Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-08
SERIES IS CALLED
BEST SINCE 1905
Connie Compares 1880 Set
With Pitching Battles of
rs Years Ago.
BY CONNIE MACK.
Manager of the Athletics.

Manager OF the Atnletlcss
HHnADELPHIA, Pa, October
r. 8.-After winning the first
4 two games at home, we
figured that we would win
two straight or at least two out
of three in st. Louis and end the
series there.
However, we were mistaken
The fighting Cardinals came back
and, steered by some wonderful
pitching on the part of Hallahan
and Haines, they gave us a set
back in their own park by win
ming two straight to deadlock the
series.
Even those unexpected events did not
destroy our confidence one iota, Tor m
the final game in st. Louis, which re-
suited in one of the greatest pitching
duels ever seen in a world series, Jimmy
Foxx hit home run to put us out IN
front again.
In my opinion this was the key game.
To win it means that the world series
Is going to be ours.
While our boys SO far have not hit up
10 expectations, every day I'm looking
for them to bring their bats In action.
So far we have not had one OF our
famous big innings so common with US
in the pennant races of 1929 and 1880
and the world series of last year.
That pitching duel Monday seemed
70 me to be battle that would be de-
cided by one smashing hit, and sure
enough Foxx connected with one OF
the three curves that Grimes threw
during the afternoon and plastered the
ball high In the bleachers to score
Cochrance ahead and win for US under
the most dramatic circumstances.
Proves Batting Strength.
So we won with one punch and 1t
proves the danger that turks in our
batting order, that even when the gen.
eral hitting is thin, that we have at
least one man who at some time during
the game is going to come through
with a winning blow.
In my opinion there has been only
one world series before this years
where the pitching was as air-tight.
In 1905 the Giants beat the Athletics
four games out of five and every con-
test resulted in a shut-out.
Mathewson BANKED US three times
and McGinnity once. Then Chief
Bender shut cut the Giants TO give US
our only triumph. Both Matty and Joe
have passed to the great beyond. I
wish they could have lived to see this
SERIES This 1905 series, however, was
before the era Of the so-caIled lively
ball.
Had More Staff In st. Louis.
Hitting has been light in every one
Of the five games played. On Sunday
Grove lost one Of the toughest games
possible for a pitcher to lose. There is
no doubt that If he had proper support
he would have shut cut Haines instead
of having three runs chalked against
him.
He had more stuff when he lost in
st. Louis than he had when he won IN
Philadelphia. He Is getting better all
the time and was simply unhittable
when / sent him back the very next
day to relieve Earnshaw after the
seventh inning
It was ticklish moment when I de-
cided I must take out Earnshaw, who
had been pitching shut-out. ball. No
manager wants to do this. I was forced
to take this action in the eighth in
ming, when had runners on third and
first, one out and Earnshaw coming
UP. 1 needed runs 10 win and I could
not resist the temptation to use pinch
hitter and I have a remarkable one in
young Jimmy Moore, who has made
good twice for me in this series in an
emergency role.
Swung Batting Order.
AS it turned out Grimes quieted the
storm without us scoring, but 1t did
swing the batting order around and
made it possible for Cochrane and Fox
to bat in the ninth. and Mickeys pass
and Foxx's homer did the trick.
Both in Philadelphia and St. Louis
Earnshaw has been an outstanding peg
former and In Is innings he has held
the National Leaguers to one run. You
can't beat that kind of pitching. In
st. Louis Monday he did not let a man
reach third In seven innings and offered
no real scoring chances.
(Copyright, 1890, Christy Walsh SyndieateO