Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1926, Page 22

SPORTS. / OLD PETE PRIME FACTOR IN TRIUMPH OF ST. LOUIS Spirit As Well As Skill of Veteran Pitcher Kept Red Birds at Top of Fighting Form As They Beat Off Yanks in Crucial Game. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. Sports Editor. The Star. <toutness of heart that marked their play throughont the gn which brought St. Louis its first nant since 1888 N f characteristic of the Cardinals in attaining the world base mpionship by defeating the Yankces, 3 to 2. in the seventh Rame of the series at the stadium in New York vesterday Off 10 2 poor start, which saw them nosed out in the opening clash. they came back to take the next pair of contests, and after their advan- tage had been wiped out by the brace of defeats which followed, they in vaded the lair of the enemy. and, with the knowledge that a single s'ip would eucher them out of more than $50.000 at stake in prize money, pro- ceeded to take two in a row to emblazon their names in the annals of the national pastime as its kingpin combination in 1926 Thus for the third season in succession, but only the fourth time in the 2:3 vears these classics have been staged, did a club on the short end of a three-to-two game count. drill on to ultimate triumph. The Griffmen did it twd years ago and the Pirates last Fall. but prior to that the three-to- | two handicap was overcome on'y by the Red Sox in 1903, and a 21-year long one. the hero of this most | Ruth, passing him on recent strug; and fortune | deliveries, and this move on the field the name of Grover Cleve- | reward when Meusel forc lind Alexander will be encountered by | Haines pitched to Gehrig span is In qu four straight brought its d the Bube. but shaved searchers at every turn. Ruth's the corners so closely that Lou also ghattering homers—three in one game | drew a free ticket that filled the ard another vesterday to set more | bases, new figures—Shortstop Tommy Theve. Then came a conference of Horns: now's brilliance, both in attack and ' bymen. 1aines had split a finger, on defense, and Pennock’s pair of giit-| how, or where, was not announced. edged victories, all will give review- | When it b rent he was to ¥ culation ers something 1o mull over, as will the | he replace rife as arly offensive feats of Southworthy| to whether successor would be but it i “Old Pete” who fired the im- | Herman Bell, the Marberry of the agination of the fans to the greatest | Cards, or Willie Sherdel. hut when extent | Alex emerged from behind the stand {and leisurely strolled toward the dia- 16 of | Mond, he was accorded a real ovation. acme of coolness, A Alex Strong in Crisis. Verging close upon 40 yes them spent in big I vice and | 0q" (o strike out Lazzeri on four the nefent in jull sensc. | pltehed balls. as the crows ew his master mound who but @i york ane at that. velled its approval few weeks ago pparently wis on the | 4oa 5 il o e E 3 3 road to oblivon, ot only hurled lfl]“-;?‘)'x]\!]\l'nh Bl team to victory in a brace of wel Penmock, who had assumed the hiil pltched efforts, but stepped into the L4 the outset of the seventh after hreach when everything d ded on | oyt had given way to an impotent Itis skill of arm and coolness of Nerve | pinch hitter, vielded but a single i and saved a faltering cause, {that round, escaped unscathed in th only the day before Alex, Whose | oqghth, despite safeties by Hornshy services had been spurned in midsea-|and Hafey that put Cards on_third son by no fewer nd first, and breezed through the 1 waivers on him, imph that gave the | t the target. | rest go essen- | to the in-| | | when the Cubs had achieved a tr Cardinals another <hot He had no time for ti ninth. but there was more tension in that final frame. for after Combs and Koenig both had cumbed on roll- ors tlal to an athlete as nes Herman Ruth loomed as a menace to evitable end of a lonz carcer as hie. Yet | the hopes of the Westerners. gamely volunteered for duty when the | \yould Alex take a chance with the nd suceeeded mold less ittribute vital emergency arose, where no athlete cast in heroie, despite the precious big black bat that alre had set a flock of records and run the risk of seeing victory, almost in the hands of of youth. could have hoped to. the Cards, snatched out of their The unenviable distinetion of being | grasp? the “goat” of the series undoubtedly | }He would and did. ¥e stuck the will be conferred on Mask Koenig, | first one right through the middle as Juvenile inficlder of s Vanks, Who jthe surprised Ruth marveled at his ed with four of the seven{nerve and let it