Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1929, Page 87

Slurs Regarding Gameness of Philadelphia Athletics Arouse Ire of Al Simmons Loepp, New National Fly Hawk, Has Had a Steady Rise in Game ALTIMORE, September, 28.— |care to bring him along so cut the B Steady has been the 'rise of 'S T0 BE PRIMED - FOR CUB CLASHES Garden Star Confident Con- nie Will Have His Men in Fine Condition. George Loepp in his chosen pro- fession, base ball. Like all men who aspire to the best, Loepp sought the top. Now that he's reached the big show he intends to remain as one of its performers, Once before the outfielder, who drew great praise during his single season in Class AA with the Baltimore Orioles, BY AL SIMMONS, The Boston Red Sox evidently didn't was “up,” but only for a short time. \n\ce and things looked decidedly dark, THE SUNDAY STAR, wasnisuioN, D. C, SKrirwMbkR 29, 1929—PART 5. Walter Johnson, held the position of eneral manager and it was his duty go out and get the men to build up his club, ‘Therefore their standdrd position in the | Loepp hit 27 home runs for the Balti- American League. more elub in addition to 38 doubles and Geotge mpg'hu a lot of speed and | 6 triples. !I!l&vreenmo for the sea- he covers plenty of territory in center. 'son was .310. He started off ‘well He 1is the type of ball player that makes but hit & slump and never catches look easy. He’'s nonchalant in covered. his manner of shagging fly balls. | Started in 1928, Loepp is sort of taken for granted.' layer broke into base ball in th _the Kitchener Club of the d;éexéal;fl & '{fin Bt' X.:‘I.I never worry ' S oul way. 2y Michigan-Ontarlo League. His first say: “To center, oh, Lopp'l et It year gut he hit 300 and flelded well D e ettt rilots one ' he ‘mes sotd o, the Hattiesburg Club " sel wi e Orloles; one ' [e was o] al urg ul gan hit." Two days later George L0€PP | hie dropped after coming In with great of the Cotton States League in 1026 Weiss bought him from the Botod | grstn, same clrcult and hit 317. s Rl na Locop, Sha the B ?u':: Washington will not want for any- Sox ha Aarount e n o fo ot fe in ‘this fellow’s defensive play. before and evidently weren’t greatly| thing uy'.ha trouble with Oflem!vnlzl he isn't & slugger but he ts and he scores his runs. impressed. the Red Sox, they're never impressed. gets his During that time he hit .372 and played ™ e, WAs the next . Last year he piayed center for that outfit and_batted for .308. He was sold to the Boston Red Box late in the season and played in 15 games, but his batting was not re- markable, He went South with the Red Box and was sold by Carrigan to the Orioles, and spent his first year in cl:‘n A:e. & o ow up again and George says he intends to stick. He is 26 years old. v ‘Was With Red Sox. fully re- Weiss invaded Florida seeking a catcher, outflelder—in fact anything of value he could dig up. He hadn't been gone long before. he wired Fritz Maisel, the Oriole manager: “Have landed fine outfielder. Fast and player loose. Loepp, now part of Clark Griffith’s Washington outiit, should be of value to the club despite the rather dubious attitude that has been adopted by the bosses of the Nationals. Last Spring the Baltimore club went south, to Augusta, Ga., with a motley lnoklnfcgmup of ball players. The team Pl GREENBRIER IS PRESSED. e, LEWISBURG, W. Va., September 28. an | —Greenbrier Mill opened the sea- to the Alabama town for |son by defeating a fighting Blackstone weeks of the 1027 sexson. ! Military Academy team, 6 to 0. was ked to finish last in the league George Weiss, a very good friend of Athletics' Outfielder and Leading Run-Maker. HY is it so many people think the A’s will do most of the “choking up” in the world series? That burns me up! All the fellows on our club feel as I do. I think we have been in as many hot spots as the Cubs. We played before big crowds in New York and Philadel- phia in series that meant something to both clubs, and we didn’t “choke up” &t any time. - Several stories have made capital of the fact that some of the Cubs, notably Hornsby and Cuyler, kingpins on the attack, had been under world series fire. They were picked as two players who would go out there and play the same kind of ball they do in the league season. This is possible. I'm not going to predict that any man on the Chicago club will be unsteady when he gets into the world series. I don't see why any man on McCarthy's club should be trembly. I believe that any player who has gone through a long, hard grind to win the pennant, fighting in tough series “that meant & lot to his team, has proved that he has enough of what somebody named “intestinal fortitude” to take a ‘world series contest as “just another ball game.” I admit that when we faced the Yankees in an important series last September we looked bad. We went into New York holding a one-half game lead. When we left we were in second Pplace, and never did get back on top. They sald we “choked up” in that series. I will let that pass. No matter what happened last year, this is an- other year and there has been a new deal. ‘We have made up our minds to take the battles with the Cubs “in our stride.” Won't Credit Four Straight. Any team will lose now and then. Much as I would like to do so, I will not make the positive statement that the Athletics will win four world