Word: macke
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Rogers Hornsby would take his place next year. "I must have a winner," said Owner Wrigley, who was less disgruntled by the showing of his team this season than by their failure to beat the Athletics in the last world series. In Shibe Park in Philadelphia?home of Connie Mack's Athletics, who had been sure of the American League pennant for many weeks?electricians were getting ready for the world series by installing the telegraph master- switchboard that was used in the Hall-Mills murder trial (TIME...
Pitching. When Connie Mack started the series with the Cubs last year he had three pitchers to choose from?the brilliant left-handers Grove and Walberg, and a right-hander as good as either of them. George Earnshaw. Craftily, Mack did not start with either Grove or Walberg, but began the series with his old spitballer Howard Ehmke. This year Walberg has not come up to his past standard and old Ehmke has been scouting instead of pitching. Manager Mack, sorely needing a good relief pitcher such as the Cards have in Rhem, Bell, Lindsey, Grabowski, is expected...
Batting. The reason that Mack did not rely so much on his left-handers against the Cubs last year was that he thought it a bad idea to use "lefties" against a team of good right-hand hitters. The Cardinals hit just as well right-handed as the Cubs. Douthit, Hafey, Wilson, Gelbert, Adams are all right-side batters; Frisch can bat on either side. This year (up to last week) the Cardinal outfield averaged .353 at bat, the Athletics outfield .311. Every man in the regular Cardinal line-up except Bottomley has hit over .300. The six best Athletics...
Fielding. The Athletics have "the best catcher in the world"?Mickey Cochrane. The Cardinals have Frankie Frisch? probably the best second baseman, who has played in five world series. Connie Mack's famed defensive infield (Foxx, Bishop, Boley, Dykes) is about as efficient but certainly no more so than Gabby Street's (Bottomley, Frisch, Gelbert, Adams...
...Huey arrived in Cambridge yesterday afternoon, and, except for an informal visit with a few of his intimate friends, the world's foremost prophet spent a quiet evening. He refused to divulge the ultimate winner of the series, because, as he says, "Mr. Street and Mr. Mack are both friends of mine, and I don't want to discourage either of them until it is absolutely necessary...