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The Washington times., 1931-10-09

'murimg the season. III usually
took four or five innings. to
get warmed up. I've got q big
frame. I'm built heavy. Maybe
you'd call it muScIe.bOund., But
anyhow 1 never felt free and
easy until after a couple Of
times at bat. I did most of
my hitting in the late innings.
Felt Like $1,000, 900
"But you got to be good in
every inning if you want to
do your share in this series,
and / worked hard and watched
my food and got plenty Of
rest, and that first day Of the
series 1 felt like a million dol
lars. I was nervous, sure.
Anybody who says he,g amt
nervous in q spot like that is
well, think he's just a plain
liar or amt got no heart in his
work. - 49,.
Il believe if / could bunt
I'd be star ball player. I'm
going to concentrate on that
at the next training camp. Il
ought to be able to bunts
could bring the third base1nan
. closer in then and I'd be able
to slap some hard ones past
him. I'm going to see about
that in Florida or wherever we
train. There's no reason why
can't learn to do that"
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
PIRATES DIT GIL
EMS AS PILOT

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 9.-T h G
Pittsburgh Pirates today were
without leader.
Jewel Ems, manager of the Pi-
rates since 1929, was uncondi-
tionally released from the man.
agement of the club last night
by Barney Dreyfuss, owner of
the Pirates. Dismissal of Ems,
which occasioned no surprise, fol-
lowed a brief conference with
Dreyfuss.
While no announcement has
been made, indications were that
George Gibson, former Pirate
leader and star backstop for the
Giants and the Corsairs, will get
the call to succeed Ems in the
managerial post. No announce
ment was expected from DreyfuSs
for some time.
Ems has no definite plans for
the immediate future, he said to-
day, but friends indicated he has
several chances to hook UP with
another major league outfit.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
Nick AltrOck Says:

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. 9.-Well,
folks, I am back in st. Louis with
the other experts, and this series
can go on till THANKSGIVING as
long as we get that free grub
For Thanksgiving I got another
dinner invitation, but I am open
for bids after that.
These baseball scribblers can
sure tuck away food, but you can
hardly blame them. For the next
few weeks four-fifthS Of the ex.
perts who picked the AS will be
eating their words. OF course, the
Cards have not snatched the Sc.
ries yet, but right now Connie
Mack's chances are the equivalent
of two Cinnamon.
For the sixth game the AS
pitchers will be throwing the Ma
tional League ball again. That
isn't so much of a problem to
them as how to get it around
Pepper" Martins bat.
So far this series Pepper" has
not only stolen AL Simmons
thunder, but he has also bot.
tied up Mickey COchrane's light
ming. pepper" only needs one
more day to eclipse the sun.
The AS pitchers are having a
huddle today to discover Martins
weakness. So far the best solu.
ton is four straight balls on the
outside.
guess Gabby Street will sic
Derringer onto the AS today.
That will give Burleigh Grimes
"a hours more to chew on slip
perry elm tablets and raise some
extra spit if a seventh game is
required.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
Martins S Ma Is Proud
Of Peppers Success
In Series

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 9.
Pepper Martins mother didn't
want her boy to be a baseball
player, but now she's glad about
his success.
81 didn't want him to be q
baseball player" she admits. 81
thought it would be better for
him to be q doctor or lawyer.
But he was crazy about baseball
and guess maybe he knew best.
My, how glad 1 am about his
success"
Deafness prevents Mrs. George
Martin from listening to the
radio accounts of the games.
But she devours the papers
about the world series and the
''doings" Or Pepper. Ii s''', -
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
MARTIN PROVES
CRITIC WRONG