go by for a called errors marked against the Hugmen. |strike. The next one was Jow and the one of whi curred vesterday and | next a hook that Ruth fouled for an- proved a in frustrating the{other strike. hopes of the American League: But | Alex here was aluated by justified the entire onus for the failure of the {caution which dictated giving the Yanks cannot be fastened on the | Bambino nothing that he might clout stopper nor att Bob Meusel, a buted to vouth. eran, committed missed the outside corner of the plate an eq damaging misplay in the | twice to frank Ruth to first. Cardinals’ one big inning yesterda Alex then rted to work on and the entire a of Hugmen | Meusel. He had a strike and a ball on emerzed from the series outbatted, [ him when the hit:and-run sign was outticlded, outgamed and fairly licked. | flashed and Ruth set sail for second. % Meusel missed his lunge rrell Ruth Gets Record Homer. grasped the sphere, pess aight It was Ruth's record-breaking clout (and hard to Hornshy and when Rogers caught it and tagged Babe as he slid into the sack, “Finis! had bheen written on the world series of 1926. nto the right-fleld stands in the third that initlated the scoring yesterday, although the Yanks had chances in proceed- | the formidable figure of George| out of the lot to tie the score, and just | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1926. Series Laurels Rest on Alexander’s Brow : Superior Slab Power Told for Cards | | i | ST. LOUIS. R. H. Douthit, of. . 4 | Southworti 10 *Ho!m, rf. . 2 | Hornshy, 2b. . 7 Bottomley, ib. 10 | V.. Bell,. 3b. i | Hafey, If. . 3 | O Farrell, c. i | Thevenow, ss. 10 | Sherdel, p. 0 | ¥Flowers Haines, p. . Alexander, Hallahan, Keen, p. . TH. Bell, p Riem, p. opore Reinhart, p. . Totals NEW YORK. Combs, ef. | Koenig, ss. ... | Ruth, rff. | Meusel, It Gehvig, 1b. | Lazzeri, 2b. Dugan, 3b. Severeid, . §Paschal Collins, ¢. ... Pennock, p. . Shocker, p. Shawkey, p. | “Ruether, p. . Jones, p. ... Thomas, p. . Totals “Holm batted for Sherdel in eight] n eighth inning of fourth zame. T in sixth inning of fourth game and fo #Toporcer batted for Rhem in fou #Pascha atted for Severeid in. ei Key in eighth inning of third game, for for Shocker in seventh inning of sixth seventh game. i «Ruether batted for Shawkey in | Thomas in ninth inning of sixth game. | 8. Adams ran for Severeid seven | seve 2 sisth inning of seventh game. | Score by innings: i\'( Louis 5 L) 4 10 2 9 o 3 0—31 | New York s & $ = % 5 %3 & 1 den New York .. | Sacrifices—Meusel (3). | Gehrig, Thevenow, Hornshy, | 0'Farrell, Bottomley, Koenig. tomley (2); Alexander {¢ Bottomley: Hornsby to lhi!ll\!llh’ zeri fo Gehrig; Lazzeri to Koe Alexander, 12 in 20 13 inning: 16 2-3 innings; off Rhem, 7 to five men in fifth inning of fourth m, 2 in % innings: off_Keen. u : off Shocker, 13 in 723 Hoyt, 19 in inning: ofiAl(IH‘IIIN‘. aings; off Jones, 2 in 1 inning. n Hoyt: for St. Louis, New York, Shocker, Ruether, oy Rhinehart.. Left on bases—St. Lout Off Sherdel, 8 (Combs (2). Ruth (3), € Gebrig (2), Combs, Ruth 1), Pascha Meusel); off Reinhart, 1 (Combs, Ruth, Lazzeri); off Hallahan, 3 (Ruth off Pennock, 1 (L. Bell, O'Farrell 0'Farrell); off Shawkey, 2 (Hornsh Lazzeri (2), g to | | | | off Hoyt, 1 (Bottomle struck out by Pennock, 8 (Sherdel (2 Bottomley Douthit, Alexander); by NI es, 1 (Alexander); by 2), Lazzeri Paschal Thevenow). zella); by Thomas, e of games—First game, 1:4 game, 2:39; fifth game, 2:28; sixth gam Dinneen and Hildebrand League). COMPOSITE BOX SCORE OF WORLD SERIES GAMES lowers batted for Southworth in eizhth SUMMARY. Hafey (2), Alexander (2), Pennoclk, Hoyt, ¥, Southworth, L. Double plays—Thevenow Thevenow fo Bottomley: H 3 outhworth to Thevenow; Koenij ; off Sherdel, 15 4 innings; off Rl nnings:; 5 Winning_pitchers—Fo Alexander (2 Rhem, 1 (Combs, Koeni { iz, ‘'ombs); by H. Bell, 1 jl&-u‘:ni; by 1 b FHost, 10 (11 ). Hornshy (2). Rhem, Flowers. Thevenow, He ot asesesHornaby. Southworth, Kull. _11it by pitcherr—liy, Suerdel, | 3 second gams (American League) an 2B.3B. HR.TB. Avg. PO. A. E. 2 0 0 6 .267 4 8 8 X 1 1 1 16 315 8 3 01 2 R-9 2 7.0 0 1 0 0 8 15 21 0 1000 2 0 013 ¥ 1 0 1000 1 0 111 -7 17 2z 923 2 B\® 3 1 2 ¥ N 1T % 9 8 3 8 0 L P § 2 10 26 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 [ ] 6 0 6 0 0 06 1 0 10 0 0 0o 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 el 189 98 5 983 .TB. Ava. PO. A. ” 5T 17 0 5 2 28 3 18 8 = @ 8 . 