Evening Star Newspaper, October 10, 1928, Page 31

SPORTS » THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1928.° SPORTS, Yanks Rewrite Record Books in Slugging Way to Another World Championship YANKEES’ TERRIFIC PUNCH GIVES THEM WORLD TITLE v vt o ~ FOR RING TROPHY RUTH ALONE SETS NINETEEN MARKS Mates Establish Seven and & Team Another Seven in Total of 33. By the Associated Press. L ST, LOUIS, October 10.—Babe Ruth |i and the Yankees have rewritten the s record books for the world series with 3 the greatest exhibition of hitting power this ancient classic of base ball ever has known. Nineteen record performances Ruth in four games against the Cards alone tell the amazing story of his bat- ting exploits. Seven more record-beat- ing or equaling feats by the Yankees, as a team, and seven additional marks, the principal ones registered by Waite Hoyt and Lou Gehrig, bring the 1928 grand total of record performances up to 33. This astonishing total is more than Houble the number of record feats last year, when 15 were marked up as the Yankees bowled over the Pirates. Ruth has a strangle hold on nearly Al the series batting records, now either holding outright or sharing in 22, run- ning the range from startling home run feats to most strikeouts. He eclipsed the big majority of his own former rec- ords and yielded ground in only one Spot to Lou Gehrig, who tied the Babe's &ecord of four homers for a single series. List of Records. ‘The tabulation of Babe Ruth’s record performances: 1. Most series played —9, breaking ©wn former mark. 2. Most times batted .300 or more— ‘ive, breaking former mark shared by uth with Frank Frisch. 3. Greatest batting average for one ries—. breaking mark of .545 set y Hank Gowdy in 1915. 4. Most bases on balls, total series— B9, breaking own record of 28. 5. Most strikeouts—Total series, 27, breaking own record of 25. 6. Most runs scored, one series— | 9, breaking record formerly shared with Tommy Leach, of 8. 7. Most runs scored, total series—31, breaking own record of 22. 8. Most runs batted in, total series— £6, breaking own record of 22. 9. Most extra bases on long hits, one game—9, tying own record. 10 Most extra bases on long hits, one Beries—12, tying own record. 11. Most extra bases on long hits, total series—48, beating own record of 36. 12. Most games in world series—37, ‘beating Eddie Collins’ record of 34. 13. Most home runs total series—13, beating own mark of 10. 14. Most home runs, one game—3, tying own record. 15. Most total bases, one game—12, tying own record. | 16. Most total bases, one series—22, | tying record of Joe Harris. 17. Most total bases, total series—85, beating own record of 63. 18. Most extra base hits, one series— 6, beating record of 5 held by self and bthers. 19. Most extra base hits, total series— 20, beating own record of 14. ‘Yankees’ Records. 1. Most successive games won—Eight, beating former record of six and al creating new mark of two successive clean sweeps over National League op- Pposition. 2. Most times at bat, one club, game— 40, in fourth game, beating former rec- | ord of 39 by Giants and Cardinals. 3. Most home runs, one club, game— Five, beating record of three shared by Yankees with Red Sox; also beats rec- ord of four by two clubs. 4. Most home runs, one club, one series—Nine, beating record of eight by Washington in 1925. 5. Most home runs, one club, inning— Two, in seventh and eighth innings of fourth game, equaling record of Giants and Washington. 6. Most total bases, one club, one game—32, beating own record of 28. 7. Most extra bases, one club, series— l!x:' beating record of 32 by Washington 1925. Miscellaneous Records. 1. Most victories by pitcher, total series—Six, by Waite Hoyt, equaling mark of Chief Bender. 2. Most home runs, one series—Four, %\- t[rf“ Gehrig, equalipg record of Babe uth. 3. Most runs batted in, one series— Nine, by Gehrig, breaking record of eight, made by Bob Meusel in 1923. 4, Largest receipts, one game—$224,- 130, first game at Yankee Stadium. 5. Most successive bases on balls, one ‘or more games—Five, by Gehrig. 6. Most total bases, two clubs, one game—486, in fourth game, beating mark of 44 by Yankees and Cardinals in 1926. 