Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 124, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 October 1931 — Page 24

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MACK’S MONARCHS PRODUCE PUNCH IN PINCH, SINK CARDS

Grove Injures Finger, May Be Out Until Fourth Game, Babe Reports

Derringer Is Great Pitcher, Ruth Says, but Cards Must Stop Slugging of Simmons, Foxx and Cochrane and Get More Runs Off Grove. BY BABE RUTH ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2.—This world series of 1931 imposes upon the St. Louis Cardinals the same difficulties which overwhelmed them a year ago. Taming that powerful hitting trio of Simmons, Cochrane and Foxx is one problem. Scoring many runs off Lefty Grove is the other. They failed in both departments in the opening game of the 1931 series Thursday and the American League champions again got away to a winning start, 6 to 2. I thought for a few minutes in the first inning that the Cards had encountered Grove in one of his quite infrequent off days. They tore into him in that first inning as if he were a rookie of whom they had never heard. Sitting up in the stand, almost on a line with the plate, it struck me that Lefty did not have his usual amount of stuff. Even a Grove can’t get by big league hitters on one of those days when he suffers a lack of what ball players call stuff.

W ingard on Tribe List Perry Concludes Deal for Star: Five Players in Koenecke Deal. BY EDDIE ASH Time* Sport* Editor ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2.—Mingling among baseball prominents attending the world’s series baseball classic between the Athletics and the Cardinals is Norman A. Perry, president and owner of the Indianapolis American Association club. Caught in the swirl of pennant talk, the Tribe boss declared he had touched off the spark that would make Manager Emmett McCann's Indians a real contender for big minor league laurels next year. According to Perry, the wrinkles have been ironed out of the Ernie Wingard deal with Toledo and it seems assured that the versatile Wingard will be Indianapolis property when the next campaign rolls around. At any rate. Perry asserted. Tribe followers won’t go wrong if they begin now to list the lanky pitcher

and first sacker | and slugger as a member of the 1932 Hoosier team. Purchase ' of Wingard by Indianapolis was announced some time ago, but Thomas Hickey, league prexy, ruled it out on J account of an as- j sociation law that j prevents transfer of players between association clubs between certain dates.

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Anyway, according to Perry, Wingard will be with Indianapolis next season. Another Toledo pastimer sought by the Tribe president is John Cooney, pitcher, first sacker, outfielder and pinch hitter. Perry was pleased with Cooney’s performance during late season games when Toledo visited Indianapolis, and remarked today that he intends to bid for him. According to Jack Hendricks, team scout and assistant to Perry, the Indians are above the tturty inark on their roster and it was disclosed today that the Tribesmen are promised five play-

ers from the New York Giants in the transaction for outfielder Len Koenecke. Manager McCann also is here with the Indianapolis baseball' party and he indicated during lobby conversations that outfielder Harry

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Rosenberg and pitcher Willard Mor- | roll, who finished the 1931 season with the Indians on option, will be two of the five. From other sources, it was learned the three other pastimers coming in the Koenecke deal will be an outfielder and two pitchers. Rumors were heard that Ethan Allen, outfielder, and John Berly, pitcher, would be included. The Indians escaped the big league player draft and Tribe offi-

cia 1 s expressed gratification over the outcome. Some fear was felt that Ray Fitzgerald, fleet outfielder, would be lost. Also of Interest to Indianapolis fans are reports heard today that Ownie Bush will return to Chicago as White Sox manager in 1932 and that Johnny Corriden, former

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Crippled De Pauw Eleven to Face Chesters in First Tilt

B v Time* Sprrinl OREENCASTLE, Ind., Oct. 2. Starting with the best grid prospects in years. De Pauw's Tigers’ footsteps have been followed doggedly by old man Jinx since the initial practice sessions. Indications now point to a badly weakened machine facing Manchester college here Saturday when the Old Gold op?ns its 1931 campaign. Ernest Beler, Charles Lyons and Stout, back field stars, and Moore and Bundy, veteran line stalwarts, are the injured pastimers who will be out of action. Coach Guamy Neal probably will use Don Wheaton and Robert Bradlay at half backs, the latter a sophomore, with Rice at quarter and Crain at full back. Tomlinson at center, Leahy and Myers at guards,

