Evening star., 1935-10-04
NEW HOPES FILL
COCHRANE CREW
Slab Edge on Foe Is Seen
After Bridges Pitching
EvenS Game Count.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,


Y biggest annual pageant rolled
~ up today revealing new seem
cry, new hopes and two new charac-
ters who loom as contenders for the
hero role
The scene now is Wrigley Field and
the new hopes are those of the Tigers.
following their 8-to-3 victory yeSter-
day over the Cubs. The new charac-
ters are Bill Lee of Chicago and
Eden Auker of Detroit.
One of these young men, virtual
newcomers to sport page headlines,
may decide the series, directly or in
directly, for without much question
the 1885 scrap for world supremacy
on the diamond depends on. pitching.
The Cubs, in victory and defeat
have shown a lack of power which
would prove fatal to club blessed
with less spirit, less luck and less
highly developed habit of winning.
The Tigers, as in 1934's world series,
now are playing the kind of ball in
the field that they play during the
regular league season.
SO FAR, this seems strictly pitchers
and a SNOWFALL" series and in
the next few hours the turning point
may be reached. If Lee can whip the
Tigers today. thereby giving the Cubs
a 2-to-l edge in the classic, then
Manager Charlie Grimm can go
ahead with his plan to start Larry
French tomorrow and save Lon War
neke for Sundays game.
If Lee loses, then it is suspected that
Grimm will pass up French and shoot
back Warneke tomorrow after two
days rest.
If Auker can lick the Cubs, Manager
Cochrane may gamble with the vet
eran Alvin Crowder tomorrow and
shoot back Schoolboy Rowe on Sat-
urday. If Auker is beaten, then
Cochrane may turn to Rowe tomorrow.
In one respect the Bengal pilot
seems to be better off than Grimm:
He knows that Rowe and Bridges are
certain to give the Tigers at least a
fighting chance. Grimm knows that
Warneke gives the Cubs a break, but
all illusions concerning the veteran
Charlie Root seem to be smashed def
nitely after yesterdays battle.
Grimm's Gamble Futile.
THE Cubs ganbled yesterday in start
ing the 36-year-old Root, eldest
pitcher in the series. While Charley
won Is games and lost 8 during the
National League campaign, he was
not conceded much of a chance
against the Tigers. Root is the type
Of pitcher upon whom the Bengals
have feasted all season. Even his
own teammates-Fred Lindstrom.
among them-made a pre-series pre-
diction that Root would have his
troubles. In fact. he never has been
q world series pitcher.
If Root had been able to beat
Bridges yesterday, then the series
might as well have been called right
then and there, for Grimm would have
Lee, French and Warneke ready to
grab the other two necessary games
while the Tigers, with their two best
hurlers beaten, unquestionably would
be broken in spirit.
AS it was, however. Root couldn't
get man out and with Bridges pitch
ing brilliantly the Bengals preserved
their first inning scoring spree right
down to the finish to even the series.
THUS is the stage set for Lee and
Auker, both young right-handers
and the leading percentage pitchers in
their respective leagues. Lee finished
the National League campaign with 10
victories as against 6 defeats, while
Auker had record of 1876.
Lee already has made Grimm look
good as result of Charley's purchase
Of Bill from Columbus late in 1888. but
by winning in the series the intrepid
leader of the Cubs might we'll be hailed
as sort of David Harum.
When Grimm gave S25 900 for Lee,
many critics arched their eyebrows, as
1t was believed the Bruins were get
ting damaged goods" something the
ST. Louis Cardinals didn't want Lee
had belonged to the Cards and despite
his record of Al wins against 18 losses
In 1882 and 1888 in the American
Association, the Red Birds let him go.
During 1884 he won only Is and lost
IA for the Cubs, but this season he
blossomed forth as one of the best
slabberS in the senior circuit.
Greenberg Finally Hits.
I EE would not have to be very good
to better the pitching displayed
yesterday by the Cubs. The first four
Tigers to face Root-White, Coch-
rane, Gehringer and Greenberg-hit
safely and scored.
White singled, Cochrane doubled,
Gehringer singled, and Greenberg,
after 18 futile trips to the plate in
league and series competition, finally
made a hit. 1t was a home run into
the bleachers.
Thus was the game really over in
the first inning, although the Tigers
made certain by jumping on little Roy
Henshaw in the fourth for three more
runs and a 7-to-0 lead.
Some sandlotter-ish fielding by Hank
Greenberg in the fifth helped the
Cubs to get a run. and in the seventh
the Bruins managed to put together
two of their six safeties off Bridges
and o base on balls for two more runs,
but they were licked. The final tally
was made in the Bengals' half of the
seventh off Fabian Kowalic, who was
far and away the best hurler to work
for the Cubs.