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THE, OSHAWA DAIL" TIMES, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1929 k World Ser PAGE NINE Ie nt 1€S Spec £5 | | A ATHLETICS BEAT CUBS IN STIFF PITCHERS' DUEL IN FIRST OF WORLD SERIES Howard Ehmke, Veteran Pitcher of the Athletics, Was Conny Mack's Choice to Oppose Charley Root of the Cubs in the Opening Game---~Both Pitchers in Great Form and Ho posing Batters Helpless in the First Six Innings, But Foxx Broke Up the Pitcher's Duel When He Hit a Home Run in the Seventh Chicago, Oct, 8,~The National League champlons stadium was filled to its estimated capacity of 50,000, wenring furs and overcoats, for the opening struggle between two of the most colorful clubs in baseball, It was a duel of right-handers at the getaway, but the veteran Connie Mack sprang a surprise or selecting his 86 year-old veteran, Howard ©hmke, lo oppore harley Root, He was chosen in preference to George Karn« shaw and Lefty Grove, Mack erossed un the experts still further by sending Rube Walberg, big southpaw to the bullpen for a warm up and pos sible ca i to the rescue. Both teams put thelr full strength on the field for the first battle, Miller starting for the Athletics in spite of a heavy cold, The following play by play re« port of the game is by Brian Nell, Asvoelated Tress sports writer: First Inning Athlotios=~Bishop grounded to Grimm and was out at first unas sluted, Hans struck out on a curv. ed ball over the fpslde, Cochrane walked, The fourth ball was low and over the Inside, Himmons strugk out, swinging at the third strike, 0 runs; 0 hits; 0 errors, Cubs==MaoMillan fouled out to Cochrane, who caught the hall halt way to third base. Xnglish bent out a hit to short, whioh was de- flected by Ehmke's glove, Noley threw but too late, Hornsby flied to Miller near the right fleld stands, Wilson flied to Miller In short right tleld, 0 puns; 1 hit; 0 errors, BROKE UP GAME Recond Inning Athletios=Joxx hit safely to left . field for one hase on the first pitch. od ball, Miller struck out, swing. ing at the third strike, Dykes singe led to left, Foxx stopping at seo: ond, Boley grounded to short and was doubled with Dykes, ¥nglish a i Horpsby to Grimm, 0 vuns; 2 Oubs--Cuyler up. Cuyler struck out, aw Ehmke wan using avery alow ourve, BLADRONHON | crim mm-------------------- ' ty WAS Sails an ho started. toward fiat |1I"3 on the first bail pitehed. 0 base. Grimm singled to centre on | "WIA; 0 hits; 0 errors, the firt pitohed balk Taylor filed | Cubs=-Taylor flied to Simmons, to Foxx near the piteher's mound, who canght the ball with on hand near the stand in deep left fleld, 0 rune 2 hid} # hee Root struck out, MeMillan struck Athi Whi wg I to Mo out, It was Ehmke's elghth strike. Millan oe came io tasty Bianop | °° AR Hitt; 0 errors, lined to English who tbok the ball ng : without moving out of his tracks, Athletios--Nishop out, English to Haas walked, Taylor threw to first [Grimm, Haas went out on a lonk but Maas slid back, Cochrane hit [fly to Wilson, He caught it In i to MoMillan and was thrown out [front of the bleachers, Coohrane at fips, the third baseman regovs | Went out on a foul to Taylor back ering the ball after fumbling, 0 [Of the plate, 0 runsj 0 hits; 0 er Ors, runs; 0 hits; 0 errors, . : Cubs==Root up, Root struck out,| Cubs--~Engifih struck out, Horn shy struck out for the necond time, swinging at the third strike, a _ eurve, MoeMillan singled to centre, [swinging at an outside curve, Wile He hit a slow curve, English hit [son struck out for the second time, into right for two bags, MoMillan [making five strikeouts In a row going to third, Hornsby struek ou, | for Ehmke, Some of Ehmke's slow swinging at thiee slow curves. Wil | halls were no slow that it seemed * mon struck out, swinging at a ball | they might not reach the plate, He near the middle of the plate, 0 runs, | had the Cuba off their stride, 0 runs; 0 hits; 0 errors, 2 hits; 0 errors, Fourth Inning Hoventh Tuning Athletles~--8immons up, Sim- Athletios=-Simmonn lined out to mona flied to Stephenson in deep | Wilson, Stephenson ran over to feft, Foxx grounded to Hornsby |gee If Wilson had hurt himself in