The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
PEGLER'S PEGS
THE WORLD SERIES
pl. of if this way:


 The Yankees have five star pitch ers-Hoyt, Pennock, Bush, Jones and ShawlSey.
 The Giants pitchers, considered ny their work all season. don't assay one star to ton of them.
 The Yankees were at a dlsadVan, tage al second base Tn the worla series of 1921 and again last season Bancroft and Frisch outclassed ETH l Ward. But this year Ward, always under the influence of Babe Rutn, l has improved no less than Babe.
 Some call him the superior Of Ed die Collins.
 At first there hasn't been much to choose between George Kelly of the Giants and Walter Pipp of the l Yanks. Pipp was one of the few steady workers on the Yankee team when the Tanks were craZiest.
 At third for the Giants, Heinie | Groh IS beginning to trudge after shots that he used to leap for. Groh has been hurt and missed many 1 games this season. Joe Dugan at third for the Yanks is young and a right pert officer to handle the warm traffic in that zone.
 At short. the Giants have slight bulge. Bancroft has all the wit of Everett Scott and Scott hasn't the speed of Bancroft any more.
 
 The outfield compares about evea- 1 ly, Whitey Witt, in center for the | Yankees, cannot throw beyond his own shadow. But he is good fielder, wide ranger, and a lead 1 off hitter of excellence. Stengel, oConneil and Cunningham are stlii wrangling for the centerfield job with the Giants after whole sea- sons trying. f
 In right field there is no compari- I son between Babe Ruth. the most valuable man in the American League, and Ross Young or the l Giants, one of those competent, toii- CTS ahmed by the phrase steady and l consistent"
 The Meusel brothers. Emil of the | Giants and Bob of the Tanks, play Fob fer a long time but the younger son of the house of Meusel, another disciple of Ruth. has responded to Ruth's good example this year, just as voting Ward did. Still Bob is somewhat shy of Emil's class.
 Anyone who has had eye for the major leagues during this summer 1 of many distractions, must have mo- ticed the well-nigh spiritual infIu- ence that the reformation of Babe 5. When the Babe's report-card was covered with bad marks in deport- ment, the Tanks were capable of the most amazing antics. It was char acteristic of them to kick off five run lead and win. Ruth did as he pleased and his pleasure was the most eccentric conduct. Therefore the other young fellows did as they l pleased and the team lost games that had been won and won games that had been lost.
 Two years ago it was baseball axiom that no lead was safe for or against the Yankees. Once they en- tered the ninth inning of game with the Tigers at the Polo Grounds leading by grand margin and people trickled out of the stands without waiting for the finish. Ar irving downtown, the customers read in the papers that the Tigers had scored nine runs in the ninth and won the game.
 There is no question about Ruth as he enters the world series this fall. This fellow has pride and he loves to win ball-games. We once sat at his bench in a transforming game. Ruth was playing the out field and Lefty McGraw was pitch | ing. The bushers were smacking McGraw with wild elan. Ruth couldn't stand it. He yanked Me- Graw, went to the box himself, where he hadn't been for years, pitched the rest of the game himself. and stood the bushers, as the saying goes, on their shoulder blades
 Somebody made fool of Ruth In the world series last year. Ruth sup piled the material kd the Giants did the work. This season Babe Ruth, who has just been told that no other compares with him in the American League, will go into the series toting. bat to square the. humiliation he suffered F months ago. .sss 3' 2 f-tlf 7s'