The Washington times., 1930-10-07
FOXX'SH HOMER
WASONH HIGH
CURVE BALL
By BILL CORUM


EN- ROUTE TO PHILADEL-
PHIA, Oct. Tt looks today as
though the National League Is
taking its annual wake-the
world series-back to Philadel-
phia. Well, Mr.. John A. Heydler
and his dewy-eyed boy friends
could find less appropriate places
for a wake. Indeed, it has been.
my observation that a man de.
string to hold a first class wake
could go a great deal farther and
do a great deal worse than Phila-
delphia.
It was a strapping, sturdy
young catcher, who is diligently
trying to masquerade as a first
baseman, who knocked the cur
rent give-and-take series back into
a Quaker cooked hat. His name
is James Foxx. the extra <
marking the spot where the
home run was buried, and until
yesterday he had been something
Of a bust in this series.
It seems that some of the boys
had called this fact-that he was
something Of a bust-to Mr..
Foxx's. attention, so when he
walked up there to bat against
Burleigh Grimes In the ninth
ining of a, till then, scoreless
game, he was muttering to him.
self:
$50 I'm q bust, am I? SO
I'm. Tn = Drst' All right. al
So he up and busted one sure
enough. And did that baseball
travels
"HOme, james," said Cor.
neIius McGiIIicuddy, packing mp
his scOrecard. And that's the
way, my little ones, the world o.
series comes back to Philadel.
phia. @~
Three games to two in favor Of
the white elephants. and viii
visitors please not feed 'em any
more peanuts. as they are hard
enough to get along with as it is.
The AS won behind the inn
maculate pitching Of George
Gus EarnShaw, q small town
boy from Riverside Drive, N.
Y, who came West and grew
up big and strong with the
country.
Gorgeous Georges was feeding
the Cardinals his ninety-Sixth
Riverside Drive curve, and the AS
didn't need any, traffic cops on
the bases to keep the Cardinals
from speeding. Just two hits did
EaNAShaw yield in seven SpasnS,
which is fair pitching in or out
of a worlds series:
Oddly enough, George did not
get credit for his triumph, though
he clearly earned it. An old man
by the name of Grimes was GO
ing along step with him until
Mr.. Mack yielded to impulse and
inserted a pinch hitter for his
pitcher in the first half Of the
eighth.
That was the inning in which
Crimes proved that he has a
heart made of steel and old iron
spikes. With the bases looking
like Paul Whiteman in beer
suit, "Boily' simply outstruggled
Bishop. and Dykes and made
them tap gentle to the infield
when any sort of a solid smash
would have been curtains.
AS it turned out, the veteran
Wisconsin spitballer might have
saved some of the tremendous
energy he expended in this
inning. He nullified 1t all with
one bad pitch to Foxx-a high
curve ball that looked to one
directly above as though it would
have cut heart of the plate.
1t wasn't high enough, how.
ever. FOxx doesn't like 'em
around his neck, but he mur. =
derS 'em across the letters,
and SO he fell back and :
fired.
Forty thousand screaming voices
Stllled as though someone had
stuck a giant gag in the mouths
OF the Screamers. Hafey, already
backed close to the fence, took
three short steps and stopped.
Even time seemed to stop as that
white ball sailed up and out. and
then Hafey dropped his hands and.
walked back toward his regular
position and the ball and the ball
game were over.
Cochrane, who had walked,
tromped home ahead of Foxx,
while the Athletic benchwarmers
danced jiggs and tossed bats and
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