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FIRST HE IN FIVE YEARS SERIES IMS FAILED TO REACH MILLION GATETen Records Smashed And Five Others Tied, Mainly Through Babe’s Bat—Mark Koenig Leading Batter—Barney Leads Pirates.BY ALAN J. QOULD Associated Press Sports EditorNew York, Oct 9.—The 1927 world’s series has passed quickly Into baseball history with ten records smashed and five others tied, chiefly through the batting prowess of Babe Ruth; the makings” of a stormy controversy in the Bush-Cuyler-Dreyfus situation, and Increased preatlge for the victorious New York Yankees. ,The speedy ending of the series —........................................... ............equalling the record set by the Boston Braves in winning four straight games In 1914 prevented the battle from smashing record* for aUen dance and gate receipts, although the figure for the third game, at the Yankee stadium, set up a new high gate of $209,665 for a single con test, while the players’ pool also is the greatest on record.Failed To Reach Million It was the first time In five years that the series failed to be a mil Hon dollar affair. The total receipts.$783,217, however, were more than $30,000 In excess of the total for the first four games of the 1928 series.The rival club owners, as a result of the series’ brevity, must refund close to $350,000 to ticket holders who purchased the pasteboards In Pittsburgh as well a* New York In three-game strips.Although the American League champions won two of the four games, the first and the last, more on Pirate mistakes than on their skill, the series left no question of Yankee supremacy. Taking the series ne a whole, the expensive cast piloted my Miller Huggins outplayed. outhit, outpltched and outsmarted the National league champions The Prrates unquestionably were in a bad slump all the way through, suffering a reaction from their hard pennant fight, but they were up against a team that had everythingEight Records For Babe The Yankees outhit their rivals .279 to .225 and. on the averages, out fielded them .931 to .962Babe Ruth's bat smashed eight of the ten records broken and tied another to clinch for him probably a stronger o*alm than any other player to the Individual hero role of the series. No series Is complete without Its hero, but there are more difficulties than usual in making the 1927 selection. No player stood out as did Grover Cleveland Alexander on the pitching hill last yearHerb Pennock, holding the Pirates hltlees for seven Innings and to only three safe blows altogether In the third geme, was the pitching hero.Jumping Joe” Dugan turned in the most sensational fielding performances. The Yankee third sacker had comparatively few chances but nearly all were spectacular. His running pickup end throw on Rhyne's bunt In the thiyl game was the de fenslve gem of the seriesKoenig Leads Betters Taking the series as a whole, however. Ruth's bat was the most consistently prominent feature, figuring in all four victories. The Babe's three singles upset the Pirates in the first game, his sacrifice fly tallied a run, In the second, his first homer furnished the climax to the Yankees barrage In the third battle and his second home run kept the Yankees from possible defeat In the fourth game.Ruth drove In more rune than any other player—seven—and accounted for the only two circuit clouta of the aeries He was a conatant threat at the plate and handled his position in the field faultlessly. The Babe was outscored by Combs. Koenig and Lloyd Wner. besides being outbat ted by Koenig, who led both clubs' regulars with a figure of .BOO, but the big slugger was more of adeclslve factor than any of the starsBut for his lapses in the field,Lloyd Waner might have rivalled Rnth aa a stellar figure. The young er Waner, playing hie flret series ‘ performed brilliantly at bat, and on the bases, excelling hts more famoui | brother, Paul. Although less stec tacular Clyde Barnhart, Pirate lefl 1 fielder, had the biggest Pirate punclQ at the plate driving in four of hit teams ten runs.
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Hagerstown Morning Herald
Hagerstown, Maryland, US
Mon, Oct 10, 1927
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