Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-11

base Dali, today brought WorIu
i series to Philadelphia, after a
wait of is years, and with it
the chance to slip into a niche in the
hall of fame never before occupied.
II the White Elephants can complete
the task. already half accomplished, of
turning the Chicago Cubs back, he will
become the first manager to win four
world series. The crafty Connie won his
last Is years ago, for he was defeated
in four straight games in 1914, when
the Boston Braves, stunned the base
ball world by stopping his super team.
Only one other living man has won
base balls richest prize three times,
John J. McGraw of the Giants. The
late Miller Higgins led the Yankees to
three supreme triumphs.
Coming to his home grounds with
two-game lead in the sixth series In
which he has participated, Mr.. Mack
urged his young men to try hard for
the two needed to reduce the series to
the minimum. He has not forgotten the
crushing humiliation Of 1914, when the
AS could not win q game from the
Braves, a team held by base ball gen.
orally before the big test as cheap" and
lucky"
Stand Great Chance.
Perhaps the great old man never will
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speedy victory in the pending series will
chase o world Of morose thoughts into
the limbo Of the game.
with both games played in Chicago
credited to the. American Leaguers the
Athletics faced great chance to take y
place by the Braves and Yankees as
the only two teams to utterly route the
opposition in four victories, unmarried
by even q tie game.
lad Ia Ia ArNnI t1Na rnfn Ia "A
roes and the grand Old man at their
head into its arms. with roar Of well
come. Alta boy, Connie" was the
shout Of enthusiastic, although undigni-
fed, Salutation. It seemed that was
Just the way he felt.
The Athletics themselves would not
listen to suggestions that the series
might 60 along several days. Two was
their maximum concession. The law Of
averages; a statute highly regarded by
base ball men everywhere, was against
them. The Cubs, although their 26
strike outs In two games did not indi-
cate 1t, have q good ball club, but they
have thus far followed In the footsteps
Of the faltering Pirates and Cardinals
who could not hold the Yankees in 1927
and 1928. 81
Worm Must Turn.
Not since October 10, 1926, almost three
years TO the day, have National League
partisans seen a world series victory.
They continue to hope. The worm must
turn, they say, and even assurances
that he is just the same on the other
side fail to dim their faith.
Connie Mack gained vital psyche
logical advantage in the opening game
when he sent Howard Ehmke, q pitcher
whose name had been mentioned only
in whispers, out to pitch and bafile the
Cubs hardest hitters.
In the second contest the wise old
man summoned first one of his regular
starting pitchers and then another, and
the bacon.
Connie had every pitcher but Ehmke
available for duty. The tarpaulin man
ufacturer from Silver Greek, N. Y,
needs more than two days between
games. Two weeks is closer to his pref
erence.
Old Jack Quinn, with q slow ball,
hook and splitter; RUDE Walberg, boast
ing curve that pops; Eddie Rommel,
the freshman Of the pitching stan;
George Earnshaw and Lefty Grove all
are In receptive moods, standing right
out in the middle of the base ball
storm, waiting for the lightning to
strike.
Grove had q slightly bruised hand
and EarnShaw was O more likely choice
for later in the series. With any one
but Mack little consideration would be
given the youthful Shores, but old
timers recalled that in 1913, after
pitching Bender and Plank in the first
two games, the mahout of the herd
called on Bullet Joe" Bush, then a
youngster, in the third game.
Special Chicago Train.
Only about $4,000 persons can pay to
see the third game of the series, so for
the great majority of the fans the game
today will not be different from the
two preceding games ut Chicago. They
had to stand or sit on q soap box in
front Of newspaper scoreboard or
draw UP an easy chair to o radio.
The Cubs had their supporters, who
travelled nearly 1000 miles to cheer
them on. The Chicago fans came by
special trains, hoping to see HornSby,
Cuyler and the other early disappoint-
ments snap out Of their slump.
The frst world series for Philadelphia
In IS years brought out the old guard,
back from the yesterdays Of base ball,
to see the modern version Of the Ath-
letics In the games acid test.
The Mordecai Browns. Johnny Killings,
Jimmy Archers, Joe Thinkers and the
rest looked at the Cubs In Chicago and
shook their heads.
In Philadelphia the Chief Benders,
Home Run Bakers, Harry Davises and
others will see how the young fellows
have taken up the base ball torch they
dropped when forced from the stage by
the relentless years.