played In Chica-
- credited to the American Leaguers
sc Athletics faced q great chance to
like q place by the Braves and YAM
ICES as the only two teams to utter
~. rout the opposition in four VIC
.n,ss-3ries, unmarried by even q tie game.
3" = Philadelphia took the returning
~ueroes. and the Grand Old Man at
SNacir head, into its arms with a roar
80 welcome. "Attaboy, Connie!' was
.Ii,lc shout Of greetings, enthusiastic
sivithough undignified salutation. II
rsisemed that was just the way he felt.
ths Cubs Have Strong Club
dos The Athletics themselves would not
cd stem to suggestions that the series
C0.ight go along several days. Two
las their maximum concession. The
W Of averages. a statute highly re-
lrded by baseball men everywhere,
as against them. The Cubs. al
hough their Is strikeouts in two
hines did not indicate It, have a
bod ball club.
mo. since Oct. 10. 1926. almost three
karS to the day. have National
~ sague partisans seen a worlds series
r~ecto-y. They continue to hope. The
hv ozm must turn. they say. and wen
.Tsurances that he is just the same
pcsl the other side fail tc dim their
askith.
Ion Joe Mccarthy. the Cubs boss. vas
the impressed by the tactics Of Mack,
In lc man Of mystery. he decided to
linccomc mysterious on his own ac-
IS punt. and today there were only
lifeiesses as to the identity Of the Chi
cungo pitcher in the third game.
tina Many of the Cubs thought Sheriff
ridlake. a fast ball pitcher with almost
Hrfect control. would get the chore.
Of theirs leaned to Guy Bush. the
auell Mississippian with the big curve.
ankld still others to Charlie Root. the
BY starred starter Of the first game.
Al no saw his excellently pitched game
thoumble about his ears when the
a~h0ecocious Jimmy Foxx slammed one
has the center field bleachers.
VConnie Mack had every one but
ste.hmke available for duty. The tar
talAulin manufacturer from Silver
re1eeek. N. Y. needs more than two
CelAys between games. Two weeks is
sa,rbser to his preference.
Mack Has Many
.h~0ld Jack Quinn. with a slow ball.
.ss1ok and splitter. Rube Walberg.
rsss5asting q curve that pops. Eddie
ommel. the knuckle ball expert. Bill
hafaff. George Earnsilaw and Lefty
ivnrove all are in receptive moods.
landing right out in the middle Of
Sc baseball storm, waiting for the
Wathtning to strike.
"a Grove had q slightly bruised hand
0a,ad Earnshaw was q more likely
thecice for later in the series. With
ha1py one but Mack little consideration
ocdpuld be given the youthful Shores,
aocot old timers recalled that In 1913.
yec1ter pitching Bender and Plank In
~ first two games. the mahout Of
here herd called on Bullet Joe" Bush.
trnnen q youngstcr. in the third game.
~ Only about $4,000 persons can pay
M see the third game Of the series.
Tor the great majority Of the fans
1G game today will not be different
ov(Dm the two preceding at Chicago.
"u1hey had to stand or sit on q soap
thnx In front Of = newspaper score
ht4ord OK draw up an easy chair to .
xdlo.
as1Thc Cubs had their supporters who
tnAaveled nearly 1000 miles to cheer
lem on. The Chicago fans came BY
A-.cial trains, hoping to see Hornsby,
F1yler and the other early disap-
~sintnaents snap out Of their slump.