7. Greatest players’ pool—$419,730.60, surpassing record of $399,440.67 made last year. FIRST GAME. AT NEW YORK, O®TOBER 4 _ _ 8t. Louis 0000001001 3 1 New York 10020001x4 7 0 Batteries—Sherdel. S. Johnson and Wilson; Hoyt and Bengough. SECOND GAME. AT NEW YORK, OCTOBER 5. 8t. Louis. Few York Batteries—Alexander. Mitchell and Wilson; Pipgras and Bengough. THIRD GAME. AT ST. LOUIS, OCTOBER 7, New York 0102031007 8. Louls 2000100003 Batteries hary and Bengough; Haine: 8. Johnson, Rhem and Wilson. FOURTH GAME. AT ST. LOUIS, OCTOBER 9. R HE York........000100420-7515 2 Louis 001100001311 0 Collins: ew Bt Batteries. Sherdel, Ale: FINANCIAL STANDING By the Associated Press. FOURTH GAME STATISTICS. Paid attendance ........... 37,331 Receipts (without tax). $161,902.00 Advisory council 0 Bengough, d Smith. St. Louis Club . New York Club National League . American League . TOTALS FOR SERIES. Paid attendance ... $199,035.00 Receipts (without tax) . 7 Advisory council Players’ share . St. Louis Club New York Club . National League . American League . BABE RUTH'S RECORD 7 .01 419,736.60 69,956.10 69,956.10 69,956.10 FOR 9 WORLD SERIES G AR R H uR AL | 0 9 0 0 0 35 1 8 6 4 9 30 York Outfid... 3928 New York Outfid... Totals sevrevrenn for | 93"’3 and Charlie Grimm and five White Sox I A HOME RUN BARRAGE I NEW YORK YANKEES. AB.R.H.SH.SB.2b.3b.H] $0 1 0000 s S = PO.AE: Paschal, Durst. .. | Koenig, Ruth, "If, | Gehrig, Meusel Lazzer | Buroe | Dugan. [ Robert Bengo Col sssessmmmusn wlmmsss220ss02s ~2533. 52333 s9335533~usns) Bl ssumnsssusunasy) wl summsssusssms 1| s~s30003303m0 nlossssssmssses @ ST. LOUIS CARI 2235323035005 5 ° DITR-PYN PYY P ——"— D *Batted for Bengough in sevent! +Ran for Smith in ninth inning. Batted for Alexander in ninth inning. New York Yankees..... 0001004203 St. Louis Cardinals. .. 00110000 1—3 Runs batted in—Durst, Ruth (3), Gehrig. Robertson, Combs, Frisch, Holm.' Double | plays—Bottomley to Maranville; Koenig to | 5. Left on bases—New York, 11; St. 9. First base on balls—Of’ Sherdel, 3"(Genrig, 3): off Hovt, 3 (Bottomley, Hafey, Hari ruck out—By Sherdel, 1 (M sel 1 (Meusel); bt =S " Hits an | P it ana i ra nlt;larnee’) in ¢ Innings, % “at bat jexander, 4 hits | Tan P ineas tin %% Munines, with 12 at bats (earned) }.’,%"‘u.,,.. 2 Losing pitche Sherdel. ‘mpires—Charles H. Pfirman (N. L), at the plate: Clarence B. Owens (A. L.): Charles_Rigler (N. L.). second m_A. McGowan (A. L., third Time of game—2 hours and 25 min- 'MORIARITY TERMS IT ‘WHISPERING SERIES’ BY GEORGE MORIARTY, Manager Detroit Base Ball Club. 'ST. LOUIS, October 10.—After all, & world series is only so many ball games. Prior to each Fall classic too many of us cling to the fallacy that these games will be dramatic and perfect in every detail. We picture sensational catches and spectacular plays to meet every occa- sion, ignoring the players’ human ten- dency to err, and there was plenty of erring in this series. One wag said it was a “whispering world series” because there was so little to shout about. More than ever the series emphasizes the futility of trying to pitch to Ruth and Gehrig when these babies have fire in their eyes at the plate.. Only a week prior to the series I saw Ruth rifle two homers over the wall in Detroit in two days regardless of his ailing legs, and Gehrig was also in a murderous mood. And there is the story. Any team with a Ruth and Gehrig even limping to the plate is a dangerous proposition. With Meusel and Lazzeri the Yankees have four batters who are eligible for the clean-up position on any man's ball team. Other teams are lucky to have one man capable of filling this im- portant four spot. (Copyright. 1928. by North American, News- paper Alliance.) YANKS ARE AS GAY AS COLLEGE SQUAD By the. Associated Press. EN ROUTE TO NEW YORK WITH YANKEE SPECIAL, October 10.—Like a lot of college boys or a gridiron squad going home from the big game, the Yankees celebrated the night of their world series triumph in hilarious fashion. ‘The joshing, joking and rough-house tumbling centered about Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, the clouting twins. It spread the length of the train when these two led a campaign of rip-off the shirt of every oné they met, or coat and vest as well, if they happened to be in the way. Buttons by the quart were strewn from one end of the special to the other. Ruth, in high spirits, was the most sophomoric of the group, being accused of putting a cracked egg in Les Du- rocher's coat pocket and entering the dining room with a pet dog the size of | a toy, to lead a cheer for the dear old team. . 