Evening Star Newspaper, October 6, 1928, Page 26

SPORTS. Yanks Now Heavy Choice to Retain Title : Ruth Provi CARDS ON THE RUN AFTERLOSING THO Alex Bested by Pipgras as|o Hugmen Continue Gunfire of First Contest. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. Sports Editor, The Star. EW YORK, October 6.—On the this world series got undcr way, due to a long hospital Jist, the | ‘Yankees today were speeding to | St. Louis, overwhelming favorites to re- | tain their base ball championship. And deservedly so, too, for by van- quishing the Cardinals yesterday, 9 to 3, for the second straight time they not | {2 only pulled up to within two victories of | their goal, but confounded a great ma- | 9 Jority of the dopesters to such an extent that the prevailing opinion is that no return to New York will be necessary to settle the issue of supremacy after the three-day sojourn scheduled for them in the Missouri metropolis. The answer to the pre-series question propounded by the experts, “After Hoyt, what?” was furnished in impressive style by George Pipgras, who limited McKechnie's maulers to just a quartet of bingles. And the same brand of of- fensive support accorded his predecessor in the opering combat was in evidence. The Hugmen contrived merely to double the number of safeties achieved by their rivals, but once again placed them so advantageously that they succeeded in tripling their adversaries' aggregate of tallies. Huggins Now Can Gamble. ‘This being an open date in the sched- ule for the necessary business of travel- Ing, the Yankees now are in the enviable position of being able to come back with Waite Hoyt on the resumption of activ- ities in St. Louis tomorrow. Or if Man- ager Huggins cares to gamble a bit he can intrust the Sabbath assignment to ‘Tom Zachary and save his mound ace for the Monday melee. In any event the Yankees now loom as a cinch bet to cop their third world title in five years, for they have demon- strated that, despite the loss of almost invaluable playing talent in Pennock and Combs and the lessened efficiency of such important cogs as Ruth, Lazzeri and Koenig they have got their eyes on the ball, and when the Hugmen are hitting more than theoretical calcu- lations are needed to stop them. Manager McKechnie saw his second ace trumped when Grover Cleveland Alexander went the same way as Willie Sherdel the day before. Old Pete, the outstanding hero of the Cardinals’ suc- cessful bid for honors against the Yan- kees two years ago, was knocked out of the box in the third inning. At _the age of 41 Alex simply is not | the hurler he wus at 39. There was | & tinge of pathos in the spectacle pre- sented by the veteran as he trudged from the field soundly drubbed and he ‘was accorded a generous hand by the throng in tribute to the greatness that had been_ his, but there was none in the assemblage who believed the ancient athlete would prove any considerable factor in the games to come. Clarence Mitchell, who succeeded him, hurled admirably thereafter. The only left-handed spithall pitcher in captivity Yielded but two hits over the remainder of the route of five and two-thirds in- nings. tlilxe sr:loluln‘glfi have been scored on, as the only ly accruing during his regime was tainted by an error and accomplished without the semblance of a safety. It gave rise to speculation ! &s to what the result might have been had he started on the hill instead of Alex; but he didn't, so that's that. Yankees Win It Early. The Yankees stowed the game awa; right at the outsel’ of hostilities. Dul’sg playing center because a righthander ‘was opposing them, l2d off with a clean single, and after Koenig had been dis- posed of Ruth drew a pass when Alex- ander missed the platter four times in ;x?t ef'{ort to give Ruth nothing good to af The old boy attempted to sneak a strike over to get the jump on Gehrig, and right there went the ball game, for Lou was anticipating such a maneuver and sent the ball soaring into the right- center field bleachers for a homer that meant three tallies. - ‘True, the Cardinals came back in the second and knotted the count through the medium of a pass, Wilson’s double, a single by Maranville and a wild chuck by Lazzeri, but thereafter it was ap- parent that they were destined to hopelessly distanced. ¢ The principal reason was that Pip- gras, who had been wild as a