Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1930, Page 43

PILOT SEES FLAWS BIG CHIEF DOFSNT Old League Never Has Turn, Declares Prexy—Manager Likes Vet Hurlers. BY JOHN B. KELLER. HILADELPHIA, September P 30.—Though the Athletics are favored by the boys who make the books to cop the ucier part of the world series nelon this year there are plenty about who like the looks of the Cardinals and seem willing to risk some shekels on the chances of the National League champions in the big base ball classic due to to get under way here tomorrow. Neither Clark Griffith, president, or Walter Johnson, manager, of she Washington club is among hese St. Louis backers, however. To, indeed. Out-and-out Ameri- an Leaguers, these two, and with ‘hem it's the A’s to land the set zain. In discussing the prospects of the b that was given such a great fight oy the Nationals in the junior circuit sriffith is more optimistic than John- on. The big boss of the Washington atfit, who is here to take in the first ~o games, has an idea the Cards will ive the Athletics no more trouble this me than did the Cubs last year. And ae Cubs were licked in five games. “This St. Louis club is a good club.” udmitted Griffith. “It showed that in ighting its way to the National League nant in such a spectacular manner. But the Athletics I consider much ‘detter. The Cardinals are not nearly 0 dependable, in my opinion. When hey are good they are very good, but when they falter the fall quickly. Too streaky 1o suit me.” “National League? Never.” “Of course, if they carry into the orld series that spirit which brought hem from nowhere to the top of the National League in such a short time, eyl make trouble for Mack's club. [But even then I believe the A's could ick them. These Athletics are pretty money campaigners. They can jo when pressed. Under no conditions | o they slip to any great extent. ey'll win, and win handily,” said riffith. “That's the way I see it.” “How about the well known law of Washington president . “Don’t you think it's about time for the National League entry to ,fake the series? You know, a National League club has been beaten in the st three series.” “It's never time for a National League “elub to win,” riffi came back. »“What a fine question to put to an American League man! No, sir. Club, for club, right down the list, the Amer- | League is st and the Ameri- tan League winner will be the world ries winner. And the A's won't be ong in winning, either.” Johnson doesn’t agree with the owner o the Nationals that the A’s will cover the Cardinals like a hh&lk‘gt,u"fl)el . Washington manager _anticipates a | 7 hard-fought series, likely to go the| g it. He sees much strength in the . National League champions and sees some defects in the American League . winners, But he is a loyal American League man. He picks the Athletics to re another triumph. “1 believe the Athletics will win the ies. In fact, I'm pretty sure they Wil t I don’t look for them to have Boy wver. The Cardinals, in my inion, are too good for that.” So ted the always serious-minded John- “You know, I can't see that the y well.ybut their pitching hasn't en a8 good as it was last year. Aside | 'from Grove I figure any one of their | itchers is apt to go wrong. Earnshaw | 2s had & lot of trouble with his con- | 1. He didn't look very good against | ithe Washington club any time this Walberg has been an in-and- But Grove looked better than before. “Tough Going,” Bays Johnson. X “The club getting the series has to win four games, though, and getting Four games quickly with one fine pitcher . like Grove and several uncertain pitch- ‘ers isn’t likely to be done as I consider . No, sir, it's very likely to be a ugh struggle for the A's. I believe they'll win. _Naturally, I wan't to see | " them win. But they’ll have to fight all ®he way. “I ke this St. Louis club. It can it, it ean field, it has pitching and it s & wonderful spirit,” continued Walter. “A club that can take the peating it did around midseason and . then come back to climb to a league 4 thampionship has to be respected. You've just got to respect it. It had §ts misfortunes, but it overcame them. The Cardinals are hustlers on the ball ficld and that's what makes them a wonderful club. “Then again I have every respect for those two veteran pitchers, Burleigh Grimes and Jesse Haines. They are smart. ‘They're apt to keep the Ath-| letics guessing all the way. And a| club with two pitchers like Grimes and | Haines is dangerous. Watch these " Cardinals. They make a pretty good ball club. Don’t expect the Athletics to romp to a world series victory.” Fair enough. The Washington owner | pays easy. The Washington manager gays no. Take your pick—and like it. | e PHILADELPHIA PLANS | WELCOME TO HOOVER Piesident Will Arrive Just Befor:; Game Time, Proceeding at Once [ to Ball Park. | PHILADE! iIA, September 30.