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aclg016
Title
1929
World
Series
Champion
Philadelphia
Athletics
Creator
Times-News (Cumberland, Md.)
Subject
Baseball
Grove, Lefty, 1900-1975
Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team)
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Pitchers (Baseball)
Description
Newspaper
clipping
. These are the
1929
World
Series
champion
Philadelphia
Athletics
.
Sitting
in the
front
row
(left
to
right)
are
Sammy
Hale
,
Mickey
Cochrane
,
Walt
French
,
Jimmy
Dykes
,
Joe
Boley
,
Cy
Perkins
, and
Earle
Mack
.
Middle
row
:
Homer
Summa
, "
Rube
"
Walberg
,
Carroll
Yerkes
,
manager
Connie
Mack
,
George
Burns
,
George
Earnshaw
, and
Jim
Cronin
.
Back
row
: "
Bing
"
Miller
,
Bill
Breckenridge
, "
Mule
"
Haas
,
Eddie
Collins
,
Bill
Gleason
,
Jimmy
Foxx
,
Lefty
Grove
,
Howard
Ehmke
, and
Al
Simmons
.
Ehmke
was a
surprise
starter
in the
first
game
of the
postseason
showcase
and
set
a
World
Series
record
with
13
strikeouts
From the
Cumberland
Sunday
Times-News
story
of
J
.
Suter
Kegg
,
October
27
,
1996
Grove
a
hero
in
erasing
top
World
Series
deficit
When
the
New
York
Yankees
overcame
the
6-0
lead
enjoyed
by the
Braves
in
Atlanta
last
Wednesday
to
win
the
fourth
game
of the
World
Series
, they
turned
back
the
hands
of
time
67
years
, to the
fourth
game
of
1929's
diamond
showcase
.
The
National
League
champion
Chicago
Cubs
were
breezing
along
on an
8
to 0
advantage
over
Philadelphia's
Athletics
,
kingpins
of the
American
,
when
the
A's
"
came
back
from the
dead
" in the
bottom
of the
seventh
at
Shibe
Park
, their
home
grounds
. With the
venerable
Connie
Mack
as their
manager
, the
A's
tallied
ten
times
to
win
that
game
and
set
the
stage
for their
world
title
in the
next
contest
which
they
took
by a
3
to
2
score
.
Allegany
County
, in
general
, and
Lonaconing
, in
particular
, were
full
of
ecstasy
-
as they should have been,
one
of the
heroes
having
been
Robert
Moses
"
Lefty
"
Grove
, the
Lonaconing
native
who
went
on to
pitch
his
way
into the
Baseball
Hall
of
Fame
with a
sizzling
major-league
career
record
of
300
victories
and
just
141
defeats
.
Television
was
just
a
dream
back
then and
radio
had not
yet
entered
its
golden
years
.
I
was
ten
days
away
from
my
13th
birthday
when
the
A's
posted
that
exciting
10-8
"
miracle
victory
" and
stood
behind
the
Evening
and
Sunday
Times
plant
on
South
Mechanic
Street
to
watch
the
game
.
Watch
it
? Not the
game
itself
but a
reproduction
of the
live
action
on a
huge
electronic
board
that had been
constructed
for this
newspaper
to
provide
"
instant
coverage
" for
area
sports
fans
. A
baseball
diamond
was
painted
on the
green
board
and
progress
of the
games
was
produced
through
the
use
of
green
,
amber
, and
red
lights
.
The
board
was
operated
from the
editorial
room
,
where
play-by-play
information
was
received
by a
special
Western
Union
wire
from the
press
boxes
of the
stadia
in
which
the
games
were
being
played
.
Highlights
that
could
not be
put
on the
board
electronically
were
announced
by
megaphone
.
No
one
in the
tri-state
area
is
better
acquainted
with the
life
history
of
Lefty
Grove
than
Judge
James
S
.
Getty
, also a
Lonaconing
native
.
Retired
from the
Maryland
Court
of
Special
Appeals
but
still
called
upon
to
sit
in on
cases
when
one
of the
jurists
is
ill
or on
vacation
,
Judge
Getty
and
Lefty's
son
, the
late
Bob
Grove
, were
classmates
and
teammates
at '
Coneys
old
Central
High
School
.
