Evening Star Newspaper, October 5, 1929, Page 24

Cubs A CITES CLUB’S LEADERSHIP BOTH AT BAT AND AFIELD Kiki Contends Figures Prove Championship Caliber of Windy City Entry, Especially in View of Tough Luck Due to Injuries. BY KIKI CUYLER, ~ - This is the second of three comsecutive world series stories by Kiki Cuyler, star player of the Chicago Cubs. His first story, yesterday, gave his opinion of the Athletics, adversaries of the Cubs in the series. Today Cuyler sizes up his own club. In the third story, tomorrow, he will cam- pare the teams and predict the result. During the series Cuyler will write a daily dispatch for this paper. 3 THERE seems an opinion among base ball fans throughout the country that the Cubs had quite a bit of luck in winning the National League pennant this year. Just why this is so is more than I can understand. ’ One needn’t take a second look at the latest set of averages to dispel this belief. The averages show the Cubs in front in batting and fielding and they have three of their regular pitchers right up at the top in the league’s pitching records. How can a team that leads in batting, fielding and pitching be described as lucky to win a pennant? I wish to state right heré that in my opinion the Cubs won be- cause we had the best team in the league this year, and for no other reason. The more I think of it the more I wonder why we didn’t win by a wider margin. I don’t mean to say that in any bragging way; it's true, as shown by the figures of the year. As a matter of fact the cubs had just about the toughest luck of any team in the league, and still they won the pennant, and did it more easily than any National League team in years. Have the fans forgotten that for almost the entire first half of the season we didn't have a catching staff? And catching is just about the most im- Fortant thing on a team. At least it's next w pitching. We started and finished with Gabby Hartnett, our star catcher, nursing a sore arm, He never caught a game un- il we,had clinched the pennant. For the first half of the year, or until we got Zack Tay- lor about July 8, we had to depend mostly upon a re- cruit catcher. ‘The Cubs didn’t strike their real stride until Taylcr got fixed on the job and gained the confidence of all the players. Then the pitchers began to go in true form, the fellows started to hit better and the defense of the team tightened up. In a short time we had taken a commanding lead, and ‘we never were headed. I believe the Cubs are more power- ful than even the enthusiastic Chicago fans think, and those fans have given KIKI CUYLER. base ball followers in every other city a lesson in enthusiasm, confidence and loyalty. There never was anything like t. I am wiling to admit that Grove, | Walberg and Earnshaw of the A’s are great pitchers, and that their presence on a team makes it strong. But what about Bush, Root and Malone? | Their records in the National League are almost as impressive as the & of these three Mackmen, and I wish to state again, as I did in my first story. that I think the batting in the National League on the whole was superior this year to that of the American League. So Bush, Root and Malone were facing heavier sluggers than were the Mack- men. In a league of heavy hitting lc’.mfi the Cubs were the heaviest hitters of all. We have, without doubt, & strong attack, and we also have a strong pitch- ing staff with three great hurlers in Bush, Root and Malone, to say nothing of Blake, Carlson and Nehf, who may be heard from in the series. There seems no reason to speak of the Cubs’ defense. It's the best in the National League. Our infield is of the highest class. It leads in double plays. And it mustn't be forgotten that we had to finish the pennant drive with a substitute first seman for Capt. Grimm, a fielding wonder. Fans can set it down right now that no luck assisted the Cubs in winning the flag. They won because of superior hitting, stronger pitching and better fielding. (Copyright, 1929, by North American News- paper Alliance.) A’s Will Be on ‘ For Series, This is the second of three pre- liminary world series stories by Al Simmons, sensational player for the Philadelphia Athletics. Yesterday he pave his impression of the Chicago Cubs. Today he sizes up his own team. In his third story, tomorrow, he will compare the teams and pre- dict the result. During the series Simmons will write a daily dispatch Jor this paper. BY AL STMMONS, Athletics' Outfielder and Leading Run Maker. HE Athletics are ready for the Cubs. So far as I can see, a team fit in mind and body for the big test of the base ball year will represent the American League in the world series games against the National League champions. ‘What I believe I can say: Connie Mack, our manager, considers his full strength will be on the fleld of battle at Chicago Tuesday afternoon. The Athletics have coasted along three