— officials and police heads were | ing out final details for the visit of | President Hoover on tomorrow to see 1he opening game of the world serics. | Although the plans were carefully | pening Star. 'WITE SUNDAY MORNING EDITION BIG GUNS OF RIVAL FORCES IN “CHICK HAFEY Cards WASHINGTON, “A’s Easily” Says Griffith, Jghnson “No” : Mack Hill Pick Has All G DO, WORLD SERIES TILTS THIS A.P.Photos Frank FraiscH Cards EDDIE COLLINS PINS FAITH ON GROVE AND EARNSHAW A’s Captain Confident They Can Carry Hurling Burden in World Series—Looks for Grimes and Adams of Cards to Cause Trouble. BY EDDIE COLLINS, Captain of the Athletics. HILADELPHIA, September P 30.—As the Athletics for the second straight year are - about to enter the world series, I find myself asking why S0 many experts are reluctant to admit that we are a great base ball club. iven as conservative a man as Walter Johnson, Washington manager, in my opinon the best pitcher the game has known, says we have only two players on our i ,_ Al Simmons 2 and Mickey "~ Coch- rane. He does not in clude our outsanding pitchers, Grove and Earnshaw, who be- tween them have won more than 50 games this season. ‘How long has it been since any two men ‘won on one club have that number in a year? Quite a while, 1 venture I concede that in every position but those filled by Sim- and the pitchers I mons and Cochrane, have mentioned, we may eclipsed as far as individual performers and their records go. But what matters that? At the end of our last league series in Cleveland this year, when we had about clinched the pennant, I heard manager Mack remark: “You are looking today at as good a team as I have ever had.” And that, believe me, is a mouthful. In these games Grove and Earnshaw were at their peak, and the rest of the team functioned like the well-oiled machine 1t is. It is a club Connie Mack always has believed in, even in 1928, before we our- selves realized our possibilities. It is & living example of what tolerance, untiring patience and advice have molded together. While he never had admitted it to me or to any one else, Collins, I always will believe Connie has taken | more pride and satisfaction in the development of his present champion- ship team than in any of his past winners. Team Gets Results. It has required more work, and whether the club is recognized as great | or not, the one thing that has to be admitted is that it gets results. And that is what counts. Like the base hit, it's not “how” but “where.” ‘Take every vital series last year or this, when any one club seriously threatened we stopped them. Early in the season Washington, our closest rival, beéat us seven straight. They came into Philadelphia Decoration day, and had us beaten in the morning game by 3 runs, two men out in the ninth inning, no one on base. Then things began to happen. We tied the score and eventu- ally won, We continued on and beat them in turn seven straight. That_particular game and its moral effect, I believe, were the beginning of the end 0 far as the American League Pennant race for 1930 was concerned. Assured of our pennant in mid- gusrded, it was sald that the President| geptember, naturally we have been would ariive over the Pennsylvania Failroad and probably would leave the | the outcome of the National Le train, with his party of more than 5o| gnests, at the North Philadelphia Sta- 1. ofiicial reception commitiee appointed by Mayor Mackey and escorted to Shibe Pork, a few blocks distant, by a motor ecle police escort. e President’s t:ip will be timed so % ‘o enable him to reach the base ball P : only a few moments before the ing of the game, which will be the P, . relurn, ip s rai. X ‘There he will be greeted by an! me the Proci- | watching with interest and speculation race. The two leading clubs finished as we rated them, but we missed up on third and fourth. ‘e figured to have had the least trouble with the Giants, Especially with their pitching. Brooklyn