The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-02
|HALLAHAN LAST
 CHANCE FOR CARDS | TO KEEP GOING
Philadelphia Games Will Be Tough on Streeters
 -Earnshaw to Work for Mack To-day
BY IL. S. CAMERON Limited Press Sports Editor

by Connie Mack's almost perfect Philadelphia Athletics, and in de- feat by Gabby Streets party crip- pled St Louis Cardinals, was the attraction which drew thousands of fans back to Sportsman's park to-day.
 Despite the victory of the Ath- letics. the series was just about where 1t was 24 hours before. This was because the Macks did the expected thing in winning be- hind the truly marvellous pitching of Robert Moses (Lefty) Grove. The score was to 2. Experts had said that Grove would win if he pitched the first game. Also, they predicted the Athletics would win the series. Cards fans here and of the 3S,- 529 present yesterday it was be- lieved all but the nine on the field were cheering for St Louis) would have been stunned had the home I dicated this when the Cards got a two-run lead in the first inning.
 Fans Let Loose. Cards fans, with their celluloid redbird gee-gaws, helped and car ried on quite a piece over that two run scoring festival, But when, in later innings, the Athletics got their runs, the fans seemed to say, Well, we expected that"
 Unlike the first contest, to- days game assumed an importance unrivaled in recent world series competition. If the Athletics win to-day the fans might as we'll quit worrying about the Cards chances.
 | Mickey Cochrane, Athletics catcher, gives one the tip-off on that angle. Ask him about the series and here's one thing he's sure to say:
 "All know is we're mighty tough back in Philadelphia"
 So, if the As go home two games to the good, they might as we'll bed down Sportsman's park until 1882.
 The experts and the fans spent some hours discussing lineup pos abilities of to-day's game. They started with the pitchers.
 Gabby Street settled one prob lem. He said that left-handed William Anthony (Moon) Halla- han of Binghamton, N. Y., would PltCIl IoI thC SdIucs oo llES 4dlL arguing about that.
 They talked about the As hurl- CT and most everybody said it would be George Earnshaw, a right handler.
 | To Let George Do It.
 If Earnshaw doesn't pitch to- day it may be Waite Hoyt. It might be Burleigh Grimes. It might be your Cousin Fanny but she isn't eligible. Earnshaw will pitch.
 There was an argument afoot about the first base position on the Cardinal side.
 Bottomley did get one hit but | he also got one hit in the entire series of 1930.. His play afield was no more than all right and he | didn't even start towards redeem ing himself for last seasons ter rible batting flop.
 III Streets second-guessers, how ever, agreed that Sunny Jim was about the best that the Cards had to offer. Yesterdays opening game is a story that could be told in two in- nings. The Cards made their bid when they scored two runs in the flrSt. singles Dy Roettger, FrlSn and Bottomley. followed by Mar tins double, accounted for the runs.
 What a Team!
 The Athletics all but ended the game in the third. They batted around, with Dykes, Williams and Foxx getting singles. and Haas scoring a double while Simmons and Cochrane were walking. That gave the As four runs, and the two scores made in the sixth on Cochranes single and Simmons home run didn't really matter. Here's the probable lineup for to-day's game:-
 Athletics Cardinals Bishop, 2b High, 2b Haas, of Roettger, If Cochrane, G Frisch, 2b Simmons, If Bottomley, 1b Fox, 1b Hafey, If Miller, If Martin, of Dykes, 3b Wilson, c Williams, ss Gelbert, ss Earnshaw, p Hallahan, D