Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1931, Page 29

. Sports News CARD GAPTAIN SEES NO CRRPLES IN AS Pays Tribute to Grove and Earnshaw, but Predicts | They Will Be Licked. BY FRANKIE FRISCH, ounign, 38, Syt e, o M o World Serles. T. LOUIS, September 29.—The third straight team Connie Mack has guided to an| American League pennant seems to have been loaded with substitutes. In fact, the Philadel- phia line-up was dotted with re- serves for weeks before the league title was clinched. However, I understand now that Mack will send about ghe same team against us in this world’ series as he did last year, when the Athletics beat us four games out of six. ‘We have read and heard stories which | have pictured almost all of Mack's ath- letes as fit patients for the hospital, but | probably the only Philadelphia_position | which will show a new face is shortstop. George Haas in center field has been | baving mcre than ordinary trouble with | a wrist bone broken weeks ago, end there was a rumor his place would be G. P. O. He failed in both tasks, and filled by a youngster, Roger Cramer. last | g p. O, was an “also ran” in the Gov- | ernment League race. year with Portland. But now, I hear, Haas probably will play. | Shortstop Joe Boley's positicn is to be | filled by a recruit, Dibrell Williams, so | I am informed, this shift being due to | a charleyhorse which has had Boley | crippled. | Expects to Face Mack’s Best. i That may be so, but nevertheless we | are expecting to meet Mack's best. Speaking of the best, I note that Haas is cne of Philadelphia's “big three” this year. He was hitting over .325 the last | time I saw the averages and the only | other Mackmen above the .300 mark | were the old reliables, Al Simmons and | Mickey Cochrane, both zgain among the leaders. { None of Mack’s inflelders is hitting in | what once was referred to as the charm- ed circle. The second baseman, Max Bishop, is the clcsest. Even Jimmy Foxx is below the mark. But Foxx has been supplying many long punches— homers, doubles and triples. The other regulars who played against us last year, Right Fielder Bing Miller and Third Baseman Jimmy Dykes, were batting | ,283 and .273, respectively, on late | averages. | The few big hitters in Mack's system and the many pitchers on his staff with out lead me to belleve that the pitchers benefited in the American League, as they did in the National, by the raised seams cn the balls this year. At any rate, 'where Bob Grove and George W were Mack’s only two standout performers in 1930, P’hl.hdelrhh this season has had Mahaftey, Walberg and Hoyt in the se- | lect class with Grove and Earnshaw. | Hears Hoyt May Start. | I have heard base ball men say that | Whistling Held DOUBLE “Sign of Moron” NEW YORK, September 29 (#).— Whistling, that business of puckering up the lips and emit- ting various musical notes, has been termed by Prof. Charles Gray Shaw cf New York University as “the un- mistakable sign of the moron.” “We might call it a part ?l a person’s ‘defense mechanism,’" he said. “After he has set up his psychological barricade of sullenness, he sounds a note of war in his fool- ish whistling. He resolves not to care. He's right, and the world’s wrong. 'n:ere may be all sorts of tests for low mentality, but most of us shun them. A sure sign of the psychologists are after is found in the act cf whistling.” CORKING' PITCHING GETS . P.0.TILE Hurler, Once Held “Through,” -Climaxes Comeback by Beating Commerce. ACK in the Spring of 1930 Frank Corkins was struggling to shake off a soreness in. his pitching arm and Wwin bell games for T ASHINGTON, Frisch Expects to Beat Mack’s Best : CHECKING THE HORSESHOE CROWN. D © A FouL BALL (W SHoE PITCHING CAN'T BE TAKEN HoME 7 Then WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER “We’ll Be in There Strong,” Says Collins (4 ny Star. Features and Classified Hi 29, SauNoERs CHEERED My * RWALS RINGERS =0uT SHOWED KIS PUAH WHeEN A DouBLE RINGER CLAYTon C.HENSON , WHO UNTIL HE MET THE CHAMP WINTER QARG FOR THE CUSTOMERS —By TOM DOERER 1931. \ | | | | COACH, LIKE CONNIE, FEELS CLUB READY Sure of Elephant Hurlers and‘ Confident Injured Will Come Back. | BY EDDIE COLLINS, | Captain of the Athletics. HILADELPHIA, P 29.