Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-03
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OF LAST 10 PLAYED
EarnshaW Easily Cops, 6-1,
Over Rhem to Give AS
Lead of Two Games.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON,
Sports Editor, The Star.


CARELESS of what the schedule
calls for are pulling for at least
one rainy day at st. Louis, where
the games are to be resumed to-
morrow. They are fearful other
wise that the length of their So
sourn in the Mound City will not
Justify the wearisome travelling
necessitated to get there from
Philadelphia and home again.
Which is another way of saying
that their confidence in the abil-
ity of the Cardinals to vary the
monotony of Mackian victories is
Of a very low order.
And 1t would seem, in view Of the
ease with which the Athletics chalked
up their second straight triumph yes
terday at Shibe Park by count OF
to /, that the apprehensions of the
scriveners are fully justified.
AS q matter of fact, considering the
world series returns for the past four
years, the often-repeated contention
that the American League outclasses
its rival by wide margin is entitled
W ICSRCCbkQ1 CO1LSl0C1d bAOIl LII bAldt
period the records disclose that of the
Is games contested the National League
representative has been able to COM
pile total Of exactly one victory, which
has led to the suggestion that the elder
Of the two major circuits hereafter con-
fine its post-season activities 20 clashes
with the International League and
American Association title winners.
As Prohibitive Favorites.
However that may be. it is a fact
that the Athletics as they steam today
toward the Missouri metropolis, where
the first of three carded tits gets I'M
der way on the morrow, are prohibitive
fayorites to retain the championship
of the base ball world, which they won
at the expense Of the Chicago Cubs
last Fail.
With first Lefty Grove and then
George Earnshaw performing with an
eminent degree of satisfaction on the
mound. the willy Cornelius McGillicuddy
now Is In the enviable position of either
coming back with his aces In the next
TWO battles or Of gambling with an
other OF his stable Of fingers. such as
BIZ Shores or RUDE Walberg, II the use
OF the clever young right-hander or the
seasoned southpaw should be regarded
as taking chance.
-S AA'eA PAAOSy 1dOBJ 5IIGCls on Gklc
other hand, faces the necessity of once
again trying to win with the already
trounced Burleigh Grimes or intrustinr
the curving chores to wild Bill" Halla-
han, the only one Of his so-called first
string singers yet to make an appear
ance in the series and whose degree of
control Is matter of grave doubt
among those who have followed his
ca[eer during the course Of the regular
Again yesterday the Athletics were
restricted to far from impressive total
OF bingles, obtaining all Of their seven
during the three and one-tllird rounds
mat Flint Rhem was on the Job and
o, ing held completely at bay by lin
LINDSEY and Sylvester johnson, who
followed him on the slab, but they mar
Ao"y missed tneir opening game record
OF registering tally for every bingle
obtained.
TWO Of the markers were wholly un-
earned, It's true, as a bobble by the
usually dependable Frankie Frisch, cap
tain OF the Cardinals, figured In their
scoring, but the AS also failed to play
faultlessly, and 1t is a tribute to the
effectiveness Of the Macks as q whole
that their two misplays failed to aid
the Cardinal cause.
Homer Prevents Shut-Out.
The st. Louis contingent, although
compiling only one fewer safeties than
their foes, would have been blanked but
Tor the fact that George Watkins, q
southpaw Swinger who replaced the
right-hand-hitting Ray Blades in the
deld for the Cardinals, caught one in
his groove on his first appearance at
bat and parked it among the fans gath
cred beyond the right-feld barrier to
hear what they could not see Of the
proceedings at Shibe Park Following
Watkins in this frame, Mancuso and
Colbert also evolved safeties that led
to nothing, and in no other session did
the Cardinals solve Earnshaw for more
than one bingle. In addition, Big
George famed eight of the Streetmen
and walked only one.
Watkins wallop was real one, clear
Ing the fence with plenty Of margin to
spare, but 1t Is significant that he failed
subsequently to get anything that re-
sembled a safety, tanning, as a matter
Of fact on his last trip to the tee. The
importance of his clout also was mini
mixed by the fact that it was produced
one inning later than a similar wallop
by Cochrane, who In the first inning
duplicated his round-tripper of the eighth
inning of the opening clash. which
gave him credit for clouting homers IN
successive turns at bat. Then a single
by Simmons and a double by Foxx fol-
lowed, to give the AS lead that never
was seriously threatened.
1t is true that the two tallies chalked
UP for the Mackmen in the third inning
were Of the unearned variety. accruine
after Frisch had erred on Cochrane's
roller from q double by Simmons and q
single by Miller, with a pass to Foxy
sandwiehed between, but there wa;
nothing f1ukey about the pair of runs
the AS registered in the fourth, as
Rhem was pounded of the hill in the
process. In that frame Boley led with
Charley Colbert; advanced as Bishop
drew a free ticket following the Whit
f1ng of Earnshaw, and Tailed with Ma
when Jimmy Dykes came through with
his second productive double Of thu
series.
Rhem Finally Is Yanked.
It was at this junctiure that Man
ager Gabby Street belatedly concludes
that Rhem had had enough for tn
day Injected into the pastime at thi
point, Jim Lindsay demonstrated VIII
he earned an enviable reputation a
q relief pitcher in the course OF tn
regular campaign by compelling Coch
rane to drill into twin killing, an
continued to hurl hitless ball through
the next two rounds before giving wa
to q pinch hitter, who failed to func
ton.
sylvester johnson, an ex-Tiger an
also q Highlander then proceeded
do almost as well. yielding only pal
of passes over the remainder OF tn
route, but their efforts were futile, q
nary Cardinal was able to get pas
first base in the last six sessions againi
Earnshaw, and only four got that 70