The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-09-15

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The Yankees can trim the Ath-'
letics. They've proved 1t all season
long. What we got to do now is
trim the Browns, the White Sox.
the Tigers and the Indians. That's
no easy task.
don't think there's I man on
our club but would rather meet the
Athletics any time in crucial
game than to take on the Browns,
for instance, or the White Sox.
It's funny how one club win
whale the life out of certain
clubs and then lose ball games
to other clubs that are not
nearly so strong. I remember
q few years ago when the
Washington Griffs were poison
to the Yankees. We couldn't
trim them to save ourselves
though we would 60 out and
knock off other teams that
were q lot higher in the stand.
ing than the Griffs.
The greatest kick I have had out
of baseball in many years / got
last Sunday when the Yankees beat
the Athletics in a double.header.
In the first place the crowd alone
was enough to give any ballplayer
a jumpy feeling. Then the ball
games were about as sensational
and tight as any games you1l see
in long. long time.
That day the Yankees showed the
world one thing for certain. That
is that they are always dangerous
when they're up against it. We
may go on out and win the pen
nant and we may not. No one
can tell about that. But there's
one thing you can't take away
from us.
When Il came down to the
pinch-with first place at stake
and the two cOntending clubs
facing each other, the Yankees
had the stuff that makes cham
piOns. I've been with the
Yankee bali club a long, long
time through good years and
bad. I've been with them when
they finished in the second d.
vision and I've been with them
when they won pennants and
worlds championship. But
never in my whole life was
prOuder of being member of
the Yankees baseball club than
was last Sunday afternoon.
believe my old heart pumped
faster that day than did the
afternoon hit my sixtieth home
run last year to set a new record.
AS the two big league races come
to a close, pitching begins to loom
more and more as the deciding
factor. In our race it's simply
question whether the Athletic or
the Yankee pitching staff holds up.
Over in the National League it's
pitching that will decide-and If
the Cardinals lose out and the
Cubs or Giants win. you can chalk
it down to the fact that the Car
dinal pitchers weren't there in the
pinch.
I believe we will have great
pitching from now on to the finish.
Our pitchers may not rate so high
on paper but there's one thing
we have; that's experience and
smartness and real pitching cum.
ning-and those are things that
count for a lot when the going is
tough. A fellow like Waite Hoyt
for instance, is a better bet right
now than some inexperienced kid
who maybe had twice as much
stuff. Tom Zachary is a crafty.
smart old chap. So is Freddy
Heimach. And don't forget, we're
apt to have Herbie Pennock back
in before the season ends.
If We do--if Pennock can come
back and pitch with his old time
skill---then you can chalk up the
pennant for the Yankees right now.
The race Is as good as over. But
without Pennock? Well that's diff
ferent!
Copyright 1928. by the Christy
Walsh Syndicate)