Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-09

to sink or swim with Earnshaw and
Grove for the rest Of the series. Earn
shaw had pitched seven hard innings
On Monday, while Grove had worked
two innings on the same day.
! talked with both pitchers ON the
train and both volunteered to pitch
today. After Q conference 1t was agreed
that II Earnshaw felt all right he was
TO start the game and In case Of any
necessity Grove was to keep his arm
Mmbered In the bull pen and subject
himseh to an emergency cal.
Famous a. FiniSher.
Grove 10 famous as 0 fnisher and
felt that In midgame or after II we
had Q one or two run lead ! could
safely substitute the left-hander for
Earnshaw without taking the slightest
risk.
As It turned out, Earnshaw was air.
tight, Just Is he was on the other two
afternoons he pitched, and 1t was never
necessary to take him out.
In all my years In base ball I have
never seen two pitchers more willing
to work ct al times than this master
right-hander and this king Of left
they won the world series for the
Athletics, each capturing two victories
A3 NstAAA sts.4 Wy WA u,e -
ceptiom Of the Saturday game In st.
Louis, when waiherg, Shores and
Cuinn performed.
win Be Remembered.
They VIII 60 down In world series
histayy With their. names linked with
Mathewson, Bender and Coembs q
great performers On the peak.
They eapnot receive too much credit
They won the eighth American League
pennaat for me and followed II up
with hrilliant success IN the world Sc
Ties.
Mckay cochrane handed both pitch
exs ss only Mickey can handle them,
and his bat was . big factor IN our
simmons and Fox also came through
with dramatic distance hits that proved
them TO be the mighty crashsmiths
that they are. Jimmy Dykes and Bling
Miller, who had not done 50 much IN
made themselves felt In the flnal game,
blows that gave Us . big lead In the
Hniey never leaked better at short
He was always steady and his clean
st0ps In pinches were big help to Us
It was mighty hard for st. Louis hit
tiers to get the bah by him.
Max Bish0p. whsu not hitting, wa
getting his usual bases On balls and
was CONSTANTLY putting the Athlstes u
o secsing position.
HAAS on at Nat.
George HAAS played his usual eapti-
waiting game IN center, although hi
vas not bis true self when II came
I Win never forget the scene IN thu
club house after the game. Athletic
Joy an the way from the dugout t.
his locker.
The players eli gave the other plsys,
full credit for his part IN the great
victory. Every member Of the team
received . ringing cheer from the play
ers, and never have I seen ball players
% enthusiastic, a. they had . right
70 be.
was too overcome TO tell them
what I thought Of them, but I did
remind them that they were still
champions Of the world.
Collins Wins Praise.
While ! have mentioned the names
Of all Of my regular players, there Is
another unit In our machine who must
not be overloaded.
y
my able lieutenant, who has been q
source Of encouragement and inspira-
ton 10 nay players Throughout the
playing season and the world series
and who was o big factor in our double
success Of the year.
! cannot finish this article without
paying tribute to the fighting qualities
Of Gshby Street and his players. Thes
were beaten, but went down fighting
I knew they would give US . lot q
trouble and ] was not wrong, for thu
series was one Of the hardest tough
In history.
The Cardinals played the game W
70 the hilt and were gentlemen TO boot
! have every respect for them and 81
have my players.
0ahhy Street handled his team liki
O master. cannot point 70 one tao
teal mistake made by him. 1t wa
not his fault that the Cardinals los
the big title.
The Athletics were simply too stFonl
for them.
= tcopyrisht. 1890. By christy walsh Syndicate.