Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-10
YANKSBREAK
UP FOR Home
AFTER SERIES
Ten Records Fall AS
Bat of Ruth Matched
BY Mighty Arm of
New York Pitchers

NEW YORK. n. Y, Oct. 1O.-tP)
--Demobilization of the worlds
champion New York Yankees is just
about complete. Babe Ruth, Lou
Gehrig, Tony Lazzeri and Joe Du-
gan are to engage in exhibition
games, but the rest have played
their last game of baseball until the
call comes for the spring training
camp.
Bob Meusel has left for his home
In California. Lazzeri will depart for
his home in San Francisco after a
few more games. Joe Dugan, after
filling his engagement, returns to
Scaredale, N. Y. Ruth and Gehrig
are booked for a transforming tour
that will take them to the west
coast. Bob Shawkey, Marx Koenig
and Benny Bengough viii join Eddie
Collins Of the Athletics, Sam Jones
Of Washington, Joe Bush Of Toledo
and Fred Hoffman Of the Red Sex
on a hunting trip to New Brunswick.
Herb Pennock will return to Kenneth
Square, near Philadelphia, to man.
z his silved fox farm. Pat Collins
Is leaving for his home in Kansas
City, where he has a bowling alley.
Divide Pool
The players met and settled the
distribution of the winning teams
share, and each Of the regulars gets
Sb,702, Manager Miller Higgins,
Charley OLeary, assistant manager,
and Art Fletcher. the coach, receiv-
ing full shares and officials being
remembered with smaller sums.
Higgins said he was especially
pleased with the work Of Koenig at
short during the series, and he pre-
dicted that he would develop into
one Of the greatest infields Of the
game.
Concerning some criticism by out
siders, directed at Manager DOME
Bush of the Pirates for letting his
pitchers throw them up to Ruth.
Higgins said that American league
pilots might be criticized for the
same tactics.
"when Ruth is hitting he will hit
anything" Higgins declared. 1T
doesn't make any difference where
they are-inside or outside, high or
low, he will kill the ball. When he
Is in a slump he has a hard time,
Just like an ordinary hitter"
Wiley Moore and his sinker ball
carried off the honors for pitching
effectiveness, the records show. The
Sally league recruit allowed 0.S4
runs for ~ 2-3 innings. Pennock
ranked second with one run in nine
innings.
The series saw ID records fall and
five tied, and most Of them are
traced TO the slugging Ruth. Aside
from tying the mark Of the Boston
Braves by winning four straight, the
series set a new mark for high gate
in a single contest. S209,665 being
: taken in at the third game.
Pittsburgh and the Yankees tied
the record for fewest assistants,
five, in the second game. Lou Geh-
rigs triples tied a record, and
Herb Pennock equaled Jack COMBS
mark Of two three-hit games in
world series competition, the players
pool is the highest on record-$399,-
l40.67.
Ruth has a new record in runs
scored in world series competition,
%. He tied frankie Friseh by batting
800 or better for four series; beat
his W former record by running
up his total bases in series compe-
sion 70 SO; beat his former record
for bases on balls in series, tnow
has 2s), added to his record OF
eight home runs in series with two
more; has struck out mare than any
man in series. 25, to 23 by George
Kelly and has most total bases, 81,
in all series, beating the former
mark of Eddie Collins, who had SO.
Ruth, by completing his eighth Sc
ries, Is alone in the feat.