The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-06


When the Yankees played the
AS in the final game of the season,
Dusty Rhodes held them to seven
hits and we beat the Mackmen, 10
to /. The following day, Collins
and Dudley of the Phillies shut
them out, 5 to 0. The scores made
us wonder if a batting slump was
on, for the AS were trying to do
their best in hitting. Then came
the world series and they have
been held to three hits in one game
and two hits in another.
AS Bats Fail
Granting Hallahan and Grimes
all the pitching skill that they
possess, and both are high class
fingers, no pitcher in the game fig
ures to nold the AS SO helpless as
they have been checked recently.
Two shutouts, a two-run and one
run game have been pitched against
them IN their last five starts, and
in their Is to triumph in the series
opener last Thursday, they were
BANKED in seven of the nine in
nings.
They will have to snap out of that
hitting slump quickly or they are
cooked, so far as this series goes
Perhaps the Cardinal pitchers will
continue to pitch such good ball
that the AS can't snap out of it.
Grove took no such poundings
twice in any month of the season as
the Cardinals have handed him
twice in this series. His thirty one
victories during the year prove that
he ranks at the very top among
pitchers. But he has been badly
bruised by a team which did no
stand out through the season as
great hitting aggregation in its owr
league.
Grove Off Form
Watching Grove closely Monday, il
struck me that he wasn't getting hi
usual stuff on the ball. The fac
that he registered only two STRIKE
outs, is, I think, tip-off that he i
off form.
1t always is a pleasure to have
prediction come true, and in thi
world series, where so much ha
gone askew, I hope I will be par
doned for pointing with pride t
some things 1 wrote a week ag
about Burleigh Grimes.
I was incorrect in picking him fol
the Cardinals starting pitcher IL
the opening game, but my ides
about Burleigh being the hes
money pitcher in the st. Loul
ranks looks pretty good today.
1t was tough spot for the vet
eran when he took the slab Mon
day for a two-hit performance
which gave the Cardinals 5-to-.
victory and a two game to one Leaf
in the series.
He had been shunted back behinC
pair of youngsters before being
sent into the series and he NO doub
had painful membranes of th'
1880 series, when he was defeated
twice even though he pitched five
hit ball in both games.
Grimes Hurls Classic
Here was really important game
for any pitcher. Each team haC
won a game and this would put one
team ahead and impose a heavy
burden on the other. Grimes knew
the winning habits of the Mackmer
at Shibe park. He must have felt
too, that his team would be in {
bad way if it lost Monday, with thu
next two games scheduled for thu
home lot of the AS.
1t was another terrific burden
that was imposed on Grimes as h
went along to the eighth withou
a hit being scored against him
Naturally, he wanted to do wha
had never been done before il
world series play-pitch a no-hit
no-run game. He had to pu
everything he had on every ball h
pitched. He finally was touched
but his two-hit game must b.
classed with the greatest pitching
efforts of world series play.
I didn't think he could do ito
any other pitcher, for that matter
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