next, although we recognized in Vance a worthy opponent. Then the Cubs. (We were really pulling for this team to repeat, although our reasons were rather mercenary, because of their big park,) Lastly the Cards. In them we test he will have | believe we will face stiffer opposition than any of the three others could have =l “ Lel's see just how Sb Lowis looks: Primarily, as a team, its splendid up- hill fight and the success that has ac- companied its drive must receive at- tention. I do not subscribe to the general idea that because players have had such a hard battle to win and a drive to the wire all the last month they are apt to be all in when the world series starts. Quite the contrary, in my opinion. Any team that is all keyed up and fighting this way is likely to be tough in a short series. Cards Worthy Opponents. The Cards appear to me to be steady, experienced, very worthy opponents. Don't thnik we hold them cheap. Their pitchers all look good. But for us, so much the better. I would much prefer to face a couple of twirlers who stand out than a stafl of five or six of average ability. Certainly the group of Root, Malone, Bush and Blake of the 1929 Cubs does not suffer by comparison with the pres. ent Card lot, Rhem, Grimes, Hain Hallahan and the rest. series with the identical line-up that faced the Cubs last year. Nothing speaks better than past performance. To be good you have to repeat, and we have done just that. Of the St. Louis pitchers, if any one trouble than another I look for Grimes to be that one. seen him pitch I base my opinion on the fact that he is a spit-baller. The only man we face with this style of de- livery in our league is Red Faber of for us to beat this year. I do not recall having seen Rhem work, but Hallahan faced us at Bradenton, Pa., last Spring. While exhibition games as a rule do not mean much, nevertheless the beat- ing we gave that left-hander will not |have added to his confidence much | when he faces us in the coming series. | One man in the Card line-up I have |a lot of respect and admiration for is Sparky Adams. I remember him well Wwhen he was with the Cubs and I with the White Sox. I know he can be to a team in a pennant fight all that his | nickname implies, |, But when Gabby Street’s crowd face | the A’s they are going up against a team with greater offensive power than any they were called upon to meet in their league. I don’t care for Wilson and his home runs and all that, or any- thing else the records or averages show. When the Cards have succeeded in i putting out Cochrane, Simmons, Foxx and some others, they are going to real- ize they have done a pretty fair after- noon'’s work, Simmons is “Greatest.” I only wish I had the time and space to tell you something about the power and ability of this Al Simmons. No player in the game today is even close o him. And in base bail history he is sure’.w bde ml"“‘el‘"lec‘ circle where the great and only Tyrus reigns supreme, I thought I knew my boss pretty well, having been with and against and with him again for 24.years. But every day I realize more and more what a master he 15. I am convinced that the secret of his success isn’t only his unlimited base ball knowledge and in- stinct, but his untiring patience nad the thoroughness with which he studies and knows his players. He understands them in many in- stances better than they do themselves. He has worked a miracle in Bob Grove. Once ' temperamental and easily frri- ‘ague | tated and upset, under Connie's guiding hand and advice Bob is a new man in disposition. This is the reason for his rise to the very top of the list of pitch- ers. Once only a thrower, he now is unconcerned d unruffied when the going is tough and in every sense a real pitcher. Earnshaw, Lefty's mate, is one who ;:m;ks beu,:lr ;ha (;‘I;gu;:ae tll:hlym.mmt requently has happe: that he has worked on nuccwlvm and invariably his performance on the second day has been a winning one. Trom mv dop~ o far s our pitchers &0, one might figure that Grove and What we werc able to do with the Chicago pitchers is | history; remember, we are entering this | in particular promises to cause us more | Earnshaw, with such help as they may While I never have | the White Sox, and he has been hard | Series Broadcast By Two Stations Stay-at-home fans here K will get their fll of world series gahes from radio stations WMAL and WRC. Ar- rangements have been completed for & nation-wide broadcast of the con- m:nl:y both the Cdolur)?bi.u"B‘r“:nd; casf System and the National ‘Broadeasting Co., starting tomortow from Philadelphia. ‘Ted Husing will be heard over ‘WMAL, the broadcast starting at 1:15 o'clock. The WRC broadcast will come from Graham McNamee, starting at 1. The St. Louls broad- cast will be started by WMAL at 2 o'clock. and by WRC at 2:15. All games of the series will be broadcast by WRC. There will be no broadcast of Sunday's game by WMAL, however, another program conflie4ng with the series. R LOVGHRAN TO BATTLE. CHICAGO, September 30 (#).