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...sure of performing his homerun specialty only on great occasions. Such an occasion presented itself last week in Chicago where all-star teams representing the National and American Leagues played what was advertised as "The Game of the Century." Ruth came to bat in the third inning. Pitcher Hallahan of the St. Louis Cardinals, wild in the second inning when the American League scored its first run. had already given Detroit's Gehringer a base on balls. Now, pitching to Ruth, he made the mistake of trying to whip a strike across the plate. There was that sharp familiar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Century's Game | 7/17/1933 | See Source »

...George Earnshaw of the Athletics, 6 ft. 4 in. Swarthmore alumnus, had moved back and forth, inning after inning, while the Cardinal batters took turns striking out, grounding out, popping out. Street had made one mistake himself. Instead of putting in his best fresh pitcher, Haines, when Wild Bill Hallahan blew up, he had tried first Sylvester Johnson, then Jim Lindsey. The Philadelphians had hit both of them hard. St. Louis did not get a man around the bases till the ninth, when Earnshaw was coasting along with a big lead. In the dressing room Jimmy Dykes autographed 17 balls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: World Series | 10/20/1930 | See Source »

Third Game. It was a hot, sunny day. Manager Street knew that the bleachers in St. Louis would be patched with white shirts, making it hard for the Athletics to hit a sidearm pitcher. Doubtless he would have started Wild Bill Hallahan even if the weather had been different for when Hallahan is good, he is superb, now that catcher's signals simple enough for him to understand have been worked out. At first, in spite of the blind spots made by those white shirts, it did not look like Hallahan's day. Bishop led off with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: World Series | 10/13/1930 | See Source »

...Cardinals have no one with Grove's control, but they have Wild Bill Hallahan who throws the ball with blinding speed and has the knack of winning games. They have Burleigh Grimes, greatest of the spitball school, an opportunist, a fine money-player. They have such able right-handers as Jesse Haines, seasoned in other world series, and Sylvester Johnson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: World Series | 10/6/1930 | See Source »

...Today Hallahan will pitch the Cardinals to a 7 to 3 triumph. (This is bona fide). Tomorrow the Cardinals' hitting will win another game for them. Following are the results of some of today's football games: Harvard 57 Vermont 0 Harvard 35 U. S. Coast Guard 0 Yale 19 Maryland 6 Amherst 13 Princeton 12 Dartmouth 42 Bates 0 Holy Cross 33 Providence 6 Navy 14 William & Mary 3 Springfield 20 Colby 6 Army 39 Furman 0 Michigan 20 Michigan State 0 Notre Dame...

Author: By Dr. HU Flung huey, | Title: HUEY FAVORS CARDINALS; DECREES FOOTBALL RESULTS | 10/4/1930 | See Source »

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