Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-03

N the major league teams pass
NJ in review In the Labor day
4 double -headers, most fans are
looking ahead to next week,
when the Athletics meet the Yankees
in their final series OF the season.
With only a hsirline separating the
two teams today in the fight for the
American League pennant, the Attn
letics are stalking all their hopes-or
almost all-on the final series OF four
games with New York. This includes
a double header on September Q.
An even break with New York will
not do the Athletics one ounce OF good.
IF that is all they can do against the
Yankees the Philadelphisns will have
to win the pennant by making sausage
out OF some other club or clubs. The
only possible way that the Athletics
might win by means Of an even break
would be to have the Yankees lose
heavily to at least three other teams.
Odds Still with Ysnks.
OF course. so long as the race is as
close as IL Is now there will be eager
curiosity to see what may happen. but
from the standpoint OF the percentage
figures. the odds are still with the
Yankees When the Yanks are defeat
ed more times than the Athletics by
at least three games, 1t will be time to
Toll the bell for New York.
1t is probable that Hoyt and Pipgras
will be the mainstays of the New York
pitching staff until the close of the
season although Pennock will pitch
again He is positive that his arm is
not permanently injured and so Is the
doctor who has had charge of IL.
1T was a peculiar sore arm" Pen
mock said. The pain wasn't located in
any one spot. It. was all over my arm
from the wrist up. l never had any
thing like IL before
Some believe that the thinning game
which Pennock pitched on the last
Western trip was too much for him.
II he we're not a thoughtful scientific
pitcher. 1t might have been, but Pen
mock pitches with rare Judgment. If
Wiley Moore should come to life and
pitch some winning games for the
Yankees At the last moment for the
second time. he would be the grand
old lfe-Saver OF the team.
Some Wrong Guesses.
| Nov that the 1928 world series is in
the offing and base ball approaches its
annual eclipse, the story OF two pitchers
/ is interesting
/ In the world series of 1927 Pipgras OF
the Yankees distinguished himself By
/ winning game while the managers of
/ the National League-some of them at
! least--sat In the stands and observed
/ that they couldn't see him"
/ 1t is apparent now that they didn't
see him because without PipgrsS the
i Yankees would not have made the fight
! that they have for the pennant His
/ fun score OF victories has kept the
/ Yankees in the race against the rising
| food OF Philadelphia scrapple.
The other pitcher Is John Miljus
/ He went to the relief Of the Pittsburgh
! Pirates in the 1927 world series and did
/ so well that the National League man
ayers looked upon him as one pitcher
/ whom they would have 10 fear all dur
ing the 1928 season. True. he pitched
Pittsburgh out OF the world series by
wild pitch, but that was not consid
cred as necessarily a protracted Illness
Miijus seemed to be good in Spring
practice this year. but his record for
Pittsburgh was three games lost to st
Louis one won from Cincinnati, one
won and one lost against Chicago, two
won from Boston. one won from New
York. and one lost to Brooklyn On ths
strength Of that showing Pittsburgh
decided that Millus would not do anc
released him by waiver contract. sales
price and all to Cleveland.
The moral 10 the story Is no differ.
! ent from any other base bali moral
The interest to II Is that the National
League managers guessed both of those
pitchers exactly wrong