—Tom- my Loughren, former light-heavyweight champion, and Dick Daniels, young Minneapolis heavy, have been signed for a 10-round bout at Minneapolis October 16. THE SPORTLIGHT BY GRANTLAND RICE Picking the Winner, OST of those who like the Ath- letics in this next world series advance the following reasons: 1. The pitching of Grove and need from others. 2. The managerial craft and wisdom | of Connie Mack, now facing his seventh world series. 3. The catching and spirit of Mickey Cochrane. 4. The assaulting powers of Al Sim- mons, Cochrane, Foxx and others, in | highly concentrated form at the big moments. Those Who favor the Cardinals have this to say: 1. Here is the team that has been coming in a hurry for six weeks and has the impetus of victory. 2. More pitchers to call in Hallahan, Grimes, Haines, Rhem, ef 3 te. | A harder hitting line-up all the | way through, 4. Frank Frisch in a world series, where he is at_his best. 5. Greater all-around speed. 6. A better infield. 'HERE is logic enough back of all this rival reasoning. But the Ath- letics have the stronger case. Con- nie mack is a_ past master of world series strategy. He can sense situations quicker than any one in the game. He was directing world series campaigns back in 1905, and that happens to be 25 years ago. His teams have been in six world series And he has won four of these. He has made almost no mis- takes. He had no chance in the series of 1905, where the pitching of Matty and McGinnity broke up the serles in short order with four shutouts from five starts. ‘The matter of Grove and Earnshaw pitching to Mickey Cochrane is an- other important detail in a world series. Cochrane is one of the best catchers that ever played, possibly the best of them all. He is confident that Grove and Earnshaw will be at their best in lulifi series, able to work four games at least. The Cardinals have more pitching talent, but no two who can quite match this pair, Not Quite as Good. THI Athletics of 1930 are not quite upl to the standard of last Fall. A few of their good men have fallen ‘will carry our load. Take it from me, I most certainly think the; can do it, but what Connie Mack wiil decide to do he and he alone knows. Who ever would have guessed Ehmke, Rommel and Walberg as winning pitch- ers against the Cubs, with Grove's name omitted last year? Just as strange things can happen in 1930. (Copyright, 1930. by North Aherican News- PHEL 1 uper Allwaces. r I TUESDAY, CPTEMBER WEEK e Jim BoTTomLey Coards CHICAGO WARMING UP, TO CITY TITLE PLAY| Nearly 40,000 Tickets Sold for Opening Tilt Tomorrow—Cubs | Favored at 7 to 5. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 30.—Chicago base ball fans have been deprived of world series entertainment at home, but are warming up to the city series be- tween the Cubs and White Sox, to the extent of lining up for an advance sale of nearly 40,000 for the first game tomorrow. ‘The first two games of the intramural championship series will be played at Comiskey Park, stronghold of the White Sox. If the 40,000 prediction is fulfilled, it will be one of the few occasions of | late when so many fans visited the South Side park. Rogers Hornsby's Cubs were 7-to-5 favorites to retain the city title won in 1928, but interest was centere¢ more on one game, the first, in which it was | indicated Pat Malone for the Cubs would oppose Ted Lyons, Sox ace, in & pitch- ing battle. Scoreboard Show Big Set While countless stay-at-homes will get their world series stories over the air, there'll be thousands of fans downtown who'll have no radio convenlent and for their benefit The Star will give full service on its electric soreboard and broadcasting apparatus. James Duffy, who knows his base ball well, will manipulate the board showing all details of the game as it progresses while amplifiers