Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-29

NEW YORK, Sept 2.S-The five star
pitching staff that carried the New
York Yankees to victory in 1922 and
,23 has undergone several changes since
Ithe American leaguers last faced the
| National league opponents in worlds
series. The New Workers will place
their main dependence in the seven
game series on Herb Pennock and
! Urban Shocker, aided by Waite Hoyt
and Dutch Ruether. Bob Shawkey and
Sam Jones will probably share the re-
/ lief work.
Pennock is generally conceded to be
the best left handler in the big leagues
today. With over 20 victories to his
credit the slender singer of the Yanks
has rounded out his best year in base
ball His control has been uncanny
/ and he has pitched several games with
| out giving a base on balls, something
rare for southpaw. Pennock employs
a spinning curve that breaks down and
! in to right hand batters and keeps
them popping the ball in the air. He
requires at least four days rest be-
tween games and will doubtless face
the National leaguers in the first game
He beat the New York Giants two
games in the worlds series of 1923.
Shocker came to New York from the
ST. Louis Browns in trade for Joe
Bush. Shocker slowed little last year
because of illness, but this season
found him again the cunning spitbaTler
that made him so feared when with
st. Louis. Shocker is a right handler
and will doubtless be selected to pitch
the second game of the series. He has
won about a score of games this year.
He has never been in a worlds series.
Waite Hoyt started the season in a
blaze of glory, but an injured elbow
threw him back and it was not until
this month that he flashed his early
seasons form. Hoyt has been through
the worlds series fire in the campaigns
of 1921-22-23. His best record was in
1921, when he faced the New York
Giants in three games and held them
to two runs in 27 innings of play. A
bad error let in one run. He lost his
only game when his mates failed to
score a run, the contest going to the
Giants, to 0.
Dutch Ruether came to the Yanl1s
from Washington by the waiver route
the latter part of this season. His
winning record was good with the
Senators, but there was a belief that
he had reached the end of his effective
ness. Joining the Yankees, Ruether
pitched several good games, and Hug
gins hopes to use him in the SERIES
Last year he was not started against
the Pittsburgh Pirates in the worlds s
series either because of lack of train
ing condition or the accepted belief
that the Pirates were poison to left
handlers. Ruether pitched for Cincin-
natl in two games of the 1919 worlds
series, winning one and losing the
other.
Sam Jones has been through the
worlds series mill. In 1918 he pitched
the fifth game for the Boston Ameri-
cans against the Chicago Nationals and
was beaten, to 0. Jones only appeared
for couple of innings in two games
of the worlds series of 1922, when he
pitched for the Yankees against the
Giants, but in the following year he
faced the Giants in the October fray
and lost a we'll pitched game, to O..
Jones held the Giants to four hits, but
Sassy StengeIs home run beat him. In
the final game Jones pitched the last
two innings, but the victory of the
Yankees was credited to Pennock.
Braxton, southpaw; Walter Beall
and Myles Thomas are second string
hurlers of the Yanks but will not likely
be seen on the mound