solid weeks, and every fellow on the club is “on edge,’ as they say, for what will be & new experience for all of us wio are expecting to start. I want to impress upon the fans right away that I think—and I know every one of my mates 5 agrees with me— that the Athletics 5, g0 into the world series with a well balanced club. I can’'t see that we have an outstand- ing weakness in any depaiiment. Take our infield, defensively. _Foxx on first and Bishop on second may not be on top in the averages; but they are in there doing their work ewvery minute. I don’t care what any one may think about Al Simmons. averages and what is called “color.” What we ball players want to see is the first and second basemen who “‘come up with the hard chances in the ;:uncha." Foxx and Bishop fill the bill or us. 1 have read and heard stories about Joe Boley which made it appear the Athletics’ would come off second best at shortstop. My only commen!, about rumors concerning this and that weak- ness in Boley's work is that I'll promise u that when the series is over they’'ll talking and writing about our short- stop's defensive class, whether we win or lose, Joe Boley is “a ball player's ball player.” By that I mean we fellows out there working with him know how he makes hard plays look easy. Jimmy Dykes can_play any position in the infleld and play it well. But be- cause of the power in his throwing arm and his fighting spirit, which makes him go the limit to “get his man” I rate Dykes stronger at the hot corner than at any other mfllflm\. As T am one of the outfielders"T shall be modest in talking about them. I as my opinion, however, that George Haas will go as f: direction to make a catch as any.cen fielder in the game. Bing Miller is a star, too. He's steady and reliable. Cochrane Has No Equal. ‘Mickey Cochrane has no equal as an kn e suye "about Mike body thi or says uf like, !ll!)l'l who_know base ball will back ‘me up when I say that our maskman over- No human being is, perfect, no matter what his line. But the flaws in the defense of the A’ couldn’t have been so serious this We won the pennant, which sta w% as the best team in our league, say ‘what you please. ¥ * Conicerning our tehers, results count. George Earnshaw, Lefty Grove and Rube Walberg won something like the ‘Razor Edge” Asserts Simmaons Howard Ehmke's side-arm stuff is | effective against “f. type of hitter when the slim pitcher has control. I feel sure he’ll have it if he opposes the Cubs, Also there are Bill Shores, right- hander, and lefty Yerkes, youngsters | who have done fine relief work in close | quarters. I'm a young fellow in base ball and can't go back so very fa But my judgment is that no American League team ever entered-a world series before with a pitching staff like the A’s have this year. Mack can give the Cubs assortment of stuff—blinding speed. sharp curves, spitters, knucklers and | puzzling side-arm_hooks and dij The Athletics an athlete who knows how and when to run. chants, and no man on our team clogs the base paths. in base ball. plate with his mind made up to | on” a pitcher must_ haxe exceptional control to chuck over three that can be called strikes. Max wasn't in his stri e of the time this year because | asn't feeling just right. - But he's in } | good shape now and anxious to do him- | | self justice in the series. Watch him 0! | g There is no soft spot for any piteher | in our batting order, including our ! pitchers. I have to include myself there. I hope you won't think I'm | bragging. I may not hit in the world series, but I did have some luck in the nnant season. pe'l'he ‘Athletics have the punch to swing freely and knock as many runs and extra-base hits as any club ln’ the majors. But we can switch our| attack in a tight game and go for that one run with bunts, place hits ‘behind a runner, steals and 1 suppose it is true that we are known as a slugging team. kind of game I prefer. short series w& feel we meet conditions as they may arise. There is the matter of experience. hear so often that the Cubs have it all | over us because they have more old | campaigners in the game, several with | world series records. Xouth Is ne Handicap. The youth of our players or the lack of experience is mot Worrying us. can’t imagine any world series putting a team to test more than the battles we have had with the Yankees in their big stadium in New York and in our own series . game is no different from one | it 5 talender O% ghten e herl ball player 4 , d:ltpl:xiamydé'.nnmtur‘:&nme conditions. e e Siomt e e and the pressure n of we have refrained from falking about the Cubs and the series. All sorts of questi guess some of the’fans at us. I reporters thought we were -hatt] THE GOOD GRAY JUDGE. ' —BY FEG MURRAY Jlopgs [LNDIS / cl.