Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-15

4OuI games SnOulQ nave accepted
thing of mystery. The pitching
of the series last Friday was not NJ
his teammates, Charley Root and
other engagements. Yet Bush, in
the AS at his mercy, while the be-
suddenly pounced upon by the
pounded into submission.
AS the series went, the Cubs
really had no license to crash the
victory column. In no way did
they compare favorably with their
American League opponents. The
AS had more power at bat, on the
hill and in the field and always
more poiSe. Not once during the
string of five games did the Ath-
leticS become panicky. This can't
be said of the Cubs. Too plainly
they choked at critical moments.
The series will go down in the history
OF base balls annual classic undoubt-
edly as the home-run series. In each
of the Athletics victories it was homer
that proved the turning point in their
favor It was four-base crash by
Jimmy Fox that broke the hearts of
the Cubs in the initial contest in Chi
cago last Tuesday. The same batter the
next day put the AS well in front with
another four-base blow. Saturdays
0IhIblulB rally bLdG HlSdHC VICTORY IOT
the Mackian brigade was started with
AL Simmons homer, and during its
progress another homer by Mule Haas
completely shattered the Cubs already
frayed nerves. And yesterday it was
another home run by Haas that utterly
ruined remarkably pitched ball game
for Malone.
Mackmen Ever Game.
II mas f1e;r rarciefapcv In aftack &C |
much as anything else that got the AS
the world series. Their offensive worked
well from the start in only one of the |
gameS-the second, in Chicago. In the |
first. on their foes field, the Mackmen
had to stay in there fighting until late
in the fray to get the advantage and
in their last two games 1t seemed only
an indomitable will to win kept them
going to the finish. They had fight
plenty of it-and this fight told heavily
against the Cubs.
The Athletics had the pitching, too,
to protect themselves well. Only once
did this pitching fail to check the en- |
envy, and then the pitching was not |
poor. Rather the game was lost through |
the unaccountable weakness of the
clubs attack that enc day In fact |
every pitcher employed by Connie Mack /
during the series performed superbly. |
They had few poor innings, the Mack |
During the series the AS proved the ,
harder hitters, the better fielders, the |
smarter base-runners, showed finer
pitching and were stronger behind the |
bat. Even in defeat they did not suffer |
in comparison with the Cubs. The Chi |
cago club had nothing like the power |
and the speed of its Philadelphia rival, |
and never did it show the heart the |
Athletics did.
Ehmke Pitched Best Game.
For sheer pitching brilIiancy the first |
game was the pick of the series. Then |
Howard Ehmke, dragged from the moth
balls and camphor startled the base
ball world with a remarkable eXhtbi- |
ton. Employing a slow, wide-sweeping |
curve and a change of pace, the willy |
veteran moved down the supposedly |
strong Cub batterS with surprising ease. |
And when he had finished q new world !
series strikeout record was entered in |
the books against his name. Thirteen |
were struck out by Ehmke. just one
more than the great Ed Walsh had
struck out in a world series engagement
Is years before.
Root, too, did much good pitching for |
the Cubs in this battle, but he could |
not match the efforts of Ehmke. And
the strain Of endeayoring to do so
proved too great after six innings. Then |
home run-and the Cubs folded up like |
book following this hit. With their
mound star crushed, their spirit went, |
and with their spirit the game.
Nor could they make much Roadway
against George Earnshaw, who started
the second game for the Macks. True,
Earnshaw was wild and had to be lifted
from the slab. but before he departed
the AS had severely punished Malone,
and they continued their attack while
Bob Grove, who had relieved Earnshaw,
made the Chicago batters appear foolish
at the plate. The Cubs really never
had look-in at the game.
AS ListIess but Once.
Then came the mystery game in Phil
adelphia Guy Bush who had done
fairly well after relieving Root in the
first Chicago game, so far as results
were concerned, clearly outpitched
EarnShaW, yet EarnShaw yielded but
one earned run in the fray. 1t was his
pass to Bush at the start of an inning
and a boot by Third Baseman Jimmy
Dykes later in the round that proved
the turning point in this engagement,
for the Cubs did all their scoring in the
inning. Only one poor inning for Earn
shaw In which he was hooked for three
runs, yet he lost Bush went through
with only one run against him In the
lone game of the series in which the
AS were quite listless at bat. Rarely
during the fray did they seem TO put
much effort into their swings.
The next Saturday the AS showed
how much heart they possessed. Beaten,
to 0, as they went into their seventh
batting turn, they suddenly bounced
upon Root who had been a puzzle to
them previously, and drove him from
the box with a Slashing attack. The
Cubs bore up bravely until three or
four Mack runners had crossed the
p4AAc Then they played as beaten
team, although still holding a good
lead \
pitcher after pitcher was hurled into
the breseh by the frenzied Manager
Mccarthy, but none could stem the at
tack until the AS had forged ahead.
Then the willy Connie Mack, who had
Ranbled with his nd-stringers, sent
the master moundSTnan, Grove, to the
hill, and again Grove made the Cubs
dizzy trying to see his fast ones.
Cop Laurels With Great Finish.
In the last game the elderly and trail
Elnnke essayed to topple the Cubs once
more but was not equal to the task.
He faltered after getting two out in
the fourth frame, and before RUDE
Walberg went to his rescue the Cubs
had two runs across. Walberg then set
out on a sparkling pitching course, but
it seemed the left-hander would get no
glory, for Malone, well supported, cut
down the Athletics In manner that
would have diSheartened club less
courageous than the AS. They con-
tinually hit Malones pitches hard, but