Evening star., 1923-12-30

with other things.
American League. They won four of
six games. The flrst game was
played on their ground before the
largest crowd that had ever seen
ball game in the world series to that
that had ever seen a ball game at
any time. The only crowd which
| might have exceeded 1t was one on
| the same ground during the regular
| season OF the American League. The
! New York Americans lost the first
| cally and mentally. They won the
next. which was played on the Polo
Grounds. and returned to their own
ground to lose the second game. the
their defeats they were beaten by a
home run by Casey" Stengel of the
New York Nationals. He won the
| first game of the series In the ninth
inning with two out after two strikes
had been called against him by bat
ting the ball to the farthest fence
in centerf1eld for a home run. He
won the third game of the series and
| the last that his team won by batting
a home run over the fence of the
| the only run that was made in the
| game. This pair of home runs, by
| their nature and timeliness, probably
| Will go into history as the two most
famous long distance hits Of their
kind iii world series base ball.
! The fourth game of the series
| played on the Polo Grounds was won
i by the New York Americans. They
| returned to their own ground and
won again. Needing the fourth game
+, again on the Polo Grounds and with
Arthur Nehf, the Giants SIS pitcher %
broke down completely in the eighth
| inning and. the Yankees. by reason Of
his wildness and that OF Ryan who
! succeeded him, scored enough runs
| to give them winning lead.
Result Satisfactory to Fans.
For the first time in the three times
that the teams had played together
| in a world series the New York
Americans proved that they were
skillful enough and strong enough to
defeat their National League rivals.
The victory gave satisfaction to the
thousands of enthusiasts who had
stood by the New York Americans
all or the season and was received
with good grace by the supporters
OF the National League who recog-
nized that high-class base ball
nine had won. In this series Ruth
oatted three home runs and in every
way played smarter and better base
vious world series in which he had
taken part as a member Of a New
York club.
The fielding in the series of 1923
p.s oy both oInn mines engaged in the. games
were some plays that will stand con-
spicuous for years. zone of them was
a stop made by Kelly of the Giants a.
nrst base OF q hard hit ball by Ruth
and q subsequent throw to the plate
which n xro
was one OF the star plays of the
series and the best play by a right
hand first baseman that ever was
made in any series.
The attendance at the world series
OF 1923 was larger than any attend
ance OF other years. There was moth
Ing that could prevent 1t as the stage
was set for it. A new stand for the
yankees and larger stand for the
in the largest city in the United
States established conditions which
the world.
The championship in the race of
opposition and without opposition.
seven clubs tried to take 1t away
from the Yankees. That was the op-
position. Yet no club was as good as
the Yankees and they had a runaway
Of 1t. That was without opposition"
Had the Yankees finished at the pace
with which they started and had they
continued to play ball all of the year,
forced under spurs. they might have
won more than. 100 games and they
II they had been crowded above 100
they might have established q new
record for their league.
The New York Nationals were
pushed to the wall by. the first of
end Of the season had a grim night
TO hang on, yet so puny was the op-
position against them that no club
could take hold of them and down
them. After the first Of August until
more than 500 per cent of their games,
and even with that showing there
was not a team in the National
League that could take. them by the
collar and set them down.
Good Races In the Minors.
In the American Association there
was capital race. Kansas City and
the year ana Kansas City put on
real fight at the finish and came
through handsomely. The team was
. cIeyeriy handled and played good
, ball. The success Of the leagne was
high and the work of the teams gen
orally good. In the second division
OF the association the clubs were not
so successful. and Indianapolis,
| usually very far UP in the race, had
| a bad year, the luck which befalls
all base ball clubs once in awhile,
Toledo was unfortunate enough not
to get Its team going until too late
in the race.
The championship of the Pacific
| Coast League was won by San Fran
cisco with good club and in q fine
fight for the pennant. San Francisco
has been turning out excellent base
ball teams and playing splendid base
ball for the coast league and the
| team work of the champions was one
ofy the high-class features Of play
during the season.
The victory Of the Baltimore club
| in the International League for the
| fifth year in succession was no small
] achievement for Jack Dunn. He Is
tbs leading manager OF the minors
! in winning championships and there
be quite successful in the bigger
| leagues II he would undertake to win
pennants in those circuits. There is
/, no necessity for him to do 30 as he
cwns the Baltimore club and engages
J In base ball because it Is his pastime.
He has developed some excellent
young players and the fact must not
be overlooked that Ruth got his
| schooling with Dunn who started that
much lauded young man in base ball.
The International League had a
| fair season. 1t was not so good that
/ 1t could not have been better, but the
citiea in the league that were sue