Daily Kennebec journal., 1926-10-06

games. contrasting sharply with the
almost listless performance OF thell
opponents. ha. greatly strengthened
their prospects for final triumph. III
three games the American League
champions. supposedly one of the
hardest hitting outfits in the game
have produced only Is hits and 1oul
runs. Not one of their blows hac
been of extra base variety Whlle 'ht
Cards have been walloping the pal
to all corners of the lot
Rain Holds Up Game
For A time today, the intermittent
showers of rain threatened to MAJ
the setting for the triumph of Horns
bv's team. The game was delayed
for SO minutes at the start of the
fourth inning by a sudden shower
but heroic efforts put the field bacR
into playable condition, muddy
though it was 1t was a fortunate
"break." for the Cards came BACK
after the interval to check budding
Yankee rally and then score the runs
that clinched the game.
There was another and contribut-
ing break" in this decisive innlne
for the slippery condition OF the bal
was at least partly to blame for
wild throw by Mark Koenig, Yankee
shortstop. who had double play IF
sight that would have chokcd OF
the Cards without a run.
Haines Poles Homer
Lester Bell opened the fourth Witf
a single and went to second on ial :
ev's sacrifice bunt O'Farrell walked
grounder to Lazzeri who Scooped II
up and tossed to koenig for force
ont of O'FarrelI. The Yankee short
stop threw wildly past Gehrig, how
ever. and Bell raced home with the
first run. This set the stage for
Haines and the husky pitcher pro-
voked a tumultuous outburst by MT
ing one of Ruether's curves high into
the right field stands.
1t was a towering blow. worthy OF
a. Ruth or a Southworth, and Halnes
trotted around the bases to the ac-
commandment of a bedlam of cheer :
ing. the ringing of bells and the
honking of horns.
To all intents and purposes, this
settled the game as it, turned out
but the Cards added another run for
good measure in the fourth, South
worth scoring on his single, another
one base blow by Hornsby and an
infield out by Bottomley which
marked the retirement of Reuther.
With this margin to work on,
Haines toiled the rest of the game
with invincible skill. In no inning
were the Yankees able to get more
than one safe hit and in none of
them did a base runner get beyond
the keystone bag.
Twice snappy double plays check
ed the Yanks once In the sixth after
Combs had led off with single and
again in the ninth. as a finishing
gesture. when Gehrig singled with
one out.
Joe Dugan started the third with
a single and was sacrificed to sec
ond by SEVERED but got no further.
In the fourth. just before the down
pour came. Ruth was on the middle
bag by virtue of his one-base hit to
center and MeuseIs infield out.
Gehrig in the seventh. and Paschal
a pinch hitter who walked in the
eighth also got as far as second base
but they were likewise stranded as
the Yankee bats were silenced.
The Cardinals concentrated their
attacking efforts in the fourth and
fifth frames. although they had
constantly threatened Reuther up to
the time he was shelled from the
hill After the fifth, however.
Shawkey toiled effectively for two
innings while young Miles Thomas
his series debut, checked the
Cardinals in the eighth with the aid
Of double play starteo by koenig.