hawk in the first two frames, demonstrated that that distance was just the amount he needed to get properly warmed up. He yielded just two singles from that point on, while his teammates proceeded to punish Alex unmercifully. The Cannonading Is Resumed. A pass to Bengough, Pipgras’ sacri- fice and another safety by Durst en- abled the Hugmen tpAake the lead in their half of the scegezdi:Tound, and in the following framw’ “iey stowed the ame away for keeps when four coun- 's accrued from a pair of passes and 2 hit batsman, punctuated by singles off the bats of Ruth, Bengough and Paschal, and a double by Meusel. Manager McKechnie now has Jess ‘Haines to pit against the Yanks when the series is resumed in St. Louis to- morrow. This righthander is accounted 8 first-class pitcher. He took the Yankees into camp twice in the 1926 series. However, so did Alexander, but that was two years. If the National Leaguers can contrive to win four games before the Yankees grab two their achievement will be hailed as one of the most remarkable in base ball. It is possible, but far from probable. As_the situation stands now it seems merely a question of how many games, if any, the Yankees will drop before they again earn accl as| champions of the universe. HERMAN BELL LAST HOPE OF ROCHESTER By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, October 6.—Roches- ter was backed to the wall today in the series with Indianapolis for the Class AA base ball championship. De- feat means the end of the series, while victory would give the visitors a fighting hance to emerge ultimate winner. Herman Bell looked like the Red “Wings' only hope. Other Rochester pitchers have failed to deceive Indian- apolis sluggers. Keen, the latest victim, . was bumped for 11 hits and a 6-to-4 defeat yesterday. Manager Billy Southworth hoped that old Reb Russell, the local right fielder, had gotten over his batting spree and was ready to let down a bit. The “Rebel knocked two homers yesterday, driving in five runs. He drove in two with a_homer Thursday. Bill Burwell or Emil Yde were ready slab duty for Indianapolis. The “locals were eager to end the series to- day. Their interest in the money end sof the post-season games ended Thurs- day, when the last contest in which | -either team received a cut of the re- - ceipts was ?layed. Interest In ¥champions of the American Associa- Ztion and the International League lag- ged considerably in Indianapolis after the first game played here Thursday. ‘There were not 3,000 fans on hand yss- 'terday, - short end of the betting before | B 7 the struggle between the | PRETTY GOOD CRIPPLES ST. LOUIS. AB. | Douthit, ef. 'y High. 3b. P T e —" o) A 3 Mitchell in NEW YORK. AB. wes—g 6] S 5 3 sommiss g | B | semisamioemmms, sxlons 00— 0 i 400010 ed in—Gehrig (3): Wilson, Dou Meusel, y. Struck out—By Piperas. 8 by Alex- ander. 1; by Mitchell, 2. First base on balls— M Pipgras. 4; Off Alexander, 4; off Mitchell, | 2. Hits—Of Alexander, 6 in 214 innings: offt Mitchell. 2 in 5% innings. Hit by pitched | ball-Pipgras (by MitchelD. ' Losing pitcher | me—2 | —Alexander. Time of ours, 4 | minutes. Attendance—0,3 11, FANS IN ST. LOUIS ARENOT QUITERS Cardinals to Receive Great| Reception in Spite of New | York Reverses. By the Associated Press. T. LOUIS, October 6.—The roar of | airplanes and dirigibles, as well | as the blare of brass bands and | plaudits of the multitude, will follow the St. Lomis Cardinals | this afternoon on their home-coming | parade through downtown streets. Store windows are ablaze with the Cardinal colors and posters, while pic. | tures of the team and individual play- | ers vie for attention. | Arriving on a special train from New | York about 4 o'clock this afternoon, the | Cardinals, making their first appear- | ance in St. Louis since September 12, | when they departed on their final road | trip, which ended with the National | League pennant tucked away, will be whisked through private entrances at Union station to decorated automobiles. Commissioner Landis will head the pa- rade, with the Cardinal players, two in a machine, following. | A dozen airplanes from local airports | and Army dirigibles from Scoti Field | will float overhead as the procession | follows its brass bands through the streets. The celebration fund was at $3,000 today and the home-coming committee expected to receive $1,000 | more. The New York Yankess, arriving on another special train about the same time, will not take part in the parade. Hotels, some of them with boosted prices, show capacity reservations, with catra beds-and cots ready to be pressed mto service. 