series games in a_row, as the Yanks did against the Pirates and Cards in 1927 and 1928. But I know my mates on the A’s, and I promise you every player on our club will be in’ there bearing down to win what will be to us “just another ball game.” Now and again you hear or read about “money players.” That is an- other term that has me guessing. I don't want to get into an argument with men who know more than I do about such things. But I don’t agree that any player comes through big in the clinches be- cause he is thinking of the money in- volved. I can only look at this from My own experience. Just the other day I read that the team which wins the coming series will drag down something like $6,800 a man, whiie the losing club will get $2,000 less a player. “Two grand” is not to be sneezed at. Nevertheless, I will tell you from acutal experience in important series that if I come to bat with the chance to knock in the winning run I will not be thinking about the $6,800 which will be my “take” if I do a bit of pea- shellacing. When I'm at bat in a pinch all I can afford to think about is what that pitcher may throw to me, and when it is best to “have my cut.” Cold Doesn’t Worry Him. Probably there is something in the back of my head that is pressing me on to do my best in a clinch, because of the additional money I will gee if I am successful, But I insist that I never have been a “money player” consciously, which means that gold never enters my thoughts when I am batting or chasing & fly ball. ‘The A's have been taking things easy since we won the pennant. we all have had days off—I mean the so-called regulars. At the same time, we have done enough playing to keep ourselves in_shape. I see some fans are worrying because they think maybe Connie Mack won't have his team “on edge” for the series. Don't do any fretting over that. We'll be right. Mack has had enough experience to know what will best fit his players for the series. He has put it up to each man individually. I guess he tries to handle every player as an individual. One may need more work than another. 1 know that when one of our first string players makes a desperate effort to reach a base by a slide, or does a somersault trying for a shoestring catch, I shiver all over. Suppose Miller, Dykes, Foxx, Cochrane, Boley, Bishop or Haas, or in fact any of our regulars or first-string subs, were jammed up in a way that would prevent him from taking part in the series? That would be_mighty bad. If we really needed to win games now to land the pennant, it would be different. Then an injury to a reg- ular would have to be taken as a “fortune of war.” Avoiding Unnecessary Risks. ‘We clinched the pennant two weeks ago. We want to win every game we can and keep in our stride, But we certainly don’s want to, take long and unnecessary risks that might cripple us_for the series. ‘What we have been wishing is that the schedule had been so made up we would not have so many off days. We were listed to play only seven games in the last two weeks of the season, ‘That had us fit to be tied. hzv%n u":m d:he r‘elgulan had not - played on the days when league games might have been scheduled, those who ‘were taking vacations would have been is uniform and having a workout. And they would have kept their thoughts on base I am mnot preparing anything like an alibi by referring to our off days. The Cubs have rested almost as much as we have. But I do think the A’s would have a sharper edge had we been in the old ball game—I mean the team, and not the individuals—right up to the finish of our league race. Anyhow, Manager Mack has had an opportunity to try out his reserves and rookles. The rookies will not be eligible for the series. But the reserves, men like French, Summa, Lebourveau, Cronin, Burns, e, Perkins and several of the younger pitchers, have had some workouts that may be of value to them if they are called into nccutge duty when we clash with the (Copyright, '1929, by North American News- paper Alliance.) BOWIE AND TAKOMA VIE IN INTERCOUNTY OPENER Bowie Motor Cq. and Takoma Tigers willk face this afterncon at 2:30 o'clock in a single game on the Silver Spring diamond that will be the first contest of a series of three to determine the un-{ limited class base ball championship of alnntgnmery and Prince Georges Coun- es. ‘The Tigers hold the Montgomery County title and Bowie recontly annexed the Prince Georges crown. A double-header is listcd for next Sunday 8t Powi, stailing at 1:30 o'clock, tc on 1 the s.ides. a THE STAR, with its great staft will give you the complete news . . . . . 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This stellar array will cover every detail, every play. Read THE STAR every day for complete sports news of the World Series and all sports. - K - The Star P AP B R (o] T DAYTON SQUARES SERIES FOR SANDLOT. BALL TITLE WEST BADEN, Ind., Se ber 28 () ~—Dayton outclassed Cincinnati 8 t0 7 in their second game today of the series to determine the amateur cham- plonship of the National Base Ball Fed- eration. This gave each team one , Cincinnati having trounced Day- n 9 to 2 in the morning contest. The final game to determine the championship will be played tomorrow afternoon. Score by innings: R.HE .42 0 Cincinnati . Buyionst .2 Hidotting, Cax ] pfidotting, Caze and Higler; Sommers and