Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1931, Page 24

B—8 Pepper Martin Pales Touted Stars : Card Caicher’s Boner Is Rivaled by Connie THROW T0 WRONG BASE S HARMLESS ;Strategy of A’s Master Mind i Questioned as Earnshaw | Bats in Pinch. HE AND HALLARAN TEASNTO DS | Fleet Base Runner’s Steals . Combine With Pitcher’s Speed to Gain Day. BY GRANTLAND RICE. T. LOUIS, Mo., October 3.— No naturalist in this vicinity has yet been able to explain how a red bird can lcok like B sparrow one day and turn into ®an eagle 24 hours later. Yet this is the astonishing phe- nomenon that has t2ken place in the Cardinal roost, with both clubs on their way to Philadel- phia in a deadlock at ons and one. In the first battle the Athletics applied raw power and breezed through. In this second test the Cardinals applied raw speed as Bill Hallahan again shut out the famous maulers from the mansion of Mack with only three scattered blows, and the battle ended 2 to 0 The counting factor was the blinding speed from Hailahan's left arm hooked to the speed in Pepper Marun's flying feet. It will take until next Monday for even the brainy Connie Mack to untie all the knots in his team that Hallahan put there in defense of home Pplate. And while the lefi-hander was put- ting on a great show and a big job, Pepper Martin stole the battle from Mickey Cochrane’s right hand by steals of second and third bascs that paved the way for both runs. In each in- stance Mickey had ‘to hurry the throw in his effort to nail the Oklahoma Cyclone, but in both innings—the sec- ond and the seventh—Martin's twin- kling feet got to the bag in front of the tag. 'A S a result of Hallahan's great pitch- ing against George Earnshaw and Pepper Martin's aggressive attack the Cardinals are on their way to Phil- adelphia in a highly pleasant state of mind. In the first place, they have beates big George Earnshaw for the first time, 8s George was the fellow who put them on _the burning deck a year ago. The Swarthmore Sharpshcoter turned | the Red Birds into a pie last Fall, but, while he only yielded six hits and pitched well enough to win most bail | games, he was up against a super brand of pitching in this second contest. Hal- lahan, who had more smoke than a burning ofl well, turned on enough speed to limit the slugging Mackmen to three flabby singles from the bats of Mule Haas, Jimmy Foxx and Bing Miller. There were times when the stocky Jeft-hander vas wilder than & timber wolf. He gave six passcs and put hi self into more holes than a dufter dig- ing in the sand. But this made no dif- erence. Some one had to hit these fiec | rides around the towpaths, and no one could. HALLAHAN'S fast and curve balls looked like birdshot as they whis- tled over the plate. A cove has to have more than a trifle t> keep such people as Mickey Cochrane, Al Sim- mons, Dyies, Bishop and others from getting a hit. Hallahan had the stuff that will beat any ball club any time. and there was no let-up all the way. In the first game Paul Dorringer turned on too much steam and finally broke. Hallahan turned on just as much steam in this second game by retiring the first 11 men in order who happened to be coming up. They could just about foul him, and that is all. Bing Miller got the first Athletic hit in the fifth inning, and that shows how smoothly the southpaw was stepping tlong. And this was the inning that broke Philadelphia’s proud heart. The | Cardials were leading. 1 to 0. Foxi| opened the fiith with a walk, Miller singled and Dykes moved them u» to second and third with only_one out. Hal'ahan then passad Williams to bring up Earnshaw and a better chanc® for a couble play, or a pay &t any base. It was tidy strategy, for Earn- shaw, with the bases filled and cniy one out, was in a great spot to tie the score or send his t-am to the front His respons> at this critical moment was an infield tap that led to an easy double play as some 40.000 Miscouri gans rose up and told the world all| sbout the good news. HEN the second battle opened the big crowd lacked the pep and hilarity of the opening day gather- ing. One Robert Moses Grove plus Cochrane, Simmons and others had left the poisoned harpoon sticking in their backs, There was no great dis- play of enthusiasm as Hallahan