—People say the Ath-| letics benefit most by the schedule for this year’s | world series, with two days inter-| | vening between the second and third games. This interval is supposed to give |Grove and Earnshaw plenty of rest before pitching in the third and fourth games. Readers may HELO HIS owWAN nie Mack gave when I asked him what he thought about the schedule. “Eddie,” he said, “I wouldn’t care if and had only one day in between. It wouldn't make a bit of difference in my plans.” Connie Mack's faith in our team is unbounded. In 1928 he knew he had a championship club and the only reason we didn't come through was the play- ers’ lack of confidence. But confidence came with a rush in 1929, remained un- abated through 1930, and despite the dope that keen desire to win fades with September | — be interested in the answer Con-| we started Tuesday instead of Thursday | G. P. O. won the Government League championship last Summer, and Corkins played a largs finger in the winning. But it is said bad news travels faster than good news—hence when the champs of the Industrial, Departmental and Georgetown Church Leagues sailed into the city week-day series they had eyes only on Bobby Lyon and Pete In- gram, pitching mates of Corkins. It still was belleved Frank's wing was on the blink. Just how much that ailing whip was 50 during the city week-day series ended yesterday can be seen at a glance at the records. G. P. O. won the city series champlonship with six victories and three defeats. Four of the wins were turned in by Corkins. two by Lyon and none Ingram. Each of the trio dropped one decision, Corkins’ being a 5-to-4 setback in which he allowed the | oppoeition only six hits and deserved a better fate. | Overcomes Commerce. Corkins climaxed his ‘work yesterday when G, P. O. Com- o a2 s s e play-off, { Pop Shomo elected Corkins for the | . Commerce's sluggers | five and were licked, 6 to 3. play-off wins were turned in by | Corkins. ! Prank started and finished fotir | g2mes, winning three and losing cne. He allowed a total of 20 hits, an aver- | e of five a_game, in thesc four tilts. On one occasion he relieved Lyon, gave | up only one hit in four and cne-third | Hoyt, who started to win imm tely innings, and received credit for the win. o | ediat after being transferred from Detroit | to Philadelphia in midseason, will pitch | Yesterdey's blow was a heavy one to | the first game against us in the series. | Commerce. Last Mcnday all the Clerks | They found that forécast on the fact had to do was to down Elcurooke to | that Hoyt beat us in the opening bat- | win the title, but the Church Jeaguers | tle of the 1928 series, when he was | Tconfl an upset. Then G. P. O. stepped | n with the Yankees. However, I expect Mack to try to beat us with Grove and Earnshaw. He | may send Earnshaw into the opening | game because the big right-hander had such remarkable success against us last year. Grove, of course, is having his greatest season, and may draw the! opening honor, as he did last Fall. As you recall, Grove had to have heavy artillery behind him to beat us in it first game, 5 to 2. We then beat him, 3 to 1, in the fourth game, with Jess Haines pitching for us. We | also defeated Walberg, 5 to 0, Hallahan getting the shutout, but we were beaten twice Earnshaw, 6 to 1, and 7 to 1. Earnshaw also pitched seven innings of the fifth game, which was credited t0 Grove, who was doing relief work when Foxx’s home run beat Grimes, 2 to 0, in St. Louis. ‘Therefore, I expect to see much of Earnshaw and Grove again, but this time I feel confident the Cardinals will do the celebrating. (Copyright. 