Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-11
"YANKS TOO GOOD"
CARD HEAD ADMITS
Circuit President, Though,
DepIoreS Clubs Failure
to Help Itself.
BY WALTER TRUMBULL.


N TEw YORK, october ll.-"Asidt
N from my natural disappoint.
VI ment over the result" saic
4 John Heydler, president of the
National League, yesterday. III
golden opportunities the Cardinals
tossed away.
"There wasn't a game" continued
Heydler, looking noodily out OF g
drawing room window Of the train
which was bearing him back to New
York, an which the club representing
our league didn't have its chance. The
Yankees let us get men to base-son1e-
times they put our men on the bases
but we failed to do our part.
I'VE left those men stranded. The
men who have hit we'll all season, and
upon whom we all depended, could not
hit lick when the pinch came. The
Yankees didn't play any great game
in the field, but won through sheer
power ct the bat-a power the CARDS
lacked"
william McKechnie, manager of the
OF. Louis team, and his family also
Travelled on the newspaper special as far
- Pittsburgh.
Too Strong, McKechnie Admits.
"They were too good for US and that
is all there is to It," said the leader
Of the Cardinals. I'VE couldn't stop
IRuth and Gehrig and we couldn't get
runs when we had the chance. We
alid get couple of rather bad breaks.
II Wilson had held the ball when Ruth
aid into him in Sundays game, It
would have been the third out and
would have killed that rally But one
of Ruths feet hit Wilson on the side
Of the head and his other foot hit
wilson's chest protector SO hard that
It cut 1t of him. / admire Ruth for
coming in with every ounce Of power
he had, giving everything to win, but
I don't wonder that Wilson dropped the
ball.
McKechie, "Sherdel had been holding
on we'll until that unlucky discussion
about the quick return on Ruth.
MY argument was that technically
II was not q quick return. Ruth was
in position in the batters box and
Sherdel for an instant came to pitching
position. The whole question was
whether 1t was quick return, which
the umpires had agreed not to permit
although there Is no rule against 1t. At
any rate, that discussion unsettled
Sherdel.
Can Hit Anything.
"But what are you going to do with
such hitters as Ruth and Gehrig?" de-
manded the st. Louis manager 1.-THE
first home run Ruth hit was of low
ball inside; the second was Of q low
bail outside and the home run he hit
OF Alexander he caught on the handle
Of his bat. The ball Gehrig hit In the
centerfaeld bleachers in New York wasn't
even over the plate. It was q bad ball
outside. Well-?" McKechnie shrug-
ged his shoulders.
also was interested in the viewpoint
of George Moriarty, whose 10 years
as an umpire before he became man.
ager Of the Detroit club gives him a
double angle Of vision.
when you start in 10 beat the YAM
KEGS remember this" said Moriarty.
"They have not only those superlative
sluggers, Ruth and Gehrig. but they
have Meusel, Koenig, Lazzeri and
Combs. Take any one Of at least I'VE
of these men and he would bat in the
cleanup position on any ordinary team
Most clubs have one good cleanup man;
few clubs are lucky enough to have
two; the Yanks have half Dozen"
We discussed the matter OF the quick
return, as applied to yesterdays game
and in general
Against Quick Return.
81 think 1t should be ruled out" said
Moriarty. II always have been against
it for several reasons. 1t is a funda-
mental idea In base bali, as In tennis,
that a man Is entitled to set himself to
receive the bali. To deprive him Of this
right Is not sportsmallike, nor is 1t
good business. Men are too likely TO
be badly hurt. Chapman Of Cleveland
and Johnny Dodge in the Southern
League died as result Of being hit with
base balls when they were not looking.
It certainly is dangerous to pitch to
men who are not looking, especially
when a pitcher has a lot Of speed"
Moriarty also told me that he con-
sidered Hoyt one Of the best pitchers
Ia base bali at o time when the count
is three balls and no strikes. The De-
troit manager said that the Yankee
pitcher had great control and almost
Invariably could put the next ball over
and the next.
This is something I, too, always have
noticed about Hoyt. He is so sure Of
his control that frequently he will try
to get batter to hit at three bad
balls, before he puts one over. But
then he can put the ball over.
Griffs Solved Hoyt.
washington has beaten him severa
times by waiting him out and ther
swinging on cripple" when the count
was 80 or 3-l.
This is a thing which the Card
noticeably failed to do during thi
series. In spite Of the fact that the.
apparently were In a batting slump
such heralded hitters as Bottomley ant
Hafey would stand with the club OF
their shoulders and watch Yanke,
pitchers toss the ball, with nothing OF
it except the cover, through the hear
Of the plate.
Bottofnley batted in three runs dur
ing the four games and Hafey didn'
bat In any. Eleven times, with men OF
base, he failed to do anything for tn
cause Of the Cards. Gehrig batted II
nine runs and Ruth four for New
York. Bottomley scored one run dur
ing the series and Hafey none.
Ruth scored runs and Gehrig
The Cardinals turned u hits, IL base
on balls, hit Eastman and errors int
10 runs. The Yankees turned 81 hits
l3 bases on balls, hit batsman an,
! errors into 81 runs.
"Aint No Such Animal"
If you had permitted the Cardinal
a wish, they would have. desired tina
Bottomley and Hafey come to bat wit
runners on the bases They got thei
wish with little valuable result Whel
Ruth and Gehrig came to bat plent