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Show I Star Pitchers' Ailments Decrease N. Y.' Chances For World Series Title By SID FEDER NEW YORK. Oct 2 (AP) The limb started to creak under the weight of the "experts" over the week end, with indications that the Yankees' "best balanced" pitching staff had suddenly become completely lopsided. A couple of kinks, one in Red Ruffing s trusty right arm, the other In Lefty Gomes' side, sudden- . ly turned all the world series an- jJT-'- , 'Z'? alyses into a con- vjr .' alderably bat- ! tered set of . V Humpty Dump- ; I ties, although , things grew I somewhat right- I -' M ' M ed with the lat- H 1 v H est communiques i'f 1 1 from the Yankee I 'f I I stadium battle- I l 1 ground. V. I These ware I hat . Rufflng's salary k JJJ wing, which had seen no actual Ruffing competition since September 17 and had turned sore on Saturday, was considerably looser and felt freer after a workout work-out yesterday. The other was that Gomez, who strained a side muscle mus-cle some days ago, had left the hospital, had reported for duty at the stadium and insisted he'd be ready to pitch one game of the fall classic against the Cincinnati Reds, which begins Wednesday In . Yankee stadium at New York City. Ne Time for Injuries Just how much each of these el-bowers el-bowers the same twins who twirled the Yankees to three previous pre-vious world championships was Improved remained to be seen. However, with the up and at 'em Rhlnelanders pulling into town to day, headed by Flingers Paul Derringer Der-ringer and Bucky Walters, one and all agreed this was no time for the two top hurlers of the Bronx's favorite sons to come up with kinks. Despite the reported readiness of El Goofo and Rufus the Red to return to the firing line, the "experts" "ex-perts" who've been foreseeing a sweep for the champs weren't so sure today. And some of the boys and girls who had got down with a bob or two on murderers' row at those 3-1 odds were even starting start-ing to hedge a bit Old Man Weather washed out the Yanks' final game of the season 'yesterdayrwhtle-the- Reds' splltin Pittsburgh before grabbing a train for New York. This left the New Yorkers with 106 victories for the season and a final lead of 17 games in the American league. The Rhlnelanders wound up with a four and a half-game bulge at the head of the National league pack. As the Cincinnati crew headed for the big town it became evident evi-dent Manager Will McKechnie was going to follow the best accepted policy of leading with his ace for the first trick of the series' bridge game. The good deacon announced an-nounced he would toss Paul Derringer Der-ringer against the fearsome flail-era flail-era of the Junior circuit in the opening game Wednesday, which Is expected to attract about 50,000 cash customers. And Paul warmed up for the assignment by facing his terrific teammates in a round of batting practice. Derringer Apt to Oppose Ruffing In Opening Game Wednesday Afternoon This would mean that Derringer and Ruffing would do the honors In the first game, which comes as no more surprise to anyone here than the sun coming up over the East river. Walters would follow for the Reds and Monte Pearson, the stylish right-hander from California, Cali-fornia, for the Yanks in Thurs-dsy's Thurs-dsy's game, leaving Gomez to take one of the later tilts. The third game comes off, unless n spot of rain Interrupts, in Cincinnati Cin-cinnati Saturday. With a day off for traveling, McKechnie is almost al-most sure to come back In the third and fourth tilts with Derringer Der-ringer and Walters. Probably Bump Hadley and Gomez would oppose them. Junior Thompson, the ex-class B hurler, is the likely choice for the Reds' fifth game tosser. If necessary. Although the Yanks already have all box seats sold for the opening two games here, and the good buhghers of the Rhileland will undoubtedly un-doubtedly jam Crosley field until the walls bulge for the Cincinnati tilts, the chances of any record breaking attendance figures are somewhat slim. The largest get together of all was, of course, the 328,051 members of Gus Q. Fan's family who turned out for the seven-game tilt between the Cardinals Cardi-nals and Yanks back in '26. Then there were 302,924 who saw the six games of the Yanks-Giants tn-terborough tn-terborough battle in '36. Anyway, the faithful should turn out .well enough this year to assure as-sure the winners of something like $5000 apiece for their efforts, and the losers will be rewarded at about 64000. And that as they say in the mob, ain't tin. |