10 8 10 6 14 19 1 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 000 1.000 1.000 1.000 000 9% h inning of first game and for Hallahan aning of first game, for H. Bell r Sherdel in tenth inning of fifth game. urth inning of fourth game. hth inning of second game, for Shaw- & Dugan in ninth inning of Afth game, h game and for Hoyt in sixth inning of eighth inning of second game and for th inning of sixth game and for Rell, Toporcer, Severeid, Haines, how o Homsby to Bot. by to Thevenow to g to Laz- ehrig to Koenig. Hits—Of 2 17 innings; off Haines, 13 in wehart, 1 in no inning (pitched off 1. Bell, 4 in 2 innings; off 1 inning; off Pennock, 13 in 22 off Shawkey, 8 in 10 innings; off 4 1-3 ioni off Thomas, 3 in 3 or New York, Pen- Tosing_pitchers—For St. Louis, Sherdel (2), : New York, Bases on_balls— rig (2), Meusel); off Haines, 9 (Meusel, of Alexander, 4 (Combs, Ruth (2 ‘Meusel, Gehrig): off Rhem, 2 (Meu: ol, Dugan); off H. Bell, 1 _(Severeid) t, Holm); off Ruether, 2 (Douthit, Bell); off Jones, 2 (Douthit, _ll()m\b_v Sherdel, 3 (Lazzeri, Gelrig, Ri 3 .. Bell (2). Hafey, Holm); by Sllorlswr, hawkey, 7 (Hafey (3), L. Bell (2), O'Far- by Alexander, 17 (Shocker (2). Severeld @) Meusel, Ruth, Shawke: ig, Hoyt); by Haines, 5 Halahan, 1 (Koenig); Gehrig game) one i 7 7 Haines (2). 1 Shawkey: for e, 1:47; third game, 1:41; fourth seventh game, 2:15. Umpires— d 0'Day and Klem (National 24 both preceding innings. In the opener, with two gone, Ruth walked and reached third on Meusel's single to | only to have Gehrig die on a | rap that Hornsby knocked | | down and recovered in time for a re tiring toss, and in the second Dugan was snuffed stealing after getting a safety. which nullified the single by Sereveid that followed. Both Combs and Koenig had been disposed of in the third and Ruth had a count of oneund-one when he leaned BY JOI EW YORK, October 11.— on a fast one and sent it far over the : S s heads of Holm and Southworth into ning of world series games the open-faced seats in right. Both| trouble than any other. Ye | fourth the “fatal fourth.” This vear was no exception. adium Sunday aiternoon an of 1926 fMIyvhawks were ng ed in front of the pot where the ball landed, but it red the barrier by a good margin | and the Bambino had red the dis- | tinction of heing the only athlete ever 10 achieve four cireuit clouts in one set of world series gam the home grounds, the Yanks kicked The deciding game was won by TUntil_the fateful fourth, when the | y Cards did some hitting on their own | 1:ouis without earning a run and was account and took advantage of two|saved for the Cardinals in the fourth the Yankee defense to score | inning—at_ le: run was surely proved to be the deciding tallies, | saved by Thevenow. That young man w they had made little headv s the fielding star of the series. 1y inst Hovt. Hornshy's single in the open . veteran shortstop in his day in was wasted, Ruth made a sens: Louis and now coach for ¢ tlonal running, one-hand catch of paid Thevenow a magni O'Farrell's bid for a triple in the |tribute when he called him the best second, and Thevenow was stranded | shortstop «since the war i at the midway in round three, follow-| There is no player on the St. Louis | ing his safety and Hines' sacrifice, | team of those who participated in the But it was different in the following | field who did so much to cut down frame the hard-hitting of the Yanks. There T fter B by was killed off, | were at least five base hits speiled in Botto set off the fireworks iwith | the making by this magnificent young A single 1o left. At this point Mark | ball player and perhaps seven can be Koenig, the Yankees' bad boy of the |included in that review of the old series, ‘with . double play in sight. |show. messed up ‘Bell's roller, and when ¢ Hafey dropped a Texas leaguer into | Thevenow Calls Halt. left center the hases were packed. The vital blow which was dealt by Hoyt promptly got O'Farrell in a [Thevenow to the Yanks in this lus hole ‘with @ pair of strikes, but the |game of magnificent blunders wa vateher succeeded in raising a fly tothe fourth inning. Gehrig w - left center that would have tied the]ond base. Two were out and Severeid score in any event, but as it was [at bat. The New York catcher hit a Meusel fumbled the ball, Bottomley |line drive to left field. The ball went counting and the sacks remaining | with the speed of the wind. It was Joaded with one out. This put it up to Thevenow, and the voungster, who proved one of the surprises of | over Thevenow's head. The agile | who was once sent to Syracuse | cause Rickey thought he was not the series, came throuxh with his see- | major league material, leaped high in ond straight hit, a looping safety to | the air, and going up he shoved his right that cashed Bell and Hafex and | gloved