Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-08

rell took Combs short roller and
threw him out. Sherdel worked a
wide curve on the corners of the
plate all through the inning. No
runs, no hits, no errors.
! Cardinals-Sherdel up. Strike l.
called. Ball 1, outside. Koenig threw
out Sherdel at first. Holm up. StriRe
1, called. Foul, strike 2. Ball /, out
side. Holm famed, letting a thiru
strike float over the plate. South
worth up. Ball /, inside. Foul, strlse
l. Ball 2, low, outside. Soutnwortn
sent up high fly to the Bamblno.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
Fourth Inning
.Yankees-Koenig up. Ball 1, low.
Strike /, called. Koenig flied out to
Hafey, hitting at a slow curve. Ruth
up. Strike l, called Ball /, inside.
1nis was slow ball Ball g outside
Another slow curve. Ball 3, inside.
Ruth walked. The fourth pitch was
low. Meusel up. Ball /, outside. Meu-
sci flied out to Hafey anc ruth hao
to race back to first. Gehrig up.
Ball l, outside. Sherdel tried to pick
Ruth off first. Strike 1, called. STRIKE
z, swung. Gehrig famed, swinging
for third strike. Sherders curves
made Gehrig look bad. No runs, n~
hits, no errors.
Cardina1s-Hornsby up. The bleach
ers jeered Ruth in left fle1G DaiI 1,
outside. Pennock took Hornsby's easy
roller and threw him out. Bottomley
up. Foul, strike 1. Ball 1, high.
Strike 2, called. Ball 2, outside. Bali
3, outside. Bottomley got a double
into left. Babe tried to make shoe
string catch Bell up. Strike /,
swung. Foul, strike Q. Bottomley
scored on Bells single over Lazzeri's
head. Hafey up. Strike /, called.
Ball l, high. Ruth made a wonderful.
onehand catch of Hafey's foul over
against the left field boxes. O'Farreh
up. Ball 1. Bell went out stealing,
SEVERED to Koenig. ONE RUN, TWO
HITS, no errors.
Fifth InninA
Yankees-Lazzeri up Ball l. low.
Foul, strike 1. Lazzeri tiled to bunt.
Strike 2, swung. The crowd howled
when Lazzeri missed a slow curvs
Bell threw out Lazzeri at first. Lag
zeri went after another slow ball.
Dugan up. Ball 1, inside. STRIKE
called. Dugan flied out to Bottom
ley. SEVERED up. Ball 1, OUTSIDE
SEVERED flied out to Hafey. sherdel
had the Yank batters mystIfied by his
slow curves. No runs, no hits, no
errors.
Cardinals-O'Farrell up Strike ;,
called. Ball /, low. Foul, strike 2.
o'Farrells hot grounder bounced. off
Koenig's nit hand for a hit. Theye.
nn
at first. OFarrel went to second
sherdel up Strike l, called. Strike
2, swung. Sherdel struck out, swing
ing weakly on wide curve Holm
up. Strike /, called. Fall /, inside.
Holm, went out, Koen:g to Gehrig.
No runs, ONE HIT, no errors
Sixth Inning.
Yankees-Pennock up. Ball /, out
side. Ball 2, inside. Strike /, called,
Strike g. called. Ball 8, low. PEN
mock got a double into lert waen
Hafey made a bad misjudge of his
fly. Combs up. Ball 1, outside.
Strike l, swung. Pennock was al,
most caught off second by a ouick
throw from O'Farrell, Thevenow drop
ping the ball. Ball 2, wide. Foul.
strike 2 O'Farrell gets an assist on
the play on Pennock. Ball, 8, out
side. Combs walked. Koenig up.
Ban l, outside. Foul, strike 1. Koe-
mig singled into left and Fennock
scored. Combs went to second. Horns
by went to the box and talked to-
Sherdel. Ruth up. Ball 1, outside
Strike l. called. Sherdel broke a slow
curve over the plate. Ball g inside
SherdeI kicked on this one, claiming
1t was strike. He came in and
talked to Umpire Dineen. Strike -
swung. Ruth went after O. wide curve
Ruth famed and the crowd was in an
uproar He swung for the third
strike. Meusel UP. Strike Z, called.
O'FarrelPs return throw to the pitcher
struck Sherdel on one of his pitching
fingers. Time was called and he ra.
TO the bench where the trainer looked
it over. Hornsby went to the bench
and looked SherdeFs finger over, after
which Hornsby went back to second
base. Sherdel went back to the pitch
ing mound and it was announced
that the first finger of his pitching
hand had been bruised. SherdeL
warmed up again, and then resumed
pitching. Meusel flied out to South,
WI III, ColHpS racing back to third ON
the catch. Gehrig up Bail 1, outside.
Ball 2, outside. Foul, strike 1. Bah
), low and outside. Gehrfg walked.
The bases were now filled. Sherdel
Kicked. claiming the ball was a
strike. Hornsby also came up to the
plate but went back again. Lazzeri
up. Strike 1, called. Strike 2, swung.
Ball 1, outside. Ball 2, in the dirt
Lazzeri flied out to Southworth, who
mad to back up against the wall to
make the catch A foot further and
1t would have been home run. ONE
RUN, TWO HITS, ONE ERROR.
Cardinals-Southwor up. South
worth went out to Gehrig, unassisted.
Hornsby up. Combs made a fine
running catch Of Hornsby's long drive
Bottomley up. Foul, strike 1. Ball l,
wide. Strike 2, swung. AT 2, in
side. Bottomley struck out, swing
ing for the third strike No runs, no
2, inside and low. Ball 3, outside.
Seventh 3nnfng
Yankees-Dugan up Foul, strike l. |
Strike e. called. Dugan popped ou,
to Bell, going after a low curve,
evereid up. Strike /, swung. Bali