Evening star., 1926-10-01

Neither the Cardinals nor the Yam
KEGS are great teams. | do not think
the Cards have the general class of
the 1925 Pirates. Like the Yankees,
they barely staggered over the line.
losing five Of their last seven games
and finishing with the lowest per-
centage ever held by a major league
pennant winner. But what the Cards
may lack in the general finesse Of
their play they more than make up in
team spirit. st. Louis regards itself
as one Of those teams Of destiny, like
the 1914 Braves and the 1924 Ma.
tionals.
The Cardinals have a mighty good
infeld fair outfield. q sturdy catcher
in Bob O'Farrell and a fair pitching
staff. I do not rate the clubs pitching
staff as highly as some others are
inclined to do.
Rhem Big Factor.
St Louis chances will depend to a
great extent on Flint Rhem, the young
Carolinian. regaining his early season
form. When this boy is right. he is as
good a pitcher as there is in the
ma jors. Uhle. or no one else, can get
more stuff on the ball. But Flint was
not right on the last Eastern trip of
his best form prior to October 2 re-
mains to be seen.
Alexander also is more or less of
gamble. In late July and August. old
Aleck was pretty near as good as
when he appeared in his last world
series ii years ago. But Alexander
is 80 and it is no secret that he has
not always taken the best care of
himself. He put pretty heavy strain
on the old arm. and he lost lot of
effectiveness in his last few champion
ship games. However. he knows a lot
about pitching. and IL he pitches on
a warm day he has a good chance of
winning.
| know that Honrsby figures on
Sherdel TO give the Yanks "A lot of
trouble. and Huggins also regards
Wee Willie with a lot of respect.
Sherdel isn't much for size. but he
is game and can do lot of tricks
with his left.hand twisters. Reinhart
also may bother Huggins' charges.
However. I already have remarked
that the Yankees are not as soft for
left-handers as they We're few years
ago. Ruth. Combs and Gehrig are left
hand hitters. but Meusel. L1azzeri.
Dugan. SEVERED and Collins all bat
right handed. while koenig changes
around. AS Huggns has been play
ing PaSchal in center field against
south paws. IL leaves only two left
handed hitters. Ruth and Gehrig. in
his lineup, and when Babe is smack
ing them. it doesn't matter much
whether the pitching is hurled from
the right or left hand.
Yanks Fear HOrnsby.
Even though Hornsby has had an
off year. he will be n dangerous man
to the Yankee pitching staff at all
times. And they do not underestimate
the hitting skill of the Cardinal man.
aEer. II don't care what the averages
say, Hornsby is hitting said Urban
Shockcr. "I know that bird can hit"
| also look for Bob O'Farrell to
stand out during the coming series
lie has been a tower of strength to
his team. and, in my opinion. he has
been the most valuable member of
the Cardinals. He has shouldered
practically all of the Cardinal catch
ing and has got more out of the St
Louis pitchers than any of his catch
ing predecessors.
While Thevenow isn't likely to do
much hitting. he will hold like rock
in the Cardinal infield. He will be a
defensive player OF the type of Everett
Scott when he was the main pillar
If the old Red Sox inf1eld. Before the
series is over Tom will make a lot of
Ihe Yankees vince when he takes hits
away from them.
Tomorrow we. will give a general
summary Of our world series dope and
Will fry TO forecast the winner.
tCODyrIEht. 1920