hand as far toward heaven us | sent the Cards to the front, never o | his arm would reach. The ball stuck e in the palm of the glove with a thud Juvenile shortstopper, now in iynq Gehrig's run was cut off. his_first full season big’ leaguer, | ce the old fatal fourth with St. 100k a prominent hand in stopping the Yanks in the fag end of the fourth, when, with Geh md by rea- son of a pass and th, he leaped high to clutch with one hand Sev- ereid’s liner, cutting off a certain run. big slice of prize money can be toppled | over into the ditch. Horasby, 1 3 n easy out at first base. Bot 3 great mischief-maker for the Cards, smashed a single to left An even better run-scoring oppor- | felg. Bell rapped the ball between tunity was afforded the Yanks in the | Koeniz' and third base, If Koenig wWhen Combs singled and. fol- | pii"diided it y Bottomley 12 Koentx's loft. Ruth walked. A8 {\as a sure out at second and prob- ex was careful to offer Babe not! bod to hit at. This strategy sound when Meusel bounded to the box Paschal Fi ably Bell would have been doubled, but the weakness around the Yankee Keystone asserted itself again. Koenig wanted to throw the ball before he got it and fumbled it. That put two men sorly Is in Pinch. CERIng! , filling Thevenow again proved his worth | ofi Hafey susied CORED Hlline e tn the sixth with a play that halted | GiEarrell rapped a fly to center the Yanks one run short of knotting | feld. Combs backed away from the. the count when he sprinted back of second to take Gehrig's o k and make a_retiring throw. The impor- ball that Meusel might catch it and throw home because Meusel has the throwing arm of the two. Meusel ran tance of this feat became apparent.|into the ball and muffed it inglor- after Lazzer! fanned, when Dugan[joucle Home scampered a run. singled to center and scored on a|though the side should have been out. ow liner to left on which Hafey | Then thut bundle of energy, Theve- falled to make a shoestring c now, lifted a low liner to right center which gave Severeid credit for and two men scored. Haines struck double. dams was sent in to run | oyt and Holm forced Thevenow out ror Hank, and Paschal batted for|at gecond. but the Yangee eggs had Hoyt, but the rally was scotched |turned bad in the basket. So they when Ben tapped weakly to Huines. Drama_in Ters was writ- ten tn the seventh inning when all the corners were crowded with Yanks and the fate of the title hinged on every move made. Cowmbs pried the }id off with a liner on which Theve- now marrowly missed making another cirous catch, and Koenig sacrificed salnes ook no chances at all with out, | remained. St. Louis had only one real scoring chance except that in the game. In {ing, Hornsby began with a single and was advanced by a sucritice. Bell filed out to center. Hafey rolled one safe on which Hornsby could not Aiter tying the show up in St. Louis and hav Louis at bat and see how fame and a | FOURTH INNING HAS OFTEN BEEN DECISIVE IN SERIES B. FOSTER. om the very beginning, the fourth in- ! more often been productive of has were wont to call the cars ago they The old-hoodoo came to life at Yankee d the Yankces drew the tail-end of the series ing all in their favor on series to the winds. Ruth batted the ball |into the right center stand for a i- | gantic home run. Haines pitched one | in the groove and the Babe busted it. Th the sixth with two out Dugan singled and scored on Severeid’s clean double to left field. Paschal was put in to bat for Hoyt. He bounded one to the infield far over the head of Haines, but the long jointed pitcher and threw the batter out the blooming | In the third reached far at first. Now the dramatic seventh which ised such expectaney in the hearts of the fa Combs singled to left. Kocnig advanced him to second with a sa e. Haines walked Ruth. Meusel stung the ball down the left line a mile a minute and Rell came up | with it and threw Ruth out at second. A slow hit would have been better than such a fast one. Haines had two strikes on Gehr became unsteady and gave him a The bases were filled, but there were two out. All the St. Louis team gathered in consulta- tion. Finally an agreement was reach- ed and look who comes here across the field. Old Alexander. The crowd cheered. Lazzeri was at bat. A ball, then a strike, and then Tony slammed the ball with a vicious cut that made a noise like the ceiling alling in, but it s a foul. Alex bent back. took a fresh sight on the ate, drew his soup bone to a level with head. cut loose with a straight 11 that sunk an inch or two and Lazzeri swung over it two or three inches and was out. 1t was the last grand chance for the ALEXANDRIA SCHOOL TEAMS FARE BADLY ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 11.