smoth- erd the enemy for the first two rounds. | They had seen Derring'r do the same thing. But sbout the fourch or fifth inning there wos a noticeabl> change in the spirit of the stands. Tae ciowd seemed to be saying abou#®this time: “Maybe this guy Hallahar. means busi- mess after all. He beat this same club 6-to-) a year ago and so far they haven't hit him with a handtul of shct at 2 paces.” As Hellahan went moving along the St. Louls Blues gave way to “Hail the Conquering Hero Comes.” You could sense the fact that Mr. Hallahan had no idea of blowing up. He kept on bearing down. crowding all he had on every pitch, but he had the left-arm stamina needed to complete the route. | He had another slight sinking spell in the seventh, but after that ke breezed in. | The bounding entelope who seems | about to steal this world series show | from most of the stars is a young fel- [ low named Pepper Martin, beiter known as the Oklatoma Cyclone. Pepper | likes to ride cn freight treins in place of Pullmans, where the soft padding irks his hide. He bas arms like Jack Dempsey and the heart of a great competitor. N the first game Pepper struck back savagely at Grove and got three hits, even In the midst of a loing cause. He came up with one ou, in the s2cond inning of today's bette. The crowd paid its tribute to a game fighter and a sterling athlete, IHe obliged by socking a d-uble and then si#aling third as Cochrine’s peg was a trifle cff. That mace him. This was the stuff the Cardinals needed. not a good de- fense, but an cld-fashioned. head- | long attack. And this steal put Martin | in position to sccre a moment later. In the seventh inning he opened the pot with a single and then lost no time stealing second. He was well away and traveling at such speed that Cochrane’s hurried throw was again off line. An infield out and a squeeze play from Gelbert brought Pepper from third mcross the plate, where he spilled the redoubtable Mickey Cochrane in three or four directions as Earnshaw tried to shut off this second run. Martin now has five hits for the two games and more glory than any other star on either club. HE Cardinals lcok>d to be a far different bell club in this second chepter. They were getting botter pitching and once in front they dug in end played with much more spirit than they showed in the opener. They had the keener attack and the better pitch- §rg in the batile that tied up the biz Bhow to, carry the war at even. terms |.361: HAIL HALLAHAN ST. LOUIS (N. L). AR, ] £ ouasaawmbl ] N 150 IR =l cuscosson> 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Totals . su g A0 PHILADELPHIA AD. L= sesccsel s ulscenscess) SRt ekHD aisstelh al ereuastinal wo—osom> et ol sssssece 5l o 2 beneiBl) 4 for Earrshew in 88 5w 01000010x-2 00000006000 Gelbert. _Two- Siolen —-Dyies. Gel- Gelbert to R shaw, oul—By Earn- v, Hafey, Hal- (ushep, ' Hans, 2; Earnshaw failaias, Umpires - . plate: Stark (N. L.). ). second base c— Time of game— N CHSEDAS AL TOPS AT AT ACA Simmons First Since 1919 to Repeat as American League Leader. By the Associated Press. HICAGO, October 3.—Al Sim- mons, clean-up man for the championship Philadelphia Athletics, has broken the jinx that has besieged American League batting champlons since the days of Ty Cobb. Final unofficial averages today gave Simmons the batting title for the sec- ond straight year with an average of .390, making him the first champion to repeat since 1919 Simmons’ av- erage was the highest since 1927 and 9 points higher than hic winning per- centage of 1020. Babe Ruth finished second with .373. For all-around hil however, Lou Geb leading in_four depar runs, 211 hits for a high total of 410 bases and a record-breaking mark of 184 runs batted in. He also tied Babs Ruth for the home-run championship by belting out 46 circuit smaches. tting performance, led the fleld, Earl Webb of the Boston Red Sox | crashed out 67 two-base hits for a new major lecgue record, while Benny Chepman of ihe Yankess proved that o stealing isn't exactly a lost art by pilfering_61. troit Tigers led in triples with 18. As usual, the pitchinz 1ace was ail Lefty Grove. The tall Athletic south- paw's unofficial and final record was 31 victories and 4 dofeats, a new for southpaw pitchine. Lefty also led the league again in strikeouts with a collection of 171. Cleveland won the team batting championship with an unofficial per- centage of .209, while the Athletics and Washington tied in team fielding at 976, one point shy of the =all-time American League fielding mar: The leading hitters and th unofiicial averages: Simmons, Philadelphia, 290: Ruth, New York, .373; Morgan, Cleveland, Cochrane,” Philadelphia, .349; Gehrig, New York, .341; Webb, Boston, .334; Averill, Cleveland, .333; Geoslin, r final ‘St. Louis, .328; Dickey, New Ycrk, 323. By the Associated Press. T. LOUIS, October 3.