The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-28
Talking
IT OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, Sept. 28.-They
= IN bundled up another baseball
season Sunday and shipped it along
TO The historians. In games that
had no more bearing on the point
at issue than the mean average
rainfall in the Andes, the AS ana
the Cards formally confirmed their
championship accomplishments.
Later in the week these two teams come
together in the annual fall hysteria iof
the worlds baseball title so callea pe-
cause il embraces all part OF the siooe'
except the orient. Europe. the continent
Russia and a few other scattered centeFs
OF culture. ,..n
IN many respects the season which
ended Sunday was extraordinary. IN
YEAR In which gold standards feH anu
nlatinum blondes did the best tney eouiu'
baseball maintained consistently pios-
nerous note at the ticket kioskS' Ihele
,,,as general slump in attendance, put on
,ne average baseball stood up better IN
aor the depression than all other PROBES
s,onal or amateur sports. indicating thete-
NJ that IL is still the national paseiile'
.rbe two league races ran true 10 FORM
a. he outset the betting men mace the
A.. and the Cards the favorites' Ihes
a..,o tbroueh. More than that. there was
searsclv a period when there was ever
-, aorbt as to their ultimate success
your correspondent managed 70
.t,ro,,eb another season without having
b,s snlendid record for picking "lilei'
..,arred His choices we're the BrooKiyh
ca washington. The Brooklyns by amt
- sheer fight and amazing persistence
.,cceding in finishing bang up loul'h.
xyaehinqton Nmped home disillusloheu
,.trd There were many reasons why your
corresnondent's choices did not win' inc
chief of which apparently is they were
not good enough The others don't mat
ter. d,d
rho yanks. under new manager. ala
ho,ter than they figured to. 1 think TINS
An large measure is due to the new
manager. Joe Mccarthy. success with
t,e Chicago Cubs. came to new league
and promtly demonstrated that he knows
u,hat IT is all about. member Of the
Younger school. Mccarthy is inventive and
daring. All season he had the YanKs
running the bases and blending speed
with power in a way that made the games
doubly interesting to watch.
Under him. Chapman developed into the
best base runner the majors have seen
since the days Of Max Carey. and the
earlier days of Ty Cobb The public
acceptance of Chapman's exploits was
enthusiastic The rarity of the stolen
base plus the ability of Chapman. became
a growing sensation. Even the Ruthian
home run as a spectacle suffered by
comparison. Whenever Chapman got to
first base the stands would boil with an
ticipatory excitement
McCarthys strategy in stressing the
stolen base provoked a volume Of debate
among rival baseball strategists. In
game where power was still the dominant
factor why try to steal bases? Nc
Carthy's answer to that question was that
runner could always score quicker from
second than first.
"And BESIDES" argued Mccarthy, 'if
you have q man who is fast enough to
steal base wouldn't it be silly to ig-
more his speed in your attack" month
or so ago I asked Mccarthy how many
victories he thought he could trace to
Chapmans speed. Ten at least" he
answered, "snd what is equally import
ant 1 can trace any of our defeats to
him"