The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-07
FIVE GR|FF.
PITCHERS
SHINE
Babe Says Their Records Giye
Washington Advantage in
TwirIing Department
BY BABE RUTH

PITTSBURGH, Oct. Tiff it
was a world war or Presidential
election it couldn't make any
more excitement here in Pitts
burgh. Everyone is thinking, and
dreaming and eating baseball! And
of course everyone is trying to
dope the winners.
In my other stories | discussed
hitting and fielding and base
running and all that. Now I'll
try to dope the pitching-and it's
a hard job. Everyone has lunches
and no one seems to know. ~.
Through the season Meadows,
Aldridge, Kremer, Morrison and
Yde have carried the burden for
Pittsburgh. johnson, Coveleskie,
Reuther, Marberry, and Zachary
have handled most of THE work for
Washington. Considered on records
alone, the Washington pitchers
have had the best Of it. They have
pitched more complete games; their
records of wins and losses are bet
ter, and their earened record is bet
ter. But you can't always go ac-
cording to statistics, particularly in
pitching.
First off there's the question Of
right and left-handed pitching. A
lot of experts figure that Bucky
Harris leftshanders viii be useless
against the Pirates in this series.
l don't think so, but I do figure
that the right-handers will go bit
better. Which leaves johnson and
Coveleskie to carry the burden of
the fight.
The same goes for Pittsburgh.
l don't believe a left-hander will
have much luck against Washing
ton. But the Pirates Still have
AIdridge, Meadows, Kren1er and
Morrison to fall back on with Babe
Adams in reserve, which gives
them the advantage in numbers
It least.
Johnson and Coveleskie will make
q lot of trouble for Pittsburgh. |
Don't think they won't. Old Bar |
ney always makes trouble, and |
Covey's splitter is a mean delivery |
for a team that is used to it. OPP |
posing these two, as / dope it, will |
be Meadows and Aldridge, both of |
AAACul C0ANEDdAl plICneTS.
Rice, Judge. Peckinpaugh and |
Stanley Harris are particularly
good curve ball hitters. Goslin isn't |
so good on curve balls. That's
why l figure Judge and Harris
and Peck and the rest to make |
more trouble in the first two
games than Goslin. When the
Goose gets hold of one it rides
but he has tough time getting
hold of curve balls.
The Pirate hitters, 1 understand,
also have their trouble with curves,
and prefer fast balls Which would
indicate that they will have a
tougher time with Covey than with
there's this to remember Walter
Johnson's fast one is different
from any other fast ball in base
sail. It is fast And l can't i'm
agine the Pirates knocking Barney
out of the box SO long as he is in
form.
In other words, / figure, COvey
and Barney to have an edge on
Meadows and Aldridge in the
series. But KremeF ought to get
the breaks over either ReutRer
or Zachary. Reuther is a great
left handler when he wants to
pitch. sHe proved that back in
1919 against the White Sox.
But it's a standoff. And I'm still
sticking by my original predic-
ton. II there's any edge at all it
goes to Washington, but to me it
looks as though the two teams are
so closely macthed that the breaks
will decide.
I'm pulling for Washington, nat
urally. / hope they come through.
But meantime I'm going to forget
the dope and go out and watch
some real baseball. For it win be
that.
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