—Babe Ruth, deing duty as a reporter, sticks to his belief that the Athletics will win the series, but believes they are going to have a harder fight than they did a year ago in defeating the Cardinals. As a result of the Cardinals' victory in the second game of the series, the | odds of the Athletics, according to Tom | Kearney, St. Louis betting_ commis- sioner, have shifted to 1 to 2. Before yesterday’'s game they were 1 to 4. The | Cardinal odds tightened up from 2!, to1to7 to5 on the series. Sparky Adams, regular Cardinal third baseman, is still limping from a dam- aged ankle, and Manager Gabby Street says it is doubtiul if he will be able to gct in any game of the series. unable to play in the first two. He was Jake Flowers, who played third yes- terday for the Cardinals, has becn a general all-around utility man this sea- son. He has done a majority of his playing at second base, filling in for Frankie Frisch when the latter was in- jured. He also worked at short when Gelbert was out of the game. He has had only a few chances at third. oM Johnson of the De- | record | THE EVENING ACK HANDS PALM TOPEPPER WARTIN Deciares Cardinal “Cripple” Outstanding Player in ‘ Series So Far. | BY WILLIAM WEEKES, Associated Press Sports Writer. T. LOUIS, October 3.—John | Leonard “Pepper” Martin, the | S young man who said he could hit any kind of pitching the | world champion Athletics had to offer, | and has proved it so far, today stands |out as the world series hero to date. | No less an authority than Connie {Mack himself paid this tribute to the sensational young Cardinal outfielder. | Mack says that Martin has been the outstanding player of the series. i 1 Martin, whose tsmpestuous base run- | ning yesterday helped Wild Bill Halla- | han to subdue the A's and square the | series, was not even eounted on as a | starter in the classic, because of in- | juries. But he was a lively cripple when | he stole two bases on Mickey Cochrane and scored both Cardinal runs in the shutout victory. 1 Peppcr announced before the series | that he could “hit any kind of pitch- i but did not mention anjthing abcut sensational base running. His | batting average for the first two games of the set, 713, proves he can hit, and | his pair of stolen bases and all-around | work in the outfield have given Connie | Mack’s champions something more to worry about. Born in Leap Year. | Martin was born on February 29, 1904, in Oklatoma City, making him a leap-year baby. Yesterday he was a leaping misery to the Athietics every | time he came up. In the second inning he doubled and immediately stole third, sliding into the bag chin first after the fashion of Fiankie Frisch, his instruc- tor in base running. It was easy for him to score the urst and ultimately deciding run on Wilson's long fly to | center. In the seventh inning ke singled for his second hit of the game and his fifth of the series, and a couple of pitches later plunged head first into second base for his second stolen base. | An infleld out put him on third and | he scored on Charlie Gelbert's neat sacrifice. He is 50 powerfully muscled as to ap- | pear muscle-bound, but is exceptionally | fleet of foot. He is a product of the | Cardinals clain-store system of base | ball and was a great bargain. He was | located by Sccut Charley Barrett in | Greenville, Tex.. for the modest sum of $2,500. Try and get him for 10 times that amount now. Popular With Players. Pepper is a big favorite among his {fellow players. The yourg man from OiXlahoina exudes enthusiasm for the geme. He 2lf0 chews a mean quid of tobacco, being a rival of Dibrell Wil- liams, the A's voung shortstop, for the tobacco-chewing