and was thrown out to Grimm, Mils [eatohing the ball, Foxx hit a home run into the centre ftleld bleachers, ler went out Hornsby to Grimm; Foxx hit a fast ball high over Wil- Root had a good hop on his fast ball, U runs; 0 hits; 0 errors, son's head and well into the seats, Culle==Cuyler up, Cuyler struck [ Miller went out on a fly to Cuyler, out for the second time, swinging | Dykes went out on a fly to Stephens at a slow ball, Stephenson went |gon. 1 run: 1 hit: 0 errors, out on a marvelous one hand eatoh | Cubsa--Cuyler grounded to short by Dykes, who speared the Ball as fgnd heat it out tor a hit, Peley did not handle it eleanly, Stephenson he was stretched on 'the ground. Grimm walked on a ball high and |gingled, sending Cuyler to second, (inalde, Taylor up, Grimm was | The stands were in > uproar as Grimm oame to bat. Grimm nari , out stealing, Cochrane to Dishop, floed, ¥Ehmke to Foxy, Both run- 0 runs; 0 hits; 0 errors, Fifth Toning ners advanoing. eathoote batted Athletion-~Dykes atruck out, | for Taylor, Heathcote tiled to 8im- awliging at an outside Ball, * Boley [ mons in short left, and Be bane wtrue the | runners held thelr bases, Hartnett hatted for Root, Hartnett struck out, swinging at another teasing JIMMY FOXX Athlotie®' flest baseman, who broke up the pitchers' duel hetween Hoot and Khmke with his home run derive in the seventh, out, Taylor dropped ball, but tagged Boley, Ehmke flied to Stephenson near the foul od ¥ a Connie Mack, of Ath leties, and Joseph Loe MeCarthy, uniform) Mosaper ot Cuba, Tolar these vival pllots start BE TEAMS WORLD SERIES' SCORE BY INNINGS 1 2 3465 617 8 9 Philadelphia 0/0/1/0 2 Chicago RH 36 18 E 1 2 BATTERIES: Ehmke and Cochrane Root, Bush and Taylor, iis io tw i EHMKE AND W-------------------- ourve for the third out, 0 runs; 2 hits; 0 errors, Eighth Inning Athlstios=HBush went Into plteh for the Cubs, Gonzales oatehing hm, Boley went out, English to Grimm, Ehmke singled to right Rishop went out on a fly to Steph enson, KEhmke remained at first, Haas up, Haas went out on a fly to Wilson in short centre field, 0 runs; 1 hit; 0 errors, Cubs---~MeMillan up, MoeMillan filed out to Haas In short centre on the first pitehed ball, English went out on a fly to Miller, Horns. by went out, Bishop to Foxx, No runs, no hits, no errors, Ninth Inning Athleticg~Cochrane vight, Simmons. hit to Knglish, who fumbled the ball, Cochrane took second, English was charged with an error, Foxx hit to English, who again fumbled as he started to throw, and the bases were full Miller up, Cochrane and Simmons sored on Miller's single through the box, Joxx went to third, Dykes hit to Bush and Foxx was out at the plate. HBuah te Gonwales, Holey hit to Bush and Miller was out at the plate, Bush to Gonsales, Dykes went to third, KEhmke went out, MeMillan to Grimm, 2 runs; 2 hits; 2 errors, Cubs==1 run; 2 hits; slngled to L error, Final score RHR Athletes 8 6 Cubs 1.8 3 Rochester Won Fifth Game of Little Series Rochester, Oct, 8,.~The Roches ter Red Wings brought the junior world's series count to three and two In favor of Kansas Clty by win. ning the fifth game here today by & soore of § to 1, Prolitio hitting in two innings, the fifth and Tth, gave Rochester its viotory, Kansas Clty started Lefty Tho. mas on the mound, but he was knooked out of the box In the Tth inning, . Fette rellevad him, The Red Wings continued thelr assault on the newcomer in that Inning. The Kansan Clty flelding fell to pleces, aiding Rochester in ita orgy of runspeoring, Kansas Qity soored ita only dun in the ard Inning on a single by" Spurgeon, a passed ball and Tuck. or's single, " ---- WINNIPEG GRAIN EXCHANGE Winnipeg, Man, Oct, 8=(Open- ing)=Wheat, Oct, 3-8 to 1 1+d¢ high- or at 146 to 14 2.8; Nov, unchanged at 147; Dee, 3:8¢ higher to unchang: ed at 147 1d to 146 28; aMy 1d Nir to unchanged at 18 1.4 to 182 Qaty: Oct,, unchanged at 67 1.2; May, 1-8 lower at REN w---- FOREIGN EXCHANGE Naw York, N.Y, Oct, 8. (Noon) Poreliy Hnehinge steady; demand rates: Great Britain 4.85 9.16; Cana: dian Dollars 1 3.32 discount, : CHICAGO GRAIN EXCHANGE Chicago, Ils, Oct, B= With export demand for Ruth Awctican WY heat ntiy inere: n th prose