7 Seven ticket brokers have obtained licenses and are buying tickets from persons who received reservations. current price is $20 to $25 for a single seat to the three scheduled games, while one resale of $50 for two seats for Sun- day was reported. BOX OFFICE ANGLE OF CLASSIC SERIES By the Associated Press. Standing of Clubs. Pet. 1000 ‘Team. New York (A). 000 St. Louis (N.). Game Scores. First game: New York, ; St. Louis, 1. Second game: New York, 9; St. Louis, 3. Second Game Figures. Attendance (paid)....... 60,714 Receipts (without tax) $222,533.00 Advisory council’s share. 22,253.30 Players’ share. 120,167.82 New_ York club's share 20,027.97 St. Louis Club’s share. 20,027.97 National League’s share. 20,027.97 American League's share.... 20,027.97 Totals for First Two Games. Attendance (paid)..... . 122,139 Receipts (without tax) .$448,633.00 Advisory council’s share. 44,666.30 Players’ share.... 241,198.02 New York club’s share 40,199.67 St. Louis club’s share.. 40,199.67 National League’s share. 40,199.67 American League’s share. 40,199.67 | CHISOX HALT CUBS IN HECTIC BATTLE By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 6—Lena Black- burne and his White Sox have come back fighting against the rampant Cubs in their traditional tussle for the base | ball championship of Chicago. | After dropping the opening two | games of the series, they found their hitting eyes yesterday and took the third contest, a dizzy affair of heavy batting, errors and wild pitching, 13 to 11, at Wrigley Field. ‘The game saw nine pitchers in action. Charlie Root started for the Cubs, but was sent to the showers under a deluge of hits in two and two-thirds innings as Lena’s siege guns drove in seven runs. Carlson, Jones, Malone and Bush succeeded him; but misplays by the Cub infield and smart base running made every hit count and the tide | couldn’t be stemmed. Lyons, Adkins and Walsh also were showered with hits, but George (‘“Rub- ber Arm”) Connally, who hurled the last two and two-thirds innings, worked masterfully and halted a serious Cub threat in the ninth inning by striking out Kiki Cuyler and Hack Wilson. Sheriff Fred Blake was Manager Joc McCarthy's choice for the fourth game today, while the Sox depended on Ted Blankenship. SNYDER'S ACT HASTY, BRANCH RICKEY SAYS By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, October 6.—Frank Snyder, former Giant and Cardinal catcher “acted hastily and impulsively,” in re- signing as manager of the Houston Buffs in the Texas League, Branch Rickey, vice Freslflen! of the St. Louis Cardinals, said last night. Houston is one of the “farms” of the Cardinal's organization, over which Rickey has charge. Rickey was unaware of Snyder’s re- signing until informed by the Assoclated Press. After the dispatch was read to him, Rickey said: “I think the matter mlomsssssessa™ THE EVENING STAR., WASHID 6. '1928.' GTON, D. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER TURN GEORGE PIPGRAS. Blames Lack of Punch for . . Cards’ Showing—Expects Hitting 1o Start. BY JIM BOTTOMLEY. First Baseman St. Louis Cardinals. N ROUTE TO ST. LOUIS.—The Yankees took full advantage of their early opportunities and we didn’t. That'’s the story of our second defeat in New York yes- terday. Had we inserted a couple more hits when Pipgras was having difficulty lo- cating the plate in the early going, we undoubtedly would have knocked him from the box. ‘We couldn't supply those hits, and so we gave the New York right-hander a chance to steady himself. Where we failed the Yankees suc- ceeded. They uncovered a carload of power at the plate, and when they piled up those four runs in the third inning to take a substantial lead they wrapped Pipgras in clover. He then had plenty of confidence, which was further bul- warked by his ability to strike a couple of us out when he was in that third-in- ning jam. ‘The big point about the Yankee attack is that it was general. All of the Yanks, or most of them, were meeting the ball solidly. The Big Three, Ruth, Gehrig and Meusel, again lived up to their rep- utation. First one and then another dug in