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do not require much holding up by
their catchers. They are able to take
care of their own games in fine style.
SO to me it does not seem that the
Cards have any particular edge over
the Yanks in the catching depart
ment. That hitting strength of Sew
ereid and Collins ought to mean
much.
THE more ! consider this years
series, the more / believe the long
hitting of the Yankees will be the de
cisive factor. Ruth, Meusel. Combs
and Gehrig can drive the ball far.
SO can Lazzeri when he hits. And
Lazzeri does most of his hitting at
opportune moments. too. He's a diff
ficult man to pitch to in a pinch.
Really, from the top of the batting
order through the eighth position
there ought to be nothing easy in the
Yankee lineup for the opposing
pitcher.
Hugmen Dangerous.
The Yankees may not be a great
ball club. but they make a dangerous
ball club. 1t does not take many long
hits to break up the average ball
game-and a world series game is
merely a ball game. In my opinion.
the Yankees are more apt than the
Cardinals to crash the long hits, and
these extra base blows are likely to
turn the tide in their favor"
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All the statistics and analytical
dope that can be assembled Will
not prove All absolutely depend
able gauge to the outcome OF base
balls blue ribbon event. as any
number of instances can be cited
where the top-heavy favoriteS
proved terrible bustS.
One of these was i'll 1906, when
those 'hitless wonders the
White Sox, humbled the mighty
Chicago Cubs. and the most no
table upset of all was the four
straight defeats inflicted on Con-
ME Mack's ''invincible" Athletics
in 1914 by the green Boston
Braves.
For that matter. the Wiseheln..
ers were confounded III both OF
the past two Autumn sets. hrst.
when the Nationals nosed out
McGraw's crack Giant array. and
again l year ago this month,
when Bucky Harris & Co: sue
cumbed to the Pirates after a
lead OF three wins to ono defeat,
caused a great majority OF the
diamond dopesters to concede VIC
tory to Washington.
Yanks "Should' Win.
AS we see it, the Yankees
should win this tilt with another
mediocre ball club. but then
Dempsey should" have conquered
Tunney, for "if" Jack had wal
loped Gene with the force he was
supposed to possess a new mon
arch would not now be occupy
ing the throne room.
Continuing with the comparii-
son. 'if" the Yanks arc in their
hest socking mood they will sim
Div run rough shod over the
Hornsbymen and batter their
wav to the world championship.
Rut will the New York machine
be hitting on all cylinders dur
ing this impending series? There's
the rub. e
For practically two-thirds OF
The season the Yankees swept
everything before them with
powerful offense that more than
made up for any shortcomings III
other departments. But toward
the close their attacking force
waned, and from point where
thew enjoyed an 1l-game lead
over the runner-up club they
skidded so dangerously that 1T
was not until the day before the
season ended that they staggered
under the wire by narrow mar
gin. 1,
had a full week in which to
realign their forces and get
squared away for the test ahead
This interval may prove suthclentt
to get their sights adjusted and
enable them to maintain the pace
that promised to give them run
away triumph during the CAM
paign.
Of actual hostilities may disclose
Babe Ruth and his brethren
struggling in the throes OF their
slump, like Dempsey, unable to
untrack themselves, and IN this
event the Cardinals will drill ON
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FACTS ABOUT SERIES

BY the Associated Press.
Salient facts and features Of the
world series:
CONTENDING TEAMS - New
York Yankees. American League
champions, and st. Louis Cardinals,
National League champions.
MANAGERS - Yankees, Miller
Higgins: Cardinals, Rogers Horns.
by.
PLAYING SCHEDULE - First
and second games, at New York.
Saturday and Sunday. October 2
and 3: third, fourth and fifth, at
st. Louis, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, October 5. s and :; sixth
and seventh games, if necessary, at
New York, Saturday and Sunday,
October 9 and 10. Postponed games
will be played off under control of
club in charge when play was i'll
terrupted.
TIME-Games start at l 80 p.m.,
standard time, except on Sundays.
in New York, when starting time
is pm.
PRICE OF TICkETS-S1.10 for
unreserved bleacher seats to $3.50
for box seats at both parks.
TMPIRES - George Hildebrand
and Bill Dinneen, for American
League: Bill KLEIN and Hank O'Day
for National League.
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BIG SERIES CONTENDERS
APPEAR WELL MATCHED

