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Evening star., 1926-10-09

Oddly enough. all of the Yankee mis-
plays have Been contributed by koe-
mig, the youthful shortstop. Short
stopping seems to be difficult in q
world series. Roger Peckinpaugh of
the Washington Nationals last year
made eight errors, smashing the all
time record rolled up by Honus Wag-
ner in a series in which he made
seven. Both Peck and Hans Wagner
were on the shortstopping job. 1t
seems a fateful position.
Higgins Was Worried.
It was no secret that Miller Huggins
Of the Yankees was worried about his
keystone pair, Koenig at short and
Lazzeri at second, before the present
series began. But the italian has come
through in great shape, while the
Dutchman has had all manner of
troubles. Every other ball hit seems
to be hit at Koenig ard every time the
old sphere hops in his direction the
rest of the Yankees hold their breath.
Already Koenig has been charged wi h
the loss of one game in which he made
a grievous error on a play which
would have retired the side.
But despite the troubles which have
come to him and which seem to be the
lot or the world series SnOrtStODS.
Koenig has made some marvellous
plays. He goes after everything. In
the last game at st. Louis O'Farrell
smashed a single off the Dutchman's
shins. The bah went 80 feet into the
air after Koenig had got in it's way.
He might well have let it go by, but
he is a glutton for punishment and
like Ajax tried to defy the lightning.
Thevenow, the Cardinal shortstop,
is riding the crest Of the wave, but
he, too, made a serious error in that
last St. Louis game. Pennock. the
Yank pitcher, had been caught three
feet off second base and had been
called out, when ThevenoW suddenly
dropped the ball. Pennock Immediate
ly scored on a long single to left field.
1t was the first Yankee run of the
game If it had been squelched by
the play at second, there would have
been no extra inning and the Cardi-
nails, instead of the Yanks, would
have been topside boys in the series
today.
More and more, managers are COM
ing to realize the Importance Of
shortstop players and more and more
they are realizing the difficulty Of
filling that position. Higgins has
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Win for Cards Today Yanks Back Really at Wall in Sixth Clash
0'FARRELL
MAY GET AWARDS
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, October 9.-Brilliant
world series performances Of Herb
Pennock, Yankee southpaw. and Bob
O'Farrell, Cardinal backstop, have
emphasized the likelihood of their
being officially recognized as the
most valuable players Of their re-
spective leagues for 1926.
Pennock has capped his consistent
work through pennant season Dy
registering two fine victories over
the Cardinals. giving him a record
Of four triumphs altogether IN
world series play without a dereat
marked against him.
Pennock won % games and lost
II. leading the Yankee curv1ng corps
and ranking second on the American
League pitching list to George Uhle.
Cleveland star, who won q and lost
IL. Experts figure Uhle and George
Burns, Indian first baseman, as Pen-
nock's only outstanding rivals Tor
the American League player award.
O'Farrell, a tower of strength all
season to the Cardinals. has been a
sensation In the series so far. HIS
defensive play and handling OF
pitchers have TODD out, while he leads
both clubs at bat, with a mark OF
.437 for five games. OFarrell caught
all but nine of the Cardinals games
in the pennant campaign and was
declared by Hornsby to be the clubs
most valuable performer.
The National and American
Leagues most valuable player
awards both will be decided shortly
by committees Of newspaper men rep
resenting the major league cities
Last year the American League made
it's decision before the world series.
handing the palm to Roger Peckin-
paugh, Washington shortstop, whose
play fell off sadly in the champion
snip games with Pittsburgh.
The National Leagues award car
ries with it a cash prize of $1,000.
but the American League confers
only the honor of a diploma.
This is the fifth year of the Amer
ican League award and the third for
the National League.
Previous winners were: 1922,
George Sisler of the st. Louis
Browns; 1923, Babe Ruth of the
Yankees; 1924, Walter Johnson of
the Nationals and Dazzy Vance of
Brooklyn; 1925, Roger Peckinpaugh
Of the Nationals and Rogers Hornsby
of the Cardinals.
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EXTREMES IN GOLF PLAY
PRESENTED BY ILLINOIS