%(z' AS ARBITER ELEGANTIARUM” OF HAT PoST-SEASON CLASSIC, THE ps. have in Bing Miller | & one of the league’s leading base stealers, wilson ‘We have several speed mer- | Grimm VORLO SERIES. oo™ -y ON LAST AuGUST 3C. HOOT, if you must, this old gray bean, But help keep America’s - pastime clean” —s0 might that venerable apostle of base ball purity, Judge Landis, have said at one time or another since 1920, when he was appointed com- missioner of National Professiona! Base es, Many storms ::ve raged about his white-thatched ad. - Appointed at a time when the “National Pastime” (then base ball, but now golf) had lost the confi- dence of the public because of the “Black Sox" scandal, Kenpsaw ‘Mountain Landis has helped _the game resume its place in the affec- (13 Player. Gonzales Tolson . Penner Schulte Carlson Beck Malons Blake Bush Root anr;xaranmanrrrrrazwwar Passed balls—Taylor, 5; Schulte, 5; Gonzales, 1. AN ARDENT GOLF ‘DIVOT-TeE, AND SCORED HIS FIRST BIRDIE AT LACONA, New HAMPSHIRE, tion of the people and restored the turnstile clicking industry to a po- sition undreamed of even by the magnates. (Criss of t Babe Ruth?" « thought the lively ball did that” etc, etc.—Never mind, _children, you've gotta admit the Judge has ‘been the b2st commissioner base ball has ever had!) “The Judge” will be much in the public eye these days, with the world series fust around the corner, and the , but good-humored gent with the old battered felt hat and the shock of white hair will be seen bustling hither and yon, wav- ing his cane in friendly greeting or in a wrathy gesture at friend or foe, and enjoying the spotlight as much H. [3 220 168 172 R. 5 151 88 105 .ouu.».euu oo e as a John Gilbert or a Barrymore. ‘The world series cannot go on until the Judge is in his seat and has later stood up before s battery of cameras to throw out the first base ball. And, officially, it never rains until Judge Landis has given out his opinion that it is wet enough to call the game. A “great guy, this 63-year-old Ohioan, who served for 17 years as a United States district ju He was big enough then to fine the Standard Ol Co. $29,000,000 and, as base ball's boss, to punish the game's most popular re, Babe Ruth. More power to you, Judge! Here's hoping your golf game improves as base ball has done under your com- missionership! COMPLETE RECORDS OF CUBS, NATIONAL -LEAGUE CHAMPS HR. TB. RBL 0 Tt A 11 4 Pet. 0 462 2 143 102 103 152 1 90 29 8 5 8 45 41 50 17 17 1 6 b 3 8 1 4 3 15 8l acoscccccosuscoccunnanncy 5244 954 1 1,500 301 7 4,388 877 303 4,126 1,825 T 1§ safe to say the Chicago Cubs are the best balanced team to win the National League pennant since John McGraw's run of four con- excel P Athletics. - From start to finish of the [, sramemcs | y merican League pennant race the Cubs have been a slashing team, and once the proper combination of players was found, the Bruins mauled both right and left- handed pitchers, with little favor shown to any. The Cubs are a fine base-running team. Hazen Cuylef leads the league in pilfering, and the cnw-*:m- as a team hooked 97.sacks. The! and alertness on the bases may a big asset in the serles, particularly when there are so many sluggers following the speedsters to bat. In the field the Cubs have performed well, and have ground out 159 double Flyl. ‘That, of course, is no record, but it 5] for the skill of the Bruin in- fielders, particularly when Joe Mc- Carthy was forced to do much shifting during the early part of the season. ‘That skill in double plays may well be - the deciding point in the series. Chicago, which will finish the season with a batting average of over .300, ded out a tremendous number, of hits. Hornsby, of course, has been the chief offensive factor in the Cubs’ Cubs Best Balanced Team to Win National League Championship Since Giants of 1925 success, and if he continues his regular season’s play in the series the Cubs will make a mi effort to win the title. i 's_pitchers mostly are right- handers. but they have proved effective against all types of bat! . Bush, Ma- lone, Root and Blake will compare fa- vorably with any four in the game, and they are veteran hands at pitching in tight and important situations. 2 ‘The Cubs are a fine base ball club, have a fine spirit and are led by & really inspirational manager. 'y showed a fine fighting spirit during the early days of the season, and then played steadily once they had assumed the . The Cubs have tremendous in every department of the game, and are calculated to give the Mackmen a rough battle. ‘The only- prediction safe to venture in face of the cold figures is that “the series will not be decided in four games” this year, as it was in 1927 and t':"'n'?fe" :he ‘Yankees overwhelmed e National League representatives. ‘The Cubs are not beaten that easily and neither are the Mackmen. This be 2 real fight. them when we declined to u asked me what would bj at i fii Manager Macl no what we should do or say in t] between the clinching of the t_and the start of serjes. But he suggested that we rel mentally and physically,” as. much b He wanted us to start tle as “just another bal 1 will put this question up as it seemed to me Manager wanted me. to_look ‘at it. Su : constantly had in mind it pitcher might throw up to me world series, or whether I would from first if Foxx hit one outfielders? I'd be & fit mental hazard any gE® ot i 5 g 3 g8 § wh he ; J In every game the bastman and base- runner must do on-the-: ing. You ean’t in advance what you will do under. any circumstances. 