deeply and took toe-holds. They also received frequent aid and inspira- tion from their lead-off batters, Durst and Paschal, who were on base every time I looked around. Once past the third inning, Mitchell had the Yankee game well under con- trol, but Pipgras also became more effec- tive with his specd and curves as the game progressed, making Mitchell's effort futile. We move to our own back yard now. ‘We will be surrounded by our friends in St. Louis, in a park we know well. We game, Jess Haines, all groomed for the third battle. Jess was as good a pitcher as I've ever seen at the close of this season. He wound up with nine straight vie- tories, in which, according to a static- tical friend of mine, he allowed only 10 earned runs. Haines pitched the only shut-out game of the 1926 series, beating the Yankees 4 to 0 in the third contest. I feel con- fident we will start hitting in back of Haines and that we will square accounts in the next two games. (Copyrizht. 1928.) — |BENEFIT DOUBLE BILL ba'l games postponed from can be straightened out.” Snyder, who just finished his first year as manager of the Buffs, won th: | Dixis series play-off. His re: ation is | =aid to have been over nosi-scason salary differences with the Houston Club presi- dent, Fred Ankenman, Texas League pennant and also th~| o to be staged on Con- field for the benefit of have one of the greatest pitchers in the | IS CARDED TOMORROW| WATE HOYT LA PPERAS PITCHNG Yankee Ace Ready to Hurl Opener or Second Tilt in St. Louis. BY WAIT HOYT. Pitcher, New York Yankees. N ROUTE to St. Louis—This is the happlest trip that a Yankee team has. made in many years, because we are upsetting a lof of dope that had no basis of fact. We are on top right now and the white-haired boys are the under- dogs. The story of yesterday's game is the story of Pipgras’ pitching. He was very shaky at first, but he buckled down to his job and finally got himself straightened out. On the bench we knew that something was wrong, but we couldn’t quite figure it out. After the game Pipgras wasn't so sure himself, but concluded that it was a little bit of everything. “Did you ever wake up in the morn- ing,” he said to me, “and do everything wrong that day? Well, that was the way I felt. At first I was letting the ball go too soon and it wouldn't break right. Then I discovered I wasn't fol- lowing through. I was pulling back. “Before I got that corrected I found myself shifting from one end of the rubber to the other, and that naturally didn’t help. While all this was going on, the base hits were going out. I wasn’t very nervous, but I was sore at myself.” ‘When he once got clear of the trouble he was all right, because he had them eating out of his hand. His control was great and he came up with the best curve ball he has shown this year. Although we took two games, it docsn't follow that the Cardinals are that bad. We look for them to play a stronger and faster game in St. Louis. I won't say we'll take two straight games at the stadium this year. I don't know what Hug's pitching plans are, but I'm ready to pitch the opener or second game in St. Louls, (Copyright. 1928, RECOVEFV’.Y (;F PIPGRAS IS DEPICTED IN FIGURES NEW YORK, October 6 (#)—Analysis of the pitching performances in the second world’s series game yesterday re- veals how rapidly George Pipgras, the victorious Yankee flinger, regained con- trol after a wild start. He pitched the astonishing number of 37 balls in the first inning and 29 in the second, but worked his figure down to a minimum of 9 by the time the eighth inning rolled around. All told Pipgras pitched 157 balls for nine innings, while Alexander huried 52 for two and one-third innings and 1 gress Ha'gk & Hon ho was injured several 030 whi'> performing for the Anacostia Eegles, is lat! cluh is to mee | A.°C. tossers in both games, Jtarting at 1 o'slocks g | The Kentmera | Innines innings. comparison follows: 19808 | Fipgras 5 | Alexande Mitehell 1.\ in St. Louls, but there may be no more | Mitchell only 62 for five and two-thirds | Ruth waits to congratulate Gehrig after preceding’ teammate to plate on latter's homer in’first inning. YANKS HAVE HOPES OF FOUR STRAGHT Zachary Is Likely to Pitch for American Leaguers in Third Game. BY CARL S. BRANDEBURY. Associated Press Sports Writer. BOARD NEW YORK YANKEES SPECIAL, en route to St. Louis, Utica, N. Y. October 6 (#).