championship of the series. He was with Rochesteg of the Inter- national League, a Card junior varsity outfit in 1030, and compiled a batting averege of 363, He scored 121 runs and hit safely 175 times, ranking ffth among the regulars of the league. He batted in 114 runs and stole 26 bases, ranking third in that art. Today he was the leading batsman of the serles, heading his highly rated mates, Chick Hafey and Jim Bottom- ley, &s well as overshadowing Mickev Cochran=, the mighty Al Simmons and v Foxx of the world chempions. is not done yet if you take his | word for it. i | " “I said I could hit any kind of pitch- ;mg. I have done it and I'm going to | keep on doing it.” STAR, WASHINGTON, D, G SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 MAYBE THAT’S A DARK EQUINE AT CENTRAL HIGH. HEFLIN , A NEW PLAYER 15 A FAST g S 1M AFTER A FAST, AGGRESSIWE TEAM', SANS COACH COGGINS ~ MAKIAG HIM DIFFERENT THAN EVERY COACH 1N THE COUNTRY, EH? i GIBBONS — ANOTHER KICKING PRosPECT FROM THE THERE'S A DARK HORSE IN THE WAY ./ CEeNTRAL STADIUAM Mackmen’s Defeat Not Kind ' That Hurts, Insists Collins; | Terms Martin Ideal Player BY EDDIE COLLINS, Captain of Athleties. N ROUTE TO PHILADELPHIA, October 3.—Strange as it may E hands of the Cardinals was not .one of those kind that a ball player would sav hurts. We figure that in any game that you can't score a single Tun you have not much chance to win.: 80 I am very ready and willing to ray that a better club beat us and fully deserved the victory. Quite naturally, two Cards stood out head and shoulders above them all— Bill Hallahan and Pepper Martin. Per- haps we should have reversed the order, | bui_certainly both deserve a world of | credit Perhaps it s because T belong to the | old school ot ball playing, when the | gower of might and long hitting did not The attendance for the first two games in St. Louis was 73.476. The re- ceipts amounted to $32: 6. The play- ers’ share pool now totals $164.513.76 The players will share in only two more gemes. The attendance yesterday fell off slightly. drobping to 35,947, with re- ceipts of $157,415, Earl Mack, son of the A's leader, does duty behind the bat as a catcher in bat- ting practice. It's a job he likes, and he gives the impression that he would ike t» be s good a backstop as Mickey Cochrane. ~ Connie Mack started his career as a catcher. | ‘The Cardinals contend that “Wild Bill" Hallahi letics yesterday. only three hits, was a far better exhibi- | tion of pitching than he gave a year ago, when he conquered Walbe:g, Shores and Quinn, 5 to 0, to give St. Louis its Arst victory in the 1930 series. John McGraw, manager of the New | York Giants, says that ““Pepper” Martin, | on the offensive end of the game, gave | the greatest exhibition of base ball that he has ever seen jn a_world series. Mc- Graw and Manager Mack both agreed | that Martin is the outstanding playe: | to date of the series. Cards Confident of Series Viciory After Shutout of BY FRANKIE FRISCH, Captain and Second Brseman cf the Car- dinals, in His venth World Series. T. LOUIS, Mo., October 3.—I knew we could do it, and were all congratulating Bill Hallahan, Pep- per Martin and Jim Eottomley. Halishen was just wild enough to add to_his_effectiveness, end calm_enough into Philadelphia for a Monday start. The fact that Earnshaw was bowled over has helped a lot. You can stand facing some star like Grove, but when two siars begin to gang you it s some- thing else again. Hallahan will have a much longer resting period this time than he had a year li:: and his feat of shutting out the Athletics twice in three starts is something to remember anybody by. The early prediction that the series would be the closest of many years may pan out, after all. Hallahan's shut- 'out triumph and Pepper Martin's daily thrusts have changed the outlook, which after the fitst game was bluer than in- digo, #s far 2s the Red B'rds' migra- {tion was concerned. Eoth tesms so far have fielded ably and Al Sim+ons has contributed two back-handed running catches that shut off trip'es. Watkins also robbed Coch- rane of a double or triple by hauling | a long drive down from th> eir as the right fielder collided with the slands and bounded back ltke a rubber ball thrown egainst concrete. So far not a misplay has marred the defensive work of the two teams. (Cepyright. 