Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1756-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities external link and the Library of Congress. Learn more
Image provided by: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Urbana, IL
Newspaper Page Text
within the provisions of the law last spring. And Joe had two teams to solidify, the Whales of the Federal league and Cubs of the National league. It was beyond all reason that he could monkey with any com binations in the short time allotted him, and that is the main reason for some of the mistakes Jpe made in swapping and selling people. x If he had been able to do so, under C the rules, he would have retained Art "Wilson as well as Bill Fischer, and it would never have been neces sary to let Fischer and Schulte go to get Wilson back again. k Steve Yerkes had to go away from here because the roster was too large. Steve did not get along well on the North Side, where the atmos phere of the ball park is chilled for the first two months of the season. He went south, took the stiffness out of his joints under a broiling sun and came back to the National league to finish the seasin at a hot clip. But from the middle of May until Sep tember, when the 21-player rule is in force, there was no place for a man who was not ready on his7 mark to play top speed baseball Now while the National league magnates are pinching the pennies and closing their eyes to the dimes, the American league has fixed its player limit at 25, and the results show in the sustained quality of play during the season. If a regular is hurt an A. L. pilot, because of the liberality of the rule, has himself for tified With a good man and can im mediately fill the gap. If the New York Yanks had , played the past season in a league working under the 21-player limit, they would have been lucky to finish the year. As it was, Donovan was fe forced to go outside his club and P sign- some fellows temporarily. Fourteen games have been played between American and National clubs this fall. Of this number the American has copped an even dozen. In the world's series Boston took four outvof five from Brooklyn. The Sox nailed tour straight against the Cubs, and Fielder Jones' be. Louis people won tour and lost one while engaged with the Cardinals. AncJ in every one of these series the National league club has looked bad. It has been totally outclassed at every step ot the way and there has never been a question about the final outcome. , Irue, Bropklyn-is credited with making a fight the first three games of the world's series, and irequent laudatory remarks were made about their gameness. But, even when they 'were fight ing, it was the courage of despera tion, tor they were playing a team above them, stronger even where the Nationals were supposed to be at then best. Even on a man-for-man comparison the Red Sox were best, for lew expected Hoblitzel to outplay Daubert and Janvrin shine above Cutshaw. The Dodgers were some slickers in their own league, but they went too far. j Now, if Wilbert Robinson had been able to add fo'ur more men to his club, iecould have been better fixei throughout the year. He would not have had a glaring hole at short and could even have dragged in young men to fight his veteran regulars for their jobs. Shore held Dodgers to three hits in final game and was a winner all the way. The Dodgers played poorly behind Pfeffer and kicked the ball at fatal spots. Boston wound up with a team bat ting average of .238 against .199 for Brooklyn, even surpassing the Dodg ers at their strongest point, attack. Boston fielded .975, while Brooklyn was 34 points back. Walter Hagen is the only home bred survivor in the match play tour ney of the Professional Golfers' ass'n at Siwanoy. Elimination trials are on today at the Desplaines speedway, for the. Grand American auto race, sched uled for tomorrow. All trials must ifiyiMMifciMMittbiitaUftttfl