'U. 5. T0 GET $80,000 OUT OF BIG SERIES By the Assoclated Press. The Government expects to collect about $80,000 in taxes from money paid by base ball fans to see the New York Americans win the world championship. ‘The amount, from preliminary esti- mates, will be the smallest, except once, in the last five years. " The Government fax on tickets sold to the four games, according to pre- liminary estimates, will be $77,729, but it is expected to be swelled through the additional tax on ticket speculators and agencies. In addition to the regular tax the Government gets 5 cents on each ticket resold at 50 cents above the regular price and 50 per cent of the excess if the resale price is more than 50 cents above the regular price. The Government tax on the Wash- ington-New York world series was $108,177, on the Washington-Pittsburgh series $118,923, St. Louis-New York series $120,789 and on the Pittsburgh- New York series of last year, when only g‘;‘ér(ib%ames were played, the tax was . CUBS-DOWN CHISOX FOR CHICAGO TITLE By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 10.—The Cubs have given the National League & little solace, anyway. They defeated the White Sox, fifth-place winners in the American League, for the city championship. Hammering four White Sox pitchers, Connally, Walsh, Adkins and Cox, for 16 hits, the Cubs sank their South- side rivals, 13 to 2, in the seventh and deciding game of the city series yes- terday, winning the city title for the first time since 1925. Sheriff Blake, whose pitching was a big factor in keeping the Cubs in the National League pennant race, was the Cub hero in the series, winning two games. Yesterday he toyed with Lena Blackburne’s rookies, giving seven hits, despite the wide margin the heavy hit- ting of Freddy Maguire, Hack Wilson errors gave him. A total of 174,887 attended the seven games, the receipts amounting to $196,- 842.50. BREED(I;N SPIKES RUMOR CARDS ARE ON MARKET ST. LOUIS, October 10 (#).—Ru- mors that the St. Louis Cardinals, defeated yesterday in the final world series game, are to be sold or the franchise transferred were denied by President Sam Breadon. He says he is in base ball to stay. “I want to deny those rumors right now and I want them to stay de- nied,” he sald. DOMINATES YANKEE TRIUMPH WITH SUPERLATIVE SLUGGING BABE RUTH, Whose trio of circuit clouts in final contest of world championship series yesterday gave him a batting average for the four games of .625, the highest ever established in a classic set, in addition to a flock of other records. RUTHANDHUEENS PRASEDBY HOYT Hails Babe as Premier “Money Player” and Miller as “Brainiest Pilot.” BY WAITE HOYT, New York Yankees' Pitcher. ST. LOUIS, Mo., October 10.—On the way back to “home, sweet, home.” Well, the world series is over, and we are the world champions for the second successive year. I don’t think I am being immodest when I say that the Yankees showed themselves to be the greatest champion- ship team that ever played base ball by doing what no other team in the his- tory of base ball has ever been able to do—namely, win two world series each in four straight games in successive years and run up a total of eight straight world series victories. I get credit for winning two of the four games in this series, beating Willie Sherdel in the first game last Thursday and again in the final game today. That, of course, makes me very happy, and I would like to feel that I deserve the credit for my two victories. However, yesterday's victory, the most thrilling one of the series, belongs to Babe Ruth, whose three homers not only established him as the outstanding in- dividual hero of the series, but also made it very easy for me to win. I know I couldn’t have won without him, for unsteady play in the early part of the game, including an error by myself, gave the Cardinals two runs. Each time they got a run the Babe made a homer to tie up the score and put me back on an even footing with Sherdel again, so that when the rest of the boys came across with their blows, and the Babe added his third homer, I was well in front and able to ease up in the closing innings. Yes, all credit goes to Ruth. He is a great champion and showed himself to be an outstanding “money player.” The greatest thrills in base ball have been supplied by this big fellow, but it takes | & ball player to appreciate him for what he is really worth. We, who play with him, see beyond the lrecucuhr. There will never be another like him. I hope now that the Yankees will get the recognition they deserve as the Greatest of ball clubs. Believe mo, they ¢ BABE RUTH FIRST LOSES THEN WINS CARD FANS BY HOMER GEORGE. ST. LOUIS, October 10.