1931. by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) Second-Game | A’s, Says Frisch \ to come through gloripusly after his lack of control placed him in several s [ sams. | Bill pitched one of his best games. | | He vas efiective bacaute h» had great | | speed, a fine preaking fast curve znd gcod control of his change-of-pace slow | curve. | _ Hallahan’s greatect help came from | Martin, whos= terrific speed and alerte | ness enzbled him to score both of the Cardinalz’ run |~ Afier that p2culiar pley in the ninth inning, when it looked as if the geme wére over on Moore's strikeout until | Wilsan dropped the bzl to fill the bas | Bottomley came to Hallahan's assis ance with a splendjd catch of Bishop's ,m.xvll fiy ln' endl the’game. | im not only ran a long distance |for that bail, but he was %nmm di- | rectly to the field boxes down the right- fl’el;‘ll llne.mHe :nld?e;he catch in front of them, then toppled over, but held the ball. IRl Earnshaw pitched fine base ball, but | we had a better pitcher on the hill, a | pitcher who will be in another game | | against the Athletics in the near future. | Even up now in the series, our full | confiderce has becn restored, and we g0 to Philadelphia to resume the saries | Monday firm in the belief that we will | | be the t world champions. | (Copyright. 1931, by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) | DIAMOND TILT SOUGHT. | A base ball game for tomorrow on the Riverdale, Md.. fisld is sought by | the Dor-A nine. Ciro's Italian Villagers are especially challenged. Telephone Stanley Bowers, Hyattsvillp 1359. | Willlams, ss. | Derringer 0ld sway and when it was necessary to bring into play speed, base stealing and a litile bit of headwork now and then to score a run, that I can't help but! Athletes Prove S. Emissaries By the Associated Press. ’ IOUTH AFRICA taught a group of American athletes this Summer that base ball is not confined to the United States. The South Africans rallied in the ninth to beat the A team of tour- ing American collegians, by 16 to 15. Consul General Moorehead at Johannesburg has informed the State Department that the athletes had “done a tremendous amount of good in bringing about better feeling toward the United States.” The team won a majority of its track and field competitions against South African athletes. The tour was sponsored by the Amat-ur Athletic Union of the United States and the South African Athletic and Olympic Games Asso- cation. Composite Box Score of First 2 Games By the Associated Press. H. 2B. 3B.HRI] o 0 - Phila. (A.L.) - —EATRRRRROO Y Simmors, if. Toxx, 1b. . Mille1, Dykes, 3b. B L LT e ey ela ] sound, vesterday's defeat at the | | admire even in an opponent the work {of the fleet Pepper Martin in the sec- | ond game. | | Hallahan employed quite a different style in the last two innings. He threw many slow curves and changes of pacs, whereas in the first seven innings he relied almost ‘entirely on a fast ball. I want to give him credit for being good and smart, and I firmly believe this* | deviation from the way he had worked in the fore part of the game is what won for_him. Big George Earnshaw pitched no mean game of ball. In fact, her per- | formence would have won nine times out of ten, but unfortunately for us he was up against a bit better ger. | Don't think for a minute that our ' confidence is shaken by this setback. We are moving into our own orchard | |1or the next three games, and as Man- ager Mack said in one of his very few statements previous to the start of the serfes, “if we take one of the first two games in Sportsman’s Park, I will be satisfied.” (Copyr! t. 1931 By the Noith American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) CANOE SAILORS RACE | Club Champio: nship Events Slated for Tomorrow on Potomac. | | The sailing Club will hoid its annua! | canoe safling championship races to- | | morrow morning on the Potomac be- | | tween the Lincoln Memorial and Long | bridges, starting at 11:15 o'clock. | |~ The progia . | | 11:15 o'clock—Class C, two or more | salls, limited to 80 square fest. | | 1:15 o'clock—Class A, two or more sails, unlimited. | | "2:30 o'clock—Class B, one sail, lim- ited