Evening star., 1927-10-09
10000 See VividIy Dramatic
End of Championship Match
EquaIed Only by Braves
Victory of 13 Years Ago.
PIRATES ARE OFF FORM
THROUGHOUT CONTESTS
Milius' Throw Is elimination OF
One Sided Tilts-Ruth Pounds
Out His Second Homer With One
On and Raises His Mark to
Ten for Title Clashes.
RY DENMAN THOMPSON.
spoRTS EDITOR OF THE STAR.


NEW YORK. October S.-Drama
OF the most vivid type fairly satu'
rated the 4-to-3 victory achieved to-
dav by the New York Yankees,
American League pennant winners.
over the Pittsburgh Pirates, National
League standard bearers, to gain the
1927 championship OF the base ball
world.
Before some 10000 fans jammed
into the huge stadium owned by Col.
Jacob Rupert on field treacherous
afoot due to an al-uight downpour
and under gray skies that contained
a threat of more rain, there was un-
folded a battle that for tense situa-
tions and thrills far surpassed any OF
the previous contests of the set.
In registering their fourth straight
victory over the Buccaneers, the
henchmen of Miller Higgins made
world series history by equaling the
the feat of the Boston Braves OF
1914 in scoring a quartet of con-
secutive triumphs over the Phila-
delphia Athletics, the only other
diamond machine ever to attain this
distinction.
100000 Wild Pitch.
Records went by the board again.
too, for, in addition to Ruth's second
home-run smash OF the series, a
a
mate on the runway and giving the
Yankees two runs they sorely needed
to boost the Babes own record for
circuit smashes in these titular tilts to
10. it produced the only 100000 wild
pitch ever committed. Had another
game been necessary it would have
added 100000 to the receipts for the
series.
John Miljus was the victim of this
frown from the Goddess of Fortune
and it was ordained by fate that 1t
should prove mocking climax to
brand of pitching Immediately preced-
ing that was as courageous as any
ever exhibited.
Following the tally recorded by the
Pirates off Wiley Moore in the open.
ing round on Lloyd Waner's infield
hit and a sturdy safety by Glenn
Wright, which promptly was matched
when Earl Combs. Mark koenlg ana
Ruth evolved singles in succession.
the contenders continued abreast until
the fifth, when Babe unleashed the
! round-trip. wallop that put New York
in front.
Score Tied i'm Seventh.
Carmen Hill, the bespectscled right
handler who started on the mound for
f10
and with Moore hurting in a generally
efficient manner, 1t appeared the
Puthian ran would settle the issue.
Moore was a culprit along with Tony
Lazzeri in fielding miscues that led to
a nair OF Pirate tallies that tied the
scere in the seventh, however. and
when the last half of the ninth inning
arrived the battle still was deadlocked
Mifius' control levers failed prop
erly to function when he faced the
initial Yankee batsman and Combs
received a free ticket to first base on
Sour pitched balls. The hurler who
made such an impressive showing as
a relief pitcher for Kremer in the
opening game at Pittsburgh suffei ed
when his captain. Pie Traynor, dashed
in and kicked what was intended as
sacrificial tap from the bat Of
Koenig, and which quite properly was
recorded as hit.
In this predicament the Pirate
board of strategy ordered the inten.
tional passing of Ruth, which was ac-
complished with four exceedingly wide
pitches. This filled the bases and
brought up Lou Gehrig, the Columbia
varsity boy, who gave the illustrious
Bambino such stern chase for
home-run honors in the season re-
Gently ended.
MiIjus Famed Gehrig.
Miljus displayed not only a brillia mt
assortment OF shoots in tanning
Gehrig as the great throng was held
gripped with expectancy. but a high
degree of courage as well, and when
he proceeded to victimiZe Bob Meusel
in similar manner he was accorded
noisy tribute of appreciation by the
partisan spectators whose cause he
was battling against.
Miljus got the jump on LazZeri,
too, when Tony fouled the first ball
pitched to him high up into the left
field stand for strike and he seemed
headed for a niche in the hall of
fame, but the next delivery carried
the brand of Kismet. for ii carried
high and far wide of the plate and
, the world series was ended abruptly
by as startling a climax as base balls
autumnal classic ever has produced.
Johnny Gooch, who had entered the
game as Miljus' battery mate when
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