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. 9.-The
present world series has brought
out some nice pitching from
Grimes, Earnshaw and Hallahan,
some timely hitting by AL Sim
mons and some fine defensive
plays. But all has been overshad-
owed by Pepper" Martin, the lad
who rode the brakebeams to get a
tryout with the Cards in his first
complete season in the majors, has
taken the baseball world by storm.
Martin has captured the imagina-
ton Of the crowd as has few
others.
His record is almost .unbeliev-
able. He has made IL hits in 18
times at bat four of them two
baggers and one a homer. He has
stolen four bases. He batted in
four: Of the five st. Louis runs on
Wednesday and would have a
much higher average if the old
sacrifice flY.rule were still in force.
He has knocked in two runs with
fly balls, which formerly would
not have been charged as "at bat"
Only few months ago a close
student OF the game was talking
about the Cards and was inclined
to hold their chance to win the
pennant lightly. because they had
traded Taylor Douthit to- the
Reds, leaving Martin to play cen
ter field regularly.
This kid" said the critic, is
q rah-rah boy, and that kind
of stuff does not win pennantS.
The Cards probably will lose
the pennant right in center
field"
Whoever made that trade,
whether it was Branch Rickey,
Gabby Street, or even Sam
Breadon, owner of the Cards, Ger.
tainly knew what he was about.
Martin played great ball for the
Cards through the pennant cam
paign and has risen to the heights
OF brilliance in this battle royal.
Kid May Wreck Mack'S Hopes
If the AS cannot corral the
Wild Horse today they are
doomed. The 68-year-old Connie
Mack, trying for three straight
world Championships, something
no other manager ever has ac-
complished. will have been beaten
by kid of whom he never heard
until this season.
Such is life under the big tent,
but it will be a tough blow to the
veteran leader of the AS If it
breaks that way. Mack is a phil
osopher, but who likes to be
beaten by mere kid who was
in knee. breeches when Mack was
winning championship with his
great teams years ago? I
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
COCHRANE: ILL
MATESA ARE
WORRIED

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 9.-Mickey
Cochrane, the spearhead of Con-
ME Mack's famous Cochrane-Sim-
mons-Foxx offensive, was i'll when
the Athletics arrived here.
Cochrane had an ufcontfort-
able trip from Philadelphia, due
to an attack of indigestion which
assailed him shortly after he re-
tired to his Pullman berth.
He vigorously asserted that he
would be all right and in his regu-
lar place behind the bat and in
the batting order in today's game.
but in the Mackian encampment
it was considered entirely posi-
BILE that their star catcher might
be missing when play starts.
The American League cham
piOns are as much concerned
about the weather as sailors or
farmers. They yearn for a con-
tinuatiOn of the clear, sum-
merry conditions that have pre-
vailed throughout the series so
far. ~
The fans reception to the Cardi-
mails at the station resolved into
personal ovation for Pepper
Martin. The crowd jammed the
station platform and there was
no prospect of the Red Birds ever
reaching their cabs until a Gordon
of constabulary formed a hollow
square around Martin. In this
formation Martin was successfully
extracted from the Union Station.
Mack Praises Martin
After Martin was out. of the
way the rest of the. Cardinals had
no trouble escaping and when. the
Athletics arrived, about two hours
later, there was nobody in the
train shed except hired help, COM
muters, and folks who just hap
pened to be passing through,
"This Martin is real ball
player" declared Connie Mack.
"That fellow Robe, of the white
SOx in 1906 was just as sensa: /
tiOnal worlds series perform.
er, but he wasn't anything like
as good a man as Martin. 1
was at that series. Robe was a
second rater, just a substitute.
I think they let him 90 about
the middle of the next season.
But Martin is going to be q star
for a good many more years,
Judging by what he has shown
u.s."
Last year and the year before
the Athletics won the deciding
game for the worlds champion.
ship on their grounds. This year
they will have to do it in hostile
surroundings, if they do it at all.
Conversely it is the first time
in the four pennant winning years +
of the Cardinals that the Reds |,
Birds have had the chance to win /
the deciding game on their home
grounds.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
IN ACK SAVES.
GROvEFOR
-ammmn
HMH
...-.-
By BABE RUTH