—Big Babe Ruth lost and rewon the bleacherites today. In the fatal seventh when he hit a home run after Sherdel had tried to slip over a strike be- fore the wind-up and caused the Tiveliest of protests, Babe was hissed and booed by the crowd. The bleacherites tossed many pop bottles at him as he took his stand in the field when the Cardinals went to bat. But he laughed and kidded the bunch until they stopped. Then when he went back o the fleld following his mext home run, the crowd stood up and cheered him as mightily as ever. His superb showmanship and good nature, as well as his knowledge of men turned the boos. to cheer,s and he was the Babe of old as the game ended. are a great bunch of fellows to play with. And before I stop I want to add a compliment for our manager, Miller Huggins, who I consider not only the brainiest manager in base ball, but a great fellow. I may sound overenthusiastic, but this has meant a lot to all of us. To have won two games of those four means a great deal to me, and in my own de- light I don't want to overlook those teammates of mine, who through their great ability as ball players made it pos- sible for me to do it. It is too bad that the Cards made such a bad showing, but they tried their best at all times. They are a fine lot of sportsmen, and I wish them better luck next year. (Copyright, 1928, by North American News- paber Alliance.) HOYT HURLS BALL 144 TIMES TO TRIM CARDS ST. LOUIS, October 10 () —Waite Hoyt had to throw only 144 balls to win his sixth world series victory, while Bill Sherdel and Grover Alexander dished up 146 between them. Hoyt's most active inning was the third when he tossed 27 times. In the two others—the first and sixth—he had to throw 21 times. Sherdel took it easy throughout, so far as deliveries were concerned, 17 pitches in the fourth being his peak. and 100 the total for six and one-third innings. Alexander used 46 in two and two- third innings. The score by innings on pitches: Sherds Alex BOTTOMLEY LAUDS POWER OF YANKS Cardinals Fairly Beaten, Ad- mits Star First Baseman of St. Louis. BY JIM BOTTOMLEY. Pirst Baseman, St Louis Cardinals. ST. LOUIS, Mo., October 10.—We have no alibis. We were beaten and beaten decisively. They gave us the worst trimming of the lot in the final game, proving their superiority beyond a doubt. The Yankees are powerful champions, with as great a batting attack as I've ever seen and good pitchers to go with it. We_ did our best, but we weren't there. We were in a batting slump in several of the games—that is a part of base ball and no excuses are in order. Umpire Pfirman’s decision in the seventh inning might have been the turning point of the game, in that it got Sherdel off poise, but it was a just decision. We had agreed before the series not to work quick deliveries by the pitchers. Besides, in today's in- stance, Umpire Pfirman called time just before Sherdel's pitch to Ruth. Therefore, Pfirman was right in not calling that pitch a strike. ‘The final game was no different from the first three so far as New York's at- tack was concerned. Ruth and Gehrig again were dominant, Ruth being the outstanding figure with his three home runs, each of them over the pavilion roof, all hard hit balls. As to our attack today, it was the same sad story as the second and third games. We had chance after chance to drive in runs, but we could not come t;u-ough with runners in scoring posi- tion. By beating us, the Yanks gained re- venge for the trimming we gave them in 1926. They are a powerful club, no kidding. They are the only team in base ball history to win two successive world series in eight straight games. Give 'em a hand, boys. (Copyright. 1928, by North American News- paper Alliance.) TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va., October 10.