in front of The Star Building will con- vey to the fans the radio broadcast from the park in which the series game is being played. To away from 1929. But there was enough strength left to beat Washington, one of the best teams in either league, down the pennant speedway. They still have two of the best pitch- ers in base ball, two seasoned perform- ers, handled by a great catcher. And they still have plenty of power on at- tack from Cochrane, Simmons, Foxx and others who can hit in a pinch. | About the Cardinals, } THERE is nothing soft or pulpy about | this St. Lols ball club. It has proved its ability to come surging up from far behind. It has four dan- gerous pitchers in Grimes, one of the last of the spit-ball stars; Hallahan, a fast left-hander; Haines and Rhem. It has two fine inflelders in Frisch and Bottomley, who can do their share of hitting. Hafey is always dangerous. The team is well rounded with & high | baiting average all along the front. | Gabby Street has been handling the club well, holding it together. Street | has been around long enough to know, | and he has proved his place this sea- son, 1 ATIONAL League pennant winners have now accumulated the total of one victory in their last 13 world series games. The Yankees won four straight in 1927 and four straight in 1928. The Athletics made it four of five in 1929, Yet the Cardinals were the last Na- tional League club to win a world series, and that was four years ago. Frisch, Bottomley, Haines, Rhem and Hafey were in that series on the winning side. It will be a tough blow for the Na- tional League to drop another series. It hasn't a great ball club to beat, but it has one to stop in an important show where confidence counts heavily. ‘The Athletics are more concerned about . Burleigh Grimes than any one eise. Grimes is a strong money pitcher, and he is a spit-ball workman where few are left. The Athletics are not so sure of manhandling the Cardinals’ pitching staff. But they feel pretty sure the Cardinals will have even more trouble with Grove and Earnshaw, For several years these world series went the limit. Then they suddenly fell away to brief runs. They have had to send money back for eight games in the last three years, and that means well over a million dollars. It seems to be about time, in the general break of fortune, for another six or seven game series. 30, T NE or two members of the Cub out- fit rated Hallahan as fast as Bob Grove. The Athletics don't think Hallahan is even close to being that fast. If they should meet, some one might slip speedometers into the two | caiching mitts for an official test. 1 (Coprright, 1930, by North American News- i Paper Alliance. Athleties Cardinals 193 CARDS IN STRIDE FOR TITLE TESTS Macks Favored, Though, in| Spite of Steam-Roller Spurt of Foes. BY WALTER TRUMBULL. HE Philadelphia Athletics should | go into the world series to- | morrow favorites and come out | i of it the winners; but I don't| think they are going to have any soft | time. However, this promises to be a | pretty exciting set of games, and the | grand old dope may be spilled all over | the ball yard. | Man for man, the St. Louis club of | this season certainly looks no bztter on | paper than did the Cubs of last year— and you know what happened o the | Cubs then. But you also know—if you | think a bit—that the series between the Mackmen and the Cubs was a lot | 1! closer than it looked. The Athletics had to pull a couple of miracles out of the base ball cap to win a couple of those contests, and that is just what they did. Connie Mack has a club with pitch- ing and fielding strength, hitting power, confidence, experience and reserve strength. But one thing to remember is that | the Cards are coming up to this series under a full head of steam. They have | been rolling along with the finality of Old Man River—sweeping over all that | tried to hold them. t, 1930, by North American News- (e Dlflery Alliance.) i AN SERIES UMPIRES PICKED Moriarty, Geisel, Reardon Rigler Will Officiate. What's what in the world serles games will be spoken by George Moriarty and Harry Geisel of the American League and and J. E. Reardon and Charles Rigler | of the National League. The umpiring in the base ball classic will be done by this quartet. Selection of these officials was made Facts on Series For World Title By the Assoclated Press. Contestants — Philadelphia Athle- tics, champions of