— Alexandria High and George Mason High both ave facing the most de- spairing foot ball situation in the an- nale of their respective institutions, with eight games already p the two teams without a semblance of a victory. George Mason plays Washington nis sharp speed ba i ! { s to Newport News for a game with Newport News High on the same |day and Episcopal entertains Char- {lotte Hall on Saturday. | Lee Nalls assumed the duties of {coach of the Virginia A. C. foot ball !team today, taking after Assistant Coaches “Ham” Nu | gent and “Buck™ Beach had prepared | the team in the carlier stages of prac- I tice, Twenty candidates reported to Coach | the eighth when Pennock was pitch- | Nalls at the Shipyard Field and a| ! strenuous workout was held. Alexandria Fire Department won its second consecutive start of the season score and then O'Farrell forced Hafey | vesterday by a 26-t0-0 score, defeating ! dine suppiled most of the winner's the Anacostia Eagles of Washington. \ !and Lee here next Friday, Alexandria | over the reins | SERIES STATISTICS. By the Associated Press. STANDING OF THI | Won Lost { Cardinals ] | Yankees 3 4 RESULT OF GAMES. First Game. Yankees, 2; Cardinals 1. Second Game. Cardinals, 6; Yankees, 2. Third Game. Cardinals, 4; Yankees, 0. Fourth Game, Yankees, 10; Cardinals, 5. | Fifth Game. | Yankees, 3; Cardinals 2. (10 innings) Sixth Game. Cardinals, 10; Yankees, 2. Seventh Game. Cardinals, 3; Yankees, 2. SUNDAY’S TOTALS. Attendance—38,093. Receipts—$140,091. Advisory council’s share—$21,013.65. Each club’s share—$29,769.34. Each league's share—S$29,769.34. TOTALS FOR THE SERIES. Attendance—328,051. Total receipts—$1,207,864. Players share—first four games only—$372,300.51. Advisory council's share—$181,179.- 60. Fach club’s share—$158,595.97. Each league’s share—$158,595.97. LOTS OF BIG GAMES IN EAST SATURDAY By the Associated Prees. | NEW YORK, October 11.—Two | mighty elevéns, logical contenders { for the mythical Eastern champion- «hip on the basis of the games so far, will meet at New Haven next Satur- day in one of many stirring foot ball games that the day will afford. Yale has not been scored upon. Dart- mouth has an impressive point total. Princeton, which just managed to tie Washington and Lee last Satur- av, will have a hard task with the avy. Harvard beaten in all its games— two—hopes for victory over Willlam and Mary. There will be stirring intersectional | clashes, Chicago will play Pennsyl- | vania at Philadelphia, and Penn State will be the guest of Notre Dame. | Michigan State vs Cornell, and | Ohio State vs Columbia will be other | East vs. Midwest melees. Tulane of the South will be the guest of New York University. Holy Cross, conqueror of Harvard, will have a stiff assignment in Rut- gers. A smashing battle is in prospect when Colgate visits Pittsburgh. The Army will have no cinch with Syracuse. ; Georgetown plays West Virginia. ALL-STAR NINE WINS. Piling up seven runs in the first |two innings, Lews' All Stars, local | boys who have played professional ball, | yesterday took the deciding contest of | & three-game series from Black Sox, strong colored nine, 10 to 6, on Mount | Rainier diamond. Both teams hit hard and five pitchers saw action. Moore of the Stars and Jackson of the Sox got homers. Smith, Noone and Bur- | | | | the performances of a master, batting punch. HORNSBY’S MOUND ACES OVERBALANCE N. Y. STARS Post-Season Struggle Proves That WHere Clubs Are About Even Mechanically One Hurler and One Hitter Don’t Equal Two Moundsmen. BY JOHN B. KELLER. £ HIS year's world series that the Cardinals grabbed yesterday by beating the Yankees, 5 to 2, in the seventh engagement of the set, proved one thing at least—that where clubs in the series are fairly evenly matched in mechanical ability more than one good pitcher and one good hitter are needed to make a winner. About all the Yankees had to offer in the series in the way of some- thing extraordinary were Herb Pennock and Babe Ruth. But the left- handed Pennock was good for only two games, while the slugging Bambino meant little outside of his grand splurge in the fourth battle of the series. On the other hand, the Cardinals had Grover Cleveland Alexander—a mighty figure on the pitching hill despite his 39 years—and Jess Haines, pitchers with heads on their shoulders as well as cunning in théir arms. And the two Card hurlers were much more than a match for the Yank hurler and the Yank slugger. Outside of the pitching departments the two clubs were