—The Potomac and Shenandoah % Rivers were clear this morning. Huggins to Have Great Club in American League| Race Next Year If He Can Contrive to Keep His Stars on Hospital List. B‘Y JOHN B. KELLER. T. LOUIS, October 10.—If Miller Huggins can contrive to keep his players on the hospital list dur- ing the Winter, New York will have a great American League base ball club next year. ter base ball than when in sound con- dition. At least, so it appeared in the world series ended yesterday with their 7-to-3 victory at St. Louis. In taking four games in a row from the Cardinals the Yanks looked much stronger than they did at any time during the last half of the campajgn in the junior major circuit. It must have been sweet revenge for the Yankees, the trimming they gave the highly touted National League champions. They hadn’t forgotten the licking they took from this same Na- tional League club in the world series two years ago. That licking hurt, for the Yanks took it on their home lot after going ahead of the foe in St. Louis. And the revenge was doubly sweet be- cause the Cardinals entered this year's classic ruling as 5-to-3 favorites over a supposedly all but wrecked club. At no time in the series, though, did the Cardinals play as might have been ex- pected of a National League pennant winner. They really showed no class in any department of play. It is no wonder that for the second successive year the New Yorkers were able to cop a series in four engagements. ‘The Yanks were given a chance to win the classic in pre-series forecasts only if they hit and their pitchers held up, but mainly if they could hit. And hit they did. ‘They simply took the heart out of the Red Birds with long drives. The pitching was good, too. Waite Hoyt, for some time held the best of the Huggins staff, lived up to his pitching reputation by scoring the first and last wins of the series. George Pipgras rallied gamely and hurled like the Pipgras of mid-season, and old Tom Zachary surprisingly—to many who never realized just how game and cool a fellow old Tom is—left-handed his way to victory in the game when Hug- gins had to gamble in making his pitching selection. Clouted Card Hurlers. Yet in the end it was not so much the fine pitching that upset the Cards. It was the terrific punch of the Ameri- can League champions that did the work. They bowled over the three-star pitching staff of the National Leaguers with ease. Afileld the Yankees were almost as faulty as their foes. But they didn't seem to need much of a fielding defense. They won by follow- ing a system generally effective in any line of athletic endeavor. They won by making a strong offense their de- fense. » This was particularly noticeable in the last game of the series. The Yanks didn't look so good at the outset of the contest. Hoyt was having his troubles with the Cardinal batters, and his sup- port was slipshod. Hoyt, too, was no great help in the defensive line. But the New Yorkers persistently pounded the little left-handed Sherdel until they got results—andgot them in bunches. Hoyt was all but driven from the hill in the first four innings. He was reached for six hits in that time, passed two batters, had an error made back of him and committed another himself that handed the Cards a tally. Then he underwent a form reversal and be- came the pitcher he is at his best. In the next four rounds he yielded but two safeties, and the Cards raised their total to 10 only by making a brace of hits in the ninth when the Yanks were so far ahead that only a remarkable St. Loujs rally could beat them. Sherdel wasn't particularly good at the start and grew worse as the game progressed. In every inning in which he toiled the Yankees dented the run- way and in but one of his frames did they fail to drive the ball to safety. That was the second, that Lou Gehrig started with a ‘walk, then remained at first to watch three mates retired. From the fourth inning on he was sav- agely slammed by the New Yorkers, and he had the heart pounded out of him in the seventh, when Huggins’ huskies clinched the battle. Two homers and a single, hit successively after the first man up in the round had been retired, meant the end for Sherdel. Slam Alexander. He then gave way to Grover Alex- ander, leaving