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Evening star., 1927-10-04
WAITE HOYT IS HELD BEST
HURLER ON EITHER OUTFIT
History of Game Shows Anything Can Happen in
Title Fight and American League Champs Have
Better Managerial Talent.

proved formidable enough to grab tht
American League Gonfalou with tho
unprecedented number Of TO Victorie:
and in go doing ee:" EliShcd bunch
Of now batting marks there is no as
surance that they Will prevail over
the Firat nS. who We're unable To ClinCh
their fl2c until the day before the sea-
son ended after a grucling struggle
/ with tho Cardinals and Giants. and
! with the Cabs also potent factors unit
/ :he last few weeks.
! The Yankees should win. There is
! no question but that they will have
/ the benefit Of more astute direction
from Miller lIuSSins than the BuC-
cancers viii obtain from the equally
dimiuUtive Donic Bush, and their ahil-
1 ity to c!out for distance should more
| than oIfSet any advantage the Pirates
r}ay possess il the way of speed. From
b 5iclIin% standpoint there is little to
choose between the outfits. and in
/ the matter of pitching, where the Cor
airs are rated as having an edge,
viii have to be shown.
With I<rcmer. Aldridge Meadows,
Hill and Milius the Pittsburgers are
fortified with a quintet of capable
Ght-handers that gives them a
numerical advantage over the effective
slabmen that the Yankees can present.
When in form. as may be expected
for this big test, however. Shocker is
rs good as any of them. and for world
series purposes the Hugmen have a
trio of twirlers who rate higher in my
estimation.
Hoyt, on the form he has shown
this year, is the best hurler of the
entire bunch and in Moore the
Yankees have a moundsman that may
prove the pitching sensation of the
series. Not alone is he capable of
starting a battle on his own hook,
but has the stamina and equipment
to come right back the following day
for relief purposes, a role in which
he has been uneXcelled this season in
either league.
Next to Moore I would nominate
George Pipgras as sort of dark horse
for heaving honors. This comparative
youngster demonstrated toward the
close Of the campaign that he COM
bines all the elements Of potential
greatness and if he is given the op-
portunity may be expected to acquit
himself with credit.
Thus far no mention has been made
Of Herb Pennock. This frail-appear.
ing singer is a southpaw, type OF
performer that the Pirates are said
to fairly dote on, and who has fallen
a bit below his accustomed gait for
efficiency this year, but he Is one of
cagiest pitchers in the game today.
Furthermore he is a real money
player" at his best when the stakes
are highest, something that is attested
to by the fact that he is yet to be
charged with a world series defeat,
although he has participated in three
previous Autumnal classics.
Concluding this little foreword on
the series feel constrained again to
observe "the Yanks should win," but
to reiterate also that anything can
happen in a world SERIES"
Evening star., 1927-10-04

whistle on. Western foot ball fields,
and Charley Moran was with the
praying Colonels" as their coach
when they put Centre on the foot ball
map.
Some Pittsburgh fans have evidently
been talking to Gene Tunney, sport s
best word juggler. Stickers on auto
mobile windshields exhorting the Pi-
rates to so out and die for good old
Pittsburgh tell them to capture" the
world championship. No advice here
to grab" or "cop" the series.
Forbes Field could have been sold
out three or four times, Pirate officials
claim. basing their assertion on the
fact that $4,000 requests for ticket
allotments have been turned down
after the limit was reached. 1t meant
rejection of nearly $500, 900 in money,
Barney Dreyfuss added.
Pie Trayn0r believes he can outeat
Babe Ruth, If not outhit him. The
Pirate captain, going away "still hun
cry" from q chamber Of commerce
luncheon, averred he could "eat the
Babe under the table," Ruth may ac.
cept the challenge-after the series.
Evening star., 1927-10-04
SLOW FIELD LIKELY:
WILL HURT PIRATES
By JOHN B. FOSTER.

