Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-05
CARDS POUND
3 PITCHERS
Douthit Starts Ii With
Home Run In
Fourth
BY ALAN GOULD
Associated Sprots Editor


ais. after taking two straight
knockdown's bounded back off the
ropes OF the worlds series arena
today on their home grounds and
handed the worlds champion Ath-
letics an effective shutout wallop
5 TO 0, behind the brilliant south
paw box-tighting Of Bill Hallahln
Hallahan started out as Wilt
Bill" but finished up Is Sweet
william" subduing the heavy slug
gers OF the AS while his teammates
came to life before a roaring home
town crowd of 1894 fans. accord
ed the southpaw brilliant support
and pounded three opposing pitch
ers-George CSwede) Walberg. Tex
as Bill Shores and old Jack Quinn
The Cardinals staged a spectac-
ular comeback with Jimmy Wilson
behind the bat for the first time
and adding fresh impetus 10 an
attack that drove Walberg out OF
the box in the fifth and Shores
in the seventh.
Douthit Starts IL
Taylor Douthit's home run off
Walberg in the fourth inning, the
first hit off the big southpaw OF
the AS. started the Cardinal scor-
ing. Profiting from the example OF
their rivals in the first two games
the Red Birds made their blows
count for the first time in the
series and romped off to decisive
victcry by punching their ten safe
hits.
With Hallahan holding the Az
TO seven scattered blows and pitch
ing air-tight ball in the pinches
despite occasional streaks Of wild
ness, the Cardinals looked like q
different ball club as they scored
their first victory in three starts
against the champions OF the worlc
as well as the American league.
It was the first shutout recorded
in the worlds series since Big jess
Haines. veteran Cardinal right
handler, BANKED the Yankees in the
third game Of the 1926 series in this
park.
Halnes the hero OF that triumph
Of four years ago. when the Cards
eventually emerged the winners in
a sever game series. is slated Il
pitch the fourth game tomorrow
for the Red Birds. confident now
of squaring the count and going or
to win IL spite OF the heavy odds
against them.
The Athletics. still very much ir
command with a 2-l margin or
games. will rely on the southpav
craft OF Robert Moses Lefty" Grove
to score their third victory and
bring the forces Of Connie MACK
one step nearer their goal OF q
second successive worlds cham
pionship.
Cards Popped Up
Today's game reversed the serie.
tables with considerable abruptnes:
as the Cardinals put themselve.
back into the running. Where they
had previously wasted such fire a.
they aimed ct Grove and Earnshav
in the first two games. the Rec
Birds chose their home rooSt anc
the familiar background or white
shirty in the bleachers 10 make al
ten Of their blows count IN the
scoring.
The Mackmen. who previously
had converted a mere dozen hit:
into eleven runs, were absolutely
helpless this afternoon when mer
were on bases the AS had only
seven men left on bases in the flrs'
TWO games. but no less than clever
were stranded today as AL Sim.
mons. Jimmy Dykes. Jimmy Foxs
and Bing Miller. hitherto the Bis
-Four, on attack. failed TO do a thing
with Hallahan when a safe blow
meant a run.
Max Bishop. with three hits, anc
Al Simmons, with two. poled out
the big majority OF blows made q
Hallahan. but they were scattered
and did no damage. Simmons, the
big cleanup man. offset his batting
mark OF 500 for the afternoon b
striking out in the first inning with
two men on bases and hitting into
a double play in a similar situa-
ton in the third.
Bill Pulls Out
Hal!ahan. on singles by Bishop
and Foxx and a pass to Cochrane
filled the bases in the very first
inning but punctuated his perform
ance with three Strikeouts. After
tanning Dykes and Simmons, the
Cardinal southpaw blazed over
three straight strikes on Miller for
the third out with the sacks dense
~ populated by Mackmen.
This was the best opportunity
the AS wasted. although they had
runners as far as second base n
the third. sixth. seventh, eighth
and ninth innings. Fox and MIL
Ter skied out after Simmons double
In the sixth. Dykes grounded out
weakly with two on in the seventh
Foxx and Miller again failed tc
advance Simmons more than a base
IN the eighth. after AL had singled
and Dykes struck out as the last
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Moore, Texas recruit md pinch
hitter. had singled and Bishop had
walked.
The young right handler Of the
As. making his first appearance
got BY the sixth without damage
but was met by a fresh barrage ir
the seventh and relieved BY Old
Jack Quinn after successive singles
oy Hafey. Watkins and Wilson
came through with a clean single.
The 45-year-old Quinn. appear
ing IN his third world series in ten
years. stopped scoring in the sew
enth but successive doubles BY Bot
tomley and Hafsy. marking the
end Of the prolonged att-ag slumr
Of these two sluggers. accounted