The Washington times., 1930-09-20


the class of our league.
Walberg has had q poor
season, ana as result the
As will go into the big series
with two outstanding pitch
ers, instead of three, as Coz.
ME Mack had last fall. OF
-. course, sOIre of the younger
b0xmen may make up for
that, but you can't figure ON
the youngsters as you can on
the veterans.
Jimmy Fox is another player
who hasn't had as big a season
as he had in 1929. Jimmy, IF
course, is still quite a hitter and
always dangerous when he stands
up there at the plate, but he has
not been numbering the ball as
he did while the Mackmen were
on their way to their first pen
uant. And Mule Haas has been
having his troubles this year, too.
These players. in particular,
have fallen off during the season.
and some of the others in a lesser
degree. Bing Miller has been
good enough to be in the lineup
every day, but Bing's stickwork
is quite a little below his 1929
figures. Dykes has been out with
illness, and his batting also has
suffered. heA
OF course, some young pitchers
have come along to help a lot,
but none of them has been good
enough to win Is games. even
for a club that has been out in
front all the way. Grove and
Earnshaw have been standouts
all year, but the others have not
been so impressive in their per-
formanceS.
Doping out the pitching is al
ways a ticklish task when Connie
Mack is the fellow who picks
hem. Connie frequently crosses
I'D the guessers during the regu-
ar season just as he did when
ne picked Ehmke to start the
world series year ago. figured
hat Earnshaw would be his first
choice last fell, and I feel the
anne way about the coming
series. But you never can tell.
Connie may even start Jack
Quinn, who hasn't pitched COM
,lete game all year, or Eddie
aommell who has pitched only
four or five full games.
It won't surprise me any
If Lefty Grove didn't start .
game in this coming series.
You remember Connie fooled
the boys last fall when he
failed to start his star left
handler. This season he has
started Lefty against our club
0nly once and still Connie
figured for a great part Of
the campaign that our club
was the one he had to beat.
Connie saved Grove to use
against us il a game got
close in the late innings. II
the AS had to hold a one
run lead Lefty was brought
in to put on the pressure.
/ don't think there is another
pitcher in baseball who can guard
a one.run lead as Lefty can.
That's why / look to see him
saved for emergency work while
other pitchers start the games.
But. as I said before, you never
can tell about the pitching when
Connie Mack is naming them.
And he must get credit Tor MS
system. His team is out in front
most of the time. :.
The remarkable work OF Al
Simmons and Mickey Cochrane,
with that of the two star pitchers,
is the answer for this second pen
nant n a row at Shibe Park.
Both Simmons and Cochrane
have played better ball than they
did a year ago and were fortu-
nate in not being forced out for
any extended period. Both were
out of the lineup for a while,
but they have missed compare
lively few games. What quar-
tet they make for any ball club
Simmons and Cochrane, Grove
and Earnshaw!
Still quite a ball club. I'll ad.
nit. But not as good a club as
the AS of 1929.
tCopyrieht fa3o, by The Christy
Walsh, Syndicatel