to 80 square feet. | " Silver trophies will go to {1shing first in each event. Contestants and friends are asked to | |be at the Washington Canoe Club not {latsr than 10:15 a.m. to obtain trans- ! portation to the starting point. | The commitee in charge comprises C. | H Wagner, commodore of the Sailing | | Club; E. S.'McGuigan, vice commodore, | and J. V. Hazzard, secretary. these fin- | RBL SO. BB. Pct. PO. 100 1 7 12 » Sa oNo_weS ~ooond» cooooo3000 Tolals ......... St. Louis (N.L.) High, 3b. iFlowers, . Roettger, 1. Watkins, rf. Frisch, 2b, Bottomley, 1b. Hifey, If. Martan, of. . Wilson, c. .. Gelbert, Derringer, p. Johnson, p. . Hallshan, p. {Blades §Mencuso ‘Totals mwonaaanananael B | cocococcnoorornco® ol coorosormtrri | coooousnmrunnor &l coonwmumun— [FOPOIIOT PP areeY.- 2l | : 5 ol ooccoroncerrcosl ~loscossscore - = *Batted for Earnshaw in ninth innin, +Batted for Derringer in seventh inni iBatted for Johnson in ninth inning of first game. §Batted for High in ninth inning Pitehers’ Phila, G ©oa I R weds ok 12 6 1 3 0 11 Johnson . 0 0 Composite score by Philadelphia . St. Louis . Sacrifices—Dykes, Gelbert. nnings: —Bishop, Williams and Foxx; Bottomley (unassisted); Prisch, tomley. Left on bases—Philadelphia, 17; St. Louls, 15. Umpires—Messrs. d Stark (National), Nallin and McGowen (American). Times of games— an 1:55, 1:4! e W e ol cooscssscscass Sl rrwmonmnrnn M ol coococcococon o 2 gs = soosccecomcscos Slosconvnonnuce > 23 o £ e e R SR g | ommorcorunorror o slooocoorrrorocosoch ul coscosomnoroa 2 o e 2 2l coooorbuabarrned 2l coounw ~|cooccomosccssss e 5l cooccmrcormoars of g Of nulm. of first Reeords. P | Klem Financial Angle Of World Series By the Associated Press. Standing of the Ciubs. Team. Won. Lost Philadeiphia el 1 St. Louis. .. Pt 500 .1 Results. First game: Philadelphia . T Grove and Cochrane; Johnson and Wilson, Second gam: St. Louis. Philacelphia . Hzllahan and Cochrane. (Third game scheduled Monday, Octo- ber 5, Philadelphia.) Second Game Figures. Paid attendance, 35.947. Receipts, $157,415. Players' share, $80,281.65. Each club's share, $13,380.275. Each league’s share, $13,380.275. Advisory council share, $23,612.25. Totals for the Two Games. Paid attendance, 74,476. Receipts, $322,576. Players’ share, $164.513.7 Each club's share, $27.418.96 Egch league's share. $27,418.96 Advisory council share, $18,386.40. Derrirger SANE e aw and Wilson; Ear He’s Dr. J:kvll —and Mr. Hyde Coggins Denies Being Optimist After Talking Like One. BY TOM HAKE a fin with Bert Cog- gins, fdlksies, a rather nice coaching man out there at Central High School. No foolin’, boys, he's there in a pair of ways. Ask him how his foot ball team out there is going to make out this year. Maybe he will tickle your little pink ears with a lot of gossip about his pupils. And about his 1931 chances—and a few things like that. This section of the country’s best sports section asked him. And came tearing back home knowing just a lit- tle less than nothing about Central 0 | High and its foot ball eutfit. Which hurt no one’s feeljags, because Bert told me the truth. He knows lit- tle about his team’s prospects and few | coaches do, either. But they do not step up front and brag abeut it like Bert. You must mest Bert. He's sure refreshing, customars. But he's trying for something, you know. You see, it's his first year as Central's grid coach. He was a pip basket ball tutor. But that's up an- other alley. And Bert knows it. Is he going to dazzle tne foot ball | world by adding some cute basket court | tactics to the game? Is he going to revolutionize the old Autumnal scramble with his basket ball knowledge? Be your sedate age, He is not go- ing to do anything of the sort. He is a very practical baby, with not much theory and mighty little dreamin “You tell ’‘em what to do and then expect them to dc that little thing. If the boys do not follow in- structions they lose ball games. There isn't much else s Bert breadcasting, and if you want a more honest, more simple iping of fact go elsewhere. “Bert dles nothing but honest goods. But, as I started to explain, he is after something. “I want a fast, ag- gressive, winning tesm. That's all I expect,” said Bert. And even a pair of fleld glasses could not disclose a smile on his face. SPORTS. —By TOM DOERER. BY ALAN GOULD. Ascociated Press Sports Editor. | T. LOUIS, October 3.