The Washington times., 1931-10-02
FANS BEWA|L
! ANDY:.H|GH'S S
'BONER'
Attribute Loss Of the First
Game to His Failure to Spear
Hard.hit Ball in Sd Inning
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course were disposed of more than
q week ago and the bleachers and
pavillions, which seat more than
$4,000, again gave promise OF a
capacity crowd today.
The Cardinal fans, who have a
healthy respect for the mighty
Grove, also saw . glimmeR Of
hope in the report that the great
left-hander mighty not face them
again as the result of q broken
blister on his throwing hand.
Grove, however, thinks little Of
the minor injury and says he will
be ready when Connie Mack calls.
Pray for Dark Day
The populace was hoping that
the sun would continue to hide
for the remainder of the day. feel
ing that the terrific speed Of
wild Bill" would be even
more effective. Philadelphia
boosters retaliated with the re-
ninder that Earnshaw, the AS
pitcher, doesn't throw an exactly
easy ball.
But the local fans hope to
chase away the st. Louis blues
with Tipperary Green today.
New faces will be in the
Cardinal lineup. Watkins, the
fence-busting outfielder. who bats
left-handed, being slated to play
right. It was also reported that
Gabby Street intended to start
Jake Flowers at third instead Of
Andy High.
Around third base-the "hot
corner"-the fate Of the Cardinals
may rest.
Through a perverse whim of
dame fortune, Manager Gahby
Street is being forced to play
substitute at that spot in place
of the highly capable "Sparky"
Adams, and already the second
guessers are tracing The loss Of
the first game to the failure Of
the substitute, little Andy High, to
hang on to a hard hit bounding
groundef in the fatal third In
ming"
1t was in that inning, imme.
diately after this "break," that
the Philadelphia AS rushed four
runs across the plate to put the
game ON ice. although the final
score was 6 to z, That big q"
on the scoreb0ard. seemed to
break the Cardinals fighting
spirit.
The AS definitely settled the
issue in the seventh inning when
AL Simmons crashed a home run
into the left field bleachers, scor.
ing Cochrane, who had singled,
ahead Of him. Simmons, Incl
dentally, was one, of the heroes
of the contest, both in the field
and at bat. In the eighth in
ming he raced to the left field
wall and pulled down a terrific
drive by Wilson with one hand.
It was the most sparkling field
ing play of the day.
Grove Not Formidable
Lefty Grove was good against
the Cardinals, but by no means
as formidable as many Of the ex-
perts had anticipated. St. Louis
scored their two runs in the
first inning on clean hitting.
Thereafter they nicked Grove
rather freely, amaSsing q total
Of IL hits. However, Grove "bore
down" whenever the going be-
came rough, and once the AS
had scored those four runs he
kept the situation we'll in hand.
After the game Manager Mack,
otcthe AS, paid Derringer a trib-
ute, saying he had the earmarks
Of a great pitcher. Mack's only
criticism Of Derringer was that
he "tried to do it all himself"
The experts today were unani-
nous in declaring that John
('Pepper") Martin, the Cardinals
center. fielder, played the best
'heads up" baseball for st. Louis
once the team began to trail.
The mighty Grove did not faZe
him. He made three hits in four
times up, one Of them q double
against the right field wall. He
played errorIess ball in the field
and stole . base.
The AS now have decided
edge and If the Cardinals fail to
win with Hallahan this afternoon
the handwriting will be on the
wall.