— Flushed with two clear victories over the St. Louis Cardinals in the world series, the New York Yankees of capturing four straight from the Na- tional League champions and duplicat- ing their performance against the Pitts- burg Pirates last year. “We will make it four straight if we can,” drawled Babe Ruth. “Who started all this chatter about the Yanks being a set-up for the Cards? We look pretty good for invalids.” Miller Huggins figured today on start- ing Zachary against the Cards in Sun day's game. The veteran southpaw is still possessed of & mean curve ball and a wise head, and the midget manager calculated that Zachary will be just ihe man to win the third game. “It looks like Zachary for tomorrow,” said Huggins, “but if the day is dark 1 may start Johnson, who has a good fast ball and curves. We will try to end this series as quickly as we can, but base ball is uncertain, so I am not making any predictions.” Joe Dugan, the Yanks third baseman, ;han they have shown in the series thus ar. “One is apt to forget,” said the sage Dugan, “that the St. Louis club has faced 17 innings of faultless pitching which no team could beat. Any club looks bad making only seven hits in two games, but I look for a lot of trouble from the National League champions in St. Louis. The series is not over, though with two games won we should win.” ‘The Yankees expect Jess Haines, the Cards' fast-ball pitcher, to take the pitching assignment Sunday. The Amer- ican Leaguers say Manager McKechnie of the Cards has no other choice, fig- uring that Flint Rhem will not be called upon. ITone of the Yanks hold Haines cheaply, all agreeing that the St. Louis pitcher’s speed ball, mixed up with a deceptive knuckle ball, makes for bat- ting troubles, especially on a dark dag. Earl Combs may yet be seen warming his old familiar ground in center field. His injured wrist is responding to treat- ment, and he expects to take part in the batting practice on Sunday. Noth- ing but a long Winter's best will bring Lazzeri's injured shoulder into condi- tion, but he expects to play out the sevies. ST, LOUIS (N. Douthit. cf. Maranville, Thevenow, ss. Sherdel, p Johnson, p. Alexander, p. Mitchell, p * Orsatti *Holm . et B bt et et s 8RO DD 1D 0O 83 80 83D wunflawomdmfidddq; A are riding the rails today in high hopes | says the Cardinals are a better ball club | BY CORINNE FRAZIER. ONTROSE Playground squads, who will enter the junior and | WOMEN IN SPORT M ground Basket Ball League, | Tespectively, have been organ- | ized, and practice is well under way in season by Georgetown’s representatives. Senior players will include Peggy Gross, Rose Dawes, Ruby Riley, Virginia Jones, Helen Howes, Polly Brent, Edith Clark and Eleanor Clark. Members of the junior team are Emily Tolson, Eleanor Henderson, Phyllis Fris- | by, Helen Pfeiffer, Beatrice Pease, Eliza- beth Miller, Elizabeth Payne and Made- line Ballard. Angeline Smith displayed a brand of tennis in the second round of the girls’ | singles championship at Central High | School yesterday which promises to | carry her far along, the road to the title. She proved steadier than Marjorie Hertzberg in an extra-set match to win, 3—6, 6—1, 9—7. Miss Hertzberg staged a courageous rally in the third set, and several times seemed on the point of making the victory hers. Miss Smith was sophomore semi- | finalist in the class events last year, but is' showing first-rank .caliber with her improved stroking this season, which puts her among the leading players ot the school. terday Helen Youngkin defeated Eliza- beth Beal, 6—1, 6—1, to advance to the third round, while Jennie Specter scored over Elizabeth Martin, 6—0, 6—1, in'a first-round affair. Play was to be continued this morn- ing. - Washington Field Hockey Club play- ers were forced to cancel their match today with the Mount Washington team the city of several of their leading players. Practice for those who are here, and any visitors wishing to join the group, will be held tomorrow afternoon on the Eliipse field at 3 o’clock. A full-attend- ance is urged by Eugenia Davis, man- ager of the teai GLICK SCORES OVER GROGAN ON POINTS By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, October 6—The high- powered punching career of Tommy Grogan, Omaha . lightweight sensation, has come to a sudden halt at the hands, of