Bottomley’s single in that first inning was handled by Williams, but the singles of Roettger and Frisch and Pepper Martin's double were hard hit balls. It was an inning such as Grove seldom experiences, being tagged for four hits by five successive batters. I figured he was due for a trouncing. Grove* Rallies Fast Then he rallied fast. His speed improved, his curve broke more sharply and he held the Cards runless until his own team chalked up a two-run lead. Then I knew school was out for the Cardinals as four runs are enough for Grove when he is right and he began to show signs of that in the second inning. The advance dope was upset by the Cardinals in hitting twelve safe blows against the big left-hander, but he lived up to the advance dope by defeating the National Leaguers. When he pitches again, and I hardly look for him before the fourth game, because he wore the skin off the top of his index finger on his pitching hand in five innings of the first game, I believe he will be far more effective. It is not in the cards, as they say, for any team to sock Grove so generously twice in a row. I expect to see him pitch a low-hit game on his next appearance. Foxx Drives in Two Then there was that other problem of taming the A's heavy hitting trio. Foxx drove in two runs with a single, Simmons drove in two more with a home run, and his batting ability was good for another run when he walked with bases filled. Derringer had to try to get A1 to hit at bad balls and he would not do it. So Simmons gets credit for pushing three runs over the plate, and Foxx added two more. Haas sent in the A’s other run with a double. Cochrane did not figure in driving runs across but he hit safely twice, walked once, and went out another time on a fancy catch by Gelbert. I thought Derringer did a wonderful bit of pitching for a rookie who has had but a year of big league experience. What a pitcher that boy is going to be! Striking out nine A’s in seven innings is a remarkable feat, and he got everybody on Mack’s team except Cochrane and Dykes. With a little more experience he should be one of the great pitchers of baseball. Game Not Thriller I never saw him work before but had heard a lot of him. He was even better than I had expected. The youngster was in a tough spot in that third inning and it wasn’t surprising that his control got away from him. But he steadied remarkably after this poor inning and though he had runners on the bases in each of the next four innings, the only scoring was the result of one powerful swing by A1 Simmons in the seventh. I did not think it was a particularly thrilling game, though both teams played errorless ball. That one-handed catch by A1 Simmons, which robbed Jimmy Wilson of a double, was the only real thriller of the game. My hat is off to “Pepper” Martin, too. Here is another first year man and he slapped a great pitcher for a double and two singles. Pepper was the batting hero.

Yankee Golf Stars Battle By United rress TORONTO, Canada. Oct. 2.—Miss Maureen Orcutt of Englewood, N. J., defending champion, will meet Miss Virginia Van Wie of Chicago, in the feature semi-final match of the Canadian women's golf championship today. In the other match, Mrs. Alex Sterling Fraser of Ottawa, will engage Miss Marjorie Kirkman of Montreal. Mrs. Fraser provided the tournament with its biggest upset Thursday when she eliminated Miss Enid Wilson, English champion, 1 up. Big Series Figures STANDING OF CLUBS Philadelphia "l' i>“ UPOO St. Louis o 1 .000 OPENING GAME STATISTICS Paid attendance 3# 520 Players' share 554.282.il Earh club's share 514.035.6S Each league's share 514.035.6S Advisory council's ' share $24,774.15

Hammond and Moore at tackle and Copeland and Williams at ends, most of them veterans, probably will be in the forward wall. Manchester also reports a long hospital list, but with Chapman and Piper, the speedy ball carriers, in action, the Chesters will be a dangerous threat at all times. They handed the Tigers a real scare last year, losing 24 to 20 after leading all the way. HANOVER IN ACTION By Timet Special HANOVER, Ind., Oct. 2.—Hanover college football squad was scheduled to battle University of Louisville at Louisville tonight The Hoosier eleven was strengthened by the return of Lutchka, full back.

