Show H o i t BASEBALL HISTORY REPEATED T IE WHEN YANKEES y CAPTURE NEW YORKERS SET RECORD BY VICTORIES Passing of Veterans Marks Year Hoyt Ties l. l Old Mark Baseball history history repeated repealed Itself In n 1928 and the New Nov York Yankees 1 again gain won the worlds world's baseball J championship r After staggering homo horno two and anti a aI half games ahead of the Phila Philadel- Philadel el- el hla Athletics Athletic in the American league race the Yankees upset till all I cal calculations by recovering their sup wp strength In tho the world series and crushing the favored St. St Louis LouisI I Cardinals National league champions cham chain Dions in four straight games f Although the Yankees es had considerably con con- more trouble winning the American league pennant last seaS season season sea sea- S son than they did In 1927 they routed the Cardinals in much the same samo manner as they did the Pittsburg Pittsburg Pitts- Pitts burg Pirates in the 1927 world se se- se e- e ries rles Thus the Yankees established established estah- estah a record of ot eight straight world series victories having vanquished vanquished vanquished van van- the tho Pirates In four straight games in the 1927 Aeries COME TO END ENDor I i OF or TRAIL r f After serving serving- more than 20 years In lit the American league Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker finally came to I the end of the long long trail Starting the season in the Athletics Athletics' outfield Cobb and Speaker were benched In season mid and played no part in the As A's final desperate erate drive for the American league pennant Cobb played In only onty 94 games but was able to keep his batting average above the tho mark malk for fOl forthe forthe the twenty-fourth twenty consecutive sea sea- son on He finished the season with an average of ot Speaker however batted only In 64 games At the end of ot the season season season sea sea- son Speaker was given his relea release e by Connie Mack Macit and signed t to manage the Newark In International In In- j League club in 19 1929 9 Cobb toured the Orient with a barnstorming barnstorming barnstorming barn barn- storming aggregation and on n his re return return re- re turn reiterated his decision to re reI retire re- re retire tire for all times I ALL ATTENDANCE MARKS FALL FAlLA A All records for fOl baseball attendance attend attend- attendance t. t ance were broken on Sund Sunday y September 9 when the Yankees and Athletics met in a crucial doubleheader doubleheader double- double I header before persons 81 Si- paid qaid admissions at Yankee stadium The Athletics came to tot t New York a a. half game game In in front only r to suffer two crushing defeats 5 to too 0 o and 7 to 3 Rogers Hornsby was sold twice during during- the past year Aft After r one I season with the New York Giants 4 l' l Hornsby was traded to the Boston f Braves January 10 1928 for two almost unknowns Francis Hogan catcher atcher and Jimmy TImmy out out- fielder The New York officials announced announced announced an an- an- an the tho trade as for the good goodof of the team HORNSBY GOES TO CHICAGO Early In the season Hornsby Horneby was named manager of the Braves suc sue succeeding succeeding Jack Slattery former Boston Boston Boston Bos Bos- ton college and Harvard coach Hornsby had little UttIe success with the Braves and at the tho cl clOse so of the season season season sea sea- son Judge Emil I Fuchs president of oi the Boston club sold him to the Chicago ChIcag Cubs for an amount said to have been and two players players players play play- ers Percy Lee Jones southpaw pitcher and Freddy Maguire second second sec see ond baseman f Ruth Gehrig and arid Hoyt rated tho the world series Ruth and Gehrig wrought havoc with tIle the Cardinals' Cardinals highly touted pitching staff and Waite Walte Hoyt won the pitching pitch pitch- lag ing laurels The Bambino batted and set 19 new world series j records Overcoming the handicap of an injured knee Ruth put on the greatest one-man one act ever witnessed witnessed witnessed wit wit- in a world series He closed his spectacular work In a blaze of glory when he his three home runs in the final game tying his own record made ma-de in the 1926 series against the Cards RUTH GEHRIG RUN GETTERS Ruth and Gehrig scored more morer r runs ns than the St. St Louis team Ruth scored nine and Gehrig Gehrig Geh- Geh 1 rig five fo four r more than the Cards Gehrig drove in nine runs tuns hit four home runs tying Ruths Ruth's record made mado In the 1926 world series and batted By winning two games Ho Hoyt t tied Chief Benders Bender's record record- of six world series victories The total paid attendance ce for tor the world series was and the total receipts The players players' players players' players players' play play- ers' ers pool of ot set a new I world series serie's record Each Yankee regular received 51 and each I Cardinal regular JIM BOTTOMLEY GETS HONORS Jim Bottomley Cardinals' Cardinals first baseman received 76 votes and received received re re- re the National league most valuable player award iward Freddy Lindstrom Giants Giants' third baseman was vas second with 70 Mickey Cochrane Athletics Athletics' young cat catcher her won the American league most valuable player award with 53 votes Heinle Heinie Manush Browns' Browns outfielder was second with 51 61 Goose Goslin Washington outfielder outfielder out out- fielder won the American league batting championship by one poi point t tover over Manush Goslin batted and Manush 1 Rogers Hornsby Braves' Braves manager won the battIng batting batting bat bat- ting championship with an av average average- rage of or and needs only one moro more year ear of ot supremacy to equal Hans Wagners Wagner's record of leading the National league in batting batting- eight times ALLSTAR STAR TEAM IS SELECTED Waite Hoyt led the American league league- pitchers with a record of ot twenty three victories and seven defeats and Larry Denton Benton of t the he he Giants led the National le league gue pitchers with twenty-five twenty victories and nine defeats The Tho Star All major league baseball baseball base base- ball aU team selected by the Baseball I Writers' Writers association fo for The SportIng Sport Sport- sport sport-I Ing ng News follows Ruth Yankees It If Manush 1 Browns cf P. P Waner Pirates rf no Gehrig Yankees lb Ib Hornsby Braves Lindstrom Giants Zb Jackson ackson Giants ss Cochrane Athletics c Grove Athletics p I Hoyt loyt Yankees p I 59 Benton Giants p I Team average 36 Pitchers' Pitchers Records W. W L L. Pet Grovo Grove 24 24 8 Joyt Hoyt 23 7 1 ton Benton r 25 25 9 35 1 1928 WORLDS WORLD'S TITLE TE |