taking of the merits and dement's of
series, opening tomorrow, indicates
as contending champions should be.
&c an edge in one department. the
ltagc to offset it in another, making
in the ultimate decision. An injury
Y out of gear.
who need plenty of rest between
games and neither manager will be
able to put their names in a hat and
draw them out for service as lottery.
Gehrig and Bottomley, at first base,
seem evenly matched on their seasons 8
play Hornsby, in spite of managerial
cares, has compiled a better record
than Lazzeri at second base and
Lester Bell has outpointed Joe Dugan.
Koenig displays a slightly better bat
ting average than Thevenow. but
formation the shortstops have of
world series play has been communi-
Gated and not conferred.
If an advantage shall be conceded
to the Cardinals on the inf1eld, 1t
must be taken away when the cal
culations are extended TO the outf1eld
In Ruth. Combs and Muesel. the
American leaders present a trio of
outpost with better all-round record
Of performance than can be mustered
by Southworth. Dorthit and Hafey,
good as they are.
In reserve strength the Yankees
may be better fortified than their
rivals. PaschaI has alternated with
Combs during portion of the sea son
and Carlyle furnishes Il constant
threat as n pinch hitter. The Cardi
nails have Holm as an outf1eld reserve
but Blades, a fast man and capable
batsman. will not be able to play in
the outfield. although in an emergency
he can pinch hit.
The Cardinals suffered a blow in
the injury to Blades. but the Yankees
also felt the cruel hand Of fate when
Bernie Bengough. clever catcher. also
was rendered unavailable for play by
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to victory just as decisively as did
Tunney in that rain-soaked stad-
ium at Philadelphia.
Rogers Hornsby is fighter of
dogged persistence and has as
sembled about him athletes of the
same type. For any, except d
squad of unquestioned gameness
being ousted from the National
League leadership on no less than
four occasions during the season
would have proved disastrous to
their morale. but each. time they
fought their way back to the
front. finally to stay there. They
demonstrated faith and conf
dence in thems elves much akin to
that shown by Tunney.
The Cardinals are blessed to a
remarkable degree with the same
determination to succeed that
kept Gene calmly sanguine of
victory while his defeat was be-
ing generally predicted. For all
their youthfulness and compare
tive inexperience they are
hustling gang of go-getters. and
unless the Yanks prove to be
functioning in the most approved
. manner they will meet the fate
that befell Dempsey at the hands
of his younger and less expert
enced opponent.
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OntheSideLines
With the Sporting Editor
by DENMAN THOMPSON

YORK, LIN the world series
~ resembles the heavyweight
" ring title bout
whom standard-bearers l9zl-z25,
nothing be compared with Dempsey tor
that like Jack punching supposed to be
their chief asset. ,.
Cardinals cedN1 with being better
combination with their pitching and also demon
ended that they much OF the VIII c
proved important factor in Tunney successful bid
OF the hsc .
Attempting world series winner no less an aduous
Patrons
advice Of suffered
pocketbooks of the Sequi
soc and those their opinions with anything sub
likely find their bank rolls
NewY history
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SHOWERS ARE FORECAST
FOR OPENER OF SERIES

NEW YORK. October (P.-
Possibility of showers for the open
ing game of the world series to-
morrow has been suggested by the
United States Weather Bureau.
Continued clOudiness, with
showers Friday and Saturday"
read the forecast. Not much
change i'm temperature" was one
reassuring line.
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HUCMEN HELD AT 6 TO5
ON EVE OF WORLD SERIES
Their Backers Rely Greater Experience of the
Yankees, While St. Louis Supporters Bank
on Fighting Spirit of Cardinals
hN The Associated Pres