| PITTSBURGH, Pa, October Al
the experts were out with their mag
nifying glasses today at the Pirates
base ball field for careful inspection
to determine whether the diamond will
be soggy or dry by the time the first
world series game is played tomorrow
Rain and the world series are coin
cident in Pittsburgh. That means
something more than rain means in
some cities. The Pittsburgh base ball
grounds absorbs moisture and hugs II
tight. The composition Of the earth is
pasty-black paste that is slewy and
slippery.
There should be two days of good
sun to make the field snappy again.
If there are not two good drying days,
the field will be slow, and if it is slow
1t will help the fielders.
The condition of the field may seem
to be small thing, but it is not. The
styles of the Yankees and Pirates
as batters are contingent somewhat
upon the surface of the ground. The
Pirates bat a great many ground hits
and they beat some of them out be.
cause Of their speed as runners. If
the field is sluggish, the fielders will
be able to handle the ball well and
the runners will have less edge to do
their sprinting.
Evening star., 1927-10-04
BY nENMtN THOMPSON,
SnortS Editor. The Star,


PITTSBURGU. October 4.--PickinG
world series winner is just as hazard
Gus an assignment as forecasting the
victor OF a prize fight. tennis match
or any other major sporting event.
As in other lines Of competitive
athletic endnaVor. the cont"nders in
this tWentN-third renewal of the stEuG-
cle for top honors in the national pas
time. which gets under way here to-
morrow. are pretty evenly matched.
If they were not they would not ha
representing their respective leagues
ct the finish of a s!X-month campaign
during which good and bad luck just
about balance. as DO illnesses and ac.
cidentS.
Reams Of statistics have been pub
jiShcd through which effort is mad p
II COMPARE the strength of tine rival
players in each position 10 form Il
basis for the relative ranking OF Ihe
teams rs a whole. These figures mean
little in the final anal Sis, however
for one miSh1p TO q star performer
can knock all the dope into 4 cooked
hat, and that team either can be hope
lessly handicapped thereby or prove
that in some unheralded reserve it
was better fortified than if the regular
had carried on at his usual gait.
The truth Of the matter is that any
thing can happen in a short series
such rs this. where the club first TO
win four games attainS the laurels and
the lion S share of the purse.
Over the stretch of an entire season
some reliance could be placed in the
averages indicating efficiency afield
or potency at bat, but for one week
or less of play the Juggling of nu-
maralS provides anything but safe
guide 10 what will transpire on the
diamond.
Proof Of the fallacy Of attempting to
prophesy what will eventuate in
world series on the generally accepted
valuation OF the contenders was fur
nished as early as 1906, when the
White Sox. Chicagos "hitless Won
ciers," startled the base ball world by
defeating the peerless Cubs, largely
through the timely hitting and steady
third-base play of George Robe, an un-
known rookie.
An even greater upset was provided
in 1914, when the Boston Braves came
from last place after July to cop the
National League title and then routed
Connie Macks Athletics in four
straight games. feat that never has
been duplicated.
Washington fans had the uncer-
tainty of the dope brought right home
to them in their first crack at the big
time stuff in 1924, when the admittedly
stronger Giants were vanQuished, and
again the following year, when the
Griffmen blew their world champion |
ship after apparently having the title |
sewed up. And 1t was much the same |
last Fall, when the Cardinals succeed |
ed in ekeing out victory after a game, |
uphill struggle. in which the odds were |
all against them.
This is all by way of saying that |
simply because the Yankees this year
Evening star., 1927-10-04
NAT PREXY GIVES PIRATES
EDGE In OPENING CONTEST
'sHugmen Will Mop Up After First Came," Washing.
ton Boss Thinks-Joe Judge and Jack Onslow
Favor Pittsburgh Club.

