Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-07
HALLAHAN IS NOW
CARDS. SOLE HOPE
Street Must Win With Him
Tomorrow to Keep AS From
Coping Title.
BY FRANK GRAHAM.

I'm ROUTE TO PHILADELPHIA,
r October THE Cardinals are
l. lineal descendants of the Finne-
gan, whose laconic report Of his
troubles on the railroad has grown into
an American legend. Two games down
in the world series when they rolled
into st. Louis late last Friday, they
pulled up on even terms with the Ath-
letics by winning the first two games
there, but fell back when they lost the
last one and were one game down
when they rolled out Monday night.
Their gyrations have nonplussed their
admirers and superinduced light feel
ing Of dizziness within their own ranks.
The tragedy Of their retreat Monday,
of course, lay In the downfall Of Bur-
leigh Grimes. Grimes grappled unsuc-
ceSsfully with fate In Philadelphia last
Wednesday, when he lost the opening
game of the series, but his conqueror
Monday was Jimmy Foxx Of Sudlers-
vile, Md.
What Foxx's Blow Did.
BY deft manipulation of his spitbaIl,
paw
balls and an occasional burst Of speed,
he had throttled the Athletics attack
and was just beginning to gloat over his
opponents when he threw curve ball
riGht in Foxx's alley and Foxx parked
1t in the left-fleld bleachers. The blow
beat the Cardinals, lleartened the AS,
elated Connie Mack, dumbfounded
Gabby Street and put the damper on
the boiling enthusiasm Of st. Louis.
Furthermore, it completely altered
Streets pitching plans and sent Mack
into a huddle with himself, wherein he
will decide before morning whether to
pitch Grove or Earnshaw in the sixth
game. Street had planned, believing
that Grimes would win Monday, to
start Sylvester johnson tomorrow and
hold Bill Hallahan back for the sew
enth game, provided the Cardinals lost
tomorrow and q seventh game were
necessary. Now, palpably, he has to
come through with Hallahan tomor-
row and in his spare time pray that
Grimes will regain his compoSure, so
Hallahan wins.
Macks pitching problems pre- sim
pier than Streets, for 1t has been dem
onstrated that the only pitchers on
whom he can depend are Grove and
Earnshaw. A reasonable expectation
Is that he will start Grove tomorrow
and hold Earnshaw back for a possible
seventh game, since Earnshaw has
been the more effective Of the two.
Pilots Rendered SpeechIess.
Both Mack and Street were trying to
think up some adequate expressions Of
the emotions aroused within them by
the dynamic finish Of Mondays game
as they were being borne toward the
East this morning. The previous games
had left them with much to talk about.
The fifth game, however, rendered
them speeches.. The superb pitching
duel waged by Earnshaw and Grimes
and topped of with Foxx's home run
left Connie and Gabby looking at each
other dazed and silent-even Grimes
was silent, which was an indication Of
his greatness. Burleigh had spoken
rather freely of what he expected to do
to the AS, but when Foxx flattened him
he advanced no alibis. He merely
shrugged by way Of implying that he
had pitched as well and as carefully as
he could and that in spite of all he
could do Foxx had driven his hopes
with that smack into the bleachers.
And now Bill Hallahan is the man
that stands as the defender of the St.
Louis pennant hopes, for If he goes
down to defeat 1t will mean curfew has
rung for the Cards in the 1880 series.