New Britain herald., 1930-10-09
CONNIE MACK CONFESSES
 GREATNESS OF HIS TEAM
Athletics Manager Reluctant to Make Admission, Says Winning of Two World Titles Proves Ability - Earnshaw Battles Cardinals as Mackmen Capture Final Game-St Louis Pitchers Used Roughly by Philadelphia Eaters.

Philadelphia, Oct. LF1-The Ath- letics of Philadelphia, world cham pions for the second time in two years, had a right today to consider themselves "a great team" The ac- colade was bestowed by no less a judge of baseball teams than Con- nie Mack himself. The 67 year old manager of the Athletics refused to stamp his team as great after it had won the American league cham pionship. First, he said, the As must repeat as world cahmpions.
 The American leaguers won the series in impressive fashion by cap turing the sixth game, to ], from the courageous but impotent St. Louis Cardinals. The deciding game lacked the drama of some of the preceding struggles. It never was in doubt for the world champions made two runs, enough to win. in the first inning, while the Missourians did not offer a serious threat to score until the ninth when they were seven runs behind.
 Earnshaw Baffles Cards
 Against the effective pitching of big George Earnshaw, the Cards were almost helpless, failing to get man to third base until two bats men had been retired in the final inning. When the visitors counted their lone run they broke a streak of scoreless pitching against them by Earnshaw which had extended over a stretch of 22 innings, not a world series record but nevertheless inn pressive.
 The big moose of the As blanked the opposition in the last seven in- nings of the second game of the series, permitting six hits and win ming 6 to 1. In the fifth game at St. Louis he went the first seven innings without being nicked for a run when he left the game for pinch hitter. In this game he had allowed only two hits. In the final game he turned the opposition back without a run and with only three hits until the ninth when a single and double with a pass in between was good for a run.
 The triumph of the Athletics marked the fourth straight year in which the American league cham pion had won the highest prize base ball has to offer and Is out of 19 games won. The Cardinals of 1880. however. may take with the losers share of the series receipts the sats- faction of carrying the autumn strug- gle game longer than did the Chi cago Cubs last year and two games farther along the trail than the Pi- rates of 1927 or the Cardinals of 1928. when the New York Yankees disposed of the National league op- position in the minimum time of four games.
 Pitchers Rule Series
 The game which rang down the curtain on major league baseball for the year was typical of the pitching set by the moundsmen for the series. In only one game was the losing team able to score more than one run and in the opening battle only a scant two runs fell to the lot of the vanquished.
 Before the series started close ob- servers of the pitching strength of the Athletics suggested that the ven- erable Connie Mack would have to depend on his two stars, the left handed Robert Moses Grove and the right-handed George Livingston Earnshaw to bring home the bacon.
 The four Philadelphia victories were equally divided between the pair of aces, each officially credited with winning two. Grove was charg- ed with defeat while Earnshaw's record escaped unmarred. Walberg was charged with the other loss suf- fered by the Athletics.
 Foxx Prevents Threat
 Grove or Earnshaw, or both, pitch ed in five of the six "a mes played, each pitching two full games and di- viding the other between them. Earnshaw narrowly missed winning three games and taking his place with the select few who have achiev- ed such greatness.
 Earnshaw went the route in the final battle but Grove was ready to step in if his colleague had shown any indication of tiring. As the last play of the game was made, Grove was pumping fast balls into the big glove of Earl Mack in the Dull pen" The younger Mack prepared to send the tall southpaw to the mound if his father wigwagged a signal from the bench. It seemed for a moment at the close that the lefthander might be called on but Earnshaw weather ed the slight furry, although proba- ply he was tired. An unassisted dou- ble play by Jimmy Foxx on a liner from Frisch's bat kept Earnshaw in and Grove out. Had this ball gone safe. in all possibility big George would have been relieved before the final out registered.
 As Make Hits Count
 The Athletics continued their con- sistent policy of refusing to waste their hits and not bothering with singles. Seven hits were good for seven runs, just as in tho first game they made five hits count five runs and in the second made seven safe ties into six runs They got seven hits without a run in the third game and f0ur hitS o,lu