1931. by the North American T Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) to a tie and copped the isurels. FINAL ‘TEAM STANDING. i s | G. Commerce " Eldbrooke M. E. Constructioneers GALLAUDET PLANNING FOR BASE BALL AGAIN Will Have Nine on Diamond Next Spring—Managers of Several [ Athletics Teaps Named. L R oy k! Base ball will be resumed at Gallaudet | next Spring, it has been decided by the Athletic Association. Arlie Gray, a | senior, has been elected manager of the nine. No assistant has yet, been named. Johnny O'Brien, senior, was reap- pointed basket ball manager, with Abe 20 YEARS AGO Kruger. junior, as sssistant. Andy | Mack was named statisticlan. ‘CHIC" DARR WHO WAS ELIMINATED OV SAUNDERS (N THE SEM(...., PLENTY OF OFFICIALS, ANO OFFICIALS WHO WER Dosner AeuisTor M, T00! G E ON THE JOB, Virginia Shoe Fans Champs Take Crown for Sportsmanship as Home Boy Beaten. By Tom Doerer. RLINGTON, Va., September horseshoe pitching seriously. Scores of tomobiles lined the roads and lanes 29—A Virginian loves & |gqicintie the eourts & half hour before thoroughbred horse. And |the matches started. They came from he does not disguise his ac-| Bisny-scctioels of MAEYIIME Sl I | v jues gathered ane elatm for & tull-blood in any sport, | neir ch.‘,',,,g,,l,;;a possibiiies. ~ And 80 'far g5 I can see. ere was & ser! note to thef {lw p. g | There is not much flippancy nor hilarit They crowned Harry Fraser|io'a virginia horseshos fane fete. Men Saunders of Missouri horeshoe ;fn Lwv»‘mte!_ln talkedlhn:;gn :rl;cemflneoa; s of the game, the s pitching champlon of Virginia,|ine various contenders® pitches, the pos- Maryland and the District of Co- | sibilities of a good player being cold on lumbia last night in a round of his game. deep and honest acclaim. | ety Pd Harry took the glory from a _And there is plenty of science to this | But above everything that is fine and | pastime, {00, When Saunders and Hen- | son clashed in the title match, veteran | pitchers, like ball players of another | day, commented in surprise at the | clever hurling now being displayed by youngsters. | It is no longer an old man's game, as it was once said of golf. But a youngster’s pastime, a game for youth with plenty of stamina. Older men can no longer stand the grind of the sort of competition offered by the youngsters. And the players are becoming psychologisis and strategists. They are aequiring little tricks of tfaking the other man off his game, and I new ways of maneuvering him out of getting off nis pet flings. entertaining about this game of horse- shoe hurling is the sportsmanship of the fans. I cannot tell you whether | it's universal, but it's here in Virginia. And that spirit_here is going to keep the game on a high level. And homebred Clayton Henson of Arlington, | whom he lashed in two straight games to win his second consecutive three-way pitching diadem. It was not the cheering accorded the | champion, following his victory, that | made the Virginia fans sportsmanship | 50 outstanding to a visitor, but their | sportsmanlike attitude during the play- | ing of the games. Who Excel ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. EW YORK, September 29— Measured by the caliber of pitching or the yardstick of flelding skill and experience, the world champion Athletics possess a margin of superiority over the Cardinals the on ihe e e e Swinglng 0t | in detensive strength for the base ball | ;enru l:\n;v:fllhnhuemn had_nothing | championship battle. | ut a fighter's chance with Saunders | The National League champicns have oeer, the champlon broke into WIS o foyer infield, featuring the Prisch- | Gelbert ccmbination - around second | base. The A’s, otherwise, have an edge on the mound, behind the bat and in the outfield, especially if the sensational | ballhawk, Mule Hass, 15 back in top - form. And young Henson went down like a [T . 0 George Earnshaw, | good loser. He fought every inch of S | the twin aces.upon whom the hopes of the way against a player whom he must | (0° [WI0 HESS UPDD, FI0m LR hopes B Every double ringer, every smart pitch, no matter from whose hands it spun through the air, brought unanimous cheering from the large gathering of pitching enthusiasts {ringing the court. A Henson ringer brought no more cheers than one made by Saunders, yet down in their hearts these Virginians were pulling hard for the native born. But they cheered that chance, yet never to the extent that it might be mistaken as a showing of their feeling toward the winning player. FALLS CHURTH, WHO LOST 10 HENSON. HE WRAS A TOURNEY FAVORITE | EORGE C.THOMPSON , OF Mat Matches I By the Associated Press. NEW YORK.