Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-25

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against the tail enders in the second
-ge was done and for The first tin
have fought their way ir.to the wo,
When word that the pennant was
clinched reached ST. LOUIS the city
broke forth in the greatest celebration
Il has seen since the armistice was
declared in 1918. st. Louis fans. after
3s years of waiting. greeted the news
with impromptu parades, the roaring
of bombs, whistles ard whatever
noise makers were available. Mo
florists, with horns shrieking, tied up
traffic in all directions as crowds
poured from downtown buildings. de-
sorting their labois for the time
being.
The st. Louis margin over Cinc'n
natl today is three fun games with
hut two to play. The anti climax Of
the nerve breaking season will come
on Sunday when Cincinnati plays a
single game With the Cardinals in
the last match Of the year.
The standing today:
Team. ". !. TP. p
Ct. Louis ....... 80 90 $50
The ST Louis season trails off with
one more game against the Giants
before the Cincinnati contest. The
Reds play Philadelphia again today.
The Cardinals. resting after their
strenuous program Of the past fey
weeks. can lose both games while
cincinnati is taking two without en-
dangering their leadership. The
standing then would be:
Team w =. Pct
St Louis .........-.. ~ o. SIS
The new National League cham
pions. only three OF whom. Pitcher
Grover Alexander. Outfielder Billy
Southworth and Coach killefer. have
played previously with title holders.
terday. When the Scoreboard showed
that the PhillieS had taken the meas
ure of Cincinnati in the first game
the Cardinals numbered their heavy
ertillery and battered Hugh McQuillan
from the Giant box with 5-run
rally in the second inning. Little
lefty Sherdel. who succeeded Flint
Rhem after a rocky first inning that
gave the Giants 3-run lead. toyed with
the New Workers thereafter. while his
mates were making the pennant safe
for st. Louis with brilliant support
The Phillies yesterday completed
the destruction Of Cincinnati hopes.
started last week by another second
division club. the Giants. The two
games dropped in a row TO New York
coupled with the loss of three straight
TO the Boston Braves, practically
ended the stubborn resistance the
leaders for most of the season had
made to the St. Louis parade.
Hornsby Deserves Credit.
To Rogers Hornsby. playing man.
ager and cloutine star who lost his
leadership of all major league batters
L.. N1s,,> III,
top. must go most Of the credit for
the triumphant march Of the
Cardinals. The fighting pilot has pro-
Nided the spark that made the 81.
Louis combination a driving power
with the punch TO outgame and out
last more experienced rivals. His
pitching staff of Rhen, Sherdel. Keen,
Haines and Reinhardt have turned in
the most consistent hCrling per
formances in the league
While the Cardinals Were deciding
the issue in the National League the
New York Yankees crep ~ within
hairbrea 9TH Of the American flag when
The Cleveland Indians lost {, close
conflict TO Philadelphia. to J, Rain
halted the Yankee scrimmaGe with
St. Louis. but the half game added to
the New York lead through the In
dian defeat, placed the Yankees ~
games IN front WIN ONLY IOuI 10 pay .
The standing of The leaders todav:
s r.: :;.S $sfA = d + 81: 81;
Cleveland still has chance to grab
the flag by winning the three games
left on their schedule, if the Yankees
lost their four. The standing then
would be:
r Team: w !; r rs,
Rommel. hurting a steady game
Yesterday. dow ned Uhle and the In
dams in a tiGa; contest. II was
"Uhle" day in Cleveland. ana be-
fore a crowd ri home fans who pre-
scented him with various tokens, the
Indian made game efforc TO beat
his 1925 record Of 26 wins FOR the
season. Three Athletics hits aftc"
two were out in the third, robbed him
of his goal.
Rain blotled out the Pittsburgh
Boston game. the only ether game
scheduled in the National.
The Westinghouse game IL
the American met like fate. alonS
with the 81. Louis New York con-
test.