BY the Associated Press.
Illinois lays claim to the Oldest and
youngest performers in major golf
tournaments this season.
Lewis w. Pitcher, G.. A. r. vet
eran, won second low net honors
in the Illinois senior tournament a
few weeks after his eightyfourth
birthday. Sammy Alpert, a 15-year
old southpaw, won the Western
junior championship after training
period which began when he was
IL years of age.
Pitcher, who is president of the
senior association, frequently drives
200 yards, and is remarkably steady
on the green's.
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LEWIS IS Baking
ON STECHER MATCH
By the Associated Press.

HOLLYWOOD. Calf, October g.
Ed "Strangler" Lewis, one of the crop
Of claimants to the world heavyweight
wrestling championship, has declared
he would forfeit 1000 rather than go
through with a match Of Joe Stecher
Of Nebraska, scheduled to be held
within the next GO days
Lewis told Seth Strelirger, chair
man of the State Athletic Commission,
he did not like the way the match be-
tween Stecher and John Pesek was
handled last Wednesday. and spoke in
no uncertain terms his feelings
against Stecher and Lou Daro, pro-
moter Of the bout.
"Well, if you don't appear for your
match with Stecher, your IS, 900 guar
antee will be forfeited" Strelinger told
Lewis.
That's all right" Lewis replied
"Ffve thousand dollars is a lot Of
money, but I'd rather give it up than
appear in the match"
After questioning Pesek and Daro
In connection with last Wednesdays
match, Strelinger released Pesek' S
share of the purse. The referee gave
the decision to Stecher on the ground
that Pesek fouled his opponent in pin
ming him to the mat for the deciding
fall
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BUELL. AND O'DAY FIGHT
A DRAW IN CLUB SHOW

More than $50 fight bugs last night
witnessed Eddie Buell. and Terry
O'Day, sturdy Washington bantam
weight, step six rounds 10 a draw in
the headliner of a fine card at Indian
Spring Club.
In fourround tits, Eddie Healy out
pointed Joe Piscatelli, frankie de
Angelo scored over Goldberg and Ed
die di Simon got the decision against
Joe Perrone.
Joe Black and Joe Fila drew in an
other four round mele@.
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o'clock and reached City Hall, Bal
timore at eos the next morning.
Returning he reached the zero mile
stone that afternoon at 1925 O'Clock.
Chism's route was down PennSyl-
vania avenue. through the Capitol
grounds and on to the Monumental
City via Fifteenth and II streets and
the Washington Baltimore boulevard.
He returned over the same rout.
For more than So years Chism has
been an employe of the Capital Trac-
ton Co, and for more than half
century has not lost single day
from work because of Illness. lie
attributes his fine health to hiking,
to which he has been an ardent devo-
tee virtually all his life.
Chism has for years taken week
end walks averaging 30 to 80 miles.
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Dunlap.
Additional matches. reported yester-
day by Ruth-Ann Parker, tennis man.
aeer, show the following results:
Elizabeth Franzoni defeated Eliza
beth Bergman. 6-4, 6--2; Miss Colhns
defeated Devota Purdy, Go, 90;
Louise Bebb defeated Mary Sproul.
6-3. 6--f; Miss Dunlap defeated Jane
Burke, 6-3, 6-4. and Mary Walker
defeated Miss Smith by default.
All matches are being played on the
Sixteenth Street Reservoir courts.
metropolitan Athletic Club mem.
bers met Thursday night at the club.
rooms on r street. and discussed
league Affiliations for the coming bas'
ket ball season. 1t was decided to be-
come a part Of the Washington Recre'
alton League If that organization de-
cides to establish a senior loop.
BY unanimous vote, complete in.
dorsement of the n. A. A. F. stand
ards was indicated by the Nets. Elsie
Sanders, chairman of the local N. A.
A F. executive committee. addressed
the meeting, as did Jack Haas, repre-
senting the new District of Columbia
Girls Basket Ball League.
Florence SHADING of the Capitol
Athletic Club gave a short talk on
swimming. She advised the Nets
that there were few openings In
one Of the Red Cross swimming
Evening star., 1926-10-09

