The Washington times., 1930-10-02
RUTH STATES
GROVE WAS
NOT RIGHT
B IS Use Coolidge Economy Score Fire Runs Fire Hits
ByBABE RuTH

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PHILADELPHIA. Pa, oct. a
The Athletics won the al i'm
portant opening gan1e Of tn,
world series without the helr
which Lefty Grove was expected
to supply. I don't want to takt
anything from Lefty because h
had to do plenty Of pitching tt
hold those Cardinals. to two runs
but he certainly wasn't at hi,
best. When Lefty is right those
third strikes whistle. and they
were neither numerous mol
wfistling yesterday afternoon. /.
The AS won on Just fair pitch
ing by q, great boxInan, who wa.
favored by brilliant fielding ir
the crisis when the game seemed
about to slip away from him
That was in the seventh inning
and those two plays by Boley and
Bishop undoubtedly kept Grove
from being batted out Of his first
world series start.
It was not due to any skill
Of Groves that the Cardinals
were set down III this inning
without d run. Everybody
Socked him. DOuthit hit hard
toward left and then BOley
came In with his, sparkler.
Il. Z
He blocked a hard hit ball
then made d quick recovery and
o snap throw to Bishop, forcing
Grimes at second base. How much
that play was worth became evi
dent q minute later when Adams
smacked another single to left
It would have scored q run but
for Boley's great play.
Frisch also hit the ball
hard but Bishop grabbed the
drive which was heading for
the ScOrebOard, where the
threebAggers bloom at. Shibe
Park. @
Grimes pitched the kind Of
bali that ends in victory more
often than in defeat. But he
couldn't keep those heavy hitters
from tagging him for long drives.
Seldom in q season do you see
a team win by a fairly good mar.
gin without getting more than
one hit in any inning. The AS
could not bunch even two hits
off Grimes in any inning and
still they won. They are a great
team for making a little hitting
go a long way.
AS sfar as the pitching goes
nobody will deny that Grimes
carried off the honors. And vet
the AS carried off the bail game.
Just tough to beat, whether they
are hitting lightly or getting only
fair pitching. But they have
made winning a habit for almost
three years.
/ like the hustle and the
spirit Of the, Cardinals and
/ think this is going to be-
quite series. It starts out
as likely to be q lot hotter
than the series between the
AS and Cubs last year.
The players are Raging one
another and that is q good sign.
It will be hard fought, no matter
who wins. The AS. make all
their series that way and ! can
see that Street has his Cardinals
huStling.
I liked the play of Colbert
particularly. I figure he is the
player who made the Cards a
championship team this year and
I believe in another season he
will be the greatest all around
shortstop in baseball. His throw.
ing is pretty to look at. He is
batting eighth but I still believe
he is the player that the AZ
pitchers viii have to watch in
this series.
He stepped mp and tagged
Grove for Q pair Of clean hits
on his first two world series
opportunities, and his fielding
was always sure.
Except for the seventh, when
Boley and Bishop made those
great plays, it vas not a thrilling
ball game. But it was a we'll.
played game. There vas no sign
Of nervousness on either side.
But what the game lacked in
thrills it made UP in tenseness
as it was always close enough to
be upset by three Or four hits
in row. - )
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