Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-01
MACKS AND CARDS
SET FOR OPENER
Series Starts With Athletics
Ruling 8-5 Favorites
to Win Series.
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slowed away to prevent loss When the
home folks rallied on the ball field. and
the shirts and necktie5 thus revealed
formed one great band of moving color
The background was white. but upon
this base were splaShed all the colors of
the rainbow
1t was a pretty picture for the re-
serve seat customers. flltering steadily
into the park. but it formed the cut
standing curse in the life of ball
playo~ who must ply his trade in St
Louis. From out OF this background
an ovC.nead fast ball pitcher can whip
his SE and curves at the batters.
and the ball. against this riot of moving
color. is tremendously difficult to fol-
low from the plate.
For this reason. as much as any other
Street nominated Phil Derringer. The
situation is not new to the AS. for the
Browns. in their CWn league. campaign
used SportSman's Park during the reg
ular season.
When the Cardinals. Spick and span
IN white uniforms with Cardinals"
SPRAYED in scarlet across their chests
frotted out for batting practice amid
the roarS of their center field faithful
1t became apparent that Street was not
trusting entirely the public conception
of Connie M2ck'S strategy.
One after the other he sent his young
rlght-hanoers to the mound to pitch
TO the batterS just in case the shrewd
old pilot of the AS switched his pitch
ing selection to Earnshaw.
One after the other the Cards moved
INTO the batters' box and started driv-
ing balls to the fences Sunny jim
Bottomley big first baseman who was
the hitting bust of the 1880 world series
between these same clubs, banged a
couple against the short wall beneath
the stands in right field, but he could
not loft pitch into the bleachers.
Chick" Hafey, batting king of the
National League, hammered a half
dozen balls on a line to the outfield
and the bleacher enthusiasts cheered
happily, the band blared double time.
and all was well in the Cardinal camp.
Left-handers, some that even the
Cardinal rabid rooterS could not recog-
nize, then took over the job of tuning
the nitters' eyes for the SIants of Grove.
Bill Walker. ace Southpaw of the New
York Giants. borrowed for just this
sort of duty because Wild Bill Hallahan
is the only eft-hander on the Cardinal
roster, took his place in the box He
caused the Cardinals all sorts of trou-
Die. forcing them to lift casually to the
half dozen outfielderS roaming the outer
stretches or hit into the dirt Of the
infield.
Athletics Leave DugOut
While the Red Birds were still trying
to get real hold on Walkers slantS,
the Athletics filtered out of their dug
outs in bright. new ensembles that fea-
tured gaudy blue caps and blue stock
ings. They stood around. tossing balls
back and forth to warm arms, but
their eyes were mostly on the Cardinal
batters and they smirked knowingly as
they watched the Cardinals struggle
with walkers offerings and thought
meanwhile of the speed and curves Of
Robert Moses Grove
While the great hitters AL Simmons
Jimmy FoXX and Mickey Cochrane
posed for the batteries of cameramen
who charged on the field at the advent
of the Athletics, Waite Hoyt veteran
of half 2 dozen world series pitching
duels as a member of the New York
Yankee staff. warmed up with a mascot
and Eddie Rommel. the knuckle ball
star found a Temporary battery mate
in Earl Mack. son of the AS leader.
thought that Hoyt. because of his ex-
perience, might be Macks surprise
choice his early appearance and gen
eral activity. apparently eliminated him
as pitching possibility.
Sentiment Shifts to Earnshaw.
Sentiment among the players and
experts shifted to Earnshaw as the Ath-
leticS. the CLINT of conquering Romans
in their eyes, charged up to the batting
box for a few practice slugs. Hoyt
pitched to the first batterS and the
crowd although still remembering the
feats of Simmons and FoXX in the last
world series, gasped as the AS slug
gers cloated the Ball on a line to the
distant spaces.
Derringer. the big rookie who is the
center of a situation as full Of dramatic
possibilities as any in the history OF
the Fall classics, was hailed on all
sides as the Cardinals left the field
entirely to the world champions. He
seemed perfectly at ease. a big nom
chalant farmer boy. and he had all the
answers ready to the halls Of the
rooters.
II developed that Gabby Street will
choose either SparKy Adams. his reg
ular third baseman. or Andy High.
his relief man. when he finds out
Macks starting pitcher. If Grove got
the assignment. Adams, despite an in
iurec ankle was due TO play, while
High was the choice if Earnshaw did
the AS pitching.
I'D like to be in there" Andy said
as they left the field But not at the
the greatest season of his career, It'll
be a shame if he's net able to make
this"
Bottomley was fun of pep and con-
fidence
Scarcely since the first of the dia-
mcnd'S great heroes, now shrouded by
dimming memories swung into action in
the earliest of these Fall battles. has
there been a setting so tense in its
dramatic possibilities and so wide in
its appeal to base ball men.
Only once before has the history of
the historical series recorded anything
10 compare with the choosing of Der
ringer g the No. pitching hope Of the
Cards lck in 1909 another young
ster, E. Adams. stepped into a series
starting role, with the Pittsburgh Pi-
rates against the Detroit Tigers. He
"on three games for the Pirates and
VS. the sensation of the day. but he
he + been tried out in the majors twice
before. although his service had been
brief beth times.
AS 8-tO-5 FavOriteS.
Cardinal injuries. plus the all-round
impotency of the National League
champions in recent series, have aided
in marking the Athletics an 8-to-5
favorite to make history IN the present
classic. Only Joe Boley, limping from
leg injuries, has been replaced in the
Philadelphia, ranks that Won the world
championship in 1929 and 1890 Dih
Williams young, fast and a good hit
ter, has taken Boleys place at short
stop.
The Cards, on the other hand. are
seriously hit by hurts. Jess Haines.
the big right-hander, who outpitched