The Washington times., 1929-01-10
FOUR GIVE
YANkS BIC
THREAT
BY Kirk Miller


come out of New York which
should sound a warning to
seven American League man
ayers who hope to change the
order of things before the
1929 race is very old.
' They concern the return to nor
malcy of two pitching arms which in
their time have caused much agita'
tion among the batters of the
Junior circuit-the good left arm
Of Herb Pennock and the equally
good right whip Of Wiley Moore.
If the assurance from these two
Yankee pitchers that a winters rest
has completely restored their salary
whips to their former usefulness,
proves to- be borne out when the
actual season gets under way, the
Yankees will have their old time
pitching big four in operation again,
and together with the healthy hit
ting of the Ruths and Gehrigs and
- Meusels, will not be easy to chase
out of the money.
FunctiOning in. their regular
"H'' order, HOyt, PennOck, Moore
and PipgraS can make plenty
A.. of trouble in any mans circuit
Is, and will constitute pitching
~ combination which will be sOme-
thing more than q nucleus.
.Hoyt and Pipgras with the aid
of or Tom Zachary just about
stopped the st. Louis Cardinals
;. cold in their tracks a brief matter
of less than four months ago and
what that pair will be able to do
! with their old staff mates not nurs-
ing ailing arms. is something for
Connie Mack. Walter Johnson. Dan
HQwley and Bucky Harris to think
about. between now and mid-April.
Pennock suffered a severe attack
=, Of neuritis in his off wing just prior
to the closing days of the 1928
season and was useless to his cluo
in the world series. However, the
= Yankees managed to stagger along
without their ace southpaw who
won II games for them before he
was afflicted.
Moore never recovered his 1927
form last season and is credited
with pitching 500 baseball with
four wins and as many losses. But
in the Yankee-Pirate world series
the Oklahoma dirt farmer capped
a season which marked him as a
sensation in baseball and Miller
Huggins as we'll as Secretary Ed
Barrow, a very practical. baseball
man in his own right, have been
!, living in hopes ever since that
Z Moore would turn out to be a mere
y flash across the baseball horizon.
4 Last September, Moore left
= the Yankee team i'm discourage
! anent and went OH the voluntary
i retired list, from which roster
4 he Is soon to ask Judge Lands
{ to remove his name.
: wilcy's worrying over the condi-
a tion of his arm didn't help his atti-
d tude toward his job last year, and
3 his mates declared he positively
4 lost weight from fretting because
he couldn't get that old sinker ball
4 going as it had in the previous
s season when he won 10 and lost Z
4 games in behalf of the worlds
Il champions with the low earned
&
3 game.
His impaired health, however, has
been offset by a winter rest down
i among the Oklahoma oil derricks
/. and he has not only regained the
{ lost weight, but some besides and
4 has asked permission to go to Hot
\ Springs and train down to pitch
! ing heft.
On top of the return to health of
3 Pennock and Moore, encouraging
! word has waited into the sports
4 pages to the effect Coombs and
I Lazzeri feel their former selves
( again-and If all these cheerful It'd
Il fngs are true, the Yankees will be
4 back there again this season chal-
. longing any and every threat.
+ Winning the winter league
= championship for cutting players
7. off their payroll, the st. Louis
: Cardinals will bear watching
Z & now, lest they add the name Of
8 the list which will not he in.
Z sVited to report next month at
Z Avon Park, Fla.
y Mine players have been divorced
: from Breadon, Hickey and Co. since
= last October. They are McKeChnie,
4 Harper, Maranville, Theve enow,
= Rhem, Reinhart, Martin, William.
3 son and Blades. 1t has been said
8 by friends of Alexander he did not
Il expect to be kept this season, in
4 view of his world series bust.
A year ago old Alex was one Of
8 the first to sign his contract and
a. the very first to start for training
d Damp. He has been hanging around
s baseball long time now, and is
Z reported to be ready to take the
Z count. His first full year in the
= ma jors was 1911 with the PhIllies.
z and he has never played With but
s two other clubs; the Cubs and
& Cardinals. go ..'.l
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