1 believe our three weeks' relaxation “razor edge” for the world i 'GRIFFS FACE RED. SOX . SURE OF FIFTH PLACE i‘!i’ Y i #H 5esi g£s MACK DOESN'T KNOW WHO'LL PITCH FIRST By the Associated Press. BIG LEAGUE CLUBS INLAST WEEK END Giants Retain Opportunity to Beat-Out Pirates for Second Place. By WILLIAM J. CHIPMAN, Associated Press Sporis Writer, PTER five days in hiding for most of the big league clubs, the entire enrollment of both circuits returns to action to- day to begin the final week- end program which brings the 1929 to conclusions. The Cubs rom the Reds, 6 to 3, in 10 innings, and the White Sox cuffed the Tigers by 14 to 6 in the only two contests decided yesterday. ‘Three other games were scheduled yesterday. ‘The Giant-Philly fray at Baker bowl was washed permanently from the schedule ag the teams already were down' for two games this after- d the Brown-Indian tiit in St. put over because of rain. It irt of a double header tomor- row. e Cardinal-Pirate argument at Forbes Field was, delayed until this afternoon to make a bargain counter a 3 John McGraw retained his chance to finish second, even though his game with the Phillies went into the dis- card. As a matter of fact, this slen- der ibility was strengthened a bit e cancellation. Before the game Y L Giants were con- fronted with the task of winning four while the Pirates were losing three. The clan McGraw now has only three contest to wini, but, of course, the Pi- rates must lose all their three to help the Polo Grounders. A sweep for the Glants and three re- verses for the Pirates would leave the clubs in one of those “virtual ties” with the Bucs in games, but McGraw would gain an edge in percentage through having won one fewer and lost one fewer than his Pittsburgh rivals. The Pirates will go through 158. The Cub victory yesterday went to the credit of Chariie Root, who relieved Bob Osborne when the Reds tied the score in the eighth. It was Root’s nine- teenth triumph. Eppa Rixey went the route for the Redlegs, but became wild in the tenth just before Stephenson and ‘Tolson reached him for singles. Rogers Hornsby got two hits in two_official times at bat, lifting his average 2 points to .381. He stfll could nose out Babe Herman for second place, but neither he nor Herman could seriously threaten Frank O'Doul and his mark of .396. officiated egainst the Tigers for the White Hose. . He eased up after he gained a good lead. SPORTS. nnexed National League Flag Strictly on Their Merits, Asserts Cuyler MACK’S SLAB STAFF BEST HE’S HAD FOR BIG SERIES Nine Seasoned Flingers Give Connie Confidence. Points Qut That Grove and Walberg Have Turned Back All Types' of Hitters. BY CONNIE MACK, Manager of the Athletics Since 1901 and Seven-Time Pennant Winner. ITCHING always bulks big in a world series. If you look back and examine the records of these October games, you will find that in nearly every case one or two flingers stood out so big that they decided the issue in favor of their club. In 1905 it was the late lamented Christy Mathewson, one of the mightiest of boxmen, who carried the Athletics to defeat. He shut us out three times. $ In 1909 Babe Adams won the series for the Pirates by defeating Detroit three times. In 1910 Jack Combs downed the Cubs three times and the Athletics became rulers of base ball. Chief Bender accom- plished the Giants’ fall in 1911 and 1913. Coveleskie scored three triumphs over Brooklyn in 1920 to make the Cleveland team world champions. These are just a few instances. It's been that way all the time. Giants will play only 151 games, but the | Dutch Henry, the giant refugee saved | | from the minors by Charles Comisky. | Therefore it gives me a lot of confi- dence when I can say that I never be- fore approached a world series with such a wealth of good pitchers. I have no fewer than seven time- tested pitchers who are capable of opening the world series this vear at ‘Wrigley Park. They are “Lefty™ Grove and George Walberg, left-handers, and George Earnshaw, Jack Quinn, Howard Ehmke, Bill Shores and Ed Rommel, let out one secret now. I am not going to give my inkling of my choice for the first game until 1 ask Bill Gleason to hand him a ball to warm up 15 minutes before the opening game starts. A lot of talk has settled in cold type about the ability of the Cubs to tear the pitching of left-handers to shreds. Admitted- ly they have done