Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-12

n TEW YORK. August ll.-.in
N New York Yankees are spotted
~ with worries these days They
have got to fight. and fght
harder than they did In 1927
10 win the American League pennanf'
because their opposition is more iornih7
able
wear ago the Yanks had percent
age of exactly 700 and the team IN sec
ond place. Washington. had stand
ing of 500. The Senators were bree2-
ing then. They were hardly pennan'
contenders. They we're digging their
toes in and showing some Of the Strength
that they seemed TO have Garner L.
the season when they were WORKING
out in the South.
Philadelphia, now in second pIs''
and threatening to go higher, Is some
better off than Washington was year
ago. so far as percentage is concerned.
and a whole lot better of with regard
to pennant atmosphere.
The Athletics are a sounder team
than the Senators we're year ago
The soundness of the Athletics lie
in their younger and superior blood snd
in the fact that they can bat bette
than the Senators were batting las
year.
As Close up in Batting.
The Yankees are hitting few point
over 300. with the Athletics right m
/ their heels as batsmen That Is tn
prod that is goading the Yankees.
their CHIEF rival we're an ordinary hal
/ ting team which was being pushed for
ward by good pitching the Yanks mlgh
be less frightened at the hoofbea'
Of the Mackmen as they come gallon
ing along behind.
The Athletics have been logging tn
/ Yanks all season in batting 1t va
their lack of speed early in the race
/ that pulled them back. Now thct
have the speed. for they were forced
/ 10 accept the ultimatum that nature
handed to Connie Mack. Connie stuck
20 his theory of winning with veterans
like Ty Cobb and Iris Speaker as long
as he could. but there came time
when he and his advisers had TO admit
they had been wrong.
Mack found that he had 10 tuN
thumbs down on players with grca'
regulations His cabinet of adviser
had to come to It, Perhaps two of tn"
advisers were in favor of it long ago
but there we're conservatives on tn
Athletics cabinet who were fearful o.
turning the veterans down. feeling tha'
if they we're turned down they would
suddenly turn good.
There is a time in the life Of mar
when his base ball days are over, no
matter if he can bat from Hades To
breakfast Pop Arson of the old Chi
cago White Sox had to find that out
and it was the bittereSt dose the old
chap ever had to swallow He could
bat we'll for years after he had los
his speed as A runner and fielder.
or course the Yanks really havc
/ nothing extraordinary 10 do to win the
1929 pennant. They have only 10 play
ball as we'll as they did last wear in
order TO finish in front The question
in the minds of the fans now Is, Can
they do it? For long time this season
the Yanks played better ball than they
played last year Then they began t.
did so we'll last year were cracked phys
/ iCallv by one of Dame Natures sound
est slaps.
| Moore and Dugan Fail.
Moore was the Yankees savior IN
+ 1927 as relief pitcher, but this season
! the arm that had possessed sound de-
! livery and the fingers that could toss
/ the Sinker wouldn't work He worked
hard in 1927 He did more than his
share 10 win the pennant for the YankS
and the arm and fingers and wrist were
I strained more than he thought
I Dugan began the season like fresh
( Young colt but he couldn't keep II up
( Koenig paid toll and LaZZeri ran around
+ finding out how he could hurt himself
in some different way Babe Ruth
! PLAYED better ball than ever-one bright
spot for the Ysnks Gehrig has fielded
maguihcentlv. but ne has not batted as
powerfully as ne did a year ago. The
team taken collectively was not The
smooth machine this season that II hs6
+ been
VIII the Yankees crumbIe more from
dav 10 day? Is IL possible that tn
Athletics. by finding a new center
fielder. a new third baSemau n nev
first baSeman-HaaS. FoxX and Orwc
can lick one of the bcS, teams tia
the American League ever has seen an
that contains two Of tn" best hatters r.
the history of base bali9 The answer
10 those questions lies in the DAYS BE-
tween now and the end 0f September
which will witness one Of the most spec
taculsr and exciting base ball duels N
The history of the American League.