behind a record of 11 hits and three passes against him and fonr runs for which he was responsible. Off the creaking Alexander the Yankees collected four more hits and thrée more runs. Fifteen hits and five of them homers. How could the Cardinals have been expected to withstand such an offensive? In picking a real series hero one doesn’t have to consider any other than Babe Ruth seriously. He was the out- standing player of the classic. Hoyt is due much praise for his winning pitching in two of the four engage- ments. Pipgras and Zachary earned laurels by their creditable mound per- formances. Gehrig as a remarkable batter merits much attention. But to Ruth must go the hero's crown. He was the main hope of the Yan- kees in attack, and he was among their best in defense. It was the Babe the New Yorkers looked to for leadership in offensive, and he did not fail them, Rally after rally in the series was started by him. In fact, the Bambino never failed in a pinch. He was espe- clally sturdy yesterday when twice he socked homers to put his club on even terms with the Cardinals. Not satis- fied with that, in the eighth inning he lofted the ball over the right field pavilion for the third time to equal & world series record he established in Sportsman’s Park at St. Louis two years ago—that of clouting three home runs in a single world series contest. ‘Throughout the set the Babe took care of the flelding end of his work well. He had a little trouble at the outset of yesterday’s tilt, when he let a looper to left fall for a double, after losing the ball in the sun, but he came back to make a neat catch of Andy High's loft in the seventh and wound up the series with a spectacular catch at the expense of the same Cardinal batter. It was a notable effort, that one-handed clutch made alongside the fleld box rail while Ruth was on a dead run. Both Clubs “Stall.” The concluding game of the series was slowly played, with both clubs fre- quently stalling, but each inning was replete with thrills. The first scoring ‘'was done by the Cardinals. They got & run in the third inning on Ernie Orsatti’s loft to center that was made & double more by Ben Paschal's poor return than anything; High's bunted single and Frank Frisch's sacrifice fly. ‘The Babe matched that for the Yan- kees with a homer at the outset of the fourth, but in the latter part of this round Koenig and Hoyt contrived to put the Cards ahead once more. Koenig made a wild chuck by first after Maranville had forced out Smith, letting the batter reach second base. A moment later Hoyt took a fast throw from Bengough, then turned and heaved the bell over an uncovered sec- ond base to center fleld. Why the throw no ons but Hoyt kuew. Neither Crippled | the Yankees seem able to play far bet- | Koenig nor Lazzeri had made any effort to hold Maranyille to the bag as Ben- gough received the pitch. The Rabbit | off like a flash with Hoyt's queer chuck, | sped around the runway and slid over | the plate just ahead of Paschal's re- turn of the sphere to the catcher. For a time the Cardinals managed to hold their lead, mainly by supporting Sherdel sensationally. against them came in the seventh and the ball game was over. The playing through the ninth inning after that | break was a mere formality. | Sherdel easily disposed of Koenig at the beginning of the Yankees' seventh batting turn, and it seemed he would put Ruth out of the way in jig time. The little left-hander rifled a fast one past the Bambino for a strike, then followed with a slow one for another called strike. Then Sherdel attempted to get away with a quick return, con- trary to a world series rule. Umpire Pfirman sensed the pitcher’s intent and immediately raised his hand, signifying that play was suspended. Of course the ball came on, and it was right through the heart of the plate and about waist high. But it meant noth- ing. Pitch Meant Nothing. ‘There is a rule against the quick return by a pitcher in a world series game and Sherdel had violated it. And the raising of Pfirman’s hand to sig- nify that the pitch did not count was in accord with a suggestion made by | Frankie Frisch, fleld captain of the Cardinals, the day the series started in New York. “Even though Ruth had swung at the pitch and knocked the ball out of the park, it wouldn't have