about on a par. In the rival inflelds, Tommy Thevenow, Card shortstop. completely outclassed Mark Koenlg. Yankee shortfielder, but in the outfield the Yanks probably were a trifle stronger. Even though he played like a rank busher in the last game, Bob Meusel of the Amer- ican League perhaps was better all the way than Chick Hafey, who was in the left garden for the National League champions, Severeid Pegged Well. And back of the bat there was little That gave Alex another chance to prove his mettle under fire, and the game veteran, who had worked only | the day before, further demonstrated that he must be rated always as one | of the master pitchers of the game. A stout-hearted hurler was needed to assume Halnes' burden, for the bases were filled and though there were two out the Yanks were only a run behind, and Tony Lazzeri. noted for his hitting in pinches during the Yanks' pennant race. was at bat. But Alex quickly whiffed Tony and but | one other Yank got on during the re- | mainder of the fray: that was Ruth, to cho between Hank Severeid and | who walked with two gone in the defensively. Severeid, [ ninth. And the Bambino was nipped arted all the games for the [ when he tried to swipe second while Yanks, held up his pitchers and pegged to bases just as well as his Card rival. O'Farrell was the better in attack, but toward the end of the series Severeid was cloutiag in fine form. The big difference between the clubs and the difference that told in the Cards’ favor was the pitching, the same thing that has been a decisive factor in so many other world series. _Other than TPenock, none of the Yankee pitchers seemed sure of them- clves when they ascended the slab. iven though Waite Hoyt did not de- serve to have all of those three runs scored against him in that disastrou: fourth frame yesterday, he never was as impressive as_efther Alexander or Haines. Nor did he look any too good when he trlumphed in .the second game played in St. Louls to score the only Yankee victory that was not pitched by Pennock. But Pennock never faltered through- out the 22 innings he on the hill in the series. He worked smoothly, seeming to know just what to do under all circumstances. Rarely was he in hot water in the three game: and on the fewgoccasions when it ap- peared the Cards were ahout ready to hake the southpaw's poise, Herb be- me calmer and more careful in his pitching than before. Hix were Meusel was at bat. Ruth's erasure concluded twenty and one-third inrings of as smart and effective pitching as had been done by any one hurler world series in ¥ To Grover Cleveland Alexan- der goes the highest distinction for the base ball championship of 1926. Ruth One of Great Players. Just a few words about Babe Ruth. There was none more earnest in his ef- forts throughout the seven games and in department, was the most brillian in- dividual in the series. He strove valiently at bat and with his mighty war club made several records that are apt to stand for some time. And afield he was a marvel in action. To those who had seen him hobble about the pastures during the Ameri can League campaign, he appeared rejuvenated person. Reckless of limb, the Bambino tore after every fair or foul ball hit toward his allotted teri- tory and accomplished a number of truly brilliant feats. But one mistake was made by the Bambino afield and that was at Louis when, eager to check a rally he came in to try for a stoetop catch of a liner instead of playing the ball safely as a single. The sphere went bounding by him for a two-bagger as | a result. But his remarkable play at other times far more than offset that error of judgment. By his play in the series, Ruth stamped himself as one of the greatest ball players of all time. But more than Ruth_and Pennock | were needed by the Yunks to win. | Those two gave all they had to the | Too Much for Pennock. But Ilerb was only human and could not be worked often enough to off-set the ineffectiveness of hi mound staff mates. He came to Hoyt's rescue nobly in the last game, giving a fine account of himself with only two days of rest since his previous effort. The damage had been done.