A's Triumph in Opener

PHILADELPHIA AB R H O A E BishOD. 2b 4 1 1 0 3 0 Haas, cl 5 112 0 0 Cochrane, c 4 2 2 7 0 0 Simmons, if 4 113 0 0 Poxx. lb 4 0 2 9 0 0 Miller, rs 4 0 0 3 0 0 Dvkes. 3b 3 0 2 1 1 0 Williams, ss 4 1 2 2 5 0 Grove, and 4 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 6 11 27 9 • 0 ST. LOUIS AB R H O A E High. 3b 4 0 1 0 1 O Roetteer. rs 5 1 2 1 0 0 Frisch. 2b 4 1 2 4 1 0 Bottomlev. lb 4 0 1 7 1 0 Hafev. If ..4 0 1 0 0 0 Martin, cf 4 0 3 2 0 0 Wilson, c 4 0 0 12 2 0 Gelbert. ss 4 0 2 1 5 0 Derringer. and 2 O 0 0 0 0 Johnson, n 0 0 0 0 0 n Flowers 1 0 0 0 0 0 Blades 1 0 0 0 0 0 Mancuso 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 38 2 12 27 10 0 Flowers batted for Derringer in seventh. Blades batted for Johnson in ninth. Mancuso batted for Hieh in ninth. Philadelphia 004 000 200—6 St. Louis 200 000 000 —2 Summary Runs batted in—Simmons. 3: Foxx. 2: Haas. Bottomlev. Martin. Two-base hits —Martin. Haas. Gelbert. Home run—Simmons. Stolen bases—Hafev. Martin. Left on base—Philadelphia, 7: St. Louis. 9. Struck out bv Derrineer. 9; (Grove 3, Bishop. Haas. Foxx. Miller. Williams. Simmons 1: bv Johnson. 2. 1 Williams. Simmonsi: bv Grove. 7. iHafev 2. Hieh, Roetteer. Derrineer. Martin. Bladesi. Bases on balls—OH Derringer. 3 (Cochrane. Simmons. Dvkesi. Hits—OH Derrineer 11 hits in 7 innines. Losine pitcher—Derrineer. Double plavs—Bishop to Williams to Foxx: Bottomlev. unassisted. Umpires —Klem (N. 1, at plate: Nallin (A.) at first: Stark iN. 1 at second and McGowan IA.I at third. Attendance. 38,529. Time. 1:55.

Chocolate Is Quick Winner By United Pres* NEW YORK, Oct. 2.—Kid Chocolate of Cuba, junior lightweight champion of the world, scored the quickest knockout of his career Thursday night when he stopped Joe Scalfaro of New York, after 39 seconds of fighting in a scheduled ten-round bout at the Queensboro stadium. The referee halted the fight after Scalfaro went down for the second time. It was Chocolate’s first fight since he won the title from Benny Bass in Philadelphia in July.

-Pin GossipBY LEFTY LEE

The Citizens Gas League (south side), roiling at the Fountain alleys, played a close and interesting series. Holders. Tars. Services and Screens taking two games from Boilers. Ammonias. Sulphates and Trucks. Kick had a 263 count to start his Dlav which gave him the leading total of 615. Stich was next on 610. Medlin rolled games of 206. 191 and 237, a total of 634, for Drips in the north side division of the Citizens Gas League, but the combined efforts of Heat. Units gave them a triple win. Pressures and Generators also won three from Gauges and Leaks, while Accounts and Pumps were winning the odd game from Coolers and Scrubbers. Gardner Specis id West Baking won three from Libb and and Taggert Baking during the ; jntests rolled in this loop on the 111. lleys. Two games \ so rolled in the Ice Cream League le Delaware drives. Banauet winnir, from Fertig as Ballard took two Furnas. Heaters and ; proved too strong for Washers and * s during the Heating and Plumbin,; ae play at the Illinois, caking the : series, while Pumps. Valves and ,ors lost the rubber to Showers So j and Ladles. Rabold won all high rs with a single game of 258 and thre. . me count of 621. The G. H Henmann girls of the Daughter o. ibella League rolling on the Hotel A r alleys proved their class by defeatin;, ..re No. 3 girls by a wide margin each game. No. 2 also won three from John Grande, as Heidenreich Florists and Fidelitv Trust won two from No. 4 and No. 7. The Dollendorff Watch team of the Elk League rolled a total of 1,036 in their final try to avoid a ghutout at the hands of the Supreme Oil quintet. Bailey Insurance and Blacker Chili also tok one from B. M. G. and Heidenreicb Flowers, while Stafford Engraving lost three to La Fendrich. Pearce accounted for the only 600 set with games of 203, 220 and 191. a total of 614. The Bulldogs are the reason the Wildcats of the St. Catherine League are wild, taking them for three games on the Fountain Square alleys. Leopards and Wolves were also on their game, trouncing the Panthers and Tigers, while the Lions won two from the Bears. But one contest was rolled in the American Central Life Ladies League at Pritchetts, Actuarial taking the odd game from Record. Wiebke finished with 209 to total 532. .The usual good scoring was produced by the teams of the Universal League rolling on - the Pritchett drives. Gem Coal. Heidenreich Florists and Capitol Ice defeated S. and S. Service. Indianapolis Glove and Coca Cola without a win. while Virginia Grill. Auto Equipment, and Blue Point made it two-out-of-three over Duesenberg, Seal Motor Service and Emrich Hardware. Hansen, who rolled a 715 in this loop last week, again led. games of 209. 221 and 246 giving him a dandv count of 676. Barrett rolled 627; Prochaska. 610: Ernst. 600; Tracv, 604 and Brenner. 620. The opening night’s plav of the American Can League at Pritchett’s resulted in i triple wins for Machine Shop and Office over Bodv Makers and Press and Line, and a two-game victory for Shipping from Ink. Prlntcraft bowlers were again in session at the Pritchett drives. Indianapolis ; Star taking three from Press Assistants 1 No. 39. while Flint Ink. Advance-Wright and Pivot Citv Ink won two from RhoadesHice and Etter Bingham rollers ' and 1 Pauley. For the second time this week : Eddie Hofstatter went, over big. his 649 [leading the field. H. Schoch had 629; Sci- ! bold. 616; Hornberger, 631, and Schleimer. 609. Two-game wins ruled the Community League plav on the Uptown allevs. Trout Maiestic. J. P. Johnson, Broadway and Uptown Power and Heat defeating Uptown Garage, N. W. State Bank. Hurt Bros and j United Dental. Some good individual counts were recorded during this plav. | Mindach leading with 662. A1 Kimmel had 660: Rex Dawson, 657; Scottin, 631, and I Kellev, 618.

