The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-01
FOUR-RUN RALLY IN
Third AND Summons
sock ARE CLNCHERS
Contest Was Victory for Grove,
Although He Made a Wob-
bly, Start
CARDINAL ROOKIE YANKED
Derringer Fans Four Of First
Six to Face Him But
Runs Into Trouble
CARDINAL ROOKIE YANKED

Sportsmans Park, st. Louis, Oct. /
-(P)-A four-run rally In the thir6
inning and blasting homer by big
AL Simmons in the seventh gave the
world champion Philadelphia Ath.
letics 6 to 2 victory over the St
Louis Cardinals Thursday In the
opening game Of the world series.
The victory was credited to Bok
Grove. ace of the Athletic staff, al
though he was off to a wobbly start,
the Cardinals scoring their two runA
early on clean hits.
Big Paul Derringer, the Cardinal
nominee, famed four of the first six
men to face him but his wildness got
him into trouble later. Sylvester
johnson finished the game.
First Inning
Athletics-Bishop up. A prelimin-
ary conference among the umpireA
and field leaders caused some delay.
The crowd stood for the National An
them. Haas struck out, swinging at
a low curve. Cochrane grounded to
Colbert and was out at first.
No runs, not hits, no errors.
Cards-High struck out, taking a
called strike. Roettger singled cleans
ly to center.
Frisch singled to right and Roet-
tiger dashed to third. It was a hi1
and run play and executed perfect
ly.
Bottomley hit over second base and
Roettger scored. Frisch stopped at
second. Hafey struck out swinging.
Martin hit against the right score
board, scoring Frisch and sendina
Bottomley to third. It was a two
base hit. Wilson grounded out, Will
liams to Foxx. Two runs, four hits,
no errors, two left.
Second Inning
Athletics Simmons grounded out.
Gilbert to Bottomley. Foxx struck
out, the third strike was called and
the crowd howled. Miller struck out.
He was DerringerS fourth strikeout
victim and the young right-hander
received a tremendous cheer as no
went to the dugout. No runs, no hits.
no errors, none left.
Cards Colbert flied out to Miller.
Derringer bounced to Williams and
was out at first. High singled to
right field. Connecting with an un-
derhand fast ball. Roettger fuled off
the first two pitches and then flied
to Haas, In center field. No runs, one
hit, no errors, one left.
Third Inning
Athletics-On the first pitch Dykes
singled off Gelbert's glove. It was
a sharp drive and too hot to handle.
Williams singled sharply past first
base and Dykes raced to second slid
ing into the bag. Grove struck out
with the bat on his shoulder. Der
ringer attempted to catch Williams
off first. Bishop hit to Bottomley
and Dykes was run down between
third and home. Wilson making the
putout. Williams scored on Haas
two-base drive to left. Bishop run
ming to third. Cochrane walked fill
ing the bases. With the count two
and three. Simmons worked Derring-
er for walk, forcing Bishop over the
plate. Haas and Cochrane scored on
Foxx's line single through the infield
to center. Simmons stopping at
second. Miller hit in front of this
plate and was out, Wilson to Bottom
ley. -Four runs, four hits, no errors,
two left.
Cards-Frisch drove a long fly to
Miller. Bottomley hoisted to Miller
also and Hafey struck out. swinging
at low fast ball No runs, no hits,
no errors, none left.
Fourth Inning
Afh1afyoe va,ehaA ra~oa
Lacquer over Gelbert'S head for his
second successive hit. williams fan
ned, swinging. Grove struck out,
swinging at the third. He was Der
ringers seventh strikeout victim.
Bishop singled into right, but Dykes
stopped at second. Haas was thrown
out, Frisch to Bottomley. No runs,
two hits, no errors, two left.
Cards-Martin cracked out his
second consecutive hit. a sharp single
to left. Wilson hit into double play.
Bishop to Williams to Foxx. Colbert
singled over second. Derringer struck
out swinging. No runs, two hits, no
errors. one left.
Fifth Inning
Athletics-Cochrane drove q single
to right-center on the first ball
pitched. Simmons turned off four
fouls and then struck out, taking the
third called strike. Foxx grounded
to Colbert, forcing Cochrane. GEL
bert to Frisch. Miller grounded to
Colbert, forcing Foxx. Colbert to
Frisch. No runs, one hit, no errors.
Cards-High flied to Simmons.
Roettger struck out, swinging| Frisch
bounced to Bishop and was out at
first. No runs. no hits, no errors,
none left.
Sixth Inning
Athletics-Dykes had trouble find
ing his bat. Time was called while
the crowd yelled. Dykes walked. VIII
liams bunted and was safe when Der
ringer fell while fielding the ball. It
was a single and Dykes perched on
second base. Dykes was nearly caught
off second by Wilson's quick throw.
Grove struck out on q called third
strike. Wilson again threw to second
and Dykes barely slid back to safety.
Bishop lined to Bottomley, who
stepped on first to retire williams on
a double play. No runs, one hit. no
errors, one left.
ds-Bottomley bounced to WI
uams and was out at first. Hafey
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