New Britain herald., 1930-10-08
BOTH TEAMS READY FOR TIGHT BATTLE
Athletic Fans Finally Take h.
 terSt in World Series
By FRANK GETTY

Philadelphia, Oct (UP)-With Philadelphia fans at last stirred from their lethargy by a real listed world series scrap returned 10 their midst, and both teams keyed to a fighting pitch, the Athletics and Cardinals went into the sixth game of their battle for the championship today.
 The highest honors of baseball now are only a games length from the grasp of the militant Mackmen, but between them and their ambi- tions stands a sturdy young left handed pitcher. Wild Bill" Halla- Irish lad rest the hopes of St. Louis for another victory which would throw the series into the seventh and deciding game.
 Against Hallahan. whose speed and sharp breaking curves shut out the As on Saturday, Connie Mack is expected to send his own crack left handler, Lefty Grove.
 A victory for the American league champions this afternoon will end the post-season engagement and win them their fifth worlds champion ship, so there seemed little doubt that MT. McGillicuddy would do as he urged his players to do and give everything he had to capture this sixth game of the series.
 Mack has just two thoroughly de- pendable pitchers, Grove and big George Earnshaw. The latter pitched seven innings Monday and Lefty finished the game. receiving credit for the victory which was waited in on the wings of Jimmy Foxx's home run drive in the ninth inning. Grove beat the Cardinals handily in the first game and lost the fourth in a duel with Jess Haines. He has pitch ed 19 innings thus far, but is a truck horse for work.
 The Cardinals have the utmost confidence in Hallahan's ability to beat the As again.
 Many of them were on the 1926 club which came from behind to win the worlds championship from the New York Yankees. In that series four years ago, the teams returned east with the American league champions leading. three games to two, just as they do today, and the Red Birds won two games on enemy ground.
 It is impossible to write of the chances of a ball club which has shown the courage of those Card inals. They were far behind in the National league race this year and came on with rush to win, playing their best when the odds were against them. They apparently were thoroughly whipped ball club after the second st,me of the current series, and in two days they stood on even terms with the As and fought them nearly to a standstill in the fifth game.
 One report from a source close to Connie Mack had it that the astute old manager would gamble again with Rube Walberg this afternoon, with Grove ready for relief duty if needed and George Earnshaw rest ing for a final fling at the National league champions in the event of a seventh game. It seemed more likely, however, that Grove and Earnshaw would be called upon for joint "iron-man" act in behalf of the Ath- letics.
 A number of players were out to- day to redeem themselves in the eyes of the fans. Jimmy Dykes, the As third baseman Is in a fair way to be written into the records as the goat" of the series. He has com mitted two glaring errors in judg- ment. coupled with fielding mis- plays and his batting since the teams left Philadelphia for the west has been absolutely negligible.
 Frankie Frisch. who can be ex- cused somewhat on the ground that his body is heavily taped because of his lumbago, has been the goat" al ready on several occasions. and has made only two hits thus far.
 Jim Bottomley, who has struck out eight times and is hitting for the magnificent average of .050, and Bing Miller of the As whose average is .055, are a couple of other fellows who have much to make up for in what remains of the series