—Sammy Stein, 200, Newark, threw Paul Jones, 208, Houston, | Tex., 10:23; Dick Shikat, 218, Philadel- | phia, threw Steve Znosky, 215, Poland, | 22:58; Sandor Szabo, 212, Hungary, | threw Mike Romano, 202, Italy, 21:21: George Calza, 218, Italy, threw Floyd | Mar: , 217, Arizona, 14:3: Steinke, 240, Germany, drew with Kwariani, 218, Russia, 30:00. | MONTREAL, Quebec—Henri De- | glane, 220, France, defeated Joc Mac- | lewicz, 205, Utica, N. Y., two falls to one. | Maclewicz, 5:10; Deglane, 24:00, 2:30. Charlie Strack, 200, Stillwater, Okla., | threw Al Mercier, 205, Chicoutimi, Que- bec, 30:10. SEATTLE.—Steve Savage, 200, Chi- cago, defeated John . Freberg, Seattle, 235, two out of three falls; Bob Kruse, 230, Oswego, Oreg, and Pat McKay, Hans Kola | a three-time winner, the desire has been greater this year than ever. ‘Win Under Trying Conditions. ‘When we won in 1929 we heard such remarks as, “Oh, they had a lucky year,” “only an average winner,” and so on. But when we won in 1930 they began to sit up. “Well,” they said, “the A’s are a pretty good club, but,” (and that “but” always had to come in) “there have been much better cham- pions.” Now it's 1931, and we have won the third consecutive time. I think we have done so under more trying conditions | than any championship team has faced | in a long while. | Two months, and closing months of the race at that, are a long stretch not to have a regular line-up. That's what | we were up against until September 19, when we had cn the field the team, ex- capt the pitcher, which, barring acci- | dents, will face the St. Leuis Cardinals | in the first world series game. | Nevertheless, we carried on despite | accidents to our regulars, and our re- serves proved most capable substitutes. | Our margin over, the runners-up was | approximately the same as last year, | & dozen games anxious to do something no club has done before—take three world cham- pionships in a row. We firmly believe | we_can do it. Our concern now has not a thing in the world to do with the Cards. It deesn’t make any difference to us whom | we battle, or where. | Now Watching Cripples. But what we are pondering over are | such problems as these: Can fellows | like George Haas (I mention him first | because he has been out of action Now we are eager and |enth Macks Confident Of Third in Row HILADELPHIA, September 29 (#).—Determined to set a new record by winning their third consecutive world base ball cham- plonship, the Philadelphia Athletics entrain tonight for St. Louls. ‘The Athletics will arrive in the Missouri metropolis tomorrcw aft- ernoon. Aboard the A's special train besides the players will be their wives, Mayor Mackey, Thomas S. Shibe, president of the Athletics; Mrs. Thomas Shibe, Mrs. Connie Mack, Mrs. Earl Mack and several Philadelphia officials. base ball, there is no one even close to him today. And what's more, except | one man, and I'll always hold out for | Ty Cobb, there never has been a man | close to him. ‘We all have our faults, and Simmons is not without his, but what a power he is to our club! The Cards are going to realize it plenty before this series is over. Al was lald up three weeks with a bad ankle, but he has come back strong. Well, strong enough to win the Ameri- | can League batting leadership again, and principally by his work during the | last two weeks of the season! So that ought to answer for him. Except for one position, we hope to enter the series with the same line-up ‘That post is shortstop. Joe Boley, who plays so unassumingly but so efficiently, pulled a muscle in | his leg in July in Boston. His with- |drawal gave young Dib Willlams a | chance. | as last year. Has Faith in Williams. Previously Williams had been used at various places in the infield, but never for any length of time. Now he seemed to sense the situation: “This is my chance; they won't get me out of here.” And due to the way he has played ever since, they never have. Of course, Willlams may lack Boley's steadiness. But his greater range, stronger arm and consequently more frequent double plays, and greater strength at the bat, give him the call at shortstop. I hardly need speak of our pitchers. Their work and record for the