EW YORK, base balls big spectacle the 1926 world
the world today with the ST. Louis
the threshold of their first championship struggle
opposed by the New York Americans.
The esereSo Sopensa at pm a
be about divided
Of the their
their fourth world
But theyh been world champions only
sol the of a
which
ace in the Nation lIeapu a.
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Everything she did she laughed
goodness, I never saw such a girl.
said Glenna. when her ball went
into bunker she laughed and
laughed. The same way when she had
a bad lie in the rough. You would
have thought the whole thing was a
huge joke
Sees Possibilities of Victory.
Virginia had no thought of winning
at first.
81 was out to give Glenna the best
match 1 could" she said. when I
rounded the turn. with the match all
square. I began to think-well, this
isn't so bad-here's hopes. and l be-
gan to think about winning
And between each laugh this care
free. slim, blue-eyed maiden would
make amazing shots. Il was glad
when Glenna put me one down at
the tenth" she said. because l al
ways fight better from behind.
WAS l nervous" No. l can't take
golf seriously enough for that. But l
was all popped up and / did get an
awfully big kick out OF it."
Virginia is three years out of board
ing school. one year a debutante and
devotee of many sports. Tennis has
brought her several trophies, although
her three years OF tournament golf
have Won her but one--the medal and
the cup of the Buffalo invitation this
year. She swims well, plays polo. and
has spent Summers, including the one
just past. cow-punching in Wyoming.
Guess I'm just interested in having
a good time" she explained.
She took her victory yesterday
modestly, insisting that she had been
lucky.
Gee. it was great playing with you.
Glenna," Virginia remarked as the
ex-champion congratulated her
The tribute her conqueror paid
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pinnacle III the NdIlpldl LtdSuI dIlN
Contrast of the final games of the
season between the clubs also IS taken
into consideration in comparison of
fhc teams Shortly after midseason
tho New Workers had run up an IL
game advantage on their closest com
pctitors, hut slump at the close OF
tho schedule cut the lead at times to
:, margin of Only on" and one-hal-
games.
on the other hand. the Cardinals
exhibited consistency in the campaign
and in the final days wcathcred re-
pcated challenges.
Town Waited 80 Years.
st. Louis has tasted its first cham
nionShip after 38 years of waiting. and
it's followers look for squirt to carry
off victory in the impending classic.
While the American League clubs
rooters look 10 Babe Ruth to furnish
the batting thrills. St. Louis also
boasts a heavy hitter, Rogers Horns
by. the player-manager.
Some Wall Street commissioners
have the Yankees billed as favorites
at to s, hut others report even
money.
Herb PennoCk or Urban Shocker is
likely to receive the can Tor mound
duty for tho Yankees tomorrow. and
Wee Willie Sherdel or Grover Alex
ander in the box for the Cardinals.
Commissioner Landis has decided
that q resin bag shall be behind the
pitchers box during each game, avail
able for use at any time.
Cardinals Show Batting Power.
The Cardinals displayed great bat
ting power in a workout yesterday.
Hornsby. Lester Bell, Jim Bottomley
and Billy Southworth crashing out
heavy drives. The rest of the team
hit we'll against the pitching of Rhem
Alexander, IFaines, Sherdel and Rein
hart.
Hornsby. burdencd with grief over
the loss of his mother, retired after
a brief spell with his teammates. 1t
was his mothers dying wish that he
remain with the club, and in fulfill
ment of her desire he will stay
through the series.
The Yankees practice was confined
to a workout of the inf1eld and warm
ing up pitchers. The Cardinals
watched the Yankees, and, Incl
dentally. Manager John McGraw Of
the Giants left the field. his arm
linked with HornSby, afterWard.
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Glenna was echoed by players and
gallery alike. On top or slipped by
the turn of the game into the ranks
of her golfing sisters, Glenna was
described by friendly rivals as an
opponent whose generosity to op-
ponents has outweished the will to
win.
II beat Glenna early this year"
said Virginia Van VIE of Chicago.
''but only with her help. Why. Glenna
could have beaten me on the first
tee. ! was so green. and so nervous
/ could hardly start. But she was
simply wonderful to me--went mile
out of her way to be nice. She talk
ed and ioked. pretended to trip me
up when we were walking around
and did lots of little things like that
to distract me from my nervousness
Ill never forget it. nor the pointers
she gave me to improve my game
Said the veteran. Mrs. Ronald
Barlow:
"Glenna is one of the finest The
courage and the good sportsmanship
that she brings to the game are an
example to woman golfers"
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n YEW YORK. October l.-Stock k
M the principals in the world
VI that they arc we'll matched.
a Where the Yankees ha
Cardinals arc able to show an adva
the cvcr-prescnt IF" the big factor
to star may throw all the machinei
Experts, in the main, agree that
OFarrell, expected to do all the
catching for the National League
entry, has more equipment than
either SEVERED or Collins, the Yankee
receivers. The former Cub. however,
is the only catcher Of outstanding
class available for Cardinal service.
and should he be injured. Wick. the
substitute, on the face of available
returns, will not be able to cope with
either Hank or Pat.
Variety in plenty is offered III the
many pitchers ready for duty. Each
team has a star ready to display any
wares the moment seems to demand.
There are fast ball artists for the dark
days, slow-ball servers to battle the
free swingers, and plenty of curves
for any who may not like the hooks.
Each club has one or more pltcherS
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ST. PETERS QUINT ELECTS.