cannot see an Alexander in any of
them. 1t was Alexander more than
anything else that beat the Yankees
in the series last year." Bucky de.
clared. "He was the only one Of the
Cardinal pitchers that had the ball
the Yanks do not like. We had in
Garland Braxton this year a pitcher
with q delivery similar to Alexander's s
and the Yanks could do little against
| Garland. But kremer, Aldridge and
Hill have just curves and fast balls
! and though they are very good with
them their stuff ought not to fool the
| Yanks."
Some of the members Of the Ma.
| tionals do not agree with the clubs
owner and manager, however. Joe
Judge has great respect for the Yam
KEGS, but he rather favors the Pi
rates to win. "The Pirates are good
and have plenty of fight" Joe de-
clares, "and are quite likely to sur
prise the Yankees. l believe the
series will be a hot fight with Pitts.
burgh more likely than the Yanks to
be on the long end of the count at
the finish"
OnslOw Picks Pirates.
Jack Onslow. who used to be a Pitts
burgh coach before joining the Ma
tionals this season, also favors his
old club. II know the Yankees are
strong; but / also know just how good
is this Pittsburgh bunch, too" says
Jack, "and I am looking for the Pi.
rates to cop. They have some fine
pitching that ough to puzzle the
Yanks, and think it will, too
Onslow, by the way, is the only
member Of the Nationals now here for
the series, although two or three more
may pull into town tonight or tomor-
row. Eddie Onslow, Jacks brother,
who was with the Washington club
for a short time this season, also is
in the Smoky City for the big show.
The Onslows' homes are near here
Joe Engel, scout of the Nationals, ar
rived this morning, but will leave be-
fore the series opens. He will take
in the games in New York the latter
part Of the week, however.
There are a number of Washing
tonians here for the games, and it
seemed all were out early today to
renew acquaintance with DOME Bush,
former National manager, now pilot
of the champion Pirates, and Joe Har-
ris, who has first based and hit in
great style for the Pittsburgh club |
since it bought him from Washington |
last Winter. Both were immensely |
popular with Capital fandom.
Evening star., 1927-10-04
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH. October 4.-Pitch.
ing is usually an uncertain although
decisive factor in worlds series COM
petition.
Victory. on the average. has gone
to the club with one or two twirling
aces. The records are full Of the tri-
unphs that come in base balls classic
through the feats of Mathewson,
Coombs. Adams, Coveleskie and Alex
ander.
If pitching is to be the turning in.
f1uence in this weeks battle, the Pi.
rates seem to have a better chance
of victory than the Yankees. Ruth,
Gehrig and their mates may NOV
down the Corsair curvers, but on
form, both for the season as we'll as
during the past month, the Pirate
pitchers appear a better equipped lot
than the Yankee staff.
The average Of earned runs off the
Pirate hurlers for the last month has
been only 2.46 a game, off the Yam
KEGS, 3.34.
1t will be chiefly a battle Of right
handlers, at any rate, Dutch Ruether
isn't likely 10 try his southpaw slants
at all against the Bucs and Herb Pen
mock. although he never has been
beaten in a world series, has not
measured up to the usual form. The
Evening star., 1927-10-04
BY the Associated Press.

The veteran twirling staff Of the
New York Yankees has a big edge
over the Pirate moudsmen in world
series experience.
Where three of the Pirate pitch.
ing Big Four" Meadows, Kremer
and Aldridge, have been in only one
championship fray. that of 1925, four
of the Yankee stars have been sea-
sOned in from three to five world
series conflicts.
Bob Shawkey. the veteran Of them
all. has been in five series. but he ism t
likely to see much active duty this
time. Herb Pennock, willowy south
paw, who has four world series vic
tories and no defeats on his slate. has
been in three championship battles.
SO has Dutch Ruether, another port
slider. Dutch was with Cincinnati in
Here are the world series pitcl
Tonlyaa fu;r1orc.
Evening star., 1927-10-04
Yank Twirlers Have Big Edge
On Bucs i'm Series Experience

1919, Washington in 1925 and the
Yankees last year by way of variety.
Waite Hoyt. still a mainstay, has
figured prominently in all of the four
previous title fights under Miller Hug
gins leadership.
Kremer and Aldrdge were the stars
of the 1925 Pirate triumph over the
Senators. Each captured two games.
Aldridge also started the final game.
which the Pirates eventually won, but
the victory came in an uphill battle
after Vic had lasted less than two
innings and yielded four runs through
streak of wildness.
Meadows pitched the first game of
the 1925 series, losing to Walter John
son.
Carmen Hill, the bespectacled right
handler, who rounds out the principal
Pirate hurting quartet, has yet to get
his world series baptism.
ng records Of the rival Pirate and
Evening star., 1927-10-04
Bucs Flag Record Since 1000

the Giants have captured more pen
nants-10--but the New Workers
dropped out Of the first division five
times. Fred Clarke managed the
Pirate winners of 1901-02-03-09. and
Bill Mckecknie was at the helm in
1925.
Here's how the Pirates have fin
ished in the race since 1900:
Evening star., 1927-10-04
World Series Sideliehts

