New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-10-14
PIRATES ON verge
OF WORLD TITLE
Washington Will Fight DeSper-
ately 10 TakeLaSt Game
AZ The A.soeIated Press.

By The Associated Press.
Pittsburgh. Oct. II - Worlds
championships have been won many
n time before club coming from
behind 10 finish in front but there
Ia no case on record in the seven
game series OF team making II
three straight after being on inc
short end OF d 81 count-as the
Pirates. must do TO gain the peak TO-
day. Washington Senators lhem-
selves won out after trailing at 2-S
on games against the Giants last
fall while the year before the Yam
KEGS put the Giants to rout IN the
last three games after dropping TWO
ont OF the first three to Casey stem
gels batting proves.
There was a good deal OF sur
prise yesterday when Bucky Harris
DISPLACED Ruel behind the plate by
SEVERED, On the defense Ruel Is ad-
mittedly much stronger than the
veteran while Muddy has been hit
ting like a house afirc, showing
mark of 400. second only to Joe
Harris in the Washington list. The
Senator manager however, figured
that the change would not affect the
team strength since SEVERED had
shared a good deal OF the catching
burden with Ruel during the close
Of the regular season.
Even the weather men couldn't
agree on today's game. Forecasts
from Washington we're for rain but
the Pi >urgh weather man, more
pptomistic, predicted fair and brisk
setting for the final conflict
Raw Kremer struck out three
Tines on nine pitched balls yester-
day, thereby coming within one
strikeout Of the worlds series record,
held by Joe Devore, old Giant out
fielder. who beat the air four times
against Eddie Plank in 1911.
Kremer was going great guns be-
tween the second and eighth inning
OF the sixth encounter. Starting
with the last two men to face him IN
the Second. he moved down Il
straight opponents. then retired four
more In succession after passing
Goslin In the sixth. Only one hit
was made off his delivery In that
span. RIuege singing 10 center but
being caught off first moment later.
Puckv Harris tumble from The
batting heights no reached year
ago against the Giants went so far
that he henched himself In the
eighth inning and sent Bob Neach
to the plate In his place with two
out McNeely on third and one run
needed to tie. Bob grounded out
weakly, however. so that this mex
pected bit of strategy was useless.
The most effective pieces Of IN
side" baseball work on the part OF
he Senators we're Peck's double tc
right, scored Bluege on the hit and
run play In the scond, and Nc
Neely's theft OF second base In the
eighth on the first ball pitched &c
LeIbold, batting for Ferguson.
Al Eddie Moore did for thu
Pirate cause yesterday was score Tho
rlrst run. conduct the third and de
-iding tally over personally on hi
homer, reach second and in his TIVE
,ther turns on the offensive ant
handle his chances neatly in th'
ield.
The cracking of home run record
bv the Athletes and chestnuts by th'
,ewspapor correspondents wcr
among the leading occupations o
The afternoon. Goose Goslin helpe'
himself TO a batch OF new record
with his third homer OF this sorie
and s,th In two worlds series, Will
Moore's clout ran the two club tota
IN to eleven, breaking anothe
record. washngton's grand total o
seven Is also a new high mark TO
single series.
Sam Rice hasn't been hitting any
hing out OF the park, but his strln
~ ten safe hits. all singles, is an
other record In worlds series com
petition.