|cause of the American Leaguers, but however, before Penn put in an ap-f it was not enough. It made a strug- pearance and he did all he could do—| gle of the series, though, and only by hold the Cards at bay while the| proqueing a pair of seintillating vet- Yanks were trying to get somewhere. Three other veterans that Manager Miller Huggins had expected to be of considerable use to the Yanks during the serles failed miserably. Urban Shocker was flrst to fall by the way- side, then Dutch Ruether. southpaw sent from the Nationals to the Yankees late in the American Leazue campaign, performed for a few inn- ings like a raw recruit instead of hurler with years of big league sery- ice behind him. t of all, Bob Shawkey proved unequal to the task of fooling the National League cham- pions. With the Yonkees, it simply was a case of Pennock pitching or taking a long chance. And they got away only once with a long shot. Then it took all the power in Babe Ruth's arms to pull Waite Hoyt through. Sherdel Smart Slabman. erans of the slab was Roger Hornsby's club able to get a world base ball champlonship for St. Loui FIGURES TELL WHY CARDS GAIN HONORS By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 1 tell the st of the rdinals’ premacy in world series play Yankees lead in errors and no su- The much ‘Thevenow hammered the ball for | the most Impressive percentage of the games, 417, but he tied his team- mates, Southworth and Bottomley, for the high hit total with 10. Theve- now led his team in run scoring with How different it was with the |five, just one hehind Babe Ruth, who Cardinals. After they lost with Wee | led all the plavers, Willie Sherdel on the hill in the| The Cardinals went to bat 223 opening game—and in that game and | times to 239 times for the Yankees, the next one he lost the plucky little | drove out 65 hits for a total of 91 southpaw was better than any slab. | Sacks. while the opposition was hit- | ting only 54 times for 78, and thereb; amassed a team batting average of .272, or 30 points higher than the American Leaguers. Ruth smashed records with his four home runs. But the Cardinals scored 31 times while the Yankees were counting 10 times less. The Cardinals drove out 12 doubles to 10 for the Hugmen. Each team had one triple. even Yankee errors pulled the fleld- Ing _average down to .975. The | Cards, with five errors, fielded for .983. The Cardinals made six_ double plays to three for the Yankees, Thirty-one New Yorkers got bases on man the Yanks trotted out back of Pennock—Harnshy uncovered in sue- cessfon Alexander and Haines and the | Yanks were helples: Although Haines when he first faced the Yankees did not allow them a run, it is questionable whether his performance at that time was as clean-cut as was that by Alexander in the game before. The veteran's pitch- ing against the Yankees in the second clash of the serles was a work of art and deserves to rank with the remark- able pitching performances of all world series histol Alex was little less the master- worker when he next appeared against the Yankees, although he did not seem to have as much ‘“steam” the second time out. Halnes was one of the big sur- prises of the series. He had not been regarded highly by close followers of the Cards as a choice for starting pitcher, althodgh it was admitted that he was a very capable boxman. But because the Yanks had punished fast-ball hurlers during the Ameri- can League campaign, it was thought it might be too risky to send a moundsman of that type, as Haines is, into the series. balls to eleven for St. Louis. NEWARK, N. J., October 11 (#).— Announcement has been made of the sale of the Newark, American League, professional foot ball club. The new owners were said to include Chester Cook of Detroit and Benjamin F. Guilbert of Brookly . At the Sign of the Moon Close Daily Injury Forced Haines Out. gt Yet Haines more than justified his selection as a starter by Manager Saturday Hornsby. In his first game Jess left 3 nothing to be desired. He turned EBatadilehod 1893 8 PAM. back all of the reputed mighty slug- gers of the Yanks and in his second game yesterday was well on his way toward the same end when a split finger forced his retirement in the seventh inning. But Haines left a bright record in the annals of the serfes. 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Halnes was greeted with resounding whacks at the start, but snappy field- of Severeid's liner in the fourth with Gehrig on second, and followed in the sixth with a fine stop and throw on ing saved him. Ruth was on :hird | o AEivaia 1dal 8 Sl Maaliwa s TSIk (e penc| o 5 S ditvelaueEithe SIS ER {ing inning when Hornsby stupped| When Ruth was passed in the ninth by Alexander for the fourth time in the game the Yankee star tied the | world serfes record for receiving bases 'on balls. Fred Clarke of the Plrates. | In 1909, and Dick Hoblitzell of the Red Sox, in 1916, also were ticketed four times in a single game. Koenig's error in the fourth inning was his fourth of the series, but only | half as many as the record number | of miscues, eight, chalked up by Roger Peckinpaugh of the Nationals last vear. / iehrig’s smash and nipped the runner at first for the third out. Dugan sin- gled with one out in the second, but was caught trying to steal, so that Severeid’s blow down the left-field foul line was wasted. In contrast to the ragged fielding of Koenig and Meusel in the fourth that contributed toward three Cardinal runs, the St. Louls team backed up Haines with sparkling work. Thev now added to the collection of flelding gems with a jumping one-hand spear “GREATEST” MONEY TEAM KICKS AWAY WORLD TITLE BY ROBERT T. SMALL. EW YORK. October 11.