Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-10
GROVE SHOWS CUBS
UP ON SOUTHPAWS
Mccarthy Revealed Desper-
ate in Attempt to Snatch
Second Game.
BY GEORGE MORIARTY,
Big League Umpire.

~ HICAGO, October 10-In spite
Of the fact that the weather
was typically suitable for speed
~ ball kings, Earnshaw and Ma
lone failed to survive the half
way mark.
Rather, 1t was a day for the hit
smiths. When the time came to change
pitchers, Connie Mack threw his demon
left-handed Moses Grove into the
breach, and Grove easily stopped the
Cubs last aggressive gesture.
From the press stand Grove appeared
to me to have the speed of a gangster's
bullet. When he replaced Earnshaw In
the fifth inning, with two out and two
on bases, and whitfield Pinch-hitter
Harthett, instinct seemed to tell the
Athletics that they had the second con-
test safely slowed away.
Punch Of Foxx and Simmons.
Joe Mccarthy obviously faced the
same knotty problem that seven Amer
lean League managers failed to solve
all Summer-namely, the task of stop
ping the powerful Simmons and Foxx
at the plate. These two great batsmen
were strong factors in the second Phil
adelphia victory and were given mate
rial aid by few of their mates. The
parade of Malone, Blake, Carlson and
Nehf to the rubber in an effort to stem
the tide revealed McCarthy's despera-
ton.
The deciding break Of the game for
the Athletics came in the third inning.
After Cochrane had singled to right in
this frame. Malone made the mistake
OF pitching to Simmons bat handle and
walked him. Malone tried the same
methods on Foxx, who viciously pasted
a high fast one into the left-field
bleachers and left the Cubs temporarily
on the ropes, three 1uns behind.
Briefly, Malone pitched gamely, but
seemed too eager to get his fast ball
over the plate, instead Of pitching 1t
where 1t would result in less damage.
Second Big Gamble.
In the third inning Manager Nc
earthly was forced to take his second
big gamble of the series. With Wilson,
Mcmillan and Cuyler on base, the dam
gerouS Stephenson was at bat. Here
Earnshaw developed an unexpected wild
streak. shooting his first three pitches
high and inside to the Cub batter. It
looked like real trouble for Earnshaw,
but he got the next pitch over for a
three-and-one count
Encouraged by EarnShaw's bad con-
troll, Mccarthy decided to make Stephen
son wait him out and not 20 after the
cripple that the big Highlander showed
across the plate to keep from passing
him. Then Stephenson poked a lazy
fly to Simmons on a smoking fast ball
right through the Heart of the plate.
The Cubs had their backs to the wall
They made their supreme effort In the
fifth inning, when everybody in the
park came to the conclusion that they
were all washed up. Here they pounded
the ball as advertised and knocked
Earnshaw out Of the box.
Grove Pitched MasterfulIy.
Carlson, whom Mccarthy was saving
to start against the Athletics In one Of
the next two games, headed into the
contest in the sixth inning, and this
move again reflected McCarthy's in
tense desire to pull the game out Of the
fire and make the series even.
AL Simmons shattered this plan when
he rified homer into the right-field
section of the bleachers.
That was the last straw, so far as
the Cubs were concerned, as the Ath-
letics were riding too high to be caught
by anything less than terrific batting
rally.
The Cubs did not prove the general
contention that they can make any left
handler weep. Grove undoubtedly pro-
vided them with o new sensation In
swinging at his fire-ball delivery.
(Copyright, 1879. by North American News
paper Alliance.)