—Not since Fred Merkle failed to touch second base nor since Gene Tunney took the “long | count” has the sports world found | more to argue about than the | strategy, or lack of it, in the sec- |ond game of the world series. If the Athletics had come through to beat Hallahan and the Cardinals, with the bases full in the ninth, after Catcher Wilson threw to the wrong base on Jimmy Moore’s strikeout, the St. Louis backstog would have been nomi- | nated for a place with Merkle iamong the ‘“goats” of base ball | history. I But the Cards survived this brain- slip and the second-guessers today took none less than the old master, Connie Mack, to task for questionable tactics. | " Mack made the same mistake twice, many seasoned base ball men declared, | when he allowed George Earnshaw to take his turn at bat, instead of send- ing in a pinch-hitter, with the tying run on third base and others in the offing. KICKERS HERE - AND THey WERE NEEDED.. - YASSIR, THESE SUGAR DROPS GO RIGHT To MR.MAP HARDELL'S o %l Had Faith in George. Connie explained afterward he had | confidence in Earnshaw's hitting abil- | ity, especially against a left-hander, | but the facts were, first, that Big | George hit into a double play in the fifth inning with the bases full and, sec- | ond, fanned in the seventh with men on | first and third. The Cards led only | by 1-0 both times. Even a long fiy | would have tied the score in the fifth, | and as late as the seventh, with Halla- | han in rare form, it looked to many observers as though the better part of | strategy was to nominate a batting | replacement. | “What was Mack worried about?” asked a veteran manager. “He didn't have to save any of his pitchers. They ‘lll get two days’ rest before the next game, anyway, and the A’s needed one or two runs much more than they | needed the distinction of having Earn- shaw finish out his assignment. With- out any runs, it didn't make any dif- ference how good Earnshaw was going. He was already one run behind. But that's the gamble. If Earnshaw had y come through, Mack would have had the last laugh.” Cards Run Wild. e Athletics, all hands agreed, will SHADE, RING VETERAN DEFEATS YOUNG JEBY! h but Cardinal base-runners, especially Pep- per Martin, if they are to stop the N tional Le>guers from galloping aw with the series. Right under the noses of the finest defensive ciub in the American League the Cards yesterday ran wild. Watkins as well as Martin made an extra base on an ordinary single. due to slipshod work in the outficld by Has and Simmons. On top of that, Cochrane’s aim was far from its vsusl accuracy, whether or not a perfect thrcw would have nailed Meartin on each occasion he stole a base Tudges Give Dave Decision, Referee Votes for Ben in 12-Round Bout. NEW YORK, October 3 —Showing flashes of the form that made him al- most unbeatable five or six years 2go, Dave Shade took a close decision over Ben Jeby, young East Side middle- weight. in'a’ 12-round bout in Madiscn Square Garden last night Shade sewed it up by taking the final frame, vhen he opened up and traded punches with the rugged East Sider. Dave had saved up a bit here and there 2s he went along to make this final s_ph:irge. and it came in very hapdy, in deed. There was some dissension over the verdict, which was not unanimous. The referee, Johnny McAvoy, cast his bal- lot_for Jeby, while the judges, George Kelly and Jimmy Rellly, saw Shade ficnishing in front. “The Cards gave one of the smart exhibitions 1 have seen a Nation League team show in several years, remarked John Heydler, president of the league, after the game. “I said at the outset they would have to be on their toes and get the jump on the | Athletics to have a chance to win this series. If they continue to play the same alert ball they did behind Halla- han’s superb pitching, I feel confident they will give a good account of them- selves. Martin, I was told, was not in the best of condition to start the series but he teems in very good health and acts like one of the greatest young out- fizlders protluced in a long time.” ANOTHER SERIES HERO Sports Writer Deflects Foul Ball, Saving McNamee, Broadcast. ST. LOUIS, Mo. October 