X. Tappan was elected president of
st. Peters basket ball team at u
reorganization meeting held in his
home last night. j. Kane was
chosen captain. and Joe Robey bust
ness manager. McNean and Robey
are newcomers to the squad. The
Saints will discuss their schedule at
a gathering next Thursday at 7:3n
pm. at the home of Jack OConnelI
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A. T.. PERFORMERS LONGER
HITTERS, SAYS MATS BOSS
Sees Little Difference in General Batting Power of
Rivals, But Believes That New Workers Get
More Distance With ClOuts.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

president OF Nationals Clark Griffith
the of between
Yankees and Cardinals for the base ball championship OF the
American Lacquer through through the
S swayed by sentiment. But
he the American League
champions grab biggest the diamond offers
himself record how long the will
the rival clubs make of their
selves. But
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There has been much said and
printed about how the Yankees stag
gered to the American League cham
pionship. Maybe theirs was stag
gering finish, but I noticed that they
had the punch just when they needed
it to fight off the opposition Griffith
declares. after a fearful slump in
July, they managed to pull them
selves together and carry on through
August. Then came another slump.
but they rallied at the last minute.
and beat off the Indians. They had
their punch in pinches. and I believe
they'll have it in the world series.
Yanks Longer Hitters.
Il don't figure there is much diff
ference between the general hitting
of the Yankees and Cardinals, but !
believe the Yankees are much longer
hitters than the Cardinals. Miller
Huggins has lot of powerful swlES-
ers in his lineup. and they knock the
ball far. | look for the Yankees to do
much extra-base hitting, and | think
their slugging more than anything
else will tell in the series.
THE Cards are supposed to be bet
ter defensively than the Ianks in the
infield but not quite so good In the
outfield. / would not say that the
Cards should be so rated, for l have
not seen them play. But | do know
that Meusel Combs and Ruth took
pretty good care of the outfield for
Huggins, and that Gehrig, Lazzeri'
Koenig and Dugan in the infield man.
aged to get along right we'll most OF
the time during the season.
"The Yanks seem we'll fortified with
pitching for the series. The Cards
probably are, too. l am familiar with
Alexander'S work. and also know a
good deal of Sherdel's Slabbing ability.
but I only know of Rhem and Reln-
hart by hearSay. But l do Know what
can be done by Shocker, Pennock.
Hoyt and Ruether. Shocker always
seems strong, and Pennock ought TO
be in good form after sorely needed
rest Hoyt's arm was botherlnG MN
but it appeared to be right when he
tool, the measure of the White SoX
not 50 long ago. And Ruether is one
of the cleverest left-handers in the
game.
New York Catchers Clouters.
"The Cards are figured to have the
better of the Yanks in catching.
doubtless O'Farreli is splendid all
around backstop. He can handle
pitchers well, throw excellently and is
a good hitter. But the Yankees have
a pair Of strong hitting catchers in
SEVERED and Collins. They may not
be able to throw as we'll as O'Farrel1,
but with such wise pitchers as Hug
gins has they may not have to do
much throwing.
"The Yankee boXmen are we'll
versed in their art. They know how
to hold runners to the sacks. It's not
so easy for runners to get stealing
chances with men like Shocker, Pen
mock, Hoyt and Ruether on the pitch
ing hill. Furthermore, such pitchers
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IL Sg Fauore Betting Yanks Punch VIII TELL Griffith Thinks
GIRL LINKS SENSATION
LAUGHS WAY TO VICTORY