Joe Glick of Brooklyn. Battling for the right to enter the |ranks of the topnotchers through a | meeting_with Jimmv McLarnin, Glick outpunched and outboxed the Omaha lad to win the decision in their 10- round bout at Madison Square Garden last night. The card drew a crowd of over 16,- 00. Composite Box Score of Series Games The composite box score for the first two world series games follows: Bat'z B. SO. Ave. 000 ] b S I meowoMNOOO BNy .286 .286 000 167 143 200 000 000 I cocomanwaBwom, .. mooco~oco0ocoOy COOO OOt 3 0 e 13 1 <l cooscoomrronuoon wlococcocomnrorosoy ~lcoscccoonooooosy = Totals ...... NEW YORK (AL) Paschal, cf. Durst, cf. Bengough, c. Hoyt, p Pipgras, SRR R R I R 19 19 13D ol osscoscscossssod AR ol esccosccsccsscc? ] coocccscccnoncol alomcooooromommmnl - ] o mooororasoocol = > 8l vuanw—aaaasual Sl ocommssownarroy G| comsooonuamnma 0 ; 8loomdoocmammwn~g ol cooaccormwocoy Totals ......... . * Pinch batsmen. Score by innings: St. Louis . New York Maranville, Bottomley). Runs batted in-—St. Louis, 4 (Dout! Umpirrs—Ownes and National League, 0 McGo Hit by pitcher—By Mitchell (Pipgras). wan, American Leagus; sl occssssnrosooE ~| coocoso~ossoon ol comrooommumao T vl ooscoonccomooy @ ol ccoccosdoosoc00y @ Double plays—New York, 1 (Koenig, Lazzeri, Gehrig); St. Louis, 1 (Frisch, hit, Bottomley, Wilson, Alexander); New York, 13 (Durst, Paschal, Gehrig, 5; Meusel, 3; Dugan, Bengough, Pipgras). Earned . runs. nfls. so. ‘Total 1P. batsmen. 9 32 -9 36 7 23 2% 17 Kb e 524 21 190 o b o . 1 1 2 2 Rigler and Pfirman, Time of Ifimtk-a[fl game, 1:49; second game, 2:04 | outpointed ~ Tommy Grogan, preparation for the title race won last | In the other two matches played yes-| of Baltimore, due to the absence from |ch SPORTS.” : orai Fights Last thhtl By the Assoclated Press. SYRACUSE, N.'Y.—Bushy Graham, Utica, N. Y., outpointed Young Mont- real, Providence, R. I. (10). DETROIT.—Pete Latzo, Scanton, Pa., outpointed Charlie Belanger, Van- | couver, B. C. (10). NEW YORK.—Joe Glick. Brooklyn, | Omaha (10). Baby Joe Gans,. Los Angeles, knocked out Andy Divodi, New York (9). Al Singer, New York, won on foul r;nm Johnny Lawson, Scranton, Pa. @), - AKRON. — Gorilla Jones, Akron.l‘ ‘kxl'n))cked out Billy Leonard, New York | (). Chet Smallwood, Terre Haute, Ind., outpointed Young Billy Wallace, Youngstown, Ohio (6). TAMPA.—Jack Renault, Canada, and | Al Friedman, Boston, drew (10). | ‘TO .—Harry Forbes, Chicago, | outpointed Al Derose, Indianapolis (12). Ehrman Clark, Indianapolis, won on foul from Sammy Lupica, Toledo (1). U.S. FOUR “SHAKY" FORFINAL CLASH Shifts Make Team Uncertain | as Argentines Are Met in Decisive Fray. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, . October - 6.—The United States this afternoon | goes into the final polo match of the series with Argentina for the championship of the Americas with a radically altered line-up. In “the third encounter at Meadow Brook, Malcolm Stevenson, veteran No. 3, will be on the sidelines, and Capt. Tommy Hitchcock will move back from No. 2 to take his place. Hitchcock's position will be filled by Earl A. S. Hop- ping, 21-year-old newcomer to the in- ternational game. i Today’s match is scheduled to start at 3 o'clock unless last night's rain makes the turf dangerously slippery. The change in the American line-up is understood to be the result of poor work by Stevenson in the second match Wednesday, which the Argentines won, 10 to 7. It puts the American team in the doubtful position of having its greatest star playing in an unfamiliar post and a newcomer trying to fill his shoes. Wet weather also may cause a change in the Argentine line-up. Arturo Kenny, young No. 1, who wears spec- tacles while he plays, is troubled on damp days by mist gathering on the lenses. In case the weather 'is wet, enough to hamper his play in this way, Manuel Andrada, burly long-hitting substitute, will be inserted in the Ar- gentine line-up at back, while Lacey, Miles and Nelson will be moved forward O e Lacey, th . 'y, the star Argentine back, has felt no ill effects o(nhi.s fall on Wednesday except a slight stiffness and expects to be able to play his best today. 14 EXTRA-SESSION CLASHES IN SERIES Extra inning games in the world serles have been few, only 14, such con- tests having been played to date, as follows: 4 At Chic Detroit ..