3 (P — M. F. Parker, sports writer for the St. Louis Globe-Demotrat, saved the sec- ond-game world series broadcast for | radio listeners yesterday. DOERER | 'Graham McNemee was busy before | the microphone when a foul tip came | Can you imagine a foot ball coach Whizzing toward it. wanting so little? Anyhow, that's all| McNamee ducked as Parker reached he wants, and if he get it by wishi; | up to deflect the ball. | know a whole lot of coaches who il il A CITY NETMEN CLASH e going to sit right down and start to PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. San Francisco, 6: Seattle, 3. Hollywood, 11; Portland, 5. Les Angeles, 7. Oakland, 5. Missions, 14; Sacramento, 7. wish like you have never seen wishing before. They'll cross legs. like & lot of Gandhis, and sit all night wishing and Four Teams Etart Play Today for hoping. | But, and I warned you that Mr. League Tennis Title. ‘The annual city tennis team series. Coggins is frank, he told me that Central High's foot ball squad is | an affair which brings together Wash- far better than he had expected. | ington's six net league champions, is Imagine a first-year coach not tak- | to begin this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock | ing advantage of his right to say he |on the Wardman Park Hotel courts. | expected to have a poor team. | Edgev;oog. Capital City League win- — | ner, and Bureau of Standards, Subur- And he admits that, although he saw ban League champion, oppose in one Central in but one foot ball combat last | match, with Potomac Park, Public year. he believes jt will have better | Parks League title holder, kicking this year. And he likes young winner of the Depe tments Gibbons, the tackle; believes Kocsis meeting in the other. will be more brilliant as a back than as a linesman, the position he held last v oo | SCHEDULES TANK MEETS But when you press him as fo reasons | W | for his hopes he smothers the play by Four meets have been arranged to | saying he knows no more aboui their date for Central High's swimming team. chances than the casual onlooker. Here they are — | Balt!) llege, Bert will say) “look December 4—Baltimore City Colleg ‘em over.. Your guess is s good 88| i oiimore. : December 11—Friends School. mire.” Whereupon he will sneak an- e W i et e e | RenCuLy)a0—Yale\fresttuen;iat New Haven. that Cumberland and King are ¢ ing to be & pair of the chy's stela| - Neonrn o une mromise Bill Noonan, jr., who promises to schoolboy backs. And that Heflin and prove one of ',hejhe!m'l lenpdln( point- Buscher will dazzle as ends. Conelud-| winners, is back on the squad after be- : el ; e i ing out ‘with s bad arm and leg they prorise. S e “There you are,” FRISCO HAS BIG LEAD. SAN FRANCISCO, October 3 (4).— Official Pacific Coast League standing is as follows: s 'ct. 607 i “But,” he will | add, squelching any optimism the interviewer might be ready to,pull up from the _hatch, “what do I know about these boys? They might look fair, but that will have to be proved on the ball field. I wish you wouldn't mention anything about ‘em, because there’s no way of me telling what they are going to do.” that out for yourself. I can- | not. ~ But maybe I'm thick and Bert's | only trying to lather a dark horse a | solemn gray for the enemy's benefit. I think he is. Between you and me, customer, I lock for Mr. Coggins to . be up top there swapping socks with | Hap Hardell in the public high school | grid skirmish this month. i But don't say I told you anything about Bert’s ball club. What informa- | tion he gave me he denied and that | which he denied he repeated as true. T'm going back with my keeper and stay awsy from Central. San Prancisco Oakland .. Los Angeles Portland .. Hollywood Sacramento .. Mat Matches By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA —Rudy Dusek, Omaha, threw San Szabo, Hungl':y. 57:53; ‘Toots Mondt, Colorado. threw Gene Bruce, Scandinavia, 18:36;: Gino Garibaldi, Italy, drew with Paul Jones, Houston, Tex.: Earl McCready, Ok l.mlt:l. threw Richard Stahl, Germany, OTTAWA—Henri Deglane, 220, Mont- real, defated Altman, 238, nr.:’aomh. in straight falls, 20:10 and SAN JOSE. Calif—Ted 'Cox, 215, Stockton. Calif., defeated Frank Schroll, 185, Omaha, in straight falls; 26 and 1. |