The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-11
VETERAN TONY LAzzERI HERO
 OF 1887 SERIES.
Yankees Won in Five Games Without an Error; Tony to Quit?
By GEORGE K1RKsEY

United Press stan COrrespOndent)
 New York, oct. 1l-(UP)--Age before beauty, they always say, SO today Tony Lazzeri, Q homely, writ1- kled hombre of 3A years, emerged as the hero of the 1897 world series.
 He led the New York Yankees to the baseball championship over the New York Giants--led them to their sixth world title, more than any, club ever hes won. He led them with his hitting, his fielding and his, dashins play that stood out in every game.
 "Poosh Elm Up Tony" is. at his best around second baseand ct the plyate when the blue chips are on the line and the ball gaines on the fire, and he stood on the peaks to- day, one of the most glamofous and valuable ball players of all time. 5,
 LaEzert and his teammates cole lest approximately S5,836 apiece for winning their second straight "sub" way" series, while the Giants each pocket the losers share of epproX- imately S3,se1. The players pool of $4i7, ,SO5.97, based on the receipts for the first four games, was the third largest in series history.
 The 2SS, ,l46 fans who watched the five game series saw the Tanks walk away with the first three contests by scores of o-l, 8-~1 and S--l, only to be stopped dead in the fourth Saturday by Carl Hubbell. veteran Giants southpaw, who pitched hD mates to 0 7--3 victory. ,. |"
 Lefty Gomez, the gocfy one, who has never lost series game. fired his Sunday pitch past the Giants to win the final game, 4-2. before 30,2i0 fans on Q bleak, chilly day. The Giants rapped Gomez for 10 hits, but they could not score in the clutches. The only way they ever got Q man around was when Mel Ott hit the only Giants homer, of the series with Dick Bartell on base in the third inning to 6e the score. (
 Every time the Giants threatened Gomez slammed that tlreball of his down the alley. And when things got really serious there was old Tony scampering around second base, saving the ball game. 4
 The Giants had 6 man on in the fifth ready to start rally when Lazzeri Scooped up @ grounder to retire the side. They had two men on in the sixth when Lazzeri gob- bled up Burgess Whitehead'S grounder to end the inning. In the seventh they put two men on again, when Lazzeri smothered Nipples roller and threw him out ct first ~
 The run which won the title, de-. cided the series and kept the Yanks on baseball's pinnacle was scored by LazEeri. He swung with ell his might ct one of Cliff Meltot1's pitches in the fifth inning. He met the ball solidly and 1t took wings. Hank Leiber and Jimmy Ripple chashed,it al lthe way to the right field bleach-' CTS, approximately 460 feet from homo plate-o1e of the longest drives In world series annals. ' '
 Tony pulled up at third. Bill Tor-o ry, manager of the Giants, called the tnfield in on the grass to try to catch Tony at the plate. 0olnez, a 400 hitter who swings like a wash woman, was Up there. He nit Q hot drive toward Whitehead. The ball caromed of the Giants second base mans glove and Lazzeri scored the winning run. :.
 The Tanks added another, which they didn't need but which helped Gomez in the clutches, when Lou Qehrig doubled Lefty home. Two runs, one by Myril Hoag in the sec- i, ond and another by Joe Diniagyio In the third, were the opening olnSLs that greeted Mountain Music Melton when he stepped out to duplicate Hubbells Saturday triumph Mel- ton was replaced by Q pinch hitter in the fifth and Smith and Bren- nan finished for the Giants.
 The Tanks played errorless ball throughout the geries--the first team in history not to make at least one pebble. The Giants finished with nine errors, distributed through the first, third. and fourth games.
 LAzzerh who sparkled in the field and at bat, wiped out the last stub- born stain of the 1928 series when he was the goat, Q rookie whom tho great Grover Cleveland Alexander struck out with the bases loaded in the big moment of the seventh and deciding game. Y !
 He walked of the field yesterday. after one of the greatest perfoFni-N ances under fire in the world series" history. He led every one in batting with on average of 400 in Q nve-l game series where every pitcher bears down all the way. In the field he played flawlessly, handling! 2T chances without Q bobble. He raced over to second and madeplayS, he skipped over near first and gobbled up grounders. He trapped pop flies. He swung 8 dangerous, damaging bat.
 Lazzeri, the fellow they ridiculed eleven long years ago, stole the spot-y light. tr'u v
 Tony is packing his duds, the 7 tools of his trade, and going home. He's through, he says, hanging up his glove, never to come back to the majors again unless he gets a job as a major league manager. But there are some who say that after he looks at the record. he'll back 7 in there when the Tanks open their 1887 campaign, 1e
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 SCHOLASTIC FOOTBALL sv Crosby l3, Torrington 0
 Ansonia IA, Wilby 6.
 Harding 13. New Britain 0. "