The five games Of the series which
had been played up to today were a.
streaked as q barbers pole. Some
say that the series has been the most
uninteresting in history. 1t has been
drab, but there have been much worse
series.
First Two Games Flat.
The first two games were fiat In
that they were merely ball games.
Ruth out.generaled Sherdel in the first
game by hitting to left field and start
ing the winning run. 1t was clear
skill on Ruth's part and he is entitled
to a large share Of credit for that first
victory.
Alexander put 1t all over the
Yankees in the second game and held
them SO barren of hits that the con-
test was lacking in interest In adj
dition to that, Shocker pitched badly
balanced game.
Bad fielding gave the Cards their
chance in the third game and the bad
fielding came exactly where this cor;
respondent suggested before the series
it might appear. Bad pitching by the
uncertain Ruether followed that costly
blunGer made by Koenig ana the
Buckeye boy, Haines, hit q ttoater into
the right field stand while the Yankees
failed to hit.
Here were three games that were
sluggish and homely base ball, al
though mighty well relished by st,
Louis because the Cards won two OF
them.
Fourth Game Cyclone.
The newspaper boys exhausted all
their adjectives in describing the
fourth game. It was a cyclone, hur-
ricane, a tornados an epidemic, or a
peStilence, according to ones partisan
feelings. Yet in many ways 1t was
not such an extraordinary game. judg-
ing by the previous work of the
Yankees. They have been in the habit
of cutting loose that way from time
to time.
The plain truth is that the Cards
were crushed. The YankS rode rough
shod over the younger element of the
Cardinal pitching staff that had done
so much to help the club win the pen
nant. And the younger element was
pretty much responsible for what hap
pened. When Rhem struck out the
first two batters to face him in a
world series game, he became SO in
toXicated that he tried to strike out
Ruth. One home run. To be followed
later by two more off other Cardinal
pitchers.
Then came the fifth game and with
it so many who insisted the breaks
were with the Yankees. 1t was in this
game that Sherdel got ample revenge
on Ruth by striking him out. Hornsby
says Hafey should have caught Geh
rigs fly in the ninth lining. Some
outfielders might have caught it, but
not Hafey. He isn't a world series
outfielder, whatever he may have been
during the season.
Bell Caught Flatfooted.
Then Lester Bell was caught fiat
footed on Lazzeri's bunt. No break
there. Just bad playing by Bell. Pas
chal put the Yanks in the game when
he dropped a Texas Lacquer back OF
the infield. No break there. Just a
we'll placed hit that tied the score.
When the game went to the tenth
Sherdel, nervous and uneasy. made
a wild pitch that put .Koenig on second
with none out. If that was a break il
was a broken nerve. Then Sherdel
sent Ruth to first on balls, although
he had pitched to him successfully be
nage. BY then he had pitched himself
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RUTH MADE HOMERS
TO PLEASE ILL CHILD
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK October 9.-Eleven-
year-old John Dale Sylvester, on a
sick bed at Essex Hills, n. j., will be
glad to know that he is responsible
for three record-breaking home runs
by Babe Ruth in the fourth game Of
the world series at st. Louis Wednes-
day. The Big Babe says SO and he
knows
Reports from the boy. suffering
from sinus trouble, We're that the
three home runs 50 improved his con-
dition that he will be able to listen
to a radio account of the sixth game
tomorrow, so Ruth and Sylvester are
all even.
Young Sylvester, referred to as the
kid" by the slugging Ruth requested
his father to write to Babe Ruth and
TASK him TO knock a home run for
me- The father, Horace f. Syl-
vester, jr., did so. the message reach
ing Ruth Tuesday night. BY retdrn
air mall John Dale Sylvester received
two base balls, one autographed by
Ruth and the other bearing the sig
natures of Is st. Louis players.
"Say, If you don't think that kids
letter helped me make three home
runs Wednesday, you can beat me, >"
said Ruth last night.
II get lost of requests for auto
graphed base balls from sick boys.
but this kid asked me for a home run.
Wednesday 1 got hold of the first one
and it went into the bleachers.
There's one for the sick kid 1 said
to myself.
perhaps it sounds foolish but the
next time I came up said to myself
maybe L can make another for the
kid and I socked one over the fence.
BY that time 1 kind of got the no.
ton the kid was pulling for me- Then
I made number three. Say,If I'd had
chance, believe 1 could have made
another, but they passed me-"
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been experimenting with the short
field ever since he took charge Of
the Yanks. LaZzeri seems to be do
ing splendidly at second. He has
handled his chances cleverly all the
way through and has been a con-
stant threat at bat. In the ninth
inning at st. Louis Thursday he hit
what would have been on any other
day of play beside the Mississippi
homer The bases were full. Lazzeri
smashed a long one to left. The
crowd gasped. 1t seemed bound for
the bleachers. But stiff east wind
was blowing. 1t caught the ball and
held it suspended in midair.
Southworth, playing left for the
Cards. was backed up against the
right field wall. He could not go back
another inch. The wind held the ball
'ong enough to let it drop finally into
he outfelder's hands and pande-
monium broke loose. They talk Of
the breaks" winning the game for
the Yanks. That break of what
would ordinarily have been a homer
was a break which st. Louis should
never forget.
Yankees Fielding Surprise.
The fielding of the Yankee team has
been the big surprise of the series.
Their defensive work has been better
than the far-famed offense, which thus
far has functioned in expected fashion
in only one game. The Cardinals
were thought to be far superior in the
field, but even errors show there has
been nothing to choose between the
two teams. The Yankees on the whole
have looked better, for their errors all
have occurred in one spot.
Babe Ruth, regardless Of the pitch
ing of Alexander or of Pennock or of
Jess Haines. already has been written
down as the hero of the series. His
one days work in st. Louis assured
that. He gave the cash customers
the treat of their base ball lives. 1t
is all very we'll to say the st. Louis
pitching amounted to nothing that
day, but no one else knocked the ball
out of the lot. Babe rolled up three
home runs, to equal the entire output
of the opposing team.
The Gotham fans were waiting to-
day to give him the biggest hand of
his long career in base ball.
Babe is the favorite of the bleachers
and of the kids. The grandstand is
inclined to criticize the Babe. The
bleachers just naturally worship him.
Evening star., 1926-10-09
MISS COLLETT WINS CUP.

