Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-10
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BY JOHN B. KELLER.

~ ing the Winter. New YORK Will
have a great American League
base ball club next year. Crippled
the Yankees seem able to play far bet
ter base ball than when in sound con-
dition At least, so it appeared in the
world series ended yesterday with their
7-to-3 victory at st. Louis. In taking
four games in a row from the Cardinals
the Yanks looked much stronger than
they did at any time during the last
half of the campaign. in the junior
major circuit.
1t must have been sweet revenge for
the Yankees, the trimming they gave
the highly touted National League
champions. They hadn't forgotten the
licking they took from this same Ma
tional League club in the world series
two years ago That licking hurt, for
the Yanks took it on their home lot
after going ahead Of the foe in st.
Louis.
And the revenge was doubly sweet be-
cause the Cardinals entered this years
classic ruling as 5-to-3 favorites over
a supposedly all but wrecked club At
no time in the series, though, did the
Cardinals play as might have been ex-
pected OF National League pennant
winner. They really showed no class
in any department of play. It is no
wonder that for the second successive
year the New Workers were able to cop
a series in four engagements.
The Yanks were given a chance to
win the classic in pre-series forecasts
only If they hit and their pitchers held
up, but mainly If they could hit. And
hit they did. They simply took the
heart out Of the Red Birds with long
drives The pitching was good, too
/ hal
best of the Higgins staff, lived up to
his pitching reputation by scoring the
first and last wins of the series. George
PipgraS rallied gamely and hurled like
the PipgraS of mid-seaSon, and old Tom
Zachary surprisingly-to many who
never realized just how game and cool
a fellow old Tom iS-left-handed his
way to victory in the game when Hug
gins had to gamble in making his
pitching selection.
ClOuted Card HurIers.
Yet in the end it was not so much
the fine pitching that upset the Cards.
1t was the terrific punch of the Ameri-
can League champions that did the
work They bowled over the three-star
pitching staff of the National LeaguerS
with ease. Afield the Yankees were
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they didn't seem to need much OF a
fielding defense. They won by follow
ing a system generally effective in any
line Of athletic endeavor. They won
by making strong offense their de-
tense.
This was particularly noticeable in
the last game of the series. The Yanks
didn't look so good at the outset OF the
contest. Hoyt was having his troubles
with the Cardinal batters, and his sup
port was slipshod. Hoyt, too. was no
great help in the defensive line. But
the New Workers persistently pounded
the little left-handed Sherdel until they
got results-and got them in punches.
Hoyt was all but driven from the hill
| in the first four innings. He was
reached for six hits in that time. passed
two batters, had an error made back
of him and committed another himself
that handed the Cards a tally. Then
he underwent form reversal and be-
came the pitcher he is at his best.
In the next four rounds he yielded but
two safeties, and the Cards raised their
total to 10 only by making brace of
hits in the ninth when the YankS were
so far ahead that only remarkable
st. Louis rally could beat them.
Sherdel wasn't particularly good at
the start and grew worse as the game
progressed. In every inning in which
he toiled the Yankees denied the run
way and in but one of his frames did
they fail to drive the ball to safety.
That was the second, that Lou Gehrie
started with walk, then remained at
first to watch three mates retired
From the fourth inning on he was saw
agely slammed by the New Workers,
and he had the heart pounded out of
him in the seventh, when Higgins
huskies clinched the battle. Two
homers and a single, hit successfully
after the first man up in the round
had been retired, meant the end for
Sherdel.
: Slam Alexander.
He then gave way to Grover Alex
ander, leaving behind a record OF IL
hits and three passes against him and
foar runs for which he was responsible.
or the creaking Alexander the Yankees
collected four more hits and three more
runs. Fifteen hits and five of them
homers How could the Cardinals have
been expected to Withstand such an
offensive?
In picking a real series hero one
doesn't have to consider any other than
standing player of the classic. Hoyt
Is due much praise for his winning
pitching in two of the four engage
ments. Pipgras and Zachary earned
laurelS by their creditable mound per-
formances. Gehrig as a remarkable
batter merits much attention. But to
Ruth must go the hero'S crown.
He was the main hope of the YAM
KEGS in attack, and he was among their
best in defense. 1t was the Babe the
New Workers looked to for leadership
in offensive, and he did not fail them.
Rally after rally in the series was
|. started by him. In fact, the Bambino
never failed in pinch. He was espe-
cially sturdy yesterday when twice he
socked homers to put his club on even
terms with the Cardinals. Not salts
fled with that, in the eighth inning he
lofted the ball over the right field
! pavilion for the third time to equal
a world series record he established in
: Sportsman'S Park at st. Louis two
years ago-that of clouting three home
runs in single world series contest.
Throughout the set the Babe took
care of the fielding end of his work
we'll He had q little trouble at the
. outset of yesterdays tilt, when he let
looper to left fall for a double, after
losing the ball in the sun, but he came
back to make a neat catch of Andy Highs
loft in the seventh and wound I'D the
series with spectacular catch at the
expense Of the same Cardinal batter
1t was notable effort, that one-handed
. clutch made alongside the field box
! rail while Ruth was on dead run.
: Both Clubs "StaH."
The concluding game of the series
was slowly played. with both clubs fire.
quently stalling, but each inning was
;; replete with thrills. The first scoring
twas done by the Cardinals. They got
run in the third inning on Ernie
Orsattfs loft to center that was made