‘o ooc Gtteriés - Do atteriés—Donovs Reuibach and Kilng. At Chicazo, 32 ertadeinie O Is o = o = E g 535 g2 o £ B £ 72 £z 2 095 I ° s ot Eeo oe uoe 22 o ETP T = o™ Qe! s, cago Batteries — Bender Brown and Archer. 1911, At New York. Phila, 5 .. L 2wl I oo B - S K Son P S ‘oom! New York, October Philadelphi 00 Rewedriepie Batteries-- aquard, Ames At Boston, New York.. s Boalt 5 § =] c I JO ] oston 4 Batterie thew. Collins, Hall, Bedient At Boston, October. New York 001 Boston .. 000 ‘Batteries—Mathewsol ent. Wood and Cady, At Philadelphia. Oct ew. York 600 Philadelphi 000 Batteries thewsor son; Plank and Lapp. At Boston, October Philadelphia 100 UOR ;.25 p0n 02 B Batteries—Bush and and Gowdy. At Brool Ll o —3 8 eyers: Bedi- . H.E. P 00 8 2 wil- B 500 waoRE Basg Ta Boston, Oc! kly: oo oo s B b P Roul U 3 3 Row! r and Rariden. ‘At New York. Qct Giants .. 30 Yankees " Batterie and Schang. At W : new Yorkmeton Washington' .’ Batteries—N uel. At’ Washington, New York.. Washington '©. Batterles—Barnes, ley and Gowdy: Ogd Johnson and Ruel. . Louls, October 7—. R.H. 00000100113 8 1 00010010002 7 1 nock and Severeid; Sherdel | 2Ll 2o P oty Ella o pSax Bt st ;i Batterie: and O'Farrell. PEARSON, FERGUSON WIN PIGEON RACES Quick Quaker from the loft of R. W. Pearson, and Modesty, owned by Wil- liam E. Ferguson, won Aero Racing Pigeon Club races flown .to this -city irom Pittsburgh and Connellsville, Pa.; respectively. s tormy Lad, also from the loft of R. W. Pearson, was second. in the Pitts- burgh test. which was at 200 miles, and Walter V. 'Holmes' Takoma ‘vas runner- up in the’ 160-mile Connellsville race, furnishing Modesty a lively fight. E. Goddard took third prize as well as the single nomination. In the Pittsburgh flight 21 fututity birds from 10 lofts competed and in the Connellsville race there was a fleld of 120 -birds, representing I5 fanciers. Order of the finish in each race| showing the average speed in yards| per minute made by the first return | to each loft follows: 7 PITTSBURGH RACE. R. W. Pearson. CONNELLSVILLE RACE. Willlam _E. Perguson. Walter V. Holme 1. E. Goddard. 862 261 856 3 3 |in ‘eight of the last nine classics. ng Fly in Cards’ Ointment G POINT IN SECOND WORLD SERIES GAME AND WINNING TWIRLER PTCHING S WEIRD INSECOND BATILE Yankees Ragged - - Afield. Lack of Pep of Gotham Fans $till Evident. BY JOHN B. KELLER. N ROUTE TO ST. LOUIS, Octo- ber 6.—Bad legs notwithstand= ing. George Herman Ruth is de- termined to miake this a great world series for him and all the other Yankees. . Even the wildly waving arms of Rab- bit Maranville aren't going to stop him. The Rabbit sidled from-deep short’ fleld toward second base whenever the Bam- bino stepped to the plate in the second game of the set for base ball’s highest title and swung his arms like windmills, probably hoping to confuse the batter, for he was directly in the latter's line of vision. . The trick, if it was one, worked only once. Then the Babe fanned, but in his other’ journcys to the platter he twice socked the ball to safety and once drew a free ticket to first base. And. inspired by the intrepid Ruth more than by anything else, the Yanks | banged the creaking Grover Cleveland Alexander and Clarence Mitchell, the left-handed moist ball artist. who es- sayed to pitch for the Cardinals, so often-that the National League cham- pions were completely put to rout. The score that stood 9 to 3 in the Yankees" favor at the conclusion of the affair in nowise mdicated how greatly supe- rior were the American Leaguers. Ruth Does Plenty. This Ruth person,- bent. on dcing everything possible. to upset the Carr: nals, did plenty again yesterday fu cripple. -It was his single off Alexar der that started the ‘Yanks' big third inning, whereby they put the St. Louis aggregation out of the picture alto- gether. And the first time- he- faced Mitchell the Bambino socked the long- est hit of the game—yes, a hit even longer than the homer Lou Gehrig poled into the bleachers back -of right center when there were two mates on the run- way-in the first inning—but it was good for- only two bases for him.: Maybe with crutches the Babe might have stretched it to a triple, but he had no chance to get third running, as he is at _present, on half a leg. There was much weird pitching in the game. Alex, from the start was nothing like the jink he was to the Yankees in the series two: years