The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-10-15
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AS GEM
By BABE RUTH

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. Is.
Well the world series is over
and the Athletics are cham
pions of the world.
To say that I'm happy is putting
it mildly. I'm tickled to death, and
I'm just twice as happy because
when the thing started I didn't think
they could do it. I've seen lot Of
world series games, played in lot
Of them too, but I don't think I ever
saw series which was quite so sen.
sational as this one. / know never
saw a series in which a team came
from behind to win as the AS did
in those last two games. =. It was
just another case of team that
refused to be licked. More power to
them.
The Cubs naturally must feel
pretty badly about the series. They
were outplayed at every corner all
the way through-a lot of folks still
say they quit. But they didn't. They
fought as hard as thew could and
they went down fighting at the fin
ish. 1t was just a case of Cub
pitchers faltering where Athletic
pitchers went the route, just a case
Of Athletic hitters finding their
stride while the Cub sluggers were
staggering around unable to get GO
ing.
One thing do think-I think
this series, coupled with the two
that have gone before, prove
that. for the present at least,
the American League has little
something on the National in
the quality of ball they play.
Not as much as the scores would
indicate. perhaps, and not a margin
that will remain forever. But they
have an edge right now and these
past three series have provided it.
It's little hard to pick the hero
of this series. There were so many
of them. Ehmke was one. and Sim.
mons and Dykes, Foxx and Miller.
So far as yesterdays game is con-
cerned, it is Miller who gets the
praise. His double in that ninth in
ming won the ball game and you
can't take that from him.
Putting the five games together.
though, and looking at the thing as
a whole. 1 believe the fellow who
deserves more credit than any other
man on that Athletic team is little
Mickey Cochrane. I never saw q
better job of catching in my life
that Mickey showed in the series.
He held up his pitchers from start
to finish. He directed the infield.
He was the spark plug Of every
game and almost every play.
And how that boy did hit. Yes,
I think the honors must go to
Mickey Cochrane-the greatest
catcher in baseball today and one Of
the greatest of all time.
For the Cubs, Hack Wilson
was a standOut despite that one
bad afternoon when he lost two
balls in the sun, and cost the
Cubs a ball game.
You've got to hand it to Hack.
He fought right down to the finish.
He took the bad breaks without
complaining, and he took advan-
tage Of the good breaks when they
came. A lot OF fellows would have
been down after kicking those two
balls on Saturday. But Hack never
quit. He was going just as hard
and fighting just as much in that
final inning Of the final game an
he was in the first inning Of the
first.
Guy Bush, Of course. was OUT
standing, too. His pitching in that
third game which the Cubs won
was masterful. For that matter.
the Cubs had lot of good pitching.
Root pitched beautiful ball in the
first game. Bush was marvellous
in the game he won. And Malone
pitched great ball yesterday up to
that final inning, when the breaks
went against him and made him a
goat instead of hero.