this thing in their regular season against National League | portsiders. There is a feeling in some quarters that the Cubs may do the same thing to Grove and Walberg, who are un- doubtedly the best left-handers in the American League. One writer predicted that I might be afraid to use either Grove or Walberg at all in the series and depend on right-handers. This writer pointed out that I did | not use Eddie Plank in the world serles of 1910 against the Cubs, al- though Plank at the time was at the height of his career. | All Look Alike. These doubting Thomases overlook the fact that the American League has Connle Mack. Overshadowed by coming world series, l ,thelr league in double-plays. when one of these two-ply killings the great shortstops in his league. English has a t throwing arm, and so has McMillan, over at third base, and with Grimm in the game the Cubs have a faultless infleld. Grimm is the best kind of a target for the infielders and his ability to handle hur- ried or bad throws is well known. The outfield pa- its territory figure outfleld as he is at bat or on the bases. ‘There is no throw- arm in base cut out. Wilson has come to be regarded as a J . home-run hitter, and a hard-s Ing figure up at the plate. Consequently the fact that he can go and get them in the outfield has been lost sight of. Yet Wilson has made more sensational catches in center field this season than he has sensational long-distance wal- Stephenson wasn't much of 'an out- fielder when he joined the Cubs in 1926, but he persisted in challenging every- ight now there are a lot worse Iders around than Stevie. © Deom’t Err Consistently. As g ball club the Cubs are not er- ratic in the fleld. The boys make their errors, the same as any other players, but they have yet to show any signs of ation _of the Athletics is ball club whose methods "mmx of the alone I presume ive strengths. has had its er- it hasn't the steady- G Hornsby. S e A | £ £ 5 gii. il : i e ?ga' =8 it as great an al ler. These are y opinions, SO imagiie.the be backed uj ' mm-':-mu ‘one 15 inclined {0 the way 1 a tell & gll::alndhwrmmmpel change my mind. That pitcher starts to worry and wonders what has e > 'BOSS POINTS WITH PRIDE TO CUBS? TWIN KILLINGS' McCarthy Defies Any Club to Show Better Record on Defense Than His—Wilson’s Fielding BY JOE McCARTHY, Manager, Chicago Cuts, National League Champions. N these days of long-distance hitting, and plenty of it, no one, seems to worry much about fielding or defensive ability. And the involving the Cubs and the Athletics,doesn’t 969 find much discussion of defensive strength. Nevertheless, smart flelding is still as item to be considered chances, and the Cubs know 85 All season long, they have been right up among the leaders in More than one rally has been nipped what to do afield. I'm willing to stack the defensive ability of the Cubs against the Athletics or any one else. 1 The combination around second base of English and Hornsby is as smooth working as any in either league. ‘000 | 2nd a great pivot man on double-plays. fluence on English, the youngster who took his place this year among | His Long Bingles. in estimating any club’s came along. Hornsby is a finished player He has had a steadying in- weight.” had carried the club to a National League pennant just didn’t hit at all in the series, and if it hadn’t been for two players who weren't regarded as hitters at all the club’s average might have sagged as low as the record for batting average depth in world series Pitching had something to do. with that no doubt. And even the Cardinal pitching, though losing every game, was able to restrict all but two of the Yan- kees to subnormal hitting. For the Athletics’ pitching to -stop the Cubs something will have to hap- pen that did not materilize in an entire season's play in the National e. “That is the effectiveness of left-handers against my ball club. An American League viewpoint will probably be that the Cubs haven't hit against any left-handers, such as Grove and Walberg. I could argue that the {=Athletics haven't hit against any right- handers, such as Malone, or Root, or Blake, in any given les. I'd hate to think that the pitchers are going to be so effective in ‘world tamed. This would upset all calcula- tions of many, but it is just as well to be prepared. Good pitching will stop any ball club, but, speaking for the Cubs, I'll have to say that the kind of good pitching that will stop them for any great length of time hasn't yet put in its appearance this year. (Copyright, 1929, by the Christy Walsh Syndicate.) - HORNSBY GAINS GROUND IN SECOND-PLACE RACE By the Associated Press. l G AB R H M! 152 627 147 248 .”GI 141 570 111 300 367! 