aire of wheat front 4 ren na Le nishing, wheat pr 3 sbi) igher pit ely Upturie in ations were i the face of ase RN t Bike of iat were abroa ening unchange to ts Rho Fie wheat ted a little, and then scored gaing all around, Corn, oats and provisions were easy, with corn starting 3<8¢ off BATTERY FOR ATHLETICS COCHRANE BATTERY FOR CUBS RS -- Vi ATHLETICS Bishop, 2b Hoop. ¢ Cochrane, ¢ Simmons, If Foxx, 1b Miller, rf Dykes, 3b Boley, ss Ehmke, p The Batting Order Umpires: Klem, (National), at plate; Dinneen, (Am- erican), at first base; Moran, (National), at second base; Van Graflan, (American), at third base, CURBS McMillan, 8b English, ss Hornsby, 2b Wilson, ef Cuyler, rf Stephenson, If Grimm, 1b Taylor, ¢ Root, p ROOT AND TAYLOR Market Summary Ntoble, [1-- 4 TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE Toronto, Ont, Oct, B.A feature of this morning's session of trading on the 'Loronto Stock Exchange was the activity and strength of Walkora Ihe stock sold as low as 14 5:8, and then snapped back to 13 7-8 under a flood of buying orders, At noon it was selling at 15 34, a net gain ol 1 14 points as compared with yes terday's close, The balance of the Distillery group was steady to stronger, Distillers Seagram sold up I at 16 144, International Nickel and Hragilian provided the bulk of the balance of the turnover, The former sold be tween 83 14 and 8M 1.2, the latter figure representing a main of 1 Hrasilian reacted 3-4 at 40, after sell ing up to 20 7-8 Rumors that the Canadian Yin gars Company had been offered § per share for its property created a strong market for the company's stock, It sold up 4 1-2 points at 42, Of the Oll stocks Beta American sold 1+d at 63; Imperial was une changed at 32; International Pete cased 1-4 at 27 1-2; Supertest advan. ced 34 at 35 1-2 and Service Stations advanced 1 at 7, TORONTO LIVRATOCK Toronto, Ont, Qet, Be=left avers on the Dominien Livestock Exchange today totalled 1800 head of cattle, Trade continued fairly active with prices unchanged, Choice butcher steers and heifers sold up to $9.80, with commons downward to 00, Cows and bulls were steady, Store cattle ranged from $6.00 to $88.30 per owt, at $1500 to Calves were steady $16.00 for choice, i ; Hogs were unsettled with bids 50¢ fower at £1030 fob, or $1175 off car for bacon, TORONTO High Pid 10% 684 {3 MH Cookghutt 194 Can, Ind a4 Cty, Dry, 17 18 Aleohol 10% 19 Dur, Mot, 814% i Ford "A" 2T\W a" He, Berd, 474% 17 Hye, Wh, 8TN aN I Pt a8 8 LER It, Nk, B88 3) Ma, Hnh BIN il 8, Station 13 it) Spr, Tat, 88% MY Walkers 18 14% Standard Mines Alax Low 12,80 (1AM (IY yy iM 1% Stook A&P to Ive up, and later holding near the initial range, 129 138 Amulet 21a 284 ARO oy B24 1) by Canadian Press Toronto and New York B10 ok Quotations Supplied by Forlo ng and Co, Br, Holl, Dal, Of} Dome ,. 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B80 - By Fees rzz -- nd. 4 Eo 2 T- FFT T 3 CTE WRT Pet te DDS rE Money 814 per cent, || attached to a baseball club, and ATHLETICS IS PROUD NAME IN BALL HISTORY Has Record in: Philadelphia Dating Back to Year 1860 Philadelphia, Pa, October 8, -= "Athleties," the name by which the new American League pen nant winners to be are generally known, is a proud and famous one in Philadelphia baseball history, It awakens rich memories of grandfathers and stirs thelr grand. pons, for the name Athletics is one of the oldest that has ever heen lives today as famous as it did when It adorned the shirt fronts of baseball nines long hefore the Civil War, CGranddaddies still tell of the glories of the Athletics of thelr youth before baseball was placed on an organized basis and | P aftor It came under regulated cons trol, There an an Athletic baseball e¢lub In Philadelphia an far back as 1800, It was a good team, win ning most of ita games against lo onl rivals, Murty records show that the "Philadelphia Athletios" won the National assoolation championship in 1871 and the American associ ation champlonahip in 1883, when there was a great celebration in Philadelphia and infielder Harry Stovey and pitchers Nobby Maths ews and "Jumping Jack" Jones were the heroes, With the end of the American association after the 1801 