The Washington times., 1930-09-24
IN "A.
like CARDS
THIS YEAR

IIU L.HII
NEW YORK, Sept. 24.-Those
amazing st. Louis Cardinals,
who seem destined to win the
National League pennant after
q courageous. uphill stru~gle that
has thrilled the fans of the
country, have the baseball "It''
to make the impending world
series with the Philadelphia AS
an exciting. colorful and dra.
matte event. They have the
power, the class and other DO
tentialities capable of restoring
to, the National League the pres
tiges lost through humiliating de,
feats in the last three world
series.
Only one game has been won
BY q National League entry in
the last three world series. This
situation Is distressing to Off.
cials Of the older circuit and
there will be rending Of hair
and gnashing Of teeth If the
American League club repeats in
the 1880 classic.
I'm 1927 the New York
Yankees beat the Pittsburgh
Pirates four straight; In 1928
the Yankees defeated he
Cardinals four i'm a. row and
last year the Athletics con-
quefed the Cubs four out of
five.
If the fast stepping Cardinals,
miracle team of $780," get into
the world series this year--and
that seems to be a foregone con-
cllsion they will hardly be
worse than an even money bet
to take the AS. For the psy-
chology Of recent baseball hap
penings has. been favorable to the
st. Louis aggregation. They have
been riding along on one of the
greatest winning Streaks in the
history of the, game, beginning
back on August 8 when they were
sunk in fifth place - games be-
hind the lead. and continuing to
the close Of the season.
The AS on the other hand,
have coasted in to win the Amer
dcan League bunting. Will Connie
Mack'S players, who have been
leasing" along, be able to key
themselves up to the winning
pitch that the Cardinals have
been maintaining for the past six
weeks?
It requires keen competition to
develop this will to win" that
the Cards possess, and st. Louis
has had such competition. They
Knocked the Giants off when
they. were pennant-mad and
wrecked the Robins at a time
when Brooklyn officials were ac-
cepting world series reservations.
st. Louis remarkable fight
to. win the flag recalls the
memorable drive Of the BOS-
ton Braves in 1914, when
they climbed from last place
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" lated the Athletics by crush
ing them four times in sue
CesSiOn for the world cham
pi0nship.
The forthcoming series between
the Cardinals and the AS gives
promise Of developing into a
long, hard fought engagement.
It would not surprise baseball ex-
perts If seven games we're re-
qlired to settle the issue. For
both teams have been under
world series fire, the AS last fall
and the Cards the year before, so
it is unlikely either club will sue
cumb to nerves" and crack In
the big money games.
Two master tacticianS, Connie
Mack and Gabby Street, will be
In the opposing dugouts. They
are both old-timers in baseball
and can see more in the game
than Slugging the modern lively
ball. On occasion they can both
be depended upon to employ the
sacrifice bunt, the squeeze" play
and the stolen base.
AS the world series approaches,
advance reportSeindicate there is
more excitement among the popu.
lace In st. Louis than Philadel.
phia. When the AS returned
home after clinching the Ameri-
can League pennant they were
quietly welcomed by the mayor
and his cabinet but there was no
big turnout OF fans.
st. Louis, however, is plan
ming. . celebration for the
Cards to be held the morn
inR after the pennant is won.
The Cards will be at home
for their final series Of the.
year, with the Pirates.
No financial records will be
broken in the world series because
SportSman's Park, in st. Louis,
and Shibe Park, in Philadelphia,
are comparatively small. The
series, nevertheless, promises to
be q tsell out" A corps of car
penters has started work con-
structing 1900 additional seats in
SportSman's Park. In the last
world series each player on the
AS received $500. while each
Cub drew $3,782. The winning
PLAYERS individual share this year
PROBABLY will be around $4,000.
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