Evening star., 1926-10-10

, lined a safety over third that was
good for three bases instead Of tive
when the left fielder amateurishly
chased the bounding ball along tn,
railing of the boxes
This made Gehrig's hard rap to
Hornsby good for the Yanks first
talley. Following Iazzeri's death.
Dugan evolved a clean single to cen
ter. but Alex applied the brakes b,
whiting SEVERED
The~'ardS were Q,liesrpnt after the
opener. Bell, with walk In the
fourth, being the only visitor to reach
the runway. until round g.. but then
! they proceeded to match the tally
registered by the Yanks in the in.
ming previous. Thevenow paved the
way with sharp single to left, moved
along on Alexis neat sacrifice and
promptly tailed when Holm delivered
MS second safety. a clean swat to cen.
ter. The latter moved up to n scoring
position on Southworth's retirement.
but was left when Hornsby for a sec.
ond time died on An infield roller.
Bottomley's terrific wallop at the
outset OF the sixth, which carried to
deep left-center and was limited to
two bases by Ruth's quick retrieving,
led to nothing, as Shawkey then
Whitfield Bell and Hafey and caused
OFarrell to pop foul. hut the Cards
resumed scoring on wholesale pape
IN the following frame, with the aid
of some assistance frons the home
guard. chasing Shawkey to the show
ers IN the process and giving Urban
Shocker, his successor, a taste Of the
same bitter hOme-run medicine meted
out to him ON his previous appear.
ance In the series last Sunday.
Sun Aids Two.baggpr.
Thevenow again led with stiff shot
to left, and Alex again sacrificed. but
this time got life when Lazzeri, who
covered first, dropped Shawkeys good
throw. SEVERED pounced on Holm 8
tap in front of the plate and rifed to
Dlgan in time to force Thevenow at
third. Southworth then lined to left.
and Meusel, blinded by the sun, for.
feited any chance he might have had
for reaching the sphere. it sailing over
his head for two.bagger that scored
the pitcher and placed Holm on third
This was the crack that sent Shaw
key on his way and brought ShOcker
to the hill. Urban was accorded n
warm welcome by Hornsby. who rif1ed
a safety past the pitcher that sped to
center and counted Holm and South.
worth. BOttOmley's belt resulted in
the forcing OF his boss, Koenig taking
the ball and stepping on second.
1t was here that Bell again came to
the fore to Offset his previous def,ci.
encies as an attacking force. In the
round before. with BottOmley rOost
ing at the midway. Lester had famed
after missing homer by foot or 40
when his drive curved foul. He didn't
miss this time, however Connectine
solidly with one Cf Shocker's spitters
the third-sacker sent the ball soaring
on a line high up into the left-field
bleachers for circuit Of the bases
that also cashed Bottomley and def
nitely settled any doubt as to whether
a seventh session would he needed to
decide the issue. Hafey's double.
which followed. was merely added eyi.
dence Of the tact that this wasn't
Shocker's day any more than II was
Shawkey's. and Urban departed to be
seen no more after getting O'Farrell
on strikes.
Yankees Kept Trying.
Although far in the rear, the Yam.
KEGS did not curl up and quit cold.
They kept on trying and when Duga n
led in the fag end of the seventh with
a skinner past Bell and the latter
first fumbled and then wild heaved
Severeid's offering. home town cohorts
took heart as Spencer Adams. once
a Griffman, went in to run for Sew.
ereid. another eX-National and
Shocker's place at the plate was
taken by Paschal. The latter fell vic.
tim to Alexis wizardry on three pitch.
"a balls bat Combs skipped a safety
over, the midway that counted Dugan