The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-10
BABE TOWERS
ABOVE MATES
TN LAST GAM T
Ruth Comes to Bat in Seventh
Inning to Begin Home Run
Rally
CARDINALS BROk E N
Bambino Gets Three, Gehrig
and burst One Each, to
ROut Cardinals
BY BRIAN BELL
(Ass0ciatcd Press Sports Writer)

En- Route to New York with
Yankee Special, Oct. 10.-(AP)-
Enjoying poor health to an extent
never approached by any other club,
the New York Yankees, speeding
home today stood at the head Of the
baseball class and more.
They were established as the first
team to win two world series in
eight games, disposing of the Car
dinals of 1928 as they humbled the
Pirates of 1927 in four straight
games. 1t never has been done be-
fore and many world series are like
ly to come and go before it is
cqualed.
To make the sensational perform
ance just concluded more cxtraordin-
AIRY the American League champions
and hold-over world title holders
went into the autumn classic carry
ing the unrestrained sympathy of
their friends on account Of their
poor physical condition.
They limped home in the pennant
race in their league and started the
big series without Pennock, their
southpaw standby in other series
tests, OF Combs, brilliant outfielder.
Pennock was a neuritis victim and
Combs came out second best in a col
lision with wall in the Detroit park
as the season closed. Tony Lazzcri
had a bad shoulder making his
throwing a gamble. Babe Ruth, the
handspring Of the outfit was afflict-
ed with weak knee and Lou Geh-
rig, Ruth's home run supporter, be-
came minor casualty when he suf-
fercd q cut lip on the last day of
the season.
Babe Comes Through
The supreme test again demon
strated that there are baseball play
ers and then there is Babe Ruth.
This 225-pound man mountain of
baseball brains and Drawn dominated
the park and rs the great Snowman
he is brought his performance to a
climax as the curtain went down.
Coming up to the fourth game
with a batting average Of more than
500 but without single one Of the
home runs which made him famous
he drove three balls out Of the park
and finally ended the game with a
hair-raising one handed catch.
Top-heayy with cripples, New
York was counted out of another
world championship before the series
began for the st. Louis players were
sound in limb and body and able to
offer a battery Of first class pitchers
in the very pink Of condition.
The Yankees could counter with
only four pitchers regarded as suit
able starters in such an important
event and there were question marks
after all their names. Waite Hoyt
it was said, was over worked, George
Pipgras was in the same condition
Tom Zachary was too old and Henry
johnson too young. As it turned out
only three were needed, Hoyt win.
ming two games and Pipgras ane
Zachary one each, while young John.
son absorbed world series experience
from the bench.
Card Pitchers Weak
The Cardinals were routed becaus.
their pitchers could not proven
home run hits ringing from Yanke,
bats. The winners smashed out min,
homers in the four games, all thu
circuit blows being charged to tn
accounts Of three of the best pitch
ing bets St. Louis could offer.
| The fourth and last game final,
decided by score of to 3 as wa
the third contest, was mixture O
triumph, comedy and pathos.
brought Ruth his greatest single da
in the game. He has hit three hom
runs in this same Sportsman park i
another world series but he did nc
end that game with a story boo
catch.
| The comedy was furnished by tn
fielding of both teams and the in
dividual Glowing of the big Babe.
| Bill Sherdel was the pathetic fig
urc. A great pitcher he went int
| the game with record of never ha,
ing won a world. series game. II
pitched great ball in the 1926 serie
but lost both starts. drawing Per
mock at his best for his opponent
both. He bowed to Waite Hoyt
the opening game of this series a
though he permitted but four hi
in seven innings.
The break came in the seventh
The Yankees were trailing. fe
Ruth's homer was their only coun,
err.
| Sherdel got the big fellow in til
hole ct the outset when he went |
the plate with one out in the ..luck
seventh" His first two pitches, bot
exasperating slow balls were scorne
by the slugger, and Umpire Pfirma