—The New York Yankees. greatest money players in the game today, kicked away the world base ball cham pionship of 1926 and lost more than $50000 by their grievous errors. The St. Louis Cardinals have taken to their home town by the Mis sissippi the first world championship recognized by ofganized base ball ever to go that far West. It is no disparagement to the achicvements o Rogers Hornsby and his crew of fighting. inspired ball playvers to say th the championship, depending upon the final game, was won without an earned run. CARDS ARE ALL ACES | The Cards outhit. outscored and out | fielded their opponents through the | seven games of the series. This ordi y covers about all there is to the national game. The Yanks have no alibi in the face of the returns. 3 AB.R. E. Soathwority 11110 & @ Bt win it ) 3 5 elassic w ke i< place in Hornwby, b 5 8 | history as one of the worst_ever play 4 ' 0[ed. The losing pitcher. Waite Hoxr, cel b 8lone time known as the Brookivu chia @ | schoolboy, lost without an earned run I‘Ir Do '.' g “ scored against him. it is about o Alexander, p.......... 1 0 0 0 0 © tough a break as a flinger ever ot Totals . e It fell to the lot of Boh Meuse NEW YORK. R | Yankee left fielder. to make the bis Comby, ef....... o muff this vear. to take his place alons e e ¢ | side Snodgrass and a few others wh Meusel, 17, o | have put their stuff in the book. 1 Gehrig, 1 o 150 fell to the lot of poor old Koe I 9 Yankee shortstop. and Peckinpa Severeid, ¢ o of the series, to make His fourth e £ piMdurne® L in the same Ynning with the mu Tt o 5. Then Bob Meusel entirely misjud Ponchal¥ 00 io a fly ball, all i the same frame. Pennock. p... L tds scored their three runs in thi o o fateful fourth. whichever vo *Ran for Severeld in t )i choose to eall it, and at no other time tBatted for Host in the sixth. | were within hailing distance of the st s 0003000003 plate. New York. 001001 The Yanks fought hard. Of that Two-buse - hit—Severeid Hor there can be no doubt. And thex v. Left on bases—St. fought before a Sun base bail Basen on balla—0 crowd which was as alien as if the Fai ! |game had been played in St. Loufe zerl, 2): 1 (Lazzerh : “by | Virtually all the rooting was for tha e L e Cards and even when HBabe Ruth n 6 innis 3 in 2 innings T34 ot Alexnnder, | Wwhammed i homer into the deep right 5 NN 1.511,‘,,._.\3‘.1:"'::“ psing lh'h[ Mv.n"hm’. in the |"m . there were P at plaie: Klem, firat. base: Di . |only the bleachers to cheer him. ~eCOn: O'Day, ‘at third. Time of game— In the last analy piration won 2 hoars and 15 minutes. fthe ser Call it s or what you will, the Cards went into thia eries with a winning spirit. They deserved to win. The whole country and a very large share of New York were pulling for them to win. That the last game should have been a dismal affaic’ was no fault of theirs. They st were alert and ready to take intage of the Yankees every time they bobbled. Base ball is the better for the new champlons. HEYDLER IS PROUD OF ST. LOUIS CLUB NEW YORK, October 11 (P).—De- claring that he was “proud of the Cardinal team and its victory,” John A. Heydler, president of the Natlonal League, pald tribute to the work of Grover Cleveland Alexander, veteran pitching ace, and Tommy Thevenow, | young shortshop. | The Cardinals may not 1 | greatest team that the Natlonal| League ever sent after the blue rib- bon of base ball,” saild Heydler, it certainly displayed its courage by winning three out of four games i plaved in strange surrounding: | “Alexander will stand out as the herolc figure, but I take off my hat to the untried and unheralded young- ster, Thevenow, whose brilliant de- fensive work and timely hitting featured the whole serie: . 5 : Emmett Bullocks, former Alexan-| drla High School star linesman and captain in 1924, will play with the| Fire Department team or 228 First SCNW ROAD CLEARANCE —Is this appreciated as much as it should be? Internationals have a decided advantage. 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