PHILADELPHIA October Op).--
t;lenna Collect, who lost the Women's
national golf championship last week.
bagged another trophy in lieu or the
title championship cup.
Playing a remarkable brand OF gon.
Miss Solicit defeated Virginia Wilson.
: and !. in the final round Of the an
nual tournament for the Berthellyn
cup at the Huntingdon Valley Coun-
try Club.
Evening star., 1926-10-09
WILLS LOOKS GRiMLY
TO SHARKEY BATTLE

NEW YORK, October e-Tbat
Harry Willis is taking his coming hat.
Tie with Hack Sharkey at Ebbets Field
next Tuesday night more seriously
than any bout In which he has enrag.
ed III long time is evidenced by the
s'une%tne5s with which the negro
heavyweight has settled down to his
training.
Wills apparently realizes the i'm.
nor'ance his showing in this bout win
IilVt on MS standing as a challenger
for the world title. Not ONLY must h.
win, but he VIII have to win decfsIvelv
IN order TO maintain support as an
outstanding contender for the cham
pionNfip. and for this reason he is
training harder than he has in sew.
eral years.
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classes at present. Considerable in
terest was shown Up this announce
ment and from all Indications those
openings will be filled In short order
from the ranks Of the Metropolitan
swimmers.
Margaret Cole, president, presided
over the meeting.
At q meeting Of the District Of CO.
Iumbia Girls Basket Ball League
Thursday it was decided to have a
committee meet with a committee
from the Washington Recreation
League next week to talk over plans
for a basket ball circuit, either
through amalgamation or cooper
ative schedules. Names Of the COM
mittee members have not been an
nounced as yet.
Evening star., 1926-10-09
EMERALITE IS FIRST
IN YOUNG.BIRD RACE

