Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-08

LaZzeri at first. Lazzeri went after
! another slow ball. Dugan flied out
| to Bottomley. SEVERED flied ont RI
Hafey. Sherd Q had the Yank bat.
| ters mystified ny his slow curves
No runs, no hits, no errors.
ardinals-O'Farrefs hot ground.
| err bounced off Koenig's meat hand
| for hit Koenig threw out Theye-
| now at first. O'Farrell went to sec
| ond. Sherdel struck out, swineina
weakly on wide curve. Holm Went
| out, Koenig to Gehrig. No runs. one
! hit, no errors.
Sixth Inning
| Yankees-Pennock got a double
i into left when Eafey made a bad
! misjudge of his fly. Strike one
swung. Pennock was almost caught
| off second by a quick throw from
| O'Farrell, Thevenow dropping the
| ball. O'Farrell gets an assist on the
! play on Pennock. Combs walked.
hoenig singled into left and Pen
mock scored. Combs went to sec
| ond. Hornsby went to the box and
I talked TO Sherdel Sherdel broke
slow curve over the plate. Sherdel
kicked on this one, claiming it was
| a strike. He came in and talked
I
swung. Ruth went after wide
curve. Ruth famed and the crowd
! was in an uproar. He swung for
| the third strike. O'Farrells return
throw TO the pitcher struck Sherdel
on one OF his pitching fingers Time
| was called and he ran to the bench
| where the trainer looked it over.
| HornSby went to the bench and
! looked SherdeIs finger over, after
+, which Hornsby went back to seq
ond base. Sherdel went back TO the
| pitching mound and it was an
| nounced that the first finger of his
| pitching hand had been bruised.
Sherdel warmed up again and then
resumed pitching. Meusel flied out
TO Southworth, Combs racing to
thlrd on the catch. Gehrig walked.
| The bases were now filled. SherdeI
kicked, claiming the ball was strike
| HornSby also came TO the plate bur
went back again.
Lazzeri flied out to Southworth.
VINO had to back up against the wall
| TO make the catch. A foot farther
ana 1t would have been home run
one run, two hits. one error.
rdinals-Southwort went out
| to Gehrig. unassisted. Combs made
a fine running catch of Hornsby's
long drive. Bottomley struck out,
/ swinging for third strike. No runs,
no hits, no errors. ..
seventh Inning
Yankees-Dugan popped out to
! Bell, going after a low curve. Theve-
now threw out SEVERED at first
Sherdel took Pennock's hopper and
! tossed him out. No runs, no hits, no
| errors.
Cardinals-The crowd was cheer
ing Tor a rally. Bell hit double
| into left, hitting the first ball pitch
ed. Hafey flied out to Ruth Bell
scored when O'Farrell singled off
! koenigs glove. II was O'Farrells
| third hit. Thevenow sent up a high
| fly to Lazzeri. Strike one. swung
Gehrig took Sherdel's grounder and
| touched first. One run, two hits, no
| errors.
| Eighth Inning
| Yankees-Combs singled over sec
} ond. O'Farrell saved Sherdel a wild
/ pitch, KoeniS flied out to Hafey.
, Ruth forced Combs, Sherdel to Thew
| enow. Meusel dashed a liner to left
| that was only foul by inches. Bell
| threw out Meuse at first. No runs.
| one hit no errors.
/ odEulDd lS-f1OIm walked, the
| fourth pitch being outside South
worth was trying to sacrifice. South
worth forced Holm, Pennock to Lag
zeri. Hornsby hit into a double play,
Iazzeri to Koenig to Gehrig. No
runs, no hits. no errors:
Ninth Inning
! Yankees-Gehrig got a double
| into left field. 1t was a high fv
| that fell back of third base. Lag.
| zeri claimed he did not swing at the
| ball and Manager Higgins made a
| protest at the plate. Higgins pro-
! tested vigorously. but it availed him
nothing. Lazzeri hunted safely. Geh-
! rig going to third. When Dugan
| came to the plate he was withdrawn.
! Paschal taking his place. Gehrig
| scored on Paschars Texas Lacquer
| to center. Lazzeri stopped at sec
| ond. SEVERED forced Lazzeri, o.
| Farrell to Bell, Paschal going to
second. Pennock forced SEVERED,
| Thevenow to Hornsby. Paschal went
| to third. Hornsby threw out Combs.
| One run, three hits, no errors.
! misunderstanding went to third
| base for New York. Bottomley sent
out a fly to Lazzeri, who raced back
| in right field to make the catch. Ga
celia tossed out Bell at first. Koe-
mig took Hafey's pop fly. No runs,
| no hits, no errors.
Tenth Inning
koenig singled into left. Ruth
tried to sacrifice. Ruth fouled off
slow ball. Koenig went to second
| on a wild pitch. Ruth got a base
on balls, the fourth pitch being out
! side. O'Farrell went down to talk
| to Sherdel and Bell. Meusel sacri-
| feed, Sherdel to Bottomley. Horns
by came in and talked to OF'arrell.
| Gehrig was purposely passed. Horns
! by went over and talked with Sher-
| del and O'Farrell. Koenig scored
| on LaZzeri's sacrifice fly to Hafey.
| Ruth held second. Gazella was hit
| by pitched ball and the bases were
/ filled. SEVERED popped to Hornsby.
! One run, one hit, no errors.
| Cardinals-O'Farrell sent a high
/ foul to Gazella. Thevenow singled
; into right. Flowers batted for Sher-
del. Flowers popped to Gehrig. Ga
, celia threw out Holm at first. No
| runs. one hit, no errors.