Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-10
YANKS ENJOY
POOR HEALTH
With RECORD
Win z World Titles
In Eight Contests;
Ruth Stars With 3
Homers for N. Y.
BY BRIAN BELL,
ASSOCIATED Press Sports Writer.)

EN- ROUTE TO NEW YORK WITH
YANKEE SPECIAL, Oct. l0.-H1-
Enjoying poor health 10 an extent
never approached by any other club,
the New York Yankees, speeding
home today stood at the head OF the
baseball ciass and more.
They were established as the first
team to wan two world series IN eight
games, disposing Of the Cardinals OF
1928 as they humbled the Pirates OF
1927 in four straight games.
To make the sensational perform
ance just concluded more extraordln-
AIRY the American League champions
and hold-over world title holders
wen tinto the autumn classic carrying
the unrestrained sympathy of their
friends on account of their poor
physical condition.
The supreme test again demon
strated that there are baseball play
ers and then there is Babe Ruth.
This 225-pound mountain Of baseball
brains and Drawn dominated the play
and like the great Snowman he is
brought his performance TO a climax
rs the curtain went down.
3 Homers; Stellar Catch
Coming up to the fourth game with
q batting average Of more than 900
but without a single n Of the home
runs which made him famous he
drove three balls out of the park and
finally ended the game by a hair
raising one handed catch.
The Cardinals were routed because
their pitchers could not prevent
home run hits ringing from Yankee
bats. The winners smashed out nine
homers in the four games, all the cir
cult blows being charged to the &C
counts Of three Of the best pitching
bets st. Louis could offer.
Bill Sherdel was nicked for four,
Grover Alexander allowed three and
Jesse Haines gave up two.
The fourth and last game finally
decided by a score Of z to 3 as was
the third contest, was a mixture OF
triumph, comedy and pathos. II
brought Ruth his greatest single day
in the game. lie has hit three home
runs in this same s~portsmans park
in another world series but he did
not end that game with a story book
catch.
The comedy was furnished BY the
fielding Of both teams and the in
dividual Glowing Of the big Babe.
Sherdel Pathetic
Bill Sherdel was the pathetic figure.
A great pitcher, he went into the
gam with a record of never having
won a world series game. He pitched
great ball in the 1926 series but lost
both starts, drawing Pennock at his
best for his opponent in both. He
bowed to Waite Hoyt in the opening
game of this series although he per-
mitted but four hits in seven innings.
Yesterday he had to retire again
this time in the sixth but again che
was not disgraced. He went out with
his head up after giving a fine exhi-
bition of a clever pitcher with a great
heart.
The break came in the seventh. The
Yankees were trailing, for Ruth's
homer was their only counter and
wretched fielding in which Waite
Hoyt had contributed an eccentric
throw along with some errors Of
omission and commission by his fell
lows had given the Cardinals two
runs.
Sherdel got the big fellow in the
hole at the outset when he went 70
the plate with one u in the lucky
seventh" His first two pitches, both
exasperating slow balls were scorned
by the slugger, and Umpire Pfirman
waved his hand Tor strikes on Doth.
Alex Called
Sherdell then attempted to sneak
one over waen the Babe was not
locking. Without taking his windup
the southpaw fired a ball toward the
plate. Pfirmsn declared il illegal,
explaining he was enforcing the edict
against quick deliveries.
After two wide pitches, Bill gave
Babe one he could reach and he
cashed in on his speciality with a
homer, tying the score. Gehrig hit
one right behind him, not so far as
the sample Ruth gave but far enough.
Meusel singled and Grover Alexander
was summoned to take charge Of the
pitching. Orsatti stood on his head
trying to field Lazzeri's fly and 1t
went for a double. The convalescent
Combs then made a sentimental APP
nearance in the series as a pinch hit
ter. long enough to drive out a sacri-
flee fly and the inning closed with
a total of four runs. Ruth hit his
third homer in the eighth after burst
hated for Paschal, and hit the fifth
circuit smash Of the game but these
were only for good measure. The