the American League, amd St. Louis Cardinals, champions of the National League. Schedule—First two games, Octo- ber 1 and 2, at Shiber Park, Philadel- phia; third, fourth and fifth games at Sportsman’s Park, St. Louis, Octo- ber 4, 5 and 6: sixth.and seventh, if necessary, at Shibe Park, October 8 and 9. All games at 1:30 p.m., stand- ard time (Eastern at Philadelphia, Central at St. Louis). Capacity of parks—Shibe Park, 33,- 000; Sportsman’s Park, 40,000. Probable opening game batteries— Grove and Cochrane for Athletics; Grimes and Mancuso for Cardinals. LEAGUE CHAMPIONS AMERICAN, Year. _ Club a 1900—Chicago, 1901—Chicago. Grifiith .. hiladelphia. Mack Boston, Collins 1904—Boston. Collins 1905—Philadelphia, Mack . *1906—Chicago, Jones 1907—Detroft." J | American 07 PAGE D-1 uessing GARDS DON' THINK - GROVE WILL START |Figure Connie Will Gamble | on First-Game Hurler. } Quiet in Philly. | BY ALAN GOULD, | Assoclated Press Sports Editor. HILADELPHIA, September | 30.—Most of the other | burning issues having been | settled for the year, the | clans trooped into Philadelphia | today for the crowning festival of sport—otherwise the world series of base ball. It starts tomorrow with the home town Athletics, two-time champions of the American League, favored to un- limber a couple of doubic-barreled guns, Simmons and Foxx, Grove and Coch- | rane and check the scnsational flight of the Red Birds of St. Louis, cham- pions of the National League. The city of Quakers has taken the 62 3 | Situation this ycar much more calmly 1919. *1929—Cleveland, Speaker 19: ¥ than was the case a year ago, when the return of Connie Mack and his % | young men to the base ball heights after a lapse of 15 years created & semi-hysterical outburst of enthusiasm. ‘There has so far been no demonstra- tion over the As to compare with the mob scenes attending the crowning 1 |golf triumph of Bobby Jones in_the . it *1929—Philadelphia, Mack 1930—Philadelphia, Mack *World champlons. NATIONAL. Year. Club and Manager. 1876—Chicago, Spalding 1877—Boston, H. Wrigh: 1878— Bo: 80—Chicago, Ans 1881—Chicago, Anson 1882—Chicago, Anson 1883—FEi>ston. ' Morrill vidence, § tators for the opening suburbs last Saturday, nor has it been necessary to call out the Marines to control the situation at Shibe Park. Nevertheless, the big American League stadium is expected to be pack- ed to its enlarged limit of 33,000 spec~ e tomorrow, when the occasion will take on dig- nity through the presence of the Presi- dent of the United States and his 3 | party. Mr. Hoover attended the final and spectacular triumph of the Athletics “l over the Chicago Cubs last October New York, Mutrie 1890—Brookiyn, ' McGonig! ‘Boston, flelee .. yesterday by Ernest Barnard, president | 189 of the American League, and John Heydler, head of the National League. The choices have been approved by Judge Kenesaw Landis, base ba’l com- missioner. ST. LOUIS CONFIDENT OF TEAM’S CHANCES ‘=it 100,000 Requests for 39,000 Seats Hie Are Poured Into Offices of Cardin: W SNAEY ST. LOUIS, September 30.—St. Louis is taking the worlds series between the Cardinals and the Philadelphia Athletics in & much more matter-of-fact manner this year than in 1926 and 1928, when the club won the National League title. While more than 100,000 requests for reservations for the games poured into the Cardinal offices, there is not the same enthusiasm evident as in 1928, when Bill McKechnie piioted the team to its second flag in three years, and much less than when Rogers Hornsby gave St. Louis its first pennant in 1926. Nevertheless, the fans are confident that Street’s men will give Philadelphia more trouble than most experts figure, and to back it up there is much Cardi- nal money in evidence, particularly since the local betting commissioners have made the Athletics 13 to 10 favorites to win the series. ‘The first tickets for the St. Louls games, Saturday, Sungay and Monday, were placed in the mail yesterday, and it is planned to complete the mailing today. Supervised by two Post Office inspectors a squad of clerks took care of the registering. Thirty-nine thousand spectators can be accommodated for each of the games. The grand stand and boxes hold 25,500 and temporary field boxes 1,500. There is standing room for 3,500, the pavillion seats 3,500 and the bleachers 5,000, The prices charged are boxes $6.60, grand stand $5.50, standing room $3, pavilion $3 and bleachers $1. GATE RECEIPTS HEAVY $55,670 Taken in at Amateur Tournament Sets Record. PHILADELPHIA, September 30 (#). —The gate receipts for the National Amateur Golf Champlonship Tourna- ment, played last week at the Merion Cricket Club and won by Bobby Jones, and he has accepted the invitation of Mayor Harry A. Mackey to be the en'.i' guest again as the Mackmen begin the defense of their world championship, Grimes to Start. Aside from the stampede for tickets and the rather brisk argument over the relative merits of the conten 685 | clubs, the main question is, Who wi Kkiyn, burgh, by 1901—Pitts) 1902—Pittsburgh, Clarke .. 