Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-08
Grimes Got His
Baseball Start
in Gopher State

Exceptional records in the way OF
superb pitching are being established
in this worlds series baseball games.
On Monday Burleigh Grimes of the
st. Louis Cardinals, was the hero OF
two-hit victory over the Philadel-
phia Athletics, and the following day
George Earnshaw of the Athletics, not
to be outdone, performed the same
kind of a feat against the Cardinals,
allowing them but two hits.
The splendid showing made by
Grimes was perhaps appreciated more
by Russell c.. Bailey of Eau Claire,
Wis, than any other person, for he
discovered" Grimes and introduced
him into professional baseball 10
years ago. The Minneapolis Tribune
carried the following story on Grimes
rise in baseball:
ct was back in 1912 that Russ
Bailey, then manager of the Eau
Claire club of the wisconsin, Mime
sofa league, and a player himself,
heard of a Clear Lake, Wis, youth
who was showing great promise as
a hurler. The young hurler was
Grimes, and Bailey signed him up.
Grimes made his professional debut
at Rochester, Mimi, May II, 1912,
when he was sent into the game in
the first inning after the starting
pitcher had filled the bases with two
passes and a hit batsman. Under
such inauspicious conditions Grimes
stepped in and held the Medics to
six hits for the rest of the game,
which Eau Claire won to 4.
-Four days later, Grimes made his
first appearance at Eau Claire, and
this time he lasted only five innings,
two singles and three doubles driving
him to the showers in that frame.
1.-THE next week, however, he held
La Crosse to five hits and two un-
earned runs and after that he was
the mainstay of the Eau Claire club
until the league disbanded in mid
summer.
Grimes pitched with the semi-pro
team at Austin, Mimi, the balance of
that season and went to the Southern
league the next year. Thence he went
up to the majors"
BY pitching two-hit games, the
sixth and seventh in world series his
tory, Grimes and Earnshaw have put
themselves in this company:
1906, October IL: Ed Walsh, Chicago
White Sox VS.. Chicago Cubs, 80.
1906, October IL: Mordecai Brown,
Cubs VS.. White Sox, 10.
1913, October IL: Eddie Plank, Ath-
letics VS.. New York Giants, 81.
1914, October 10: Bill James, Boston
Braves VS.. Athletics; 10.
1921, October 6: Waite Hoyt, Yam
KEGS VS.. Giants, 80.
1881, October 5: Burleigh Grimes,
Cardinals VS.. Athletics, So.
1881, October 6: George Earnshaw,
Athletics VS.. Cardinals, 80.
Cards Win Fifth Game.
The fifth game of the world series
is history and places the st. Louis
Cardinals in the lead three games to
two. During this game ''Rube" Wal
berg pitched two innings when he re-
lieved Hoyt for the Philadelphia Ath-
letics in the seventh inning. "Rube"
pitched the seventh and eighth in
nings allowing two hits and striking
out three men. He gave way to a
pinch hitter in his turn at bat in the
eighth inning.
1t might also be mentioned here
that Pepper" Martin of the st. Louis
team who has been the sensation of
this series tied an all time record for
series hits made when he made his
twelfth in Wednesdays game. Be-
sides giving him a tie with the rec
ord and a chance to break it in Fri
days game in st. Louis, it makes an
imposing batting average for the
series when it is.seen that the twelve