The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-05

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Ark, pitched seven consecutive
innings in which no member of
the arrogant crowd from st. Louis
was able to reach first base. There
was one little stretch in the
course of this achievement when
he pitched to the entire batting
order of the Cardinals without
throwing a single ball" They
we're all strikes, fouls or putouts
afield.
TT hardly will be claimed That
Il the mastery of the pitchers
over the hitterS is an exciting
spectacle to observe. 1t is not an
event but state of affairs. The
emotions explode when the hit
tiers tag the ball to inaccessible
points or the great masters of the
game kick it around Unexpectedly
or otherwise fail in their duties.
Such an outburSt occurred in
the ninth when Bill Delaney,
the Cardinals catcher, froze in
his tracks at the plate, neglecting
to go after Gerald Walkers high
foul which started toward first
but was blown back into his zone
of defense by stiff wind.
Rip Collins, the first baseman,
clattered in after the ball but the
wind whipped it beyond his reach
and it dropped dead. The hitter,
who might have been out, then
knocked off the single which
brought in the tying run.
There was another delightful
accident in the tenth when Frank
F'risch, one of the greatest players
of his long time in the baseball
industry, kicked one from Geh-
ringers stick. 1t was grounder
which a schoolboy might have
handled with casual ease.
The hitters and the kickers
made the entertainment. The
pitchers, Rowe and Hallahan,
represented Illustration. They were
OUT Cnere preventing.
NNE must call on the imagina-
~ ton to appreciate the work
performed by Schoolboy Rowe. He
started nervouSly, a huge, ungain-
ly kid, who had never seen a
world series game until his own
club met the Cardinals Wednes-
day afternoon. At that time, he
was too nervous to pitch and was
saved for twenty hours in the
hope that he might cool out. In
the first three innings he allowed
six hits and two runs.
In the fourth inning he found
something in himself and re-
tired three hitters in quick sue
ceSsion. He repeated in the fifth.
Six put-outS on consecutive hit
tiers gave him nerve and conf
dence. In the sixth he stopped
them in order again and began to
realize that he was doing a better
job than the great DizzZy Dean
had accomplished on the opening
day. He went along gathering
strength and world series expert
ence through the tenth inning and
put out twenty-five men in sue
cession. This was a world series
record of some kind. The boy was
a greater man than the great
Dizzy now. He was the Great
Schoolboy Rowe.
You must understand that the
great Dizzy is a performer as well
as a pitcher. He acts a show on
or off the field. Rowe is strictly
a pitcher. He makes no unnec-
eSsary gestures, social or profess
Sional, and Dizzy's boasting, and
his confirmation of his boast, had
Schoolboy down somewhat.
IT would be humiliating thing
l. to an Arkansas boy to be
licked in his first world series
game where another Arkansawyer
had won his first one.
Now, Schoolboy Rowe can set
and whittle or drop in for an hour
at the pool hall of a winters
night back in Arkansas and tell
them that Dizzy Dean is just a
lot of biggety talk.
After his first three nervous in
nings, Rowe always was a better
pitcher than Hallahan, but he had
to work harder because his people
weren't getting him the runs he
needed. They were always fixing
to do some good, but always put
ting it off. One way or another,
they had runners on base every
inning of the game except the
eighth and eleventh. They hit or
walked or they were kicked on by
errors.
Beyond question. the School,
boys job of work this day was
gold star for his report card and
a great joy to his Paw and Nav
and his girl, who came from
Arkansas to see him.
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