| By the Associated Press.
IN ITTSBURGH, October 4.-The
- press box or "dugout" in back
of Forbes Field home plate will
l. hold between 400 and 500 ex.
| perts and 280 gallons Of water,
statisticians estimate, If there is a
repetition Of the 1925 world series
| weather in Pittsburgh.
The speed of the Pirates on the base
paths promises to give Yankee inf1eld-
ers something to worry about. Lloyd
Waner Is rated the fastest man in the
National League down to the initial
sack. He beats out infield raps con-
sistently, forcing hurried throws. The
younger Waner has beaten 10 seconds
for 100 yards. George Grantham, an
other flash on the paths, has several
times duplicated Ty Cobb's stunt of
scoring from first on single.
Commissioner Lands awaited the
umpires and the usual pre-series con.
ference wearing his world series hat.
commissioners friends about his hotel
dented on three sides and worn on the
side Of the head, had not lost it's
shape, as a few meticulous critics sug-
gest. 1t never had any, his intimates
declared.
If foot ball tactics are injected into
the games, an umpire may, from force
Of habit, step off yards for offside or
Is yards for holding. Ernie Quigley
puts off the mask and chest protector
of base ball and picks up a referees
Evening star., 1927-10-04
MOOSE VS.. MANHATTANS.

Moose and Manhattans, Junior mines,
will meet Sunday morning at IL o'clock
on Seamen Gunners' Field in the rub
ber game of series of three. The
winners will challenge the Anacostia
Eagles who claim District junior hon.
ors.
Evening star., 1927-10-04
GAMES TO BE RADIOED
FROM MANY STATIONS

NEW YORK. October R).-The
Columbia Broadcasting Co. has an
nounced the lineup Of stations that
will be included in It's hook.up for
radioing accounts of the base ball
games to be played in the world
series.
The stations are: WOR, WAS.
WAIU, WGHP, WEAN, WMAC.
kMOX, WMAQ, WFBL and WMAL.
Evening star., 1927-10-04

| LIlc 1dIlkeeS uON VIII LUeI
should be arrested"
| l. That's what Clark Griffith
president Of the Washington
club thinks of the American Leagu,
| entry for the big base ball show due
to get under way tomorrow Afternoon
at Forbes Field, the home of the ri
rates.
The prexy so declared himself ir
Washington late yesterday, for he is
not coming to Pittsburgh to see the
world series contests, although he will
be in New York for the big city's end
Of the bill. Pittsburgh holds unpleas
ant memories for Griffith since 1925
when his Nationals were deprived of
their world championship.
The boss of the Washington Club has
not been given to making predictions
Of late, but he thinks so well of the
Yankees that he simply can't see the
Pirates in the impending series after
the first game, and does not hesitate
to say so. II look for the Pirates to
win the series opener. They'll be
thoroughly at home in Forbes Field
and should get the jump on the Yanks.
But the one game should be enough to
give the New York club the run Of
the grounds and after the opener Mil
ler Higgins bunch should mop up"
says Griffith.
Likes Yankee Slugging.
"Both are good hitting clubs and both
have good pitching. but the Yanks GER
tainly ought to outrange the Pirates
at hitting. The Pirates are sharp
shooters while the Yankees are heavy
artillerymen. Where the Pittsburgh
club will plug away with a lot of
singles, the Yanks probably will slug
a flock of doubles and triples. And
don't forget that every man in the
New York lineup, with the exception
of the pitcher, Is apt to sock the ball
for anything from a single to home
run. Ruth and Gehrig are not the
only home-run hitters on the club.
Pittsburgh no doubt is a powerful
ball club. but I do not think it is in a
class with the Yankees. No other
ball club is for that matter" is the
way Griffith views the rivals for base
balls greatest prize. "There's not
thing in the game the Yankees can't
do" says the Washington president,
land do well, too. 1t is claimed the
Yanks are particularly weak back of
the bat. They may not have an all
star catching staff, at that, but it
was a good enough catching staff to
help the club beat off lot of other
good clubs in the American League
and win a pennant with ease.
Take 1t from me, this is to be an
American League year in the world
series. The Yankees have the punch,
the pitching and all else needed to
make them winners. If they don't
win they should be arrested"
Harris FavOrs Yanks.
Manager Bucky Harris is of the
same opinion as Griffith. He looks
or a short series with the Yanks
'anging their way to victory. ."And
low they ought to bang that ball."
'ays Bucky. "Kremer, Aldridge and
Hill look to be in fine fettle, but
Evening star., 1927-10-04

BY TIE Associated Press.
THE Pirates have captured six
remnants since 1900 and have
been out of the first division
4 fewer times than any other
club in the league over that 2S-
wear period. They were in the second
division only four times over a four
wear period from 1914 to 1917. Only
Evening star., 1927-10-04
SILVER FLY WINS RACE.