Lefty
,
who
died
in
1975
at the
age
of
75
,
spent
many
hours
conversing
with
Getty
.
Whereas
Getty
hardly
ever
brought
up
chats
about
his
baseball
past
,
Grove
made
it
a
point
to
tell
Jim
the
things
he
wanted
to
hear
.
I
,
too
, was
privileged
to have
spent
much
time
talking
baseball
with
Lefty
after
his
retirement
on
Dec
.
7,1941
(does
that
date
ring
a
World
War
II
bell?)
.
I
don't
recall
of any
conversations
we
might
have had
about
that
record
ten-run
rally
in the
1929
World
Series
.
Judge
Getty
,
though
,
discussed
it
with
Grove
.
Let's
set
the
stage
, then for the
events
that
led
up
to
Saturday
,
Oct
.
12,1929
, the
day
the
earth
stood
still
for the
Chicago
Cubs
at
Shibe
Park
.
The
Cubs
had
dug
a
hole
of
massive
proportions
for
themselves
by
dropping
the
first
two
games
of the
Series
at
Wrigley
Field
, their
home
grounds
, but
rebounded
with a
3-1
triumph
in
Game
3
at
Shibe
Park
. And, with that
big
8-0
lead
in
Game
4
, they
appeared
ready
to
take
Philadelphia's
Bull
Elephants
to the
full
seven
. Then,
however
,
came
the
explosion
.
Al
Simmons
, the
American
League's
runs-batted-in
champ
in
1929
with
157
,
led
off
the
bottom
of the
seventh
with a
home
run
.
Jimmy
Foxx
,
Bing
Miller
, and
Jimmy
Dykes
followed
with
singles
. With the
score
now
8-2
and
two
A's
on
base
,
Joe
Boley
delivered
another
run-scoring
single
, the
fifth
straight
hit
off
Charley
Root
, and
now
the
deficit
was
five
runs
. And
still
no
one
was
out
.
Pinch-hitter
George
Burns
popped
out
but
Max
Bishop
kept
things
going
with a
one-bagger
making
it
8-4
with
Mule
Haas
strolling
to the
plate
.
Art
Nehf
, a
37-year-old
southpaw
who
had
won
games
for the
New
York
Giants
in
four
consecutive
World
Series
earlier
in the
decade
,
replaced
Root
but
Haas
hoisted
a
fly
ball
to
center
field
which
Hack
Wilson
lost
in the
sun
, and the
misplay
resulted
in a
three-run
homer
.
With the
bewildered
Cubs
clinging
to a
one-run
lead
,
Mickey
Cochrane
walked
, and
Foxx
smacked
the
A's
seventh
single
of the
inning
,
Cochrane
racing
home
to
tie
the
score
.
Dykes
followed
with a
double
and the
A's
had
ten
runs
when
the
seventh
inning
ended
.
That's
when
Grove
entered
the
picture
for the "
rest
of the
story.
" The
lefthanded
reliever
not
only
retired
the
Cubs
in
order
during
the
eighth
and
ninth
frames
but
struck
out
four
consecutive
batters
in the
process
.
The
Chicago
"
swatlesssmiths
"
saw
nothing
but
blazing
pitches
from
Grove
. "
I
was
determined
that was
all
they'd
see
from
me
"
Grove
told
Judge
Getty
. "
I
fired
every
pitch
for the
outside
corner
of the
plate
" he
stated
,
adding
"
I
kept
saying
to
myself
, 'Here
it
is
,
now
hit
it
if
you
can.'
"
The
A's
compiled
a
104-46
regular-season
record
in
1929
and
won
the
American
League
pennant
by
18
games
over
the
New
York
Yankees
who
had
swept
the
World
Series
in
1927
and
1928
.
Notes
From
newspaper
cutting
in
scrapbook
of
Lefty
stories
created
by
Mary
Meyers
.
Caption
:
Grove
a
hero
in
erasing
top
World
Series
deficit
.
Publisher (Electronic Version)
Western Maryland Regional Library
Holding Institution
George's Creek Regional Library
Date Original
1996-10-27
Date Digital
2004-07-08
Type
Image
Text
Format
Digital reproduction of 1 newspaper clipping.
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George's Creek Regional Library
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Is Part Of Lefty Grove
Is Part Of the Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Program
Is Part of WHILBR - Western Maryland's Historical Library
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