meant anything,” said the umpire after the game. “It simply wasn't part of the game, that pitch. It was neither a ball nor a strike. Just nothing.” And there you are. Pfirman was right. but the Cardinals did not think so. They gathered about him and protested against the ruling with - great vigor. Sherdel all but frothed at the mouth, and Manager Bill McKechnie, who rushed from the Cardinal bench to join in the argument, nearly talked himself into a fit. The three other umpires were called in and each supported Pfirman. After five minutes of verbal battling the Red Birds finally gave up the debate and resumed their places afleld. They were the losers. Sherdel was so shaken that he could not find the plate with his next two pitches. He found it with the next one, though, but Ruth also found the ball.” And the game was deadlocked for the second time. The Bambino had lofted the sphere over the right field pavilion. That took much of the heart out of the Cards, and what happened immediately thereafter sapped what spirit remained. For Gehrig stepped into one of Sherdel's pitches for an- other homer, and the Yankees were ahead for the first time during the day. . Jt was plain that Sherdel was ‘through.” Some may insist he was unpoised by his argument with the umpire, but he probably was about due for a good pummeling at that. He hadn’'t been so good for some time. And when Meusel followed Gehrig's homer with a single out went the little left-hander, licked for the second time in the series. Alexander proved no shining success as a rellef worker. He was lashed for a _double by Lazzeri right off the reel. Then Frisch showed poor judgment in trying to get Meusel at the plate instead of playing for the batter after picking up Robertson’s grounder, and the Yanks had their fourth run of the game regis- tered with two of them still on the runway. A sacrifice fly by Combs got one of the runners over and virtually sewed up the game for the New Yorkers: The Yanks staged another home run splurge in the eighth to boost their score total to seven. Durst opened the round with a long looper that went into the right fleld stand. Then the Babe crashed his third of the day. The Cards rallied feebly in the ninth and got a marker with two hits and some romping around the bases by Martin, running for the lazy Smith. But it was merely the death rattle of a club that since the seventh inning had been beyond relief. The Yankees )B‘ngsflubbed the life out of the Red Composite Box By the Associated Press. H. TB. 2b. 2 2 3 6 3 3 10 22 19 Q. Al Paschal, cf.... 3 Durst, cf. ..... 4 Koenig, ss.». 4 Ruth, rf-If... 0O Bengough, c.. ! BOARD IS CHOSEN But the break | NEW YORK (AMERICAN LEAGUE). | cocccosoccnoccss Five Named to Pick Heavy Champion to Receive Tunney Award. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 10.—Coinci- dent with the request of the British Board of Boxing Control that Phil Scott, English champion, be considered among the contenders, a board of trus- | tees consisting of five leading men of | affairs has been named to take control |of the Tunrey-Muldoon Trophy, em- blematic of the world’s heavyweight championship. Serving on the board will be Bernard F. Gimbel, vice president of Gimbel Bros,, Inc.; John MCcE. Bowman, pres- ident of the Bowman-Biltmore Hotels Corporation; Herbert Bayard Swope, executive editor of the New York World: Jeremiah T. Mahoney, justice of the New York State Supreme Court, and George L. (Tex) Richard. William Muldoon, veteran New York | State Boxing Commissioner, announced | the appointment of the board in a state- {ment in which he said: | “The getired champion and I are | confident that the characters and high | standing of these men in the world of faffairs and their devotion to the best | interests of sport are sufficient guar- | antees that the custody of the trophy |is in the best possible hands and that the purposes for which the trophy is donated will be faithfully carried out,” At the time he vacated the heavy- weight throne, Gene Tunney announc- ed that he would donate the trophy on which the names of his immediate {and distant successors would be in- scribed. The request of the British board that the name of Phil Scott be considered for a place on the trophy came in a formal request to the New York commission yesterday for