New Britain herald., 1929-10-08
Philadelphia W hips Chicago for First Bl o d in Baseball Classic as E h m k e Twirls Alright Ball. Foxx Starts Team To- ward Victory With Homer.
Ninth Inning Rally on Part of Losers Fails 10 Stem Tide of Defeat-Ehmke Hit by Fast Liner Con- tinues to Clinch First Game for Team.

Chicago GOO GOO OOl-l $ Z
 Wrigley Field, Chicago, Oct. 8.-The 1929 edition of the world series opened here today with the Athletics taking the first game from Chicago, score 3 to 1.
 They had played six innings of scoreless and errorless ball behind two pitchers twirling ir rare form, Ehmke for the Ath- letics, and Root for the Cubs, before Jimmy FoXX broke the ice with a stinging home run, to give the Philadelphia team first blood.
 Root was replaced in the box by Bush in the eighth inning, and his catcher, Gonzales went in to play in place of Taylor These were the first substitu- llOIIS oI llle Sdlllc.
 English, shortstop for the Cubs, went to pieces in the ninth inning and fumbled two successive tries, allowing man a base in each instance. The first was sent to him by Sim mons and the second by Foxx.
 Cochrane and Simmons scored on Miller's single and FoXX went to third base, later to be thrown out at the plate, in the closing inning.
 The Cubs dented the platter in the ninth inning when Cuy- Ter, advanced to second base on an error, scored on Stephen sons single. Tolson, a substi- tute batter, struck out to retire the side.
 Ehmke, on the mound for the Athletics, and Root, twirling for the Cubs, were pitching excellent ball. with air-tight support behind them as inning after inning passed with out a score.
 The first hit of the series came in the first inning when English beat out an inlicld safety, that nearly ruined Ehmkcs hand in his at tempt to field it. He was kept on first as the side retired.
 The first ball pitched to FoXx in the second inning resulted in a hit, and shortly afterwards Dykes singled into left field. At this point it ap- pcared that the Athletics were about to start the scoring but a double play checked their ambitions.
 In the third inning the Cubs pick cd up two hits, McMillan singling, to bc advanced later on a double by English. Ehmke retired the side by striking out both Hornsby and Will son.
 Dykes contributed circus catch in the fourth inning when he dove after liner and while prone on the ground spcared a stiff one to put Stephenson out.
 Pitching an excellent brand of baseball, E.hmke had made his eighth strikeout when the fifth in- ming came to close. Root was travelling along with five to his credit.
 FoXX. the sensational first base man for the Athletics scored the first home run of the series, which was also the first run of the game, in the seventh inning. A hard hit | ball. travelling at terrific speed 1 passed over Wilson's head and went into the bleachcrs as Foxx rounded the bases. The grandstands went wild with excitement. In weather more suited 10 foot | ball than baseball. with a cold breeze whipping through the park, the Cubs and Athletics began their battle today in the first game Of the series
 The home field of the National lea gue champions was flied to it's esti- mated capacity of 5O.000 fans. | bundled in furs and overcoats for the opening struggle between two of the most Colorful clubs in baseball.
 It was q duel of right handlers at the getaway. but the veteran Connie Mack sprung a surprise by selecting his $5-year-old veteran, Howard Ehmke, to oppose Charley Root, Joe MCCarthy's choice.
 Mack crossed up the experts still further by sending Rube Walbers, Liz southpaw, to the bull pen for 8 warm-up and possible call to the rescue.
 Both teams put their full strength on the field for the first battle, Al
 Continued on Page Two)