Thursday Fight Results

AT TERRE HAUTE. Ind.—Walter Pickard, 190. Terre Haute, knocked out Tim Charles. 190. Louisville. (5); Andv Kellett. 108. Marion Heights. 111., and George MulHolland. 108. Indianapolis, six-round draw. AT MUNCIE. Ind.—Willard Brown. Indianapolis lightweight, outpointed Jimmv Conley of Toledo in ten rounds here Thursday. Herbie Anderson Muncie middleweight. defeated Cliff Larue. Toledo, in eight rounds. Harry English. Toledo Neero middleweight, knocked out Eddie Staten of Newcastle in the second round and Gene Teal. Muncie. drew with Eddie Cooper. Muncie light weight, in six rounds ROSE INVADES EARLHAM By Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., Oct. 2.—Phil Brown's strong Rose Poly eleven comes here Saturday to take on Earlham's Quakers. Coach Ross has had his squad hard at work for the tilt. Kauser probably will start at full back. OIL BURNING HEATING STOVES No coal, no ashes, no smoke; no variable temperatures, no care Beautiful enameled circulators Large warehouse heaters. Heaters for every purpose. Oil costs no more than coal. CHAS. KOEHRING *7B-832 Virginia Are. DR. 1417 v>. „ , , /

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A1 Simmons of the Philadelphia Athletics is shown scoring on the first home run of the 1931 world series, which he cracked out in the seventh inning of Thursday’s opening game in St. Louis. Simmons’ homer scored Cochrane ahead of him, and the latter is shown congratulating Simmons as he crosses the plate.

Northwestern-Nebraska, 1.U.-Irish Battles Head Big Ten Grid Card

SATURDAY’S BIG TEN SCHEDULE Notre Dame at Indiana. Nebraska at Northwestern. Mt. Pleasant and Ypsilanti Normal at Michigan. Pittsburgh at lowa. Bradley and North Dakota Aggies at Wisconsin. Cincinnati U. at Ohio State. Oklahoma Aggies at Minnesota. St. Louis U. at Illinois. W’estern Reserve and Coe at Purdue. By United Press CHICAGO, Oct. 2.—With Notre Dame beginning its first season in many years without the aid of Knute Rockne, and Northwestern pointing toward the national championship, the opening of the Western Conferonce annual football race Saturday has attracted nation-wide interest. All of the Big Ten teams, except Chicago, are scheduled for action, but most of the games are earlyseason setups. Minnesota and lowa,