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Oct. 9-Well
here we are back in st. Louis for
the sixth round of the battle be-
tween Pepper Martin and the
team which ran away with the
American League pennant. I
know that Gabby Street and his
players will take no offense at
this remark.
If so, they'll have to blame that
Pepper Pot for keeping them all
in the background through the
first five games of the series. He
has also kept the Mackmen in the
| background.
I talked with several of the AS
shortly after reaching here this
afternoon, and they seemed conf
dent, but that won't win bah
games unless there is good pitch
ing and some base hits to go with
it. Some are looking for Grove
as Connie Mack'S choice and some
inclined to believe that EarnShaw
will be the starter today.
/ look to see Earnshaw start.
He showed himself in great
form by allowing only eight
hits in his two games, six in
one and two in the other.
He has had all the rest that
he has to have before coming
back and 1 will be surprised II
he is not the starter. That would
leave Grove for the final game OF
the series if it goes down to q
seventh game. -.
Grove has not looked good in
this series. but nobody else would
get the call over him for the
final game if Earnshaw should
beat the Cardinals tomorrow.
Pepper" Main Topic
This town surely has gone
Pepper Martin mad. Everybody
you meet wants to talk about
nothing or nobody but the player
who has made the world series q
one-man show, you can't blame
them, either. because he surely
has made this series one that
will be remembered long after
many another has been forgotten.
More power to Pepper. hope
The continues his brilliant work
right to the close of the series,
whether the Cardinals win or
lose.
I picked the Mackmen to win
because of the baseball they
showed me during the American
League season.
know all the members of
that team very well and as an
American Lacquer / still hope
they win. If / played in the
National League and most OF
my friends were with the Cardi-
mails 1 would be pulling the
other way.
But so far the Cardinals have
played much better baseball than
the AS and have deserved. the
lead which they enjoy. They are
a better team than figured they
were before the series.
Furthermore. they have taken
the lead in the series with a
really fine pitcher, Jesse Haines
unable to pitch a ball, and with
their regular third baseman,
"Sparky" Adams, out of the series
except for few innings. Now !
hear that Burleigh Grimes may
be lost to the team for the re-
mainder of the series because Of
the finger injury -
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
AS WILL Win
COCHRANE
CLAIMS
BY MICKEY COCHRANE,
Catcher, Philadelphia Athletics


ST. LOUIS, Oct. 9.-The World
Series between the st. Louis
Cardinals and the Philadelphia
Athletics won't be finished to.
day. A seventh game will be
necessary and by that time the
Mackmen hope to have proved to
the baseball public that we're
the great money players we've
claimed to be.
We've been down before just
like we are today as the
Cardinals go into the sixth game
holding a 80 lead in games. On
the other occasions we rallied
to win the crucial games and
scamper down the home stretch,
a victor. Wen do the same
thing this time, knowing all the
while that in the { Cardinals
we're meeting a team that has
been hot" for more than a
week.
Grove Is Due
Let's figure the series this way:
There are two games remaining
and we have Grove and Earnshaw
primed. Grove is overdue to give
one of his artistic performances
and the Cards haven't hit Earn
shaw hard in the five games he
pitched against them in two years.
What abOut Pepper Martin? a
All right, folks, what about Mar
tin? He's been playing record
breaking ball. He's hit every
thing our pitchers have thrown
his way. We haven't been able
to get him out. Wednesday he
beat us singIe-handed. All true.
But Martin can't keep going on
forever. No player can. Records
prove this, though to date we
haven't shown any marked signs
OF halting the hard-hitting center
fielder.
Even Martin can't account for
his phenomenal success. He just |
keeps on swinging-and away |
goes another base hit. Other
players are hitting the bah just |
as naTQ, DuC LNeyTe un1OrCuQdCe |
in, driving the ball directly at
an infielder or outfielder.
Let Martin be stopped the first
two times up in today's game
by Grove or Earnshaw and he
may realize his streak has run
it's course and that it's spent.
He's apt to begin to press, to
bear down, and alter his natural
swing. Others have fallen into
q slump.
The Athletics have the great.
est admiration for Martin. We
feet that he alone has placed
the Cardinals ahead. II
But when he is stopped-and
hope he is today-the AS will
crash through victorious. We've
stopped the others, and with Mar
tins bat silent, we'll get enough
runs to carry Grove and Farm
shaw home winner.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
Lands and "Pepper''
Willing to Trade
Positions

ST. LOUIS. Oct. 9.-Judge
Kenesaw Mountain Lands, base
oau's grand poohbah, would
change places with Pepper"
Martin, world series hero of
heroes, and Pepper is willing.
Lands, riding on the Car
d1nalS' special on the way back
here, stopped Martin in the aisle
and shook his hand, stating that
he would like to trade places
with him"
That would suit me fine,
judge" the Pepper Pot retorted,
IN trade my $4,500 a year for
your $4,000 any old time"
Lands gets Sos, 900 q year as
commissioner, -. - ,.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
st. Paul to ATTEMPT
EDen Series TOdnu