Silver Fly, a pigeon owned by Fred
Young, won a 200-mile race from DAN
vile, Va, to this city. conducted by
the Hillcrest Racing Club. The win.
ner's time was hours a minutes.
Evening star., 1927-10-04
TOLEDO AND BUFFALO
IN FOURTH CONTEST
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TOLEDO. October 4.-Toledo's Amer.
lean Association champions had Jess
Barnes to throw against Buffalo, In.
ternational League champions, in the
fourth game of the little world series
at Swayne Field today. Barnes muf-
fed the Bisons' bats to lead Toledo to
one of the two victories already scored
against the Buffalo team.
With the championship series stand
ing two to one in their favor, the
home club must win three more games
to take the series.
For Buffalo. the most likely selec-
ton was Stryker or Falk.
Evening star., 1927-10-04
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Evening star., 1927-10-04

Sledgehammer, winner of the AL
bany stakes at Saratoga this year,
was raised on bottle with cows
milk.
Evening star., 1927-10-04
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

- ITTSBURGH, October 4.-"If
y the Yankees don't win they
should be arrested"
Evening star., 1927-10-04
BY GEORGE MORIARTY.

manager of the Detroit Base Ball Team
and former big league third baseman)
w YITH the Pittsburgh Pirates
~ as their opponents in that
wv battle Of hits. wits and
errors-the world series
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-16
THREE SOUGHT
IN CONNECTION
WITH H0L|DUP
Illinois Youth Abandoned
Companion in Fargo Want
cd For Questioning

Fargo, N. D., May 16-(AP)-
Because three Glcncllyn, Illinois,
youths on an automobile tour to
Yellowstone Park, abandoned a
fourth companion in Fargo Satur-
day, members of the Cass county
sheriff's department and Fargo
police today have good descrip-
tions Of them and are seeking
them for questioning, at least, in
connection with holdup just out
side the city limits early Sunday
morning.
Howard Sackett and Carl Lund,
st. Peter, Mimi, college students,
and Misses Marguerite Frederick
sen and Anna Melin, Glyndon.
Mimi, school teachers, were held
up on the River Drive just south
of Fargo, they reported to the
sheriff's office shortly after mid
night Saturday.
Bandits Took Money and Car
Three youthful bandits, riding in
an old automobile bearing an Iii.
nois license, forced them to the
side of the road, took 50 from
Sackett and Lund and, transfer
ring some clothes and food from
their old car to the one occupied
by the two couples, drove away,
leaving the Illinois machine, the
victims reported.
When deputy sheriffs arrived at
the police station to obtain the
aid Of Fargo police, they found an
18-year-old Glenellyn, Illinois,
hey sitting there, waiting for a
telegram from his parents. He
had wired for money to go home,
he said. when his three companions
had abandoned him after an argu-
ment Saturday evening.
According to members nf the
sheriff's department, the boy had
sought lodging at police head
quarters. He told the officials Of
the start of the trip, which was
tc have taken the quartet through
Yellowstone Park, to the Pacific
coast, down the coast to Los An
geles and back cast to Illinois, and
furnished a description Of his COM
panions.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-16

and right up another hill all the
time he writes. Maryvillc, he says.
is pretty city, about the size of
Bismarck. 1t has u great many beau
tiful residences, and the streets,
paved with. either brick or concrete,
and the extra wide boulcvards, are
kept up in fine shape.
Missouri Roads Poor
Roads in Missouri are very poor,
Saylcr says. Very little gravel is
found there, and most Of the high
ways arc but narrow, graded roads,
with wooden culvcrts and bridges.
The trails and highways arc very
poorly marked, he writes.
Mr.. Sayler is strong for North
Dakota and the Bismarck vicinity,
however, and he concludes by saying
that in his wide travels he has not
seen any place that looks as good to
him as North Dakota and Bismarck.
Il may be little prejudiccd," he
writes. but North Dakota always
looks good to me-"