The Washington times., 1930-10-01
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BY BABE RUTH

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I figure the AS win win the
world series, probably in six
games. They may turn the trick
In five games, as they did last
year against the Cubs.
In the first place the schedule
"a in the Athletics favor. They
play the first two games at Shibe
Park and they are particularly
powerful on their hcme lot. They
should get the jump on the Cardi-
mails in these games and I can't
figure any club coming from be-
hind to beat Mack'S team after
IL has got away to good start.
Gabby Street must have a good
ball club, but I figure the AS
as an extra good team. They
went more than two months this
season without losing q series,
and they have won the pennant
with something to spare.
All year long they stood
out in their own league In q
manner which left no doubt
as to their being. the class. l
am inclined to think that
Mack's team would have stood
out Just as strongly over all
rivals IL the AS had been in
the National League.
From the seasons batting aver
ages one would figure that the
Cardinals are q much better hit
ting team than the Mackmen are.
have felt all year, and have
mentioned in articles during the
season, on what I believe is a diff
ference in pitching. In some years
the National League pitching ex-
GELS the American, and in some
years the condition is reversed.
I believe that it is inferior
pitching, rather than superior
hitting, which accounts for six
National league clubs hitting
above the 800 mark this year,
and for the fact that the hitting
generally has been quite bit
heavier in the National League.
They tell me that those Cardi-
mails have been playing hustling
heads up ball, and their great
rush during the closing weeks Of
the season indicates as much. But
I cannot believe that they hustle
harder than the AS, Or that they
are so hard to beat.
It's an old story for the
Mackmen to be apparently
defeated in the latter part Of
the game, only to put on q
rally. They did this twice
against the Cubs last fall and
they have been doing it all
year in the American League.
I like the AS pitching. Some
say there is more claSD in the
st. Louis staff as group, and
perhaps there is. But Grove and
EarnShaw strike me as pitchers
considerably above the average
and pitchers who are Of extra
value because they are ready to
do relief work any day they do
not start a game. With travel
days after the second and fifth
games Mack can jockey his
pitching to get the most out Of
those two stars.
I have always maintained that
any team good enough to win a
pennant is good enough to win a
series. The Cardinals can, and
may, win. But don't figure that
any team in baseball is quite good
enough to be rated a favorite
over another team that has done
what the AS have done this
season. ,.-..
Certainly the Cardinals have
not reached that high mark in
team hitting this year against
pitching which is on par with
what they will see in this series.
I am sure that they have not
gone against any such pitching in
q single series as Connie Mack
has at his command. I will grant
you, too, that the Cardinals pitch
ing staff Is above the grade to
which the Mackmen have been
accustomed. In other words, eX-
pect the AS to hit lot nearer
their seasons form in this series
than the Cardinals will.
It is taking nothing from
Gabby Street to figure that
the AS should have the edge
in strategy. My hat is off to
Street for coming through
with q winner on his first
opportunity, and hope he en-
joys many more triumphs be-
fore he is through as q man.
ager. But Connie Mack Is an
old hand at this world series
business and he is q past
master at jOCkeying pitchers
pulling surprises which upset
the other fellows plans.
The AS have had the winning
habit for a long time. We man
aged to nose them out in 1928,
but they outplayed us for a long
time that season, and they have
been outplaying everybody they
have met for two years. It will
take q lot Of baseball to beat
them in a series of any length
and I don't figure the Cards,
good as they are, can do it.
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