Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-06
SUMNER WEATHER GREETS
$4,000 FANS AT SF1IBE PARK
Bleacherites, Hot and Uncomfortable,
Dispense With Collars While
Watching Fourth Game.

SH1BE PARK. Philadelphia, october
6 R.-Another toasting sun, apparently
on leave from some burning day in
July. beamed down today on the color
and drama of another world series to-
day-fourth conflict in the spectacular
duel Of the World Champion Athletics
and the st. Louis Cardinals.
1t was so hot the advance guard Of
another 80 900 crowd came putting and
perspiring into Shibe Park, hats in
hand, coats tucked under arms, ties
hanging In two streamers down the
fronts Of shirts wide open at the neck.
They were hot and uncomfortable.
these 5000 faithful who must be up and
about with the dawn in order to find
haven before game time in the. dollar
rush seats in deep left and center fields,
but their enthusiasm and spirit were
undulled.
Athletics on Ropes.
Their beloved world champion Ath-
letics, with their galaxy Of hitting stars
Al Simmons, Jimmy Foxx, Mickey
Cochrane-and the great pitchers, Bob
Grove and George Earnshaw, were on
the ropes, staggering under the two sue
cesSive smashes of the Cardinals. From
nowhere, the National League cham
pionS, beaten OF by Grove in the first
game in st. Louis and conceded no
chance Of stepping the Athletics drive
to q third consecutive world title,
have come to smother their heroes with
brilliant pitching, timely clouting and
grand fielding. AS a result, even the
boys in the rush seats, although they
were taking their punishment second
honAad q tViAa them ColVoS
Glad Grimes Is Absent.
They expected today to see no such
feat of pitching legerdemain as Wild
Will Hallahan, the frail little Cardinal
southpaw, displayed In tanning their
Athletics, 2 to o, in the second game in
st. Louis or the superb exhibition
grizzled old Burleigh Grimes turned in
yesterday TO win the first of three games
here, S to 2.
So they cheered and whistled in the
sun, munched their hot dogs and swal-
lowed their pop, knowing that Grimes,
knocking on the door of world series
immortality for seven innings by al
lowing no hits, would not be back in
there today.
Whoever the Cardinals used for a
pitcher. these rush seat boys, most rabid
of all base balls fandom, expected the
AS would get more than the two hits
that robbed Grimes Of eternal fame yes
terday or the pitiful little three that
Hallahan allowed them, even though
Wild VIII was very much of pitching
possibility for the Cards today.
Earnshaw Likely to Pitch.
Although both managers were silent
as to their pitching choices, the Ath-
leticS' strategy seemed to call for Con-
ME Mack to send big George Earnshaw,
who lost out in a duel with Hallahan,
back for another try. The Cards have
beaten both Earnshaw and Grove now
in successive tries, and the southpaw
ace, who was plastered so soundly yes
terday, probably will be held out now
until If, and when, the series again
reaches st. Louis.
Gabby Street, old sergeant Of the
Cards, had two pitchers ready. One
was Sylvester johnson, a big right
handler with a curve like the sweep of a
railroad track around a mountain edge
He was the fellow to face Earnshaw If
the right-handed ace started for the AS.
Gambling strategy might send RUDE
Walberg to the mound for the AS and
Hallahan for the Cards.
Earnshaw Takes Turn.
The throngs in the lower stands and
the sprinkling of early birds in the
reserved sections sat in silence as the