New Britain herald., 1928-09-29
LEAGUE RACE IS NEARLY FINISHED
Yankees and Cardinals Will Probably Meet in World Series


 The major league pennant races are practically over. and barring a miracle the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals will meet in the world series, scheduled to start next Thursday.
 The Yankees clinched the Ameri- can league psnnant by their victory over the Detroit Tigers yesterday. II to 6. The Cardinals have only to win one more to capture the Ma tional league championship-or if the New York Giants lose today the effect will be the same.
 By defeating the Tigers. the Tanks won their sixth pennant of the past eight years. They will enter the world series crippled by the absence of Earl Combs. probably the great est center fielder in the game today. and with Herb Pennock. Babe Ruth and Tony Lazzeri suffering from in- juries which may seriously impair their value in the post-season clas- sic.
 
 Thursdays ball game. Pennock may be unable to pitch at all, Ruth is limping and Lazzeri has water on the shoulder which make it's ex- tremely dangerous for him to use hi, arm.
 When the St. Louis Cardinals scored seven runs in the 18th in ming at Braves field yesterday, they practically clinched the National league pennant. The standing today is.
 w. L. Pet. St. Louis ........ 94 8 .61S New York ...... @ 60 .6O5
 The only chance for the Giants to come through would be for Nc Graw's club to defeat the Chicago Cubs today while the Cardinals were losing to the Boston Braves and then for the Giants to de at the st. Louis outfit at the Polo Gl ounds next Sunday. In that highly improbable event. it would also be necessary for the Red Birds to lose to the Giants
 
 which would start next week. before 8 so-called subway series" for the worlds baseball champio ship would be necessary.
 When President John Heydler of the National league ovcrruled the protest of the Giants concerning the first game of Thursdays double header he practically wrote out the ticket for the Cardinals to enter the world series. The New York Nation- al league club faces an almost in surmountable handicap, yet stranger things have happened in this topsy- turvey season than that John J. Me- Graw should bring his club through to another pennant If the Cardinals win today, or If the Giants lose, or both. the Sunday game which brings the leading pen nant contenders together at the Polo Grounds will be as unnecessary ! as an Al Smith button on the east side of New York.
 Having clinched the American league pennant, the Yankees now have five days of badly needed rest before the post season series for the worlds championship. If the Cardinals do come through to win the National league pennant and there seems no reason to doubt they will. they will enter the world series badly tired ball club. Their strength has been taxed even more than that of the Pittsburgh Pirates year ago, and the Pirates were SC worn out that they were easy vic- tims for the Yankees in four straight games.
 However. if St. Louis wins today up in Boston, Willie Sherdel. Grover Cleveland Alexander and Jess Haines will be ready for mound duty against the American league champions next week, and the Yankees have no such pitchers available.