Evening star., 1932-09-26
RUPPERTS To RELY
ON LONG ST|CKERS
Bruins Count on Great Slab
Staff and Ability to Hit
in Pinches.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

n 1EW YORK, September &c.
M The probabilities are that
l Y fast balls, shoulder high
and inside, and base hits,
high and outside the park, will
play much bigger strategic
part in the world series between
the Yankees and Cubs, starting
Wednesday in the Yankee Sta
dium, than any maSter-minding
from the dugout or on the ball
fields.
For the first time in years, old fashion,
ed, straightaway base ball appears likely
to dominate the championship proceed
1ngS, minus the factors of Score-card
waving or other inside stuff calculated
to confuse the combatantS as well as
the spectators.
Joe Mccarthy, big, silent leader Of
the old school, will rely on the big
punch of Ruth, Gehrig, Lazzeri, Dickey
& Co. to pull the Yankees through to
their third successive world series
triumph, meanwhile juggling versatile
corps of pitching SharpShooters to get
the best results. Marse Joes strategy
was under fire when he managed the
Cubs in 1929, but it always looks bad
without base hits or good pitching.
7 IKEABLE, good-natured Charley
IL Grimm. holding down first base
himself will depend on the hus-
Ting, pinch-hitting ability Of his team,
plus the resources of a great right
handed pitching staff, to pull the Cubs
through to a world championship.
The ChicagoanS are outclassed when
1t comes to long-range firing from
either side of the plate, but their pitch
ing staff appears in better condition,
they have brisker defense and more
speed, man for man, than their rivals.
With the 1881 record in evidence OF
how the Cardinals upset the heavier
hitting Athletics as well as Grove and
Earnshaw by outhustling their rivals,
the Cubs have every reason to dash into
the fray briskly and, if possible, throttle
the Yankee attack before it has real
chance to get under way.
IF any major surprise is sprung in
i pitching strategy the Yankees now
appear likely to pull it by inserting
their 230-pound former bullpen pitcher,
Walter Brown, into the list of starting
DlORIl SeIlSdClOIldl WOTh LII
winning three games within the last
two weeks has inspired confidence in
his reliability, especially if Lefty Gomez
and Red Ruffing do not look any better
in the series than they did in their
last few workouts
1t will be recalled that Connie Mack
caught the Cubs by surprise in the very
first game of the 1929 series by shoot
ing Howard Ehmke'S side-arm delivery
OF tha,, frnv,,
this shock, the Bruins were hopelessly
beaten back and unable to pull them
selves together except for one masterful
game pitched by Guy Bush. 1t will be
well, therefore, for Grimm's men to be
prepared for any emergency, rather
than to take the Yankees publicized
advance plans for granted.
DUSH will draw the opening box as
ID signment for the Cubs with Char.
Malone due to work behind him in that
order. Burleigh Grimes is not expect
ed to start but the old spitballer might
be the Cubs ace in the hole. If he hap
pens to feel the old battle urge once
more and be right for the occasion. 1t
may not do to count Grimes out of the
picture any more than it IS wise to over
lock the aging southpaw Of the Yam
KEGS. Herb Pennock. as yet undefeated
in world series competition over a
decade.
The strategy of the two clubs behind
the bat will be in good hands, with Bill
Dickey and Gabby Hartnett doing the
bulk Of the work. Dickey has better
arm and he will need it to curb such
speedsters as Cuyler, Moore, English
and Herman.
Hartnett's principal worry will be Ben
Chapman who will have good chance
to beat the record Of six stolen bases
for one world SERIES This mark was
set by Jim Slagle in 1907 and equalled
in seven games in 1909 by Hans Wag-
ner, who also holds the record OF three
in, Sinula game