year do that for them. I wonder when any team ever had three men who in a sea- son won more than 20 games aplece; one of them more than 30. Those three are Grove, Earnshaw and Walberg. And don't forget Mahaffey and Hoyt, who walked off with 25 or more games between them. All possible starters. A pretty fair staff and in excellent con- dition. We have no worry about our pitchers. That is sure. Did I hear some one say pitching was about 70 per cent of the battle? Well, if that's so we are con- tent. Feels A’s Will Be Ready. Manager Mack fcels that the team will be ready, and while not as out- :poken in his expressions of confidence &s the rival manager, I am sure he is certain hl‘sd“i.i;n Yofll not fafl hl&l Per- sonaily, I'd like to express a bit more usiasm, but after my Xk mfl'lulll bcgt So I will only: practice 3 say 3 “We'll be in there strong.” (Copyright. 1931, by the North Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) OPEN SERIES TOMORROW Cubs and White Sox to Play Opener at Wrigley Field. CHICAGO, September 29 (#).—The American associa- 225, New York, drew in five 10-minute | Jonger) come back and in less than | A’s Regarded Much Stronger On Defense Than Cardinals, have known would eventually whip him | are based, always hive had the benefit in Infield Only and will have his men into position az- cordingly. If any cracks or creaks develop in the champion’s defense, Mack has a flock of reserves primed to galiop into action. SZABO AND WILSON IN MAT HEADLINER Former Never Has Been Defeated Here and Will Be Choice on Thursday Night. Sandor Szabo and Dr. Ralph Wilson, | the collar-ad wrestlers of M. Jacques | Curley’s muscle business, will clash Thursday night in Promoter Joe Tur- ner’s weekly show at Griffith Stadium. rounds. Marin Plestina, 255, Chicago, ' threw Joe Devito, 215, New York, first round. | STOCKTON, Calif.—Ted “Bulldog” | Cox, 230, Colorado, defeated Leo Papi- ano, 220, Stockton, Cox, first fall, 29; | Paplano,’ second, 7: Cox, third, by de- | fault, after Papiano was injured by dive | against a ring post. Bill Beth, 235, | Michigan, threw Dr, Staley Lurkin, 200, | Chicago. | two weeks pick up and carry on where ! they left off? Max Bishop is another | case in point, and so are Bing Miller | and Mickey Cochrane. But Bing and Mickey” have not been troubled with | injuries of so serious a nature as Haas'. | I am positive they are going to be in | tip-top shape. Then there is Al Simmons, and boy.! ‘what a ball player! In ability to hit, run, field, think or anything else in Cubs and White Sox will open their city base bali champlonship series to- morrow at Wrigley Field, home grounds ° of the National League representative. The set will be conducted along world series lines, four victories being necessary to decide the title. Red Faber, the 43-year-old spitballer, is ex- pected to be the Sox's starting flhcher‘ allg Charlie Root opening for the 74%e FLORSHEIM Shoe ORE mdles perateoe MORE | because of the experience he possesses. 1t was a battle of skill and courage Szabo never has lost/ a match in | of sterling support from thelr team- |y, ZE06 mever Bas, bSE , mateh in IN THE STAR. | ,_A junior, Dave Morrill, was chosen mates. Inspiration works both ways | track manager and Leslie Hinnant, ALTER JOHNSON always ap- pears to pitch his best when Gabby Street is catching him. Yesterday the big fellow defeated Detroit, 2 to 1, allowing only five hits. Summers for the Tigers also hurled five-hit ball. Ty Cobb, at- tempting to score the tying run from second, was thrown out at the plate by a whisker on a perfect throw from First Baseman Dutch Schaefer. News that Carrigan, Georgetown University foot ball and track lumi- nary, will return to the Hilltop school was received today with ela- tion. It had been reported he would not be back. The Blue and Gray eleven will meet Seaman Gunners tomorrow. The Laurel races will start tomor- row. Louis 1. Doyle continued his tri- umphant march in the singles in the District tennis championships yesterday on the Bachelors' courts when he defeated J. K. Graves in the s2mi-finals. Lee McClung downed *Nor McLean in another match. In the doubles Doyle and A. J. Gore showed strongly in trimming “Wad- dy” Wood and Hornidge. Graves and Spencer Gordon pointed the way to Devlin and Brosseau. HURT IN POLO CLASH Taosy; ' Argentine Teadér, ‘Tnjured as Team Loses to Templeton. NEW YORK, September 29 (#).