neason the name "Athletion" disappeared from the records, but not from the club charter, When the present American leagtie came east and fought the National League for fame and fore tune and a olub franchise Was awarded to Philadelphia, the ques tion of & name was seriously cons sidered, Lawyers agreed that the name Athlaties could not be legals ly adopted and the olub was ealls od the American baseball olub of Philadelphia, so that the initials would be the same as Athletle baseball elub of Philadelphia and the team could be unofftolally calls od Athletios, This awakened the memories of fans of that day and the name stugk Connie Mack add. ing lustre to It by winhing seven pennants and three world champis on Athletics and Cubs Meet In World Series Today After Lapse of 19 Years Hundreds of Enthusiastic Fans Stage an All-Night Vi Outside the Cubs' Park in Order to Secure Seats for the Opening Game of the 1929 Baseball Clagsic -- Both Teams Enter the Series in Good Condition, and Rival Managers Are Both Confident of Victory (By Alan Gould; Associated Press {ret they depend oblefly for 8 vier Bports Kditor) Chicago, Oct, 1,0 tha accom» paniment of all the tumult and shouting that goes with Ameriea's annual baseball carnival, the boys will go out on the firing line tos morrow to substitute fast balls and base hits for oratory and argument in the battle for the 1020 chame plonship of the world The Philadelphia Athletics' and Chiongo Cubs, vivals again for the richest of the game's prises after a lapse of 10 years, come to grips In the opening game, with falr wens ther and a spectacular fight ex pected from the outset between two fast, hard-hitting and aggres sive ball clubs Unless there is a last-minute wwiteh, Charley Root, foremost flinger of the National league, will pitelr for the Cubs against hig George Karushaw of the Athletics, In a struggle between fust-bhall righthanders, MoCarthy Belects Root Root was definitely selected to- day by Manager Joe MeCarthy as the opening game choles over Pat Malone, another rugged righthand. er, Connie Mack, 07-year-old ehlef- tain of the Athletios, kept his twirls Ing secrets to himself on arrival this afternoon with his team, but the experts considered Earnshaw the logieal choloe, There was, hows ever, the prospect that Mack might switch to Robert Moses Grove, his famous lefthander, or so far croms up the experis as to send either old Jack Quinn or Howard Ehmke te the box, The full-throated roar of 60,000 fans is expected to resougd In Wrigley field for the opening game of the series that furnishes the oli max to the greatest baseball seas son Chicago has ever known, AllsNight Vigil Ho keen was the enthusiasm that hundreds of fans were in line to- night outside the park, prepared for the all-night vigll ore Lhe bleacher seats go on sale around & am, tomorrow, Hoores had be: gun to hold thelr posts more than 44 hours before Umpire Bill Kiem, dean of the National league staff, orien "Let's Go" at 1.80 p.m. All reserved seats have been sold with speculators having difoulty doing any substantial business, even at such fanoy prices as $60 for a single game ticket, The "gate" for the firat day, as well as for the second game here, in ex- ected to exceed $300,000, with a million dollar series assured if the {sue goes only to five games, The beat guess is that it will go six, Wagers, hitherto largely based on quotations of 7 to § on the A's, dropped to around 6 to 6 with a rally In Cub stock, Because of the | uncertainty over the A's initial pitching oholoe, the opening game petting was mostly 'event money and take your plok* Root is declared to be in prime condition for the getaway, The 80 yearsold righthander, who came In the baseball ranks 10 years ago from the rolling mills of Middle. town, Ohio, han a world of wtutf, speed and a wrinkle ball" that he made famous in winning 36 games for the Cuba in 1927, That big season was supposed to have sapped Root's stamina, He had an off year in 1038, but came back briflantly this year to finish strongly with a record of 19 vie tories agalnet 6 defeats, epabling him to heat out his team mate, Guy Bush, for the ranking National league twirling