Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-02
DECLARES SQUEEZE
STUNNED ST. LOUIS
Connie Asserts Grimes Was
Just Five Hits From Pitch
, III. Ing Perfect Game.
BY CONNIE MACK,


PHILADELPHIA, October a. The
Athletics did 1t with I'VE hits.
The American League champions
showed the experienced base ball eyes
at the opening skirmish Of the world
series yesterday that a pitcher can be
batted hard and yet allow only i've hits.
Those I'VE hits, small in number,
bulked big. They consisted Of two
home run drives out Of the park, two
triples and a two Dagger, and were good
for total Of Is bases.
These five swats, all extra-base hits,
enabled the Athletics to win the OPEN
ing game Of the world series from the
Cardinals in amazing style by q score
Of s. to 2,
Recalls no Precedent.
I have tried to search my memory
back in world series history, but I cam
which one team made i've runs out
of i've hits or an instance where every
hit was good for extra bases.
1t just goes to show what q fair the
Athletics have for doing the remarka-
hle.
Defeat Is the usual fate for a team
that can show no more than five safe
ties In the hit column, and here is a
case where Burleigh Grimes was actu-
ally batted severely although keeping
the Athletics limit down.
VIII give Grimes credit for pitching
well, on the whole, but In the pinches
he couldn't master the Athletics. He
was just i've steps from pitching q
wonderful game. The only way he
could have shut out the Athletics yes
teroay would have been to allow no
hits, for every time the Athletics con-
nected with the ball to safe territory
they scored q run. That was what
Grimes was up against yesterday.
Foxx Hit First.
Ts must have been an uncomfortable
all Of his efforts wasted by the fact
that there was always some Athletic
batsman waiting TO hit him In q pinch.
Foxxs Simmons and Cochrane, my
three broadbacks, formed the trio that
had the most to do with the conquest
from the batting standpoint.
Foxx collected the first hit when he
trtpled to the right-field wall In the
second inning and Bing Miller sent him
mons hit the ball over the right-field
wall In the fourth for home run and
Cochrane duplicated the smash in the
eighth.
These players are called the backbone
Of my batting order and they all came
through today like lions and gave the
Cardinal pitchers sitting on the bench
an idea Of what kind Of > punch we
have. s@-sg Il >
Then Jim Dykes with double in the.
sixth scored another run while Haas
triple In the seventh resulted In his
scoring on the squeeze.
Showed Variety Of Attack
No doubt this st1atagem stunned
Crimes and his support. Haas was In
motion ct the wind-up and Boley never
laid down o better blnt and Of course
the run scored.
That little coup reflected the variety
Of our attack today. We scored runs
with drives over the wall and also
scored one on tiny bunt. A team that
can do these things keeps the rivals
guessing.
: while the box score shows more hits
! on Grove than Grimes, you must give
the hleft-hander credit for pitching q
s'heady' game.
I have seen him. with far more stun
than he showed today, but seldom
have seen him pitch 50 intelligently be-
fores The fact II that Grove is rapidly
becoming - 8l0AIb plbCl1GI3 anu 10 s1OnEtE
depends on sheer speed alone.
Just regard his composure in the
third inning when he slipped fielding
Grimes' btnt. The bases were full and
none out, but Grove, never once losing
his poise, calmly got the side out at
the small expense of two runs scored
on sacrifice fiies. You have to have Q
pitching heart to dofa thing like that.
Daredevil Fielding.
After Bishop scored the run that put
us ahead IA the sixth, I felt that this
meant victory. because did not think
that Grove would be scored on again
and this turned ont to be true.
The Athlettcs backed up their timely
hitting with some daredevil fielding.
Boleyie stop Of Douthit's ground smash
IN the seventh was o classic. He stop
ped the bah with o dive and then,
whi1s On the ground, got the ban to
Bishop for sensational force Of
had that ban gone through for
single, Grove would have been In q peck
Of trouble: for Adams followed with q
single.
Then the inning ended with Bishop
getting Frisch's bid for hit with his
gloved hand after leap. These were
two conspicuous fnfield plays that were
Cochrane made the third stunning
defensive play when he ran to the edge
Of our dugout to catch Mancuso's foul.
That shows that my boys were keyed
up TO do their best.
The Cardinals didn't surprise me. I
knew they were great team and would
not be easy TO beat. Grimes pitched
good ball. but we always had somebody
TO step up In pinch and deal blow.
Edge Means n Lot.
OF course, victory in the first game
has made US all radiantly happy. It
means q lot to get the jump on your
rival In short series and know that
the Cardinals felt certain Of winning
with Grimes, their ace. His defeat un-
doubtedly was a shock to them, but
nevertheless they viii come out lighting
hard today
On the other hand, we will 60 on the
neld determined to make 1t two
straight.
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