Emeralite, from the loft of M. J:
Fitzgerald. won the fourth race of
the young-bird series under the
auspices Of the Aero Racing Pigeon
Club. With favorable conditions 174
birds from 25 local lofts were released
at Connellsville, Pa, on the air line
distance of 1862 miles. at 1905 am:
and the winner was officially timed
at 2:o7 p.m., with an average speed
of 1,193 yards per minute.
The result Of the races. with the
average speed in yards per minute
of the first returns. follows:
Evening star., 1926-10-09
LAMAR REGISTERS K. o. j
IN NEW YORK BATTLE

Henry Lamar local boy. former ma
tional amateur light-heavyweigh
champion, showed impressively in his
professional debut last night when
he registered a knockout over Tommy
Wickman at Madison Square Garden,
New York.
Lamar won IN the third round
when he slammed Wickman through
the ropes. W'ickman weighed 1875
and Lamar 1927
Evening star., 1926-10-09
HOFF DEMANDS $500, 800
IN SUIT AGAINST A. A. U.

LOS ANGELES, October 9 @.-
The Compromised suit of Charles
Hoff, Norwegian vaulting champion,
against the Amateur Athletic Union
has been filed In Federal Court here,
the vaulter asking $502,S damages
for an alleged attack upon his char
acter and athletic standing and ex-
pense money due him.
Evening star., 1926-10-09

Il hours and 25
minutes. His feat
is attested by
James E. Landis,
80 Fairfield street,
Cherrydale. Va,
and G. William
Lewis. 1910 Kali
Drama road, this
city, who accom-
panied him by
automobile. The
feat marked ac-
"onplishment of
a life ambition,
ChtSn says.
He states he
left the zero mile
stone In rear of
the White House
~
Evening star., 1926-10-09
YALE BUILDS POLO FIELD.

NEW HAVEN. Conn. October o
Yale today completed Phipps Field
one of the largest polo fields at any
American college. Ii is LILO by so
feet and along the south edge grand
stand will be soon constructed, seat
ing several thousand specie .ors.
Evening star., 1926-10-09
SUZANNE WILL PLAY
IN GOTHAM TONIGHT

bv tN0 AsSOCIdCcu ITobo
NEW YORK, October 9.-Suzanne
Lenglen and professional tennis make
their debut tonight on indoor courts
at Madison Square Garden; tickets,
81 to S..
In singles Mile. Lenglen will meet
Mary X, Browne, former national
champion.
In mixed doubles she will team with
Vincent Richards, former Davis Cup
star. against Miss Browne and How
ard Kinsey
Richards will play Paul Feret,
former luminary in the French anna
teur ranks.
Richards and Harvey Snodgrass will
play kinsey and F'eret in doubles.
This same arrangement doubtless
will prevail when Suzanne makes her
second appearance in this country in
the 9Th Regiment Armory in Balti
more next Thursday night.
Evening star., 1926-10-09

ANNAPOLIS, Md. October 9.-Ted
Sloan, Navy plebe backfleld man and
former Drake performer. who last
year was picked for the backfield Of
the all-Western Conference eleven
and by some critics for the all-West-
ern combination, Is out OF the game
for the season. He suffered q broken
ankle in practice, here
Evening star., 1926-10-09
BIKE CHAMPION TURNS PRO.

CHICAGO, October Rl.-Edward
Merkner Of Chicago, for the last two
years amateur road champion of
America, has decided to turn pro-
fessional. and will ride in the six-day
bicycle race starting here October 90.
Evening star., 1926-10-09
FACE ANOTHER HAINESINC'
IF THEY LOSE GAME TODAY
Charley OLeary, Grandson of Owner of Cow That
Set Chicago Afre SIS Years Ago Today, Has
Hunch Hugmen Will Use Fireworks.
BY JOHN 3. KELLER.