b he
AVERFORD IA Chicago athletic girl
- chestnuhai unbobbed and who laughs her
opp1er a a that has
hardon kings and
VIRGINIA makes golf ball
by defeating third of national
BY ? and l.
The Washington times., 1926-09-08
CADILLAC NJ [ n
10 MEET

What Is expected to be the mist
important convention Of mainten-
ance managers from the entire
American distributing organization
OF the Cadillac Motor Car Company
has been called BY II. M. stephens.
the company's general sales man
ager. TO take place IN Detroit, Sep
tenber 30 and n.
Meetings OF the convention will
be held in the convention hall Of
the cpnnpanys new administration
building and the afternoon of the
second day VIII be spent In
study OF testing methods at the
General Motors Proving Ground
Plans for the convention are in
charge of Ernest G. Garland, the
company's technical manager. and
among the speakers will be Law
renee r. Fisher, president; Lynn
McEaughtofl, vice president; II M
Stephens, general sales manager:
Albert III. WidmaTi, works mana ger:
Ernest w Seaholm. chief engineer;
w. NE. Warner, parts department
manager; w. Arnold Houser and
ii. Fay Amos, of the technical del
partment, and u "A. Danse, metal
lurgist.
The Washington times., 1926-09-08

walk would be required to keep to
the right, move along with reason
able dispatach and take other steps
necessary to keep thet walks" traf-
fic flow uninterrupted.
The time Is coming, say expert
enced observers. when 1t wiz be-
come absolutely necessary for civic
authorities in the more populous
centers to formulate definite plans
for some sort of adjuncts to the
already established traffic lanes.
It is felt that with the normal in
crease in the number of vehicles in
use such steps will loom up as
inevitable developments: develop
ments in line with the best safety
as well as general traffic thought.
Precisely what form. physically,
these adjuncts will take, is. of
course. q matter of onjecture, al.
though it is true that quite a
number of plans have been dis
cussed, models submitted and
sketches drawn. But from prac-
tical point of view little has been
accomplished as yet aside from the
beginnings which have been made
toward directing public attention to
the essentially Of careful coneide-
ration OF the whole broad problem.
Problem Complex
Al little study will indicate the
compIexitB Of the problem. It
must be borne in mind, first of all.
that no two cities have exactly the
same type of problem because in
The Washington times., 1926-09-08

Interest is centering on proposals
for rather radical changes in street
structure and. although there is
little likelihood of any overnight al
teration in the appearance of
Americas avenues. far-sighted OBJ
servers are looking forward to the
time when certain important shifts
win be made.
In a number of quarters there is
talk in favor of erecting elevated
crosswalks over the busiest inter-
sections in each city for the pur-
pose of reducing the number Of ac-
cidents and to facilitate the flow
Of vehicular traffic by giving
pedestrians their own individual
roadway" segregated from the
main line of car movement.
They would be built, for instance.
over an intersection such as the
one at Forty second Street and
Fifth Avenue, a point passed by
thousands of cars and persons
hourly. 1t is felt by some traffic
observers that the erection of an
elevated crosswalk over Fifth Ave-
nue. would result in assuring q
greater degree OF safety for pedes-
trians and bring about more rapid
and unhindered flow of veffcuIar
traffic.
No Mar To Beauty
Such a bridge, 1t is asserted.
would in no wise detract from the
beauty of any street, nor be LA
bility in any possible way.
Pedestrians using such a cross
The Washington times., 1926-09-08

occurs, the public viii demand
remedial measures. That these
remedial measures will be forftcom-
ing. that safe T1raet
be worked out whereby additional
thousands 1T
downtown streets without highly
dangerous congestion, al.4
autofnotive industry ASA Whole viii
receive sharp impetus as result
seems fully assured.
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