147 509 122 181 .356 | Ruth, Yankees 133 491 121 170 .346 P { TWO NO-HIT CONTESTS . IN ROW FOR PITCHER BATON ROUGE, La, October 5 (#). —Joe Amadee was just another small town semi-pro pitcher until-he hurled two no-hit, no-run in succession. Amadee went to mound for Mor- g‘n-lnmnltheauuflnm “Pointe Coupee Parish world series,’ and became the hero of & h&’ | this { uniformly good all season. The Cardinal sluggers who " ] series that all the hard hitters will be | Thi no end of sturdy and dreaded right- handed batsmen. An examination of the records of Grove and Walberg shows it doesn’t make any difference to either pitcher whether the opposing batsman hits right-handed or left- nded. All through the season Grove and Walberg had great success against the best of American League right-handed hitters. Unless there are injuries or {ll- ness, there is no reason why I shouldn't employ them both during the series. Then we have five top-notch right- handers who have delivered their share all through the pennant race. While some have not worked as often as the others, still when called on, they never failed me. There were times last sea- son when I had to call on a right- hander who had not seen servi 0 days or more. It was a vif uation and we needed the victory. Invariably that right-hander won the game for us. George Earnshaw, big as a moose, been out right-handed ace. has beaten everybody before him year and adds to his value by the fact that he can be worked out of turn and still do his best. It i85 always a comfortable feeling to a manager to have a man of Earn- shaw’s type available for an important set of games. You feel that you have a dependable man to go in at any time, if things go wrong. Earnshaw is one of the most willing pitchers I ever had and just now he is in the best of condition and ready/ for a siege, if necessary. We clinched the pennant so early that all of my regular pitchers have had a chance to get rested. They have been worked just enough to keep the edge from dulling. For that matter, McCarthy has been able to employ the same tactics with his pitchers. While Earnshaw has won more games than any of the other right-handers, it must not_be overlooked that Quinn, Rommel, Ehmke and Shores have also done good work and are all set to face | Cub swingers. Quinn Still Reliable. Quinn is one of the few pitchers left who is able to dispense a spitter. He has an extremely baffling delivery, - cially to opponents who have seldom faced him. Quinn is past the 40-year mark in age, but he is still & flinger, and I feel sure he will do good work in the coming games. Ehmke has not pitched often, but has delivered some remarkable games for us. It seems he always rises to the situation. In an important game against a pvknwer(ul opponent he does his best work. Rommel is the coolest pitcher in the American League. He is never abashed by men on bases or breaks that go against our side. Doing relief work he is a gem. Rommel helps win his own game by his uncanny knack of fielding his position. He is another Mordecai Brown in this respect. ‘Then we have Bill Shores, young Texas right-hander, who has pitched Either as a starting pitcher or a relief man he has_proved, useful. Shores has lots of stuff and knows how to use it. As I said before, I am not going to announce the name of my pitcher in ng:fice.wrhmm is no reason why I sl . seven men to draw from,: I ;n l;lold back. closing I might say that I appre- ciate that the Cubs are well z\lplgmd with heavy hitters, and must always be regarded as dangerous, but I think I have both in quality and quantity the roper pitching to hold them back. (Cobyrisht, 1929, b the Christy Walsh 2 PLAY THIRD GAME OF LITTLE SERIES By the Associated Press. erican Assoniation ican - nant winners, will resume their ;[P}’tfll‘n :}‘\; 3::011:: v;lm'l;l1 series -at 2 o'clock this n, hooking up in the gnmye é';a:he series. P % e ‘esf y was an off day in schedule, affording the Red Wyln( bb::.: of strategy opportunity to .formulate plans to add another victory to the 11-to-2 lambasting handed the Blues Thursday, while Manager Zwilling and his Blues ruminated over the one-sided defeat with a view to forestalling any such powerful batting attack as was unkashed by Southworth’s men in ;my'scf:m;. ansas City barely eked out a vic- tory in Wednesday's opening game, 4 chnl:fis played by the New willing has chosen young L Nelson, Fargo, N. Dak., ht!hnndy:: to l;.‘lr;hwdltyo'l nn;:il while South- wort] ns to use either Larry Irvin, his only southpaw, Dorringer |a right-hander. The Blues have sent fou Only Tom Sheehan, who pitehed Wed- nesday’s winning game, showed ability to fool the Red Wing batsmen. < (COLORED PITCHERS ' 'RECEIVE AWARDS: Before an enthusiastic gall - eral hundred last nhhl?‘u!:? g)l;:d t winners in The Evening Star horseshoe tournament were awarded their trophies > and medals, the being nted in the gymnasium of the Twelfth Street : Branch, Y. M. A., at the conclusion She"FRll aetties e ppoerar of e ly the proudest n . :x::l?‘:{:x B"ll'v.ll;d winner of the m: stepped up to receive hia prises. -