The Washington times., 1930-09-30
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This is the fourth Of q series Of
stories by Babe Ruth on the world
series. Another will be published
Tomorrow and throughput the series.
BY BABE RUTH

In my previous articles on the
coming series I have discussed the
catching and the Unfolding, Civ
ing the Athletics the call behind
the bat and rating the Cardinal
infield as having an edge on the
Mack infield in all around play
! have also discussed the pitching
of. each club separately, without
attempting to compare the StaffS
In this article ] will give my
views Oh the outfielders, and also
tell how ! figure the pitching
staffs compare.
Each outfield has a powerful
hitter In left field and gtca
ground coverer, though less eff
cient hitter, in center. The Cars
mails have more batting strength
in the players who are assigned a,
various times to right field, but
there Is none Of them regardless
Of q better batting mark, whom
Z ] would rate above Bing Miller If
the AS. Miller is not what you
would call q great hitter, and = t
ne IS IS dangerous around that
plate IS any player Is likely 20
be during the series. Defensively
he rates very high.
regard AL Simmons as one
Of the best OutfieIders I have
looked at in years and he is a
tremendous hitter as well. I
think his work this year puts
him above Hafey, even though
Chick is quite top nOtcher
himself.
It is a case Of two high class
players in this position, each the
best hitter Of his own group.
look to Hafey having good series
this year. He is too good a player
to fail again in world series.
You viii recall that Chick fell far
below normal in the series be-
tween Yanks and Cardinals in
1926 and again in 1928. He got
only five hits in seven games
! four years ago and only three hits
in four games two years ago.
see little to choose between
Douthit and Haas. There is little
difference in their hitting and
either one can cover that outfield
like the morning dew. I think
these two players come closer to
being equal in all-around ability
than any two players Of similar
. positions on the two clubs. Each
rates as a great defensive player
and each as a fairly good hitter.
, AS ] said above, / like Miller
over Watkins, OrSatti, Blades or
Fisher. If Mack calls on substi.
tute for outfield duty I presume
it will be Home Summa, very
Z kcapable flycatcher and good hitter
as well. Figuring the Athletics
have the edge in left and right
fields, and a Standoff a center.
must rate the AS a little above the
Cardinals In this recpect.
Now for the pitching com.
parisOn. On one side Grove
and EarnshaW are the stand
out pitchers, anG o. the other
Grimes and FaIlahan are the
standouts. / figure Grove and
: EarnShaw rs thSDtOp two Of all
the series pitchers, and / fig
ure Grimes abov all the
others. / may be wrong about
HaIlahan, but / do not expect
to see him shine in this series.
know he is the strikeOut king
of his league. but his lack Of
control is against him. So is
the fact that h. is q left
handler. The AS love south
paws, and they love to walk
to first base.
? Figuring that Quinn and Rom
mel will be used only for relief
pitching for the AS, and that Bell,
Lindsay and Grabowski will fill
the same role for the Cardinals.
we have five pitchers on each club
who may be classed as starters
Mack has Grove, EarnShaw, Wal.
berg, Shores and Mahaffey Street
has Grimes, Johnson, Hallahan,
Haiiles and Rhem.
There is plenty of pitching in
either of these grou0S, with expe-
> rience in favor of the Cardinals.
But Grove and EarnShaw make
that Philadelphia pitching too
strong, I believe. for the National
Leaguers to match. These two
headlinerS have been in more
games this year than any other
pitchers. They think nothing Of
pitching one day and saving a
! game the next. AS / mentioned
in q previous article they arc
worth more to a club than Just
two pitchers who must have a
Acertain amount of rest between
games.
Perhaps some less prominent
member of one of these Staffs
may outpitch Grove and Earn
shaw and Grimes. It would not
be the first series in which tli.
star pitchers failed to shine and
some less renowned boyman came
through with the brilliant work
Either staff had to be plcnLy good
to win in its own league. and /
don't expect that either is going
to be badly n1irtreated in the
, coming series Either is good
enough to pitch its club to a
world champion hip. but If ! were
q manager and. had my choice of
the two staffs I'd pick the AS.
(Copyraghs 1889. By The ChriSty Walsh syndl-
eats)