0 192¢—New York, M +1025—Ptsburgh, *1926—St 8882283532882828228 8283252228 225888828235% . Louis, Street . *World champlons. LOUISVILLE AIMING T0 EVEN UP SERIES Depending Upon Marcum, Young- ster, Today to Beat Rochester, Now Leading 3 Games to 2. By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky. September 30.— Allan Sothoron, manager of the Louis- ville Colonels, has selected Johnny Mar- cum, youthful right-hander, to hurl the sixth game of the “little world series” between Louisville and Rochester here today. Marcum, who recently was recalled from the Dayton club of the Central League, has only pitched five games for the Colonels. Of these he won four and was not charged with & loss in the fifth. He is leading the team in hitting for the series, dm-mgfl :amch he has been playing in right field. Manager Billy Southworth of the Rochester Redwings did not announce his mound choice, but it was anticipated that John Berly, who already holds an 8-to-1 decision against the Colonels in this series, would start. Rochester is leading by three games to two in the series, which is to be de- cided by five out of nine games. Louis- ville won the first game at Rochester and yesterday's game, which was the were $55,670, it was announced yester- dly.‘ This sets a new record for the event. first in the local park. ‘The weather forecast was fair and continued warm. Mack, Cochrane Held Likely To Carry A’s to Series Win By the Associated Press. HILADELPHIA, September 30.— ‘Two of the factors that help weigh the balance of “dope” in Philadelphia’s favor in the base ball battle with St. Louis for the world championship are the man in the dug- out, Connie Mack, and the man behind the bat, Gordon (Mickey) Cochrane, Mack's shrewdness and great experi- ence, Cochrane’s aggressiveness and masterful handling of the A’s mounds- men count heavily in a short conflict where the forcing of a few “breaks” at vital moments often proves decisive. ‘They are factors that may have more to do with the outcome of the world series than the individual brilliancy of Simmons or Grove or Foxx, the fighting spirit of the Cardinals or the law of verage. So far as the comparative figures and records go, a case can be made out of either contender in the annual American base ball classic. The greater experience and fine defense of the A's, plus the mnd:-kceto{, th&g 1929 con- quest, may be offset by aggressive attack that carried the Cardinals past all obstacles to the National League peak. ‘The pitching skill of Grove and Earnshaw may be matched by the curv- ing talent of Grimes, Hallahan, Rhem and Haines. The big bats of Simmons, Foxx, Miller, Haas and Cochrane may play a liveller base hit tune than the war clubs of Hafey, Prisch, Watkins, Bottomley and Douthit. As a_club, the Cardinals have outhit the Athletics more than 20 points on the seasons’ play. Without much dis- pute they also overcame stiffer opposi- tion in winning the National League flag than the A's did in repeating in the American League. Where the Mack- men had only Washington to worry about most of the season, the Cardinals had to fight their way through three tough and seasoned outfits—the Robins, Gisnts and Cubs. Every regualr on the Cardinals club has hit .300 or better for the year, al- though Bottomley, Gelbert, Douthit and Adams barely got inside this figure. Boley, Bishop, Dykes, Haas and Miller range between .255 and .300 in stick- work, but the clean-up wallops of Coch- rane, Simmons and Foxx have a habit of being produced when hits mean runs. ‘The Cardinals, however, have no backstops to compare with Cochrane in any d:rnment of play. Since the in- Jury Jimmy Wi , St. Louis has relied on Gus Mancuso, a hard hitter and hard worker, who is expected to do most, if not all of the catching. Comparative Team Batting and Flelding Averages. CLUB BATTING. AB. R. 5511 1,004 5,343 951 Cardinals Athletics G. 184 lef 154 1, 1, H. 131 572 2B, 368 312 3B. HR. 90 104 72 135 RBIL 9227 T 891 CLUB FIELDING. 