Legion Lines Up Strong Talent for Ring Opening

One more bout, a four-round cur-tain-raiser, is to be lined up to complete the forty-round card with which the legion will open its boxing season at the Armory Tuesday night, and Matchmaker Ely announces the program, with this exception, as follows: Ten Rounds—Walter Pickerd, Indianapolis, vs. Benny Touchstone, Detroit; heavyweights. Eight Rounds —Billy Rose, Cincinnati, vs. Peter Mike, Indianapolis; welterweights. Six Rounds —Andy Kellett, Terre Haute, vs. George Welsh, Chicago; heavyweights. Six Rounds—Pat Bennett, Terre Haute, vs. Eph Virt, Indianapolis; middleweights. Six Rounds—Tiger Lyons, Cincinnati, vs. Bruce Britt, Terre Haute; junior lightweights. Several new faces will be noted among the talent engaged for the prelims and the matchmaker states all these boys come highly recommended. Billy Ross, the Cincinnati welter who fought many main events here in past seasons, returns to meet Peter Mike. George Grammell and Jimmie

Indiana College Schedule

FRIDAY NIGHT Franklin at Indiana Central. Hanover at Louisville U. SATURDAY AFTERNOON Notre Dame at Indiana university. Butler at Ohio 11., Athens Ohio. Coe and Western Reserve at Purdue. Manchester at De Pauw, Greencastle. Evansville at Wabash, Crawfordsville. Rose Poly at Earlham, Richmond. Ball Teachers at Miami (Oxford, O.). Indiana State Teachers at Oakland City. Danville Normal at Eastern Illinois Normal.

Franklin Eleven Returns to Test Indiana Central Tonight

Conquerors of Butlers’ Bulldogs in their opening encounter, Franklin college grid pastimers will return here tonight to take on Indiana Central’s Greyhounds. Coach Roy Tillotson’s Grizzlies have ironed out the flaws uncovered in last Saturday’s tilt and will be in top shape for the battle under the arcs with the local eleven at University Heights toriight. Franklin will be strengthened by the return of Downey, hard-running

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however, meet, stiff competitioij in Oklahoma A. & M. and Pittsburgh, respectively. Chief interest will center at Bloomington, Ind., where Notre Dame meets Indiana and at Evanston, where Northwestern opens its season against the powerful Nebraska Cornhuskers. The Hoosiers are expected to prove a severe test for the Notre Dame squad in its attempt to “carry on for Rockne” under the tutelage of Hartley Anderson, Jack Chevigny and Jesse Harper. In Nebraska, the Northwestern team has a strong foe. The game was carded principally to prepare the purple for its contest next week against Notre Dame, and for a hard Conference schedule. The lowa Hawkeyes, crippled by

Cooley, referees will alternate from week to week in handling main events. Frank Skinner svill be timekeeper. Five judges will be selected from among Armory patrons and the two judges officiate at each show will be named just prior to the start of the program. All persons holding season reservations last year are asked to inform the matchmaker at Riley 9395 if they wish the same reservations. Otherwise the seats will be placed on sale each Monday at Clark and Cade’s drug store. Evansville Is Wabash Foe CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind„ Oct. 2.—Wabash’s Little Giants will go after their second triumph Saturday when they tackle the invading Evansville eleven. Wabash trounced Indiana Central last week and coach Pete Vaughan uncovered some promising material. Weingartner, Vojvodich, Mangus and Wheaton turned in brillant line performances and are expected to start Saturday, while Red Varner, sophomore flash; Smith, Engal and Swartout are probably back field starters.

and accurate passing right half back who was out of action last Saturday with a leg injury. Other- 1 wise, the lineup for tonight will be the same as last week. Coach Harry Good of Indiana Central, handicapped by the absence of veterans, has had his squad hard at work since the 21 to 0 loss to Wabash last week and hopes to surprise the Grizzlies tonight. Harold Smith, star back and captain, will lead the Greyhounds in tonight’s tussle.

injuries, are not expected to furnish dangerous opposition to Pittsburgh, but Coach Ingwerson was confident his squad would make' a stauch bid for its former place in the football world. Expecting tough competition from Oklahoma A. & M., Coach Fritz Crisler put the Minnesota team through long defensive workouts this week. Jack' Manders and Burdick are expected to perform most of the ball carrying. Perdue, attempting to regain the laurels won in 1929, will meet western reserve and Coe college with two brilliant backfield combinations ready for service.

