Evening star., 1939-10-09
Berger Is Voted
Goat Of Series
By Winners
Hero Tag Is Pinned
On Keller as Yonks
Celebrate Triumph
BY SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

BY SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
ABOARD THE KEGS
WORLD SERIES SPECIAL EN-
ROUTE TO NEW YORK, october
9.-The hilarious New York Yam
KEGS celebrated their fourth straight
world baseball championship well
past the regular season curfew this
morning, but Manager Joe Nc
Carthy took time out to register a
beef"
Joe, it seems, has been reading
the papers And he wasn't alto
gether pleased over the fact that
some of the folks saw two sides to
the Yankees sweep of the just
ended World Series. He believes
too much emphasis is being placed
on the collapse of the Cincinnati
Reds rather than the greatness of
his hired hands.
So, while the players paraded up
and down the cars of the train,
roaring their roll out the BARREL
we've got the Reds on the run"
theme song, Joe rose to inquire:
why is everybody saying the
Reds split wide open to blow the
series? Why not admit the great
ness of the Yankees under fire?
Dickey Leads Cheering.
After all, the Reds were the best
team in the National League. They
were supposed to be plenty hot
And with two pitchers like Paul
Derringer and Bucky Walters they
figured to make it tough as hi.
So what? So we beat 'em four
straight. Doesn't that prove any
thing?"
Another thing that didn't sit too
well with the big -jawed pilot of the
history making champions was the
statement Manager Bill McKechnie
OF the Reds made Immediately after
yesterdays final game-that the
Yankees can't be that good"
! II Dill odlu tIldt, JOc COuIltcTcU,
then it only makes us greater. I
take it he meant we weren't good
enough in his book to whip his
boys in four straight. Well, we did,
didn't we? Doesn't that make us
all the better in his opinion, of
what he said?"
Everywhere you looked, in any
car, aboard this train, you could find
cheering section Of players. Bill
Dickey, the tall catching ace, led one
delegation single-file almost the
length of the train and back again,
bowling and singing. Two or three
"wangled" hats from the conductors.
A group of players wives burst into
McCarthy's room and exchanged
kisses of congratulations
Keller Hero of Series.
And off in a corner, talking ear
nestly with his wife, sat the "for-
gotten man" of the series, Lou Geh-
rig, the old iron horse, now in the
roundhouse for keeps.
| As usual, the customary hero
and goat roles were discussed,
argued and ironed out most of the
night. There wasn't single dis
senting voice in selecting young
Charley Keller, the rookie right field
er and ex-dairyman from Maryland,
as the outstanding hero" Of the
Yanks' sweep. Charley led for the
four games in everything but the size
OF the steak he had for dinner-and
he wasn't far away from that one,
either. He was only one away from
records set by Babe Ruth and Lou
Gehrig in home runs, runs scored,
extra base hits and extra bases.
He hit for .438 for the four games,
banged out three homers, a triple,
double and two singles, drove in six
runs, he scored 8, and, what's more,
he played no favorites among the
Reds top pitchers. He tagged Paul
Derringer for triple in one game
and homer in another; Bucky Wal
ters contributed double and sin
gle, and Junior Thompson, his par
ticular cousin" served him two
home run balls.
Goat Tag Pinned on Berger.
About the goat, there was more
argument. Most of the boys pinned
the tag on Wally Berger, the Reds.
left fielder, who went to bat Is times
without hit, famed four times,
and left eight men on base. In ad-
dition, his throw-in of a ball was
partly responsible for the first game
loss, and his handling of Keller's
two-bagger, which bounced of his
glove in the second game, didn't help
any.
Harry Craft, the center fielder,
who famed six times, also had some
supporters" But one and all agreed
Ernie Lombardis little nap on home
plate in yesterdays final was the
correct comedy touch. All it needed
was music to put 1t on the big-time
circuits.