Evening star., 1926-10-08

the worlds championship pennant ba
of Waters. The Yanks need only on'
The circus is travelling eastward.
more or less intact. Babe Ruth, the
blood.sweating Behemoth of Bludgeon-
Vile, Is wondering just what hap
pened in st. Louis anyway. The
Babe has had 80 many ups and downs
that he knows it Is just step from
an aftectionate appellation of big
BAN" to a less flattering designation
Of big Bum" One day the Babe
he struck out with two men on. But
the Babe is always colorful. and when
he Is working the game Is bound to
be full Of thrills.
David and Goliath.
In that last game at st. Louis the
Babe couldn't knock the ball out or
the diamond. The day before he was
knocking 1t out OF the park. 1t seemed
a shame that a pitcher like Wee Willie
Sherdel should have to face the
Behemoth. but it turned out to be the
old story Of Jack and the Giant, OF
David and Goliath, St. George and the
Dragon, or what have you? The
crowd which cheered the Bambino
for his three home runs the day be-
fore gave him q far bigger cheer
in the last game in the levee for his
three whiffs at the empty air In the
sixth inning. with two on and nobody
out. Oh, what q fall, my countrymen.
But II the Babe couldn't do any
thing at the bat. II he failed TO I'VE
UP to the reputation he had made on
Wednesday. at least he gave gra"o
exhibition in the field. -,
First of all he tried to make tnrlil-
Aff M
the fourth. The Babe didn't make II.
He oyerran the ball. it went for
double. and eventually the batter
scored. That didn't look so good Tor
the pasting pachyderm. The mex,
orable raspberry was in pickle lor
the Babe. when suddenly he electrlhed
the gazing 10000 by a circus eaten
Of a long foul just as 1t was ahout
10 disappear into the left field boxes
It was a wonderful play. The Baoe
Is always spectacular-in failure as
we'll as in success. Base BAH mas
never known another like him. Inc
Big BAN. however. didn't like the Wee
Willie left.hander. Wee Willie slo"
ballcd the big Bam to an early demise'
Loss Blow to st. Louis.
The loss Of the fifth game was
bie blow to the hopes of st. Louis.
II looked as IL the Cardinals had the
game sewed up and delivered, untll
the ninth inning rolled around. Ihen
they let the victory which was IN
their grasp dribble slowly hut surely
away. The Yanks won In the tenth
game that will go down in world series
history as one Of the sloppiest ever
PLAYED. The Yanks won tat game
iust as they won the American League
,,1,,IllA1 fhrnYUh In
r. 1Oinning game where they scored
only three runs, they had II men
stranded on the bases. 1t took six
hatters to get their one run over IN
the ninth and seven to get the WIN
ming marker over in the tenth. II
that Is snappy world series base ball.
then George Washington was traitor
ana @ turncoat.
II was a dismal finish 10 the series
for st. Louis. Very few of the loyal
Missourians are on their way East
with the team. The lugubrious game
which gave the Yanks the ledge on
the series was too much for the men
Of the Mississippi. They were all
prepared for victory when suddenly
it was snatched away. The old ma
chine ran over the inspiration and all
but mashed It fat. Not that the ma
CIlliJo IldlR any R'dl IICAt<1A NNN'' 'Ne
the inspiration failed in the pinch.
The key men OF the inspiration. South
worth and Hornsby. were completely
out of gear Southworth helped save
the game a couple OF times by pick
ing potential home runs off the right
field wall, but this was purely de-
fensive work and 1t seemed all day
as IL the Cards were playing a de-
fensive and nervous game.
Sherlel and Pennock had hooked
UP in New York in the first game of
the series and Pennock had won.
Once more they We're in the lists and
once more Pennock was returned the
winner. It seemed as II base ball
fate was directing the game. Sherdel
has pitched two great games. but has
tasted only the bitter cup Of defeat.
Walter johnson had that experience
in 1924 only to come back in the last
and deciding game as the winner OF
the series.
St Louis has had its thrill. It had
two great nights of victory and cele-
bratfon and two nights Of gloom akin
to despair. But If the old inspiration
isne entirely out Of whack the Cards
may come back In New York on Sat
urSiAy, tie up the series and make
the championship dependent at last
upon the seventh game.