Evening star., 1926-10-09

Therefore. it makes only three
cams in The - previous series be
fWccn the National and American
champions which have been capable
"f overcoming Il 3-to-2 handi
cap. And. as the feat has been done
twice in tho last two years. the per
"entHgr is all against il being done
again this year.
To-day. when the sixth game will
he fought at the stadium. it no doubt
Will hc Sha wlley or Shocker against
III" veteran Alexander.
ShaWkcN has pitched so we'll in two
games that he has earned the right
20 start, though he has pitched only
three complete American League
Games this year, and until 1923 the
veteran never has been q S1ICccSSi III
World series pitcher.
Recent Work Splendid.
However, Bob did splendid worl:
tate in the season, and. in the two
games in which he went in as a relief
man in this series he retired the Car
,iinals as fast as they came up. In
last Sundays game he relieved Shock
or in the eighth and struck out Les
ter Bell and IIafey, the only two bat
terS to face him. In the third game
Bob relieved Ruether. and in his two
and two-thirdS innings only eight men
faced him.
Alexander. of course. will pitch the
sixth game for the Cardinals. He
stands between the St. Louis boys
and defeat Alex" no doubt again
will give pretty good account of him
self. But it is unlikely that a pitcher
~ his wears can pitch another con
test similar to his wonderful game
of last Sunday. when he yielded only
hits and struck out 10. At %
Alex" might have two such games
in him i'm one series. But the great
grover now is 80. Besides the Yankee
bludgeons have come to life since
their feeble efforts in the early games.
After being held to 10 singles in
three games. the Yanks have knocked
out % for 80 bases in the last two
games.
Haines Last Standby.
Should Alexander win today. even
ing up the series, II would give st.
Louis a great chance for the decid-
ing game, with Jess HaineS, who
pitched the shut out, opposing IIoyt.
The loss of Douthit has been a
had blow to the Cardinals, and has
upset their outfeld. While he is a
Young man and practically n first
year man, he covers lots of territory.
The Cardinal outffeld looked rather
poor in Thursdays game in St. Louis,
do not think the criticism of young
Hafey will help any. This young
player has been a disappointment at
bat. and his mistake on Pennock's S
liner Wednesday was costly. Then I
understand the Cardinals also blame
him for crashing into Douthit Wednes-
day, But all that must be blamed to
eagerness on the part Of a young
player.
koenig has been playing the same
way for New York, but the Yanks
let him work himself out OF his
trouble. He made two costly errors.
and up to Thursday he had been a
dead weight at bat. striking out five
times and hitting into three double
plays. No one said anything to him
about his lapses, and he kept on try
ing. Then on Thursday his first hit of
the game knocked in Pennock. and his
second in the tenth paved the way for
the winning run.
Hornsby has fallen down badly at
bat SO far and has hit only 200 for
the five games. However, he can so
back in the records and find lots of
illustriouS ompany-Wagner in 1903.
Jimmy ShcCkard in 1906, Cobb in 1907
and 1909. and the great Bambino in
1929
Il still looks like the Yanks in six
games.
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