ROCHESTER, Oct. 9.-The St.
Paul Saints, American Association
flag winners, will attempt to even
the series with the Rochester Red
Wings, International League
champs, when they stage the
eighth game of the little world
series here this afternoon.
The Saints pulled up to within
one game of the Wings when
every member of the team. hit
safely at least once yesterday to
pound out a 9-to-5 victory.
The series to date is Rochester,
four wins, and the Saints, 3, with
five victories needed to take the
seriHS. r. -.l.,.-, -.-. >. -.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
Football Weather
For World Series

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. Oct. 9.-Footr.
ball weather, bright and cold,
appeared to be in store for the
sixth game of the world series
here this afternoon. Fair and
clear weather for the series is
the prediction of the United
States Weather Bureau.
The sun was shining in a clear
sky and the air has a brisk and
snappy, fall tang to it.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
Lands Is Willing

Kenesaw Mountain Lands,
the high commissioner of base
ball, accompanied the Cardinals
West on their special train, and
took occasion to congratulate
Pepper Martin on his sudden
rise } baseball fame. ..
Offering Martin his hand,
Judge lands cracked: "YOung
man, I envy you. I would love
nothing better than to trade
places with yOu."
''It's o. X. by me-" Martin
drawled back, 'I1l trade my
salary for yours anytime you
get ready" and the Judge
seemed to enjoy the instant
comeback of the -'luckiest ball
player now wearing spikes.
They are telling a naive
story about a conversation that
occurred at Shibe Park be.
tween Pepper and Mickey
COchrane last Wednesday.
Martin came to the bat 10
knock his home run, and COch.
Fane said to him, "FOr cripes
sake don't you ever pop back
o fOul?"
"Gee, Mickey" Martin said,
"I'm just in here trying. /
don't know what it's all about;
I'm in just as much of a daze
as you are"
Pepper Martin is a natural
cowboy. but in a Pullman or
around a hotel he is also 100
per cent at ease. He cares not
for the drawing rooms, or the
dance halls or cabarets. He
would rather be out in the
deer country, garbed in cordu-
roys and leather boots, chas.
ing down his favorite prey,
rifle over his shoulder and
pipe in his mouth.
He eats his big steaks and
slows away his french fried
potatoes in sublime ignorance
OF proteinS and starcheS and
carbohydrates and with utter
disregard for whatever antip-
athy one may have for the
other. And after he has par
taken, he will linger in the
lobby with happy recollection
Of work well done. a base hit
or two and a couple of clever
catches.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
Last Nights Fights

At Detroit-tJackie Fields, Los
Angeles, former welterweight
champion, defeated King Tut, Mil.
waukee 1O.
At Paterson, N. J.-Sammy
Mandell, Rockford Ull0 welter.
weight, and Joie Harrison, Gar.
field (N. J.As drew t10).
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
Frisc OSeGEs Take Tilt
From Sacramento

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9-The
San Francisco Seals won the
second game of it's series with
Hollywood here today by a 7-to-5
score. It is a play-off for the
championship of the Pacific Coast
League, the Seals winning the first
half and the Movie Stars the
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
Joe Sekyra Scraps
BrUddOCk TOni0ht

NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-An effort
will be made tonight to revive in
terest in the light heavyweight di-
vision when Joe Sekyra, the "Un-
certain" Daytonian, trades pokes
with James j. Braddock, hard
punching Jersey Irishman, in a
return argument of 10 rounds at
the Garden, ., -.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
RUTH EXPECTS TO SEE EARNSHAW ON MOUND
LGndis VIII Trade
COcItrGne Cracks
Martins Appetite
Martin and Money
HGLLGhGn's Luck
Is Series Star

ST LOUIS Oct. 9-"Pepper' Martin being called here
the national tch will get much for his world series play
ing he did for his six months toll during the regular
season.
If hes getting $4,000 for his whole seasons work. I'll
be surprised st. Louis baseball writer who knows much
Of Sam BreadOns financial policy toward his players par
culary those spending their first year in the majors
authority for the fact that the winner share something
over $ 49, will be just about what Martin got for report
ing to the Cardinals in Bradentown Fa last March and
playing through until the close Of the season September ~
The Washington times., 1931-10-09

