Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-02
SHOWING OF BATTERYMEN
LAUDED BY CONNIE MACK
Lean Leader Has Words of Praise for Relief Efforts
of Rommel and Shores in Supporting Regu.
lars-Perkins Great Aid to COchrane.

forget that victory, for with it Walberg
pitched the Athletics into first place in
the pennant race, and they were des-
tined to stay on top for the rest OF the
season.
While Jack Quinn, senior pitcher of
base ball, was not quite as consistent
this season as last, he has pltcEed
many fine games. His work against the
Yanks was especially good. When he
is right there are few better pitchers
than Quinn.
AS Much Stuff as Ever.
Just think of a pitcher past the 40
mark who helped team to the pen
nant. AS I have watched Quinn in the
past three years, there Is no doubt In
my mind that he will continue with us
for seasons to come and always be
troublesome. Today he has as much
stuff as he ever had.
Ed Rommel and Howard Ehmke, while
, not seeing service as often as heretofore,
have both turned in some brilliantly
pitched games. Rommel has been eS-
pecially strong in relief work and he
has saved many games for us by his
| courage in repelllng opponents wren
| the going was tough.
No one will say that Ehmke didn't
have plenty of rest between his games.
He was not used often; but If you look
back you will find that every game won
by Ehmke was of immense help and
came at time when we were pressed
for good pitching.
Bin shores, the Texas Highlander,
was my one pitching youth to come
| through. He worked regularly and did
some splendid pitching, but where he
helped most was in relief pitching. In
| this respect his work has not been du-
plicated by any other pitcher in the
| majors.
Yerkes and Breckenridge are two
Young fingers who were necessarily kept
| in the background this season because
SO much was at stake, but they are
going to be heard from later.
AS to our catchers, Mickey Cochrane
was on duty behind the bat every day
from the opening of the pennant race
to the day we clinched the flag, with
the exception of those games on the
second trip West when ne was kept out
| of the White SoX and st. Louis series
because of injuries.
In Class by Himself.
It seems almost useless to praise
Cochrane. Everybody who writes or
speaks on base ball gives CochraEe
credit for being the greatest catcher In
| the major leagues. -,
When one stops to consider his bat
ting, base running and receiving he is
convinced that Mickey is in class by
himself. Here is a catcher who hits
with the consistency of the exceptional
top-notch outfielder, who runs the bases
as swiftly as any of the speed kings
and then is an able general behind the
bat. and who throws and receives with
the best of them. -.
Mickey never thinks Of himself In a
game, His only thought is to win, and
| there Is nothing too hard for him to
| try. Placed third in our batting cast,
| Cochrane is one of our bulwarks in bat
ting and run making as we'll as being
a gifted receiver. .,
We have another great catcher in
Ralph Perkins. When Cochrane was
hurt Perkins jumped into harness, and
his work was just as good as when he
caught all of our games for us In years
gone by.
A club that has a man Like Perkins,
who can lay off month and then jump
back and catch perfect ball, has prize.
| AS a rule the catcher who lays OF for a
week puts up poor article OF ball IN
one or two games before he gets back
| ia his stride. Not so with Perkins.
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