Evening star., 1926-10-07

height that Jumpin Joe Du2an Ju
him piggy fashion from the plate to
The staid old veterans Of the
again. They proved they were hum
The Bambino's big bat drove the
world series caravan back to New
York. There was talk the series
might be ended here with the Cardi-
nails taking all these three games
played on the home grounds. But
the old Sultan of Swat. the King of
Clout. the Sirdar of Sock. knocked
all those plans into cooked hat,
for, il didn't matter who won today
he PLAYED in New York The high
priest of homers willed it so.
Shock TO St. Louis Fans.
And it is writ in the book of the
series that the team which plays
the last games at home generally
wins. This has been terrible
shock to the st. Louis fans. They
were by no means down and out as
the series went into the fifth game
with all square today. but when you
are travelling on an inspiration. any
thing which halts the forward i'm
pulse is a depressing thing. AS
matter of fact. the st. Louis fans
were so depressed today it was sug-
ees>ed some one should take them
shopping to revive their sinking
s~rits. 1t takes four games out of
4pven to win the series, and it seemed
today as if the classic were just
starting and the equation had re-
solved itself into the next two out
of three.
Babes bat brought out a bit of
mob psychology. which was both
amusing and Illuminating. 1t had
been printed before the game that
the Babe had said he didn't think
much of the Cards. He thought they
had won the pennantfby f1uke. He
thought both Cincinnati and lltts-
burgh had better teams.
The crowd was all set to give him
raspberrv he would remember the
rest of his life. The hooing began the
moment he stepped to the plate in
the first inning. The BAN. as accus-
toned to the jeers as he is To the
cheers. paid no heed. He pulled his
cap a little tighter on his heaNN
shock of black hair. He htched his
trousers a little higher.
Leans on First One.
He grabbed the old black bat lit
tie tighter The Babe has been
"bIst" in the series. He had made tw"
measly singles. but they didn count.
The st. Louis pitchers. IT was her,
aided abroad. were no longer AFRAID
of him. They were pitching to HIM
and letting him do his worst.
Ehem. pitching for st. LOUIS.
whizzed fast one toward the plate.
That was the last the game ever saw
of that scintillant sphere. The Babe
swung. There WAS crash of willow
against horsehide, close to the right.
field foul line. The hooinC changed
To cheers. The crowd didn't know
what that home run means. 1heE Ola
not know it would set the whole Now
York team on hitting spree.
The next time the Babe was up. the
razzinc began again. This time Rhem
was admonished to slow-hall the home
run king To death. \ big foater
came toward the plate. The Babe
,started to swing. then hesitated. then
swung again. and once more per-
fectIy good has Sc ball was "a it's way.
II cleared the stands far toward cen
ter field. g.
This was too much for the st.
Louis fans. They capitulated. Even
the hleachers cheered the Babe
There was a new pitcher in the box
when Babe came up in the sixth. He
cot in a hole at three and two ana
erooved the next one waist hiEh.
Ram, went the Bambino's big black
hat The crowd set up a cheer. The
ST. Louis outf1elders stood frozen IN
their tracks. The unbelievable was
happening. Another home run was
on It's way.
Boos for Babe Forgotten.
This time it chose the far hleachers
IN deep center field. The hoos for
for for all time.
The crowd WAS hypnotized. There
followed a wonderful tribute to the
Monarch of Might. In base hall the
old symphony Of Swat still is the
ncpular theme. Babe could not he
denied on his WAY around the paths.
and again when he took mp his posi-
tion in the left pasture, the fans rose
To their feet and cheered.
So great was the victory of Ruth
that when at his last time At hat he
nurpoSely WAS passed to first the
crowd cloaned and booed again. But
,hiS time the cat calls were for the
hometown pitcher. The aroused radl-
Gals Of the national game. knowing
the day was lost for the Cardinals,
wanted the Babe 70 knock 'er out
again.
No player ever had such field day
in the world series. With only three
official times at bat, the Babe scored
four runs. hit three homerS ana cut
off a Cardinal run by a perfect peg
to the plate.
Rase Running Is Poor.
II is an old saying that as goes the
Pabe So goes the entire New York
Yankee team The Babe Was on hrs
prowl in this fourth game of the series
and his little playmates took up the
work where he left off. They made
10 runs. or more than in the pre-
yious three games of the series. They
made II hits. Just one less than in the
three previous starts combined. The
The Yanks. however. gave an eNhihl-
tion of base running which WAS sad
10 behold That was where the
machine fell down. They should have
scored ut least four more runs. The
Cardinals. despite their IL hits.
should have scored three lesS--a
grievous error by k"enlg in the
fourth paviug the way for three of
their five runs. The Ianks should
have won by Il To >. which may give
YOU some idea of the changed aspect
of the series.
Bambino Ruth, sleeping lion of the
first three games. is on his way. He
has thrown a scare into the fan OF