Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-07
AS REVIVE UNDER
PRODD|NG BY MACK
Upset St. Louis, but Still
Lack Dash and Fire of
Their League Play.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

OOIC WORDS OlCen may nelp
i in pinch, but when a sit
uation becomes really des-
perate a kick in the neck does
more good. IT'S rumored here
about that Connie Mack, mana
ger of the Athletics, gave his
world champions just that kind of
a kick before they entered the
fourth game of the world series
yesterday. So today the American
League pennant winners were to
go into the fifth engagement OF
the set on even terms with the
Cardinals, standard-bearers Of the
National League.
Ordinarily a mild-mannered quiet
spoken, peaceable gentleman, Mr.. Nc
Gillicuddy must have been quite upset
after seeing his playboys take it on
their collective chins so meekly for a
spell, which would make any deviation
from his customary course Of conduct
eXcusable.
The performance of the Athletics yes
terday in sharp contrast to previous
performances, leads one to believe Con-
ME must have opened up to call the
boys by their first names and other
things.
THE AS plugged along In fairly de-
l. termined manner in the fourth
game of the series, albeit their work
was not so impressive as much OF thai
done by them during the winning of
the American League laurels.
The world champions yesterday were
up against no pitching of q
Grimes Of Hallahan, yet the best they
could CLEAN off flock of Card second
stringers amounted to only three runs
And back in the league campaign the
AS rarely called three runs q days
work.
Despite q prodigious homer sent
soaring over the roof of the left-f1eld
stand by Jimmy Foxx and a brace of
two-baggers included among their 10
safeties, the As were not particularly
vicious hitters. They did not hit like
the club that made so many afternoons
miserable for moundsmen in the
American League walkover. Perhaps.
though, they deserve a lot of credit
for what they did after their dismal
failure OF the day before.
They proved their gameneSS, for It
takes a game ball club to come back
after being especially fortunate in get
ting as many as two hits in the previous
game. Many ball clubs apparently as
lar down in every way as the AS ap-
peared Monday would not have pulled
themselves up to a plane Of such
efficiency so quickly.
IT was well for the Athletics, however,
i that they had on the firing line a
Y1ifHhnr IN rk a niC
George Earnshaw got out Of his system
one of the best games Of his career, 80
his teammates did not have to do much
to bag the battle. There isn't much to
be done by a club when the other club
can't find the plate.
Earnshaw had everything on the ball,
especially in the few situations when
the Cards had the barest chance TO
score. He fired that high, hard one by
the batters in dazzling manner and re-
peatedly baf1ed them with an amazing
change of pace. Most important Of all,
though, Earnshaw had excellent control.
Too frequently for his own welfare,
Earnshaw was somewhat wild during
his league campaigning. But when he
has control. he is virtually unbeatable,
and yesterday he was just that.
Earnshaw certainly was right" yes
ter6ay and Is very apt to be heard from
again before the series ends.
DEEPER MARTIN, the prancing pony
L of the National League champions.
evidently is out to steal the whole
show in this series. From the outset he
has been pest to the Athletics, and
yesterday was more so than ever.
Only Pepper stood between Earnshaw
and greater fame in world series history
than the pitcher achieved through his
two-hit slabbing feat It was Pepper
who collected both hits, one an aver
age single to left field and the other
.a+rousing double to the corner Of that
territory.
Also 1t was Pepper who made Earn
shaw, Catcher Cochrane anHrShortstop
Williams look foolish when pilfering
second base in the fifth frame after
advertising his intention to try for the
theft on the particular pitch he did so.
And 1t was Pepper who cavorted about
center field and adjacent ground to
make four catches, two especially
Despite the fine hurting being done
in the series Martin is getting the
major share of the glory. He dashes
along as though it is his series and he
intends to make the most Of it.
EvEN in defeat the Cardinals did not
~ look bad. They played heads-up
base ball afield and showed no
lack Of confidence behind pitching
they must have realized was somewhat
risky to employ against q club with
such batting reputation.
Their defense was snappy and the
one error charged against their side,
that made by Bottomley In the third
inning when he juggled a throw and
failed to cosa9lete double play, did
not unpoise tfe~Ypssaid The double
play went through imlhEc1zs after
in the most approved manner. e~y.
The Cards simply were overcome by
one of the finest pitching exhibitions
seen in world series In long while,
an exhibition superior even to that
two-hit game of Grimes on Monday.
For five innings Sylvester johnson
hurled well for the National Leaguers.
hut he came up for the sixth well tired
and each of the six batterS to face him
before he turned the mound task over
to Jim Lindsey socked him sayagely.
Almost from the start of the game
johnson had been showing his first
pitch to a batter across the plate, but
not until the sixth did the AS start
swinging at that first pitch. And
when they started johnson was done.
Neither Lindsey nor Paul Derringer
was on the hill long enough to mean
anything in the affair. But each gave
the impression that he might prove q
handy man in q relief role, If needed,
later In the tussling.