Zarnes, Washburn Top Hall Mat Card

Jack. Zarnes, Ohio state wrestling heavyweight will oppose Jack Washburn, California star, in next Monday’s mat feature at Tomlinson hall, according to promoter Jimmy McLemore. Frank Bronowicz, Po-lish-American heavy, will meet any man his weight in a second two-out-of-three-fall match. Two other bouts will complete the card. . McLemore stated he Is planning to bring many new faces to local mat fans.

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Grove Shines in Tight Spots to Score Win Athletics Make Most of Opportunities in Series Opener and„Pile Up Decisive Count Against Youthful Derringer; Foxx and Simmons Star at Bat. BY GEORGE KIRKSEY United Pres* Staff Correspondent ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2.—lt’s the same old six and seven with the Pmiadelphia Athletics, mighty monarchs of the baseball world. They make hits count for runs. That's the simple formula they have for winning ball games. If Al Simmons doesn't supply the punch. Jimmy Foxx does, and if neither comes through, well, Mickey Cochrane is poison in a pinch. In the opening game of the 1931 world series here Thursday, it was Simmons, Foxx and Grove. Simmons and Foxx did the hitting and Grove the pitching. For three straight years in succession the Athletics have been outhit in the opening game of the world series, and pulled through to victory. The St. Louis Cardinals made twelve hits off Grove in the first game, but the A’s, with only eleven hits, grabbed off the all-important opener, 6-2.

There never was a ball club superior to Connie Mack’s three-time American League champions and twice world title-holders in making the most of its opportunities. It is a point for debate about how the present A's stack up against the White Sox of 1906, the White Sox of 1919, the Red Sox of 1915-16 and the Yankees of 1927-28. and other great bail clubs, but there never was a baseball machine that outclassed the present Philadelphia team in coming through in the pinches. Paul Derringer, Card's rookie right-hander,, wasn’t outpitched byGrove over the seven-inning stretch

Hallahan Will Subdue A’s, Mystery Man Says.

By United Press BUFFALO, Oct. 2.—The St. Louis Cardinals’ “mystery fan,” told the United Press that if Hallahan ; pitched today—and it was almost certain that he would—he would beat the Athletics. “And the score will be as decisively in favor of the Cardinals as Thursday’s was for the Athletics,” the man who last year chose all but j one of the starting pitchers, and who Thursday predicted that if Derringer started he would lose. The mystery fan said he had sent Street a telegram warning him not to start Derringer, but to give Sylvester Johnson a chance. “And I’ll bet if Gabby had started Johnson, he would have come through.”

Danville and Valpo Battle By Times Special DANVILLE, Oct. 2.—Central Normal football warriors will head north Saturday for their third encounter, where they will battle Valparaiso U. at Valparaiso. Valpo boasts a strong eleven for the current campaign and Coach Sol Leitzman has his Danville eleven in top shape for the encounter. Leitzm.an probably will start the following performers: Wilson and Schultz, ends: Boomershine and Johnson, tackles; Bell and BaliH. guards; Smitlv. center; Sass. auarter: Gross and Noble, halves, and Riley, full.

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he was on the mound. Both pitchers allowed eleven hits during this period, but Grove was invincible in the .crucial moments, while Derringer faltered. The Cards got plenty of hits, enough to win any ordinary ball game, but they wasted their opportunities, a habit which National League world series teams have cultivated the last five years. When a hit would have sent Grove staggering back on his heels, the Cards folded up. It did not take any great pitching to stop them either. Grove pitched only an ordinarygame and was in trouble in at least four innings, but he pulled through under fire. At the first sign of a lapse on the part of Derringer, the A's started to make base hits count for runs. Held hitless for two innings, the A’s turned their first four hits into four runs in the third inning. The turning point of the game came when Derringer walked Simmons with the bases filled in the third inning, forcing in the run which tied the score, 2-2. Two men were out, and it was a case of pitch to the American League champion or fold up. Derringer wasn't quite equal to the test and threw a weak, wide effort to Simmons with the count 2 and 3. Foxx then walked up and smacked Ia single to center, scoring Haas and Cochrane with the winning runs. Foxx’ punch and Al Simmnos’ home run into the left field bleachers in the seventh with Cochrane on base were good for twice as many runs as the Cards made off their even dozen hits.

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