ago. His. curve wasn't breaking well and there was little stearn to his fast one. Just about everything he chucked to the plate was rifled back by the New .Yorkers. As for Mitchell, he was good once he got under way, but he simply couldn't get his bearing ‘until he had cempleted the “third inning for Alex- ander. Thereafter -he was hurling for a lost cause. - - . . Only Lazzeri Fooled. Some one must have whispered to | the Card hurlers that the Yankees are helpless before curve-ball pitching. At least, three-fourths of _Alexander's pitches were hooks and Mitchell uscd about as many heaves of this variety as he’ did spifters. : And the only usually good-hitting Yank - who was badly fooled by the hqoks was Tony Lazzeri. That they col- lected seven of their total of eight bhits during the first three rounds «hile the Card moundsmen were forcing them' to look over a lot of curves shows h lightly the New Yorkers hold the bel er. It was different, .though, when Mitchell began getting his spitter work= ing properly. Not a hit rattled off a Yankee bat after the fourth inning. ‘When George Pipgras.stepped to the hill he had a wild hair doyn his back, but this wasn't discovered \y"th: Yan- |kee trainer until the third inning, | which made for a very pcor start by George. His ides of pitching in the first two frames was get to three-and- two count with a batter, then fling one which he hoped the-batter might knock to some fielder. . The idea wasn't. so good, for when the Cards weren’t driving tbe ball to safety they were letting it .go by few passes. George's odd pitching helped them so much that they tied the game at 3-all in the second inning. Crowd Lacks. Pep. But after the Yankee trainer had dis- covered the trouble of the pitcher’s wild- ness end removed it, the Cardinals were through for the day jn so far as attack was concerned. Two hits had “been mixed with his wildness to net the Car- dinals their runs in round 2 ard only twp hits were yielded by him thereafter. ‘The one made off him in the fourth was very scratchy. A bit more hustling by Lazzeri and the ball bounded off Pipgras’ glove' by Prankie Frisch might have resulted in an out instead of a bingle. Tony didn't look particularly good going after the ball. . Lazzeri, though, was charged with an error in the Cards’ wild and woolly sec- ond inning when it didn't appear to most folks that he deserved to have a misplay recorded against his name. He grabbed Alexander’s slow bounder and chucked to Gehrig in plenty time to flag the runner. True, the throw was a trifle high, but the ball went right into Gehrig's hands. It was the first sacker, apparently, who erred, for the sphere pushed through his paws. ° There still was a lack of pepper in the crowd at Yankee Stadium. Maybe New York is getting fed up with world series. A New York club has been a conwrll’der er= haps ‘there’ll be more enthusiasm dis- played in St. Louis. They aren’t so ac~ customed, to world serles play there; YANKEES TIE RECORD WITH 6TH STRAIGHT By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK; October 6.—The Yan- kees, by winning their sixth successive | world series game, tied the record win- ning streak in base ball's champion- ship classic: g The old Chicago Cubs won six straight by taking the last four games:inl a row from Detroit in 1907 and capturing the first two games of the series. against the same club in 1908. ‘The Boston Red Sox equaled this by taking four straight from the Phillies in 1915, after dropping the opener, and then beating Brooklyn in the first two J.|games of the 1916 series. ‘The Giants of 1921-22 have a record of winning seven.games without meet- ing defeat in their intercity strife with the Yankees, but a tie game in 1922 broke up the string. McGraw’s men won the last three games of the 1921 series, captured the opener in 1922, tied the ‘next and then won three straight to take the title. L PIRATES GAINED FLAG BY GREATEST MARGIN Pittsburgh has the distinction of win- ning a National League penngnt by the greatest margin. g 3 In 1902 the Pirates finished 27'2 games ahead of the second-place Brook- lyn club. ROBINS RELEASE DOAK. NEW YORK, October 5.—Bill Doak, >teran spitball pitcher, has been un- ~-nditionally released by the Brooklyn Tcbins. Doak has been in the majors ior 13 years, coming to Brooklyn from St. Louls Cardinals on walvers in 1024,