--The injury jinx which has followed the Hurlingham Club of Buenos Afres ‘all throug] sion finally has struck down Lewis Lacey, 10-goal leader of the South Americans. He was painfully hurt when he was struck in the face by a lofted ball hit by a teammate in the eighth and final chukker of a match between Hurling- ham and Templeton in the Monty Waterbury Handicap tournement yes- terday. . Templeton, by winning the game, 10-8, reached the final round of the tournament and will face Freentree for the title tomorrow, its North American polo inva-' | freshman, was named assistant manager. Boyce R. Willlams, senior, is the | newly elected president of the Athletic | | Association, withy George Brown, sopho- | more, first vice president; Heimo Antila, another soph, second vice presi@ent; | Olaf Kvien, junior, secretary; Dave | Morrill, “junior, treasurer, end Seth Crockett, sophomore, assistant treasurer. | —— | | GORDON HITS FOR .340. | RIVERDALE, Md., September 29.— Mike Gordon, who played third base for Clarksburg, which was runner-i in the second-half series of the Mlddfi Atlantic League, has returned to his {home here. He led the club in batting with l‘n rk of .340. Gordon played shortstop for Fairmont during the first half, but was handicapped by injuries. when either of these fast-ball flingers is on the mound. It's an old base ball axiom that “you can't hit what ycu can't see” and at | times last October, it appeared some against courage and ambition. Young Hensonis on the threshold of attain pitching fame, but there i a | stride or two hecessary before he reaches the pinnacle occupled by his friend, tutor and idol. It was Saund- ers- who coached the younger player to sharpen up his game to where he is getting a greater percentage of ringers. But the tutoring stopped when the boys went on the court. Horseshoe pitching must be classed as a sport from which much more is to be heard later. From what this writer saw in the interest displayed on that moon-bathed homespun court last night it will take but a little more im- us to move the game up With golf and bowling, It is on its way, and make no_mistake about that. These folks down here take their | Shires Feels Maj Good in Minors Despit Admits He Deserves By the Associated Press. ILWAUKEE, September 29 -—Art Shires, the corolful first baseman of the Mil- waukee Brewers, is resigned to a fate which seems to decree that he must languish another year in the minors. No one in the majors is clamoring for him in a very loud tone of voice and Art fears that, this season at least, he has been overlooked. Shires, probably the original What- 2-Man, was eased out of the Chicago White Sox for assorted misbehaviors, and a year’s pennance in the Ameri. can. Assoclation was supposed to be good for his cocky spirit. And now, | Iindications are, there will be two | years of pennante around first base n mlnukeein AP Determined to regal will of major league mogulp, Bm did e Occasional Stein, Art | of the Cardinal batsmen were not prop- | | erly visualizing the smoke of Grove and Earnshaw, let alone penetrating it with | | any substantial success. Walberg and | | Hoyt will form the second line of pitch- | | ing defénse for the A’s. | | _ The Cardinal twirling defense will be distinctly a gamble if Gabby Street is| forced to rely on Paul Derringer and | |Bill Hallahan instead of Burleigh |Grimes and Jesse Haines, veterans of | {the Red Bird flock. Derringer is a | |newcomer to series fire. With Halla- {han, it's either a shutout or a knock- | out. He blanked the A's the first time | he faced them last year and was| routed in two innings the next time. | ‘The A's infield has never been the | club’s strongest point. Foxx, for in-| stance, does not compare with Bottom- ley as a defensive worker, although big Jimmy is steady. Bishop is not so| spectacular as Frisch, one of the great | | defensive second basemen of all time. | | Boley, an old reliable, cannot cover the | |ground, nor has he the arm that Gel- |bert owns. The Mack substitute, Wil- |llams, is more on Gelbert's style. Dykes | is about on a par with either Adams | record intact despite the deft-looking nerve manipulations of the rassling young interne. Wilson hasn't been beaten here either for such a long time that the memory of his defeat by Rudy Dusek has been quite forgotten. ‘The Hungarian headlocker and the former University of Indiana student will headline a card that will include Dick Shikat and John Katan in the semi-final and six more pachyderms in the remaining three matches, un- booked as yet. ‘Women with escorts will be admitted free to all except ringside seats. Haines On'ly Man Cards Can’t Play T. LOUIS, September 20 (). —Ex- cept for Pitcher Jess Haines, who probably will see no action be- cause of an arm injury, Manager Gabby Street expects the St. Louis Cardinals to be at their full strength lor_the world series. Gabby said today he believes both John (Pepper) Martin, center-fielder, and Sparky Adams, third baseman, Another Trial. or High at third. | the outer patrol the A’s have two of e finest fiy-chasers in Al Sim- mons and Mule Haas. Both cover acres |of ground and have great arms. Hafey {in left and either Pepper Martin or Orsattl in center for the Cardinals do not quite measure up to the exceptional standard of their rivals. Watkins or Roettger, in right fleld for the National |Leaguers, lack the experience of the |veteran Bing Miller. Mickey Cochrane may have one or two mechanical faults behind the bat. | His arm is good, though not the best in | the backstopping business, but the great | Mack receiver’s all-around ability sur- behave in Milwaukee pretly well “I admit,” said he, “that I lifted & stein or two on occasion, but I was always out there the next day to play and produce. I thought I was entitled to another shot in the big show and I was disappointed when no one put in & bid for me. But he'll be no sulking wall flower. “All that is_past and forgotten,” he observed. “If I'm not drafted— and I don't expect to be—TI'll com back here and play fust as hard as I did this year. Ill show 'em. I'm young. only 24, and I'll be back up ‘hsmfimlde an impressive record with Milwaukee. He was batting Close to 400 all season, and a good many of those smacks were produced in pinches. Overlooking those occa- sional steins, he has become a set- tled man. And if he gets back to majors he will forget the clowning and take up base ball in » serious way, he promises. |son, No. 1 cotcher for the Cards. Mickey’s biggest advantage is at bat. He is on® of the greatest “money p'ay- jers” in basz ball and has starred each of the last two world series. Connie Mack’s famous sccrecard must be ranked as a defensive weapon. The 68-year-old manager has studied the batting habits of every Cardinal, per- or mrorh his trusted agents, | passes that of the clever Jimmy Wil- | will be ready for action in the first | same against the Philadelphia Ath- | letics here Thursday. |, Martin, who suffered a wrenched Wit knee in Cincinnati Sunda; worked out with his teammates yes- terday, handling himself without favoring the injured knee to any noticeable degree. Adams, Who sprained an ankle September 20, also worked out. Halnes, Street said, probably will not piteh during the series. The big right-hander pulled a muscle three weeks ago, and has not pitched since. Until he was injured, Haines was re- | garded as the probable Cardinal starting pitcher in the first game of the series. The veteran, in three world series, has won three games while losing only one. With Hainzs out of consideration, it was regarded as likely today that Strest” would send Paul Derringer, f"“" right-hander, against the Ath- etics in the opening game. Wild Bill Hallahan was considered the logical choice for the second game. Specials” —are, also, the out- standing leaders in their price-class. $6-50 wteoe per dollar «+..more style, more comfort, more of every- thing huf cost . . . . that's why Florsheims are the choice of millions. It’s always economy to buy Florsheims . . . they give more than money’s worth! $9 and $10 *Open Nights. Men’s Shops 14that G 7th & K *3212 14th