Evening star., 1926-10-10
CARDS BEAT YANKS
BY 1G2 SCORE AND
FORCE A 7TH GAME
Fighting PhaIanx, Backs to
Wall, Smothers New York
in Sixth Contest.
HAINES is ST. LOUIS
CHAMPIONSHIP HOPE
Higgins to Choose Hoyt, Ruether
or Pennock to Hurl in
the Final.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON,
Sports Editor Of The. Star.

NEW YORK, October. 9.-Courage
typical Of the fighting phalanx that
gave St. Louis its first pennant in
nearly two-score years. today enabled
the Cardinals to overwheln, the
Yankees. 10 to 2. and defer till tornor-
row decision as to whether Missouri
or New York will boast of the world
championship in base ball for 1926.
Faced with the necessity of prevail
ing on the field Of battle this after
noon or forfeiting more than $4,000
in prize money as we'll as the highest
honor in the game. Rogers Hornsby's
gallant galaxy Of tossers tore into the
Hugmen with a will to win that
brooked no rebuffing and triumphed
by a greater margin and in more
decisive manner than was recorded In
any of the five preceding contests.
AS result they pulled up to even
terms with their rivals at three games
apiece and will enter the deciding com.
bat tomorrow favored to triumph over
the American .Leaguers by reason of
a preponderance of strength in avail
able pitching.
Hopes Pinned on Haines.
1t is a foregone conclusion that the
Cardinals will place their reliance for
the all-important Sabbath setto in
Jess Haines, who already has shut
out victory over the Yanks to his
credit in this series. while the Yanks
will be forced to choose between Hoyt
and Ruether two twirlers who have
looked far from impressive in earlier
tours of duty, or depend on Herb
Pennock, the none too sturdy south
paw who saw service as recently as
last Thursday.
Ruether was the pitching victim Of
the opener in st. Louis last Tuesday.
when he was batted out of the box
midway of the contest in which
Haines limited the Hugmen to Ave
scattered singles and allowed none to
advance beyond second base. while
supplementing his box work with a
home run drive that netted two Of
the Cards tallies.
Hoyt, while finishing on the long
end of a 1O-to-5 count the following
day. the one in which Ruth exploded
his record breaking trio of homers,
nevertheless was mulcted for IA hits
and but for the fact that he was op-
posed by a flock of ineffective mound
rivals, who issued a total of 10 passes
and II safeties in addition to Babes
circuit clouts, would have had a tough
time getting the verdict.
Pennock Believed Frail.
In the case Of Pennock, the fact
that he will have had but two days
in which to recuperate his rather
meager store of energy makes 1t seem
unrea sonable to hope that he can
perform with anything like the eff
fectiveness that crowned his efforts
with success In the first and fifth
contests
The slender left handler. for years
has had the appelation "frail" ap-
pended to his name and for many
reasons past invariably has been
allotted four full days of rest be-
tween efforts as was done in this
series. The fact that in this instance
he would have to attempt toll with
only two days for restoration Of his
nervous and muscular forces, would
make 1t seem unwise to put on his
slender shoulders such a crushing
burden as that involved in the pro-
ceedings tomorrow, especially in view
of the fact that his last assignment
was the toughest kind of 1O-inning
affair.
Today. as last Sunday, Grover
Cleveland Alexander demonstrated
that age. in a base ball sense. with it's
attendant experience, can prove an
asset rather than liability on the
diamond. This 39-year-o,d athlete. a
veteran of Is consecutive years of
major league service, hurled in
manner comparab BILE to his earlier eff
fort. yielding but a single earned
talley and being In full command
of the situation at all stages.
Although he registered only half as
many strikeouts as the 10 credited
to him in his initial effort. the griz-
zled old-timer performed with an ease
and assurance that was in direct con-
trast to the work of Bob Shawkey,
who started against him. but was com
PEELED to retire under a fusillade of
bingles in the seventh, and to that of
Urban Shocker. Alexis victim in his
first triumph.
Game Not Thrilling.
The game was too one-sided to be
thrilling to the throng that for some
reason fell far short of
either of the first two tilts here. but
plenty to cheer about was afforded
If the spectator happened to
be a Cardinal rooter. which seemed
to be the case. notwithstand-
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