And there's another angle to
this Martin boy that bears en-
phasis. His dashing play which
has made him the idol Of a
worshiping baseball public, has
stolen the limelight from an
other series contestant W, o,
under ordinary conditions
would have copped the cal
cium.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
THRIVING SPORT

figures show that more than
1880 trotters and PAGERS raced at
approximately 1900 tracks the
past season. Prizes at the Grand
Circuit tracks totaled In excess Of
S5Q0QO0.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
NO G. U. BROADCAST

The Georgetown New York Uni
versity football game which
will be played in the Yankee
Stadium in New York tomorrow
will not be broadcast.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
ODD GOLF MASCOT

The Apawams Golf Club has a
tame bluejay, that is the pride Of
all members. It sleeps in the pro
shop each night.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
MAKES 'EM CHAMPS

The Grand Rapids All Stars
have defeated both the Athletics
and the Cardinals in exhibition
games this season,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
Won ELM TO MEET
BURKE FOR TITLE
Detroit Golfer Saves Open
Championship Chance by
18th Hole Putt.
BY WALTER n. McCALLUM,
stan Correspondent Of The Star.

INVERNESS COUNTRY CLUB. TO-
LEDo, Ohio, July 4-George Won Elm,
the lone wolf of professional golf,
former holder Of the amateur cham
pionship, will play 80 holes Of medal
play tomorrow against Billy Burke. the
Americanized Pole from Connecticut,
for the national open golf champion
ship Of the United States.
The blond tiger from Detroit, only
business man golfer" in the world,
sank a curling, twisting 7-foot putt on
the eighteenth green Of the Inverness
course late this afternoon to tie with
Burke for the title which Bobby Jones
relinouished. Their totals were 292,
which is an average Of Is for each Of
the four rounds Of the championship
distance, and also is an average Of two
strokes above par for each Of the four
circuits of the course.
Won Elm Covers Mistakes.
Blowing himself right out Of the
championship by three consecutive SIS
OII tkAC PuA AA0A~op oSssA "AAA . W~SAA
fourteenth, Won Elm covered up all his
previous mistakes by holing the twisting
7-footer. which gained him q tie with
Burke.
That putt to tie With birdie on
the eighteenth came two holes after Won
Elm had seemingly tossed away his
chance at the sixteenth hole, where he
needed three As to tie and missed 2
foot putt for o 4 at the sixteenth. That
left him needing 4, 3 to tie, and that Is
just what he did.
Bob Jones once remarked that they
all blow during the final nine holes Of
the open championship. He has done
1t himself, and he should know. And
blow IS exactly what Won Elm did.
Standing on the tenth tee he needed
80 to win on the same nine where he
had made @ 80 yesterday afternoon: He
started to skid at the twelfth, where
he pitched over the green. Then ne
missed o six-footer ut the fourteenth,
got into the hay they call rough at In
verness ut the fifteenth for another 5,
blew the short one at the sixteenth
and the stage was set for the driving
finish to the wire.
Burke Watches Putt.
Burke was in, up at the club house,
watching ven Elm from the vantage
point Of an upstairs window. But Is
1Continued on Page 2, Column ID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
MEXICO ASKS j. s.
REPORT ON KILLING
Ambassador Teller instructed
to Get Data on Staying
of Two Students.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, July At was stated
in Government circles today that the
foreign ofiice had cabled instructions
to Ambassador Manuel Teller in Wash
ington to ask the State Department for
q report on the United States Govern
ment investigation into the shooting at
Mexican students, one q nephew Of
President Ortiz Rubio.
Orders Sons 10 Canada.
1t was stated yesterday in the same
circles that the president had ordered
his two sons, Fernando and Guillermo,
to leave the United States and arrange
for college courses in Canada.
Semi-oflcia1 comment here today was
that the instructions to Ambassador
Teller were in line with Foreign Secre-
tary Estradas recent statement that
Mexico could not consider the incident
closed with the acquital, June ~, of
Deputy Sheriff w. Z. Guess, who was
tried for the slayings.
Incident Not Ended.
Immediately following the shooting,
Mexico was informed that the United
States Government would make an
ample investigation OF the affair.
1t was said at the foreign offlce today
that Ambassador Teller had visited
Acting Secretary of State Castle to in
form him that Mexico would not be
satisfied now to consider the incident
ended.