Evening star., 1926-10-11

Stockings IN the world series OF lSSt
After Alexander evened up the
his second victory. it was thought
enough for his cause. But his grea,
With the bases full Of Yanks in the
seventh inning. and Haines Slippins
fast, ALEX" was called in to throttle
Lazzeri, who during the season wa.
about the most dangerous Yankee
in the pinches. Alexander made g
nice throttling job, tanning Tony or
four pitched balls.
".Alex" Meets the Test.
Then. with the Cardinals hanging
grimly TO a one-run lead the great
Grover turned back the Yanks in the
eighth and the ninth with fast balls
and fadeaways. The most dramatic
moment of the series came when
Ruth came up with two out. Would
Alex" pitch to him? He did, but
Ruth eventually walked after a count
of two and three. While Meusel was
up the Babe went out stealing. AS
Meusel had fallen down repeatedly
in the pinch and was due. | do not
think that was good strategy. The
dying chance was that Meusel would
break through with long hit.
The difference in shOrtstops meant
the big slices Of the melon for the
Cardinals. Next to Alexander, little
Thevenow, emerged from the series
as the outstanding hero. 1t is an
other case where the weakest hitter
of the flock has carried off the batting
laurels.
ThevenOw Great Player.
No world series shortstop, Wagner.
Barry, Tinker or Bancroft, ever has
xNl hAAA IN I.x.YI
Tommy Thevenow, the .25l hitting
regular Of the st. Louis team. The
Yanks fielded atrocious behind Hoyt
in the fourth inning. but it was a
timely single by little Thevenow, COM
ing after Hoyt had two strikes on
him. which drove in the two runs
which meant victory in the game and
the series for the Cardinals
In the field, he was a veritable
demon. With Gehrig on second in the
fourth. Tommy made leaping catch
Of Severeid's hot liner. The timing of
Thevenow's jump was perfect. or he
could not have caught the ball That
cut off Il sure run. as the ball was
headed for left center. Thevenow
mada three other magnificent stops.
II Thevenow emerged from the
series as the Little Boy Blue poor
Mark koenig finished as the official
goat The Yankees of 1926 were
wrecked by their shortstop. just as
We're their American League predeces-
sors. the Washingtons of 1925.
HOyt Starts Well
Hoyt pitched beautiful ball for three
innings. much better than Haines, his
National League rival. With one out
in the fourth. Rottomly singled. Les
ter Bell followed with a hot grounder
right at Koenig. ball made to order
for double play. Again koenig
ii. Then, as on two pre-
viouS Occa SiOnS. a missed koenig
double play paved the way for three
st. Louis runs. and this time it was
fatal. The Yanks tumbled through
the abyss.
Immediately after that koenig and
Meusel couldn't agree on Hafey'S
dinky fly to short left and il dropped
safe Then Meusel dropped O'Farrell'S
fy after Combs ran into him. 1t was
no wonder that Hoyt was In the air by
that time. He did get two strikes on
when with the infield play
ing in. Tom whacked Il singing liner
to right, which was good for two runs.
II was the hit which gave st. Louis
Its GrSt world championship III ~
years.
Next TO koenig's failure, which was
partly expected. the thing that threw
off the Yankee play more than any
thing else was MeuSel'S inability to
hit Three years ago Meusel set a
new record by driving In eight runs
in the Yankees lone world series vic
tory.
Ruth Walks Four Times.
But in this series Biting Bob has
been Bob the bust. In the seven
games he has collected only five hits
and has not driven in a run. Today
Ruth was walked four times. but only
in the fist inning could Bob advance
him. He had Combs on second and
Ruth on first in both the fifth and
seventh innings. and each time he
tapped weakly TO the infield.
Ruth wound up the series gloriously
with another home run, establishing
a new series record, with four. 1t
was the eighth Of the Babes world
series career.