4,154 1,757 184 PO. A. E. TC. 119 1,643 148 5910 DP. 120 1% Pet. W. 875 102 6,092 970 92 886 | naming the old spitballer, pitch the opener? Charles (Gabby) Street, the veteran pilot of the St. Louis Cardinals, has al- ready furnished his own answer by Burleigh Grimes, to start the Red Birds on an- other winning flight, Volunteers have named Robert Moses an w el at the opposition, bu ho th ing with his habit of making no pre; ture choice, Mr. Mack says he will nominate his moundsman shortly before game time, Th? 0;']‘“ tutor” crossed the e: completely a year ago by starting ard Ehmke in the i i Cubs and stre) xperts How- first game with the winning it handily. On the of this surprising maneuver quite a few of the boys are covering up their selection of Grove by suggesting that Mack may start Rube Walbe: Blll Shores, a young right-hander, or even old Jack Quinn, who shares with Grimes the privilege of tossing a moist~ ball dellv’ery. avors Grove, not only on the strength of his great record for the year and the fact that he is the No. 1 man of the As staff, but also because it will enable Mack to send the slim southpaw back into action at an earlier date, no later than next Sunday or Monday. Mack May Gamble. The Cardinals, however, re that Grove will be held in l’esfle'l":e, with Mack preferring to gamble on an out- sider to capture the opener. They ex- Ppressed themselves volubly on this and on most counts upon their arrival yes- terday afternoon, brimful of confidence and aggressive spirit. The hotel headquarters of the Cardi- nals, in fact, has turned out to be the most enthusiastic spot in town. The National Leaguers have galloped into the series at full tilt, carrying with them the momentum of one of the greatest uphill drives to victory on record. Two months ago the Red Birds were barely hanging on, grasping a first-di- vision berth and seemingly lucky to be as much as fourth. They walloped their way upward with a rush that gave them 44 victories out of their last 57 games. They won by the simple expedi- ent of hammering their main rivals into .u fi;flp or pitching them under the National League men unquestionably are banking upon the supreme confi- dence and dash of the Cardinals to lo- cate the silver lining in the clouds that have hung heavily over their entries in last few world championships. ‘The record of one victory in their last 13 starts against American League op- position has been no balm whatever for the partisans of the circuit presided over by John Arnold Heydler. They prefer to believe now that the Cardi- nals have the punch and pitching to overthrow the Athletics, rather than that the mere law of averages will op- erate in their favor. It may be so. Although the Mack- men, under the shrewd guidance of their 67-year-old leader and with a cast com- prising a half dozen superstars, have been established 3-to-2 favorites in the wagering, the feeling is that the Cardi- nals have a great fighting club, well equipped to turn the tide. Moreover, the Red Birds were the last team to win for the National League, in 1926. Cards Well Equipped. ‘The nearest thing the Cardinals have to Lefty Grove is Wild Bill Hal- lahan, a portsider with a barrel of stuff, but neither the experience nor the control of the Mack ace. The Red Birds have no er,kzg.cochnne but they have a llu"lng ickstop in Gus Mancuso, who has replaced Jimmmy Wilson, injured regular. The National' Leaguers have no clean-up hitter of the caliber of Al Simmons, but they have a number of batsmen who can break up the ball game, in- cluding Chick Hafey, George Watkins and Frank Frisch, who doesn't expect an attack of lumbago to affect his work. upsets ctations, Unless Mack expe: ) the Athletics will place their pitching burden almost entirely on the shoul- ders of Grove and George Earnshaw, iron man right-hander, with Walberg and Shores in reserve. The Cardinals have four or five first-class boxmen ready to sheot at the opposition. The list is headed by the crafty Grimes, but includes Flint Rhem, Bill Halla- Sylvester Johnson So far Mack has was _ pil G and Jess as_the master-mls & big edge on Smndm‘oonnhm nager of & ma- league pennant winner, but it is k's seventh bid for world series 5, 2] jor Macl