The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-06

Beginning the series on between 4 to 1 and 3 to l, tl the run, and holding two vict are rated on at least even terT rivals.
 This is a topsy-turvey world ser les. Before it started Athletics were given the pitching and the hitting edge with the Cards possess ing the greater speed afoot. The tighter defense and stouter fight ing hearts.
 Reverse Dope
 Now 1t develops the Cards have had the edge In every department, especially that of pitching, in two consecutive games the As have been held to a total of five safe hits, thanks to the superior pitch ing of William Hallahan and Burleigh Grimes.
 The victory of Grimes was the more important. When, on Fri day at St. Louis, the As behind George Earnshaw, were pitched down to a three hit defeat at the hands of Hallahan, the experts de- cided that 1t was just one of those things.
 They picked up the sequence of series warfare here yesterday, with Robert Moses ("Lefty") Grove, "The worlds greatest pitcher" ready to bear down and score his second victory over the Cards, but the triumph didn't come.
 6r,- -l.-s ,.Yr lw II. pitching of Burleigh Grimes. He came within two hits of scoring a no-hit game, and now the Athle- towards becoming the hitless won- ders of modern baseball champion ship series history. The Cards hit offerings of the great Groves un- til he was removed from competi- ton in favor of a pinch hitter who failed to hit. Grove had perfect alibi which he was good cport enough not to make use of. He had a painfully blistered pitching finger. However, he has pitched and won with similar blisters, So that handicap should not be over emphasized.
 Aces Were Trumped
 1hc SdIoS nOW nave Ucdlch lHS number ? and number 1 men of the CTS virtually have silenced the bats center fielder, and, especially in League champs have been the bet. ter defensive club.
 The blues city club should be- come the favorites to go and ac- quire the championship if only on the strength of the 5 to2 victory yesterday. But the fans believe Mack's club may recover it's bat ting eyes and the outcome is now rated as even money in the small amount of betting recorded.
 Every world series game is im- portant. Fridays game, after the Athletics had won the opener, was the Cards big set. Had they lost that game. acquiring the champion ship by the Athletics would have become amere matter of time. To- days fourth game constitutes Phil- delphia's big test. If the Cards win today, the As will be faced with the necessity of winning tomorrow. veen to keep the series alive.
 One for the Book
 Grimes victory was a pitching masterpiece. It was two innings old, Peper Martins bat had led the way to the first two of the Car dinals runs. Before it was four in- nings old he had hit a two bagger and two more Cardinal runs were made. Meantime this same Bur leigh who twice hit safely ng'irst Grove was turning back the Mack batsmen. Three up and three down were the As in the first three innings. Bishop. leading off in the fourth walked but ''died" at first, then three up and down three times again for the As.
 Having so far dominated the championship which they entered as the underdogs, it's no more than natural that the Cards should have produced the series heroes to date. They are Pepper Martin, center fielder; Burleigh Grimes and Will Hallan, pitchers.
 That Pepper Man
 The pitchers won their votes by superiority in their specialties. Martin won his by base running and with his bat. Here's his bat record of TT for three games:
 AB. R. H. First Game ........ 4 0 2