infor- mation concerning Gene's retirement. The British fathers feared that cabled reports had been exaggerated and ask- ed more authoritative news. The letter also offered the services of the British board in producing a real “world” cham- pion and suggested Scott, the recogniz- ed British heavyweight champion, as | worthy of consideration. The discovery of a “world” cham- ‘pion will be the chief interest of the | board. Muldoon said: | “The board will be vested with ab- | solute control of the trophy. It will decide whose name will be inscribed as Tunney’s successor, but it can be re- lied upon ‘to make no decision until some contender has established his right to the title beyond question.” The design for the trophy has not yet Eeen definitely decided upon, but Mahonri Young, sculptor, is working on one which calls for a bronze figure of a boxer to be mounted on a marble pedestal. When the emblem is completed it probably will be placed on permanent display in the lobby of Madison Squarc | Garden. Provision is to be made for the in- scription of 32 names, nine of them of former champions. The first will be that of John L. Sullivan. Then will follow Jim Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons, Jim Jeffries, Tommy Burns, Jack John- son, Jess Willard, Jack Dempsey and Tunney. The name of Marvin Hart, to whom Jeffries “awarded” the title after his retirement in 1905 will' be omitted, since Hart never received general rec- ognition as heavyweight king. 'LEAGUE IS MAKING | BASKET BALL PLANS | Plans for the approaching basket ball | season are being made by numerous teams. Georgetown Church League will be organized Friday night, in Peck Memorial Church, Twenty-eighth and | M streets, at 8 o'clock. All churches interested in entering teams are asked to_have representatives present. Petworth M. E. quint has reorganized, with Joseph Rice being chosen presi- dent, Graef Buehm vice presf ent, Cecil Starns secretary and Charles Buchanan treasurer. Starns and Fred Marshall are newcomers to the club this year. The following Central Red players are asked to report Friday night at Macfarland Junior _High, at 7:30 o'clock: Benham, Staubly, Johnson, Brown, Nichols, Dinkin, Groff, Marshall, Restoroff and the Henrichs brothers. Tris Speaker A. C. will organize a Ll5-pound five at a meeting Friday night, at the home of Buster Meat- yard, starting at 7:30 o'clock. Score of Series 3b. £ o HR. BB. SO. RBL 0 2 @ I eeWON~O~MaOONR OO @ ! coondrnwmnulonwe, HOCOMHOOROUMONMM HOMOONHNHOOWE AN . comoomooNCoONOON cooccor~ocoNHNANHO oM 0 al cccormccoomrrwooo ol orrmnme ‘Team totals '11 [ ~oo0000cONOHONORHH~RT 4 5| coccorroconnBBRwoR TB. 2b. Douthit, cf.... Orsattl, cf.... High, 3b. Frisch, 2 Bottomley, Hafey, If Harper, rf.. Holm, rf. Wilson, c. Smith, ¢ . Maranville, ss. Thevenow, ss.. Sherdel, p.... Alexander, p. Johnson, p. Mitchell, A Ao R A el Pt e 09 89 i 0 80 00 e 0D cco0c00000mmwIHHwmwIw Martint ..... UIS (NAT! 13 12 25 LEAGUE). BB. SO. RBL p: ER3l < S 8 o 2 Py OHMOANOWHNOOO N RN P @ coocoommaRraRR BN A, ++ cComOOOONONOO~ODD oM Y L L LT ToT T T YO CYOyor CHOOOCONOHOW AN N WM ol cocoocooconoroog00N MO Team totals 4 131 *Pinch batsmen. 10 27 37 +Pinch runner. z |l oooocccocccoccorocoolE ol coccoccocormuoro wlocoscssssscccsonsssst R ol coococomooocoN~oouHmo N 20610237 5§ 2 3 965 COMPOSITE SCORE BY INNINGS. 4 2 2 3 New York (A. L) . St. Louis (N. L)) . 4 5 0 0—27 1 1—10 Sacrifices—New York, 5 (Lazzeri, Dugan, Combs, Hoyt, Pipgras); St. Louis, 2 (Frisch, 2). Stolen bases—New York, (Frisch, 2; Maranville). Bottomley; High to Frisch to Bottomley: 4 (Meusel, 2; Lazzeri, 2); St. Louis, 3 Double plays—St. Louis, 3 (Prisch to Maranville to ; Bottomley to Maranville); New York, 3 (Koenig to Lazzeri to Gehrig; Koenig to Durocher to Gehrig; Koenig to Gehrig). Left on bases—New York, 24; St. Louis, 27. Hit by pitched ball—By Mitchell (Pipgras); by Zachary (Douthit). PITCHERS' omplete X Comp! ST. LOUIS. Otmes. sames. Wou. Mitchell Rhem ... NEW YORK. Hoyt . Pipgras Zachary . Umpires—Charles Rigler and Charl: SUMMARY. Innines t. pitched. Hits. 135 15 5 10 6 6 2 523 Earned Runs. runs. BB. 1 11 18 9 9 es H. Pfirman (National League); Clare 2 [J 14 4 9 ence B. Owens and William A. McGowan (American League). Time of games—First, 1:49; second, 2:04; third, 2:09; fourth, 2:28 »