YORK, October This y popuace is for lunches
and will back them to the limit And when some bird with Sns s
fireworks display he opnd there fine ce
of
to played this afternoon.
the long crapbook has doped does
OI
hot corner American
Higgins club hook line and nker and nothing
would make
national
Evening star., 1926-10-09
RED BIRDS TO HOLD EDGE
F"OLDPETE"TAKES GAME
Veteran St. Louis Hurler Favored Over Shawkey or
Shocker, Despite Handicap in Age-Haines
Is Standby i'm Case of Victory in Sixth.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.
Sports Editor. The Star.

n YEW YORK 9Wheth the world series OF 1920 would
~ d be played be
this afternoon with the Ianks OF the prz depended
l. argey Grover Cleveland Alexander
This OF the hurting art who proved such an mp
in
after being tagged n g. by Chi
needed
Miller Huggn and his henchnen the
Led dlcoe
Evening star., 1926-10-09
NnRTHERNS PLAY PALACE.

Northern and Palace elevens VIII
meet tomorrow afternoon on Tidal
Basin field in a practice game. Coach
4Drti asks all Northern players TO re.
mort not latey than 215 o'clock.
Evening star., 1926-10-09
NET STARS TO CLASH.

HOT SPRINGS, Va. October 9 up.
Keen interest is being shown here
over the scheduled tennis match today
between Molla Mallory and Elizabeth
Ryan, 49, 49,
Evening star., 1926-10-09
MAN, rs, WALKS 100
MILES WITHOUT STOP

George Chism. 75-year-old walker
Of this city, recently completed a
100-mile nonstop hike from Wash
ington to Baltimore and return in
Evening star., 1926-10-09
YANKEES ARE CONFIDENT
ON THEIR HOME GROUNDS
Plenty Are Willing to Bet There Will Be Seventh Tilt
So Far Cards Have Outbattetl Rivals-Short-
stop Is Key Position.
BY ROBERT T.. SMALL.

YORK October oThe
the final chapter 1926
standing York Yankees There
feeling back their Yanks would
make short work the deciding
Sunday thus the of the
to be split by the players.
On what might strictly be called base ball form difficult tell
which the the
day Thus lar the Louis Cardinals oubatted the Yanks by quite
Evening star., 1926-10-09

out of a victory. though he did not
know it.
Today's game was a desperate fight
to win by both clubs. and promised
short life to any pitcher who slipped
the tiniest bit. Huggins wanted the
game to end the series. Hornsby
wanted it to give the Cards hope of
winning out on Sunday.
Evening star., 1926-10-09
FRETFUL ST. LOUIS TEAM
GOES INTO SIXTH GAME
BY JOHN 3. FOSTER.

YEW YORK October 9It mighty fretu of Cardinals
that nbered today @ aer their long ride from St. Louis & for
which had them and much
which resulted in the breaks
of kind breaks bali club,
Rogers Hornby the
his fight for the he had his
something their
Evening star., 1926-10-09
WOMEN in SPORT
by CORINNE FRAZIER

in the first Central High School singles net cham
half matches
be played have advanced without upset
holder Helen Ducket
Tosepe Dunam McCuloch and Kathleen Johnson all OF whom
title unscathed from
encounters did Miss Lloyd Frances Brantley and MISS
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1926-01-08
KNOW ILLINOIS
Observation-Disclosures

There are 160 daily and 842 weekly
newspapers published in Illinois. The
entire number of periodicals published
in the state totals 1926.
The geographic center of Illinois
lies in Logan County, % miles north
east of Springfield.
There were 1,099, 149 heaters and
stoves connected to the mains Of gas
companies operating in Illinois at the
end of 1923.
OF the 45,1S9 rural free mail de-
livery routes in the United States,
Illinois has 1852, more than any other
state in the Union.
More than $30,0O0,00O will be spent
IN additions and extensions to exist
ing equipment during 1926 by the
illinois Bell Telephone Company.
The highest point in Illinois Is
Charles Mound in 10 Daviess County.
1t Is 1,241 feet above sea level. =,
If the 1861 miles Of electric ral-
"ay track in Illinois were laid in
straight line, it would reach from San
francisco to New York and back to
Cleveland.