New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-10-10
BRIDGEPORT
A1wn
YANKEES STAMPED
BEST team EVER
Babe Ruth Hailed Is the Great.
est Player Of Them All

ST. LOUIS, MO-, oCt. ~ VIZ
There is a well founded conviction
in baseball circles today that the
New York Yankees are champions
of the world in fact as well as In
name.
Their smashing triumph over the
St Louis Cardinals in four straight
games, triumph based on SOUND
pitching and built up by the greatest
exhibition of extra base hits ever
displayed by any ball club in a world
series, stamp the Yankese as easily
the best baseball team of all time.
And standing out today as by far
the greatest of players Is our old
friend, Babe Ruth.
The 1928 world series. which end
ed SO abruptly at Sportsman's park
Yesterday afternoon with the to
victory of the new champions
might easily have passed on INTO
baseball history as one of the worst
and most farcial ever played. Inc
St. Louis Cardinals. who entered the
post season engagement strong IA
yorites to defeat a supposedly GRIP
pied opponent, did their best 10
make II SO. Their failure was even
more startling, more complete ana
more dismal, than that of the Plus
burgh Pirates, who went down 10
defeat in four straight games before
these same Yankees a year ago. Inc
series was in fair way to degener-
ate into one of the saddeSt Jokes III
the history of the national pastlme.
Babe Ruth changed all that.
! Singlehanded, he was ball team.
nay, a whole ball game. in hlmselt.
He was just about a whole world
series.
There was only one thing that
could have saved this sad serious
and the Babe had it. SuperiatVe
baseball, offensive and defensive, a
brave display of team spirit ana a
I spectacular burst of individuai ell
fort, the gay spirit of boy "heh
it was appropriate and the grim
spirit of relentless fight when II was
needed, Babe Ruth had all THESE
ready in the emergency.
The New York Yankees are speed
ing homeward in triumph, planning
ways and means to get RID OF the
largest share OF world series booty
ever divided by winning ball club.
The st. Louis Cardinals are figura-
lively licking their wounds, repeating
their alibis and finding what solace
they can in some such platitude as
the fact that the best club won.
But. as the song goes:
WHEN alrs said and done,
There's only one
And that's the Babe.
| Records by Ruth
cold recital of the records which
4 Ruth assisted in making hardly
paints an adequate picture OF the
big fellows contribution to the 1879
series, To appreciate Babes part
Won had to see him up there at the
plate yesterday. clapping his hands
and doffing his cap in mock appre-
citation of the spirited efforts OF the
! entire Cardinals team as it stormed
around the four blue clad umpires
in the blistering seventh inning. try
ing to have him called out on
strikes. And then see him a moment
later, when the argument has peei
won-as baseball arguments always
are, if YOU stop to think about 1t
by the umpires and the game Is on
Casey at the bat himself never pu'
more determination into the bus''
ness at hand. The difference be-
tween the immortal Casey and the
, equally immortal Babe, was that tht
latter delivered.
Another tremendous home rur
went soaring out against the clea'
blue sky or another perfect after
noon. and Ruth had broken up an
: other ball game.
Little Willie Sherdel, once more
the victim of irresistible Yankee bat
tried to win an argument and los
his chance TO win the game. ina
was the story of the fourth game II
I a nutshell.
! ont here in St. Louis they still ar
protesting bitterly that Cmplre-ln
Chief Pfirman decided wrongly Whel
q he refused to allow Sherdels thlr
pitch to Ruth in the fatal sevent
inning to count The Cardinals
plucky little southpaw had floate
over two perfect strikes on the Bab'
n with one out and the Natloni
d, LEAGUE champions hugging a on
, run lead as tightly as Il miser hul
= nickel.
+ Dispute Over Strike
d Seeing what he thought was
e chance to slip a third strike pa
;. Ruth. Sherdel shot back Smiths RI
turn without allowing sufliciei
(, time to elapsc according to Amer
J. can league rules. The ball may
Il NAV not have been another perfe
o strike, but Ptirman refused to a
$, low the pitch to get into the re-
= ord, calling time.
X One of the loudest and most pi
= turesuue arguments that ever int
le rupted a world series game ensue
ly Sherdel put everyt hing he had in
r. the argument. and lost. When
had to go back and pitch. he W
Ne lost, and the Yankees knocked hi
"a out of the box before Bill Mckee
II ME could say alexander
~ 1t was a sorry substitute for Z
III Alexander of Old who came sau
D. tering from the bull pen to relic
- Sherdel.
The fact of the matter Is tn
old Pete" one called the Grea'
is just ABOUT through with /
league baseball So is Rabbit Mara
, Vile. So are several other Care
:, nails. The team which got out
-. front OF frantic National leag
pennant chase and stayed there