The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-11
Alexander Stems Tide as
New York Threatens in
Final Game.
By Henry l.. Farrell.


United Press Staff Correspondent.
NEW YORK, Oct. 11.-Arter seven
hectic and rather sloppily played
games of the 1926 world series. the
st. Louis Cardinals have replaced
the Pittsburgh Pirates as the base
ball champions of the world.
The Cardinals, champions of the
National League. faced the New
York Yankees in the final games
of the series with a handicap against
them. They needed one game to tie
and two games to win the series.
With great courage the Cardinals
outgamed the American League
champions and won the champion
ship, taking the seventh game Sun
day by a score of 3 to 2, after win
ming Saturday, 10 to 2.
It had been said that the Yankees,
because they had had more world
series experience, would have more
courage than the Cardinals. But in
a final game of record-breaking
series, the Cardinals outplayed the
experienced Yankees and won a ball |
game and a championship. 1t meant
an additional 81, 900 to each St. Louis
player not to crumble under the
strain.
The Goat"
Koenig was officially elected the
goat of the series because Of his
several errors, and Thevenow was
given the vote as the hero because
of his brilliant playing all through.
He performed some of the most brill |
liant playing that a shortstop ever
has shown in any world series.
Along with Koenig was Bob Meu- |
sci, who made an atrocious error in |
the fourth inning when the Cardinals |
scored three runs, on three hits, |
Meusels error and Koenig's error.
The final game of the series had
many dramatic moments. and the
most dramatic came in the seventh
inning when Jess Haines had his
pitching hand split and had to be re-
moved from the box. The entire st.
Louis team gathered for a confer.
ence in mid-feld and deliberated SO
long that Umpire Hildebrand walked
out and told them that they mus.
play ball.
The Cardinals talked for another
moment and then Hornsby. the
young manager of the Cardinals,
waved several times to the bull pen.
The Gro Hd Of $4,000 recognizing
the intensity of the situation. stood
on their feet and emitted a
tremendous roar when Grover Cleve-
land Alexander sauntered from the
bull pen down through left field to
the box.
Great Ovation
Hornsby walked out to meet him
and the whole team gathered
around him. The fat little an
nouncer yelled through the mega
phone that Alexander was going in
to pitch for st. Louis, and the crowd
gave him greater ovation than
Walter Johnson had been given in
the two previous series.
Old Alex had to face Tony Lazzeri,
one of the longest hitters on the
Yankee ball club who had been
famed twice by Haines, but who
was a dangerous hitter. Old Alex
famed him, finishing the inning
without yielding a run.
In the eighth inning Alexander re-
tired the side in order and in the
ninth he came into another dramatic
moment of the game.
He retired Combs and Koenig on
two fine stops and throws by Bell
to first and then the Babe came up.
After working hard on Ruth, he
failed to get the Babe on a bad ball
and walked him.
The Last Out
The Yankees called for hit and
run play with Meusel at the bat.
Ruth dashed for second and when
Meusel failed to hit, Ruth was
thrown out sliding for second by a
perfect throw from O'Farrell to
Hornsby.
And the game ended. st. Louis
was the worlds champion.
There always has to be world
series heroes and world series goats,
and in this series the honors must
be divided between Tommy Theve
now and Bob OFarrell> of the Car
dinals as the heroes, and Mark Koe-
mig and Bob Meusel as the goats.
The Babe earned his share of
laurels, with a new world series
record by hitting four home runs
and because of the phenomenal catch
that he made of Bob O'Farrells
drive in the second inning Of the
final game.