position, Pat Malone, the iron man who turned in 22 victories for the Qubs and originally was slated for the opening game assignment, now fia booked for the white elephants taming job inthe second game. Quy Bush probably will pitoh the third game for the Cubs, schedul od 1n Philadelphia Friday, Cube Rely on "Big Four" The Cuba place lots of rellance in these righthanders hut it ia no see tory on the war clubs of Hornsby, Wilson, Cuyler and Btephensen, the "Big Four," who batted about everything In sight durigg the Na tional league race, The power In the Chicago attaek, plus the club's flighting spirit and ability to gome from behind to win, is ity chief as- wet, The A's have plenty of sharp- shooters to offset the big Cub of« founlve, regardless of how the vet. eran Mack rotates his staff, and » sparkplug to back them up in Co- ehrane, baseball's outstanding est~ cher, If Karnshaw starts the fivst game, Grove In likely to go out in the second to settle the muecli-dis~ cussed matter of hin effectiveness against the formidable righthand od Cub line-up, . Both teams; on the whole, enter the series in good condition, Mueh recent Cub casualties as Shortstop English, Catcher Taylor and First, Baseman Grimm, all are i shape to start, Bing Miller, veteran right- flolder of the A's, wan suffering from a heavy cold on arrival today and had some temperature, but a good night's rest was expected to put him in condition for the opever. The Cubs went through an hour's] batting and fielding drill at Wei ly fleld today, Sharbening their hitting eyes against both right and left-handed twigling. anager Mack adhered to his original plan of staying away from the park and giving his players a rest, The prospective line-ups for the opening world's peries game! Athletion--Rishop, 8b; Haas, of; Cochrane, o; Simmons, Jf; Foxx ib; Miller, rf; Dykes, 3b; Boley, on) Narnshaw, p. Cubs==MeMillan, 8b; Boglish, an; Hornsby, $b; Wilson, of; Quy ler, rf; Stephenson, If; Grimm, 1b; Taylor, ¢; Root, p. Umplires---Xlem, National league behind plate; Dinneen, American league, first base; Moran, National league, second base; Van Graflan, Amerioan league, third base, Time of game, 1,50 pm: (central stan dard), ¢ Both Teams Are Ready to . Fight Hard Chicago, Oct: 7 =The f an- other Rl post NS Fri ture of baseball, Andy at nders cvenly matched, and both clubs ready for the brief but bitter str 3 To wn impartial observer, it appears that the Chie Litbe have an excels ent chance of wiping out memories of successive four game victories for the American League, and of defeat. ing the Philadelphia Abhiet cs this yoar, It is true the betting odds faver the American League RAMPION but in baseball wagering in by no.means indicative of eventual vietory, Both clubs have enjoyed the best of luek us far as personnel in cons corned, The Athletics, so frequently hampered by injiies in the past have come through a highly successful seas son with all their r re and re placements intact. The Cubs lost their captain and first baseman, Grim for about six weeks, but he is back a8 RO®d ax ever, Joe McCarthy, manager of the Nas tional League © ampions, agreed to announce this morning that Charley Root would be his starting pitcher, Connie Mack, whose ' Athletics were Fidue here at noon, sald he would not tell who would start until tomorrow, But it is no scoret that it will be "Lefty" Grove, TWO oF A KIND "Do you know," said the snecessiul merchant, pompously, "that I began life as a barefoot bork, "Well" sald the elerk, I "waan't born with shoes on, either,"==The ArOCer, : Winner New York, N, L, Chicago, A Li (1D) Chicago, N. Chicagey N. Pittsburg, N. 1 Phila, A, 1a (1) Phila, A La (0 Boston, A Lo © Phila, A, L, (4 Roston, N, L. Rogton, A, 1 Roston, A 1, (D) Roston, A, 1 Cinelnnati, N, Cleveland, A: 1, (3) New York, N. L New York, N. L New York, A. L Washington, A. LL, Pittsburg, N, 1 St. Lows, N, LL, New York, A L New York, A, lL (4) Previous World Series Facts RY ------------ New Yor Chicago, N, 1s ( Chicago, A, L, (1) Rrooklyn, N, Li (D New York, A LI. (2 New York, N\ Li New York, N, 1, Washington, A, New York, A, L Pittsburg, N, L, (0) St, Louis, Nu Ls (0) BB TEND, TDD am Stn gg © a ~~