New Britain herald., 1930-10-07

Louis, Oct. ' P-The Athletics of Philadelphia and Cardinals of St. Louis today were we'll on their way back to Philadelphia to resume their worlds series battle tomorrow in the American league grounds.
 Both teams had reason to be satis- fled with their three day stay in Ma tional league territory The Cardi- nals won two games to get them back in the series. while the Ath- letics captured the final clash in Missouri in a thrilling battle of pitchers and started home a game p rahead and only one decision away ? from another worlds championship.
 The Cardinals left Philadelphia late Thursday night two games be- hind the Athletics and they return only one in arrears, but still their task is harder. In a golf match the holes eventually run out, and this is all in favor of the played ahead. The Athletics have to win only one more z, 10 repeat their 1929 triumph and win the supreme praise Of Connie Mack as great team" The Cardinals must win two straight.
 Manager Mack today made no forecast of the ultimate end of the series except to say that he had faith in his boys"
 That was a great game closing our stay in St. Louis" said the vet eran manager, "a game of superb pitching, and certainly it must have been very interesting one to watch even though the result, of course did not please our St. Louis friends" |" -'' The "gabby' general of the Car dnals, the weather beaten Charles Street, as always, was optimistic to- day.
 r" We can win two straight from the Athletics" he said. and this we will do. We have done it already in this series and we can do it again, of that I am positive"
 The final game in St. Louis, won to by the Athletics in the ninth r inning when Jimmy FoxX drove a P home run high and far into the left field bleacher seats among a group of disgusted customers, was a grip ping struggle.
 ,3s- For seven innings the 37 year old ~ Burleigh Grimes, courageous, cagey pitcher, and George Earn shaw, younger and bigger, but no craftier, battled on even scoreless terms. The day was dark, with !. low ceiling and rain threatening throughout, and all in all it was a pitchers day if ever there was a worlds series stage set with scenery made to order for the sharpshootcrs v ,Ion the mound
 Burleigh threw his famous spit ters," mixing enough fast balls and curves with them to prevent the As getting "set," while Earnshaw had a fast one. curve, and a half speed ball that baffled the Cardinals.
 In tine eighth inning Earnshaw moved out of the picture to make way for a pinch hitter. The honors were even with his rival for each had allowed two hits in seven chuk- kers. The pinch hitter got on, but in spite of the partial success of the Mackian strategy Grimes pitched himself out of this hole.
 Lefty Grove, the speed ball king of the As came in to succeed Earn Shaw and as he held the Cardinals runless during the eighth and ninth innings and as the pitcher of record when Foxx hit for the circuit he was credited with the victory. This was Compensation for game he saved for Earnshaw in the last worlds series, when the big rghthander un- ha wi. with the victory.
 Not since the third game of the 1923 series between the New York Giants and New York Yankees, when Arthur Nehf blanked the Yankees 1 to 0, has game been played in the classic with so little scoring. Oddly enough that game, too. was decided by 8 home run. a plodigious clout from the bat of Casey Stengel break ing it up.
 In the sixth game of the 1924 series, Tom Zachary, d lief handler still going strong, bettered Nehf of the Giants in game won by Wash fngton ? to and Herb Pennock de- feated Wee Willie Sherdel to 1 in the opening game of the 1926 series between the Yankees and the Car dinals.
 Each of the three pitchers yester- day took full advantage of the poor visibility and in the pinches bore down with their high, hard ones. Cochrane singled with two out in the first, but Al Simmons. who could get the ball out of the infeld only once during the game, popped to Gelbert. Adams singled with one out in the first for the Cards but re- mained at first to see the side re- tired
 There was no more hitting until -the fifth when Foxx opened with a single. It did his side no good for Miller rolled to Adams and "Sparky'' started fast double play. The Car dinals' second hit did not come until the seventh when, with two out, Will son hit into center and took the A S by surprise by dashing to second. Wilson was a casualty with a slightly sprained ankle.
 Manager Mack then resorted to defensive master minding. He or dered Earnshaw to pass Charley Gelbert, who had made six hits fol eight bases in the series, to bring IT. Grimes. The burly Grimes is a good hitter, as pitchers go, but he is no Gelbert. When he came tc bat Grimes attempted to start q joint debate with the 67 year ole leader of the enemy but wise ole Connie only smiled and touched hi; hatband, as if to say that he would not let d Gilbert hit when he haC base for him. and could bring uI Grimes. Connie was right fo Burleigh flied to Haas 10 end tho inning and the danger.
 There was tense situation il ihn niyhth and hn 4 e hat Gel