Evening star., 1926-10-05

like a $4,000 automobile with a sho
of it's own way when things go wror
They do not play inspirational ball.
When their pitching is good and their
bats are ringing true, they seem
marvellous ball team. They are pre-
,ision itself In their first two starts
If the series they made nothing re-
,ambling an error. But let the Ola
slump set in. as it did on Sunday, and
he Yanks look like a limited train
stalled behind a landslide.
Cards Have Vim and Snap.
The St. Louis Cardinals have vim
md snap to their play and are conn
lent constantly that they are going to
tart something that will carry them
, victory. Having done the unprece-
tented thing of bringing the world
;eries west of the Mississippi River
they are anxious that 1t shall De
urned into world championship
for the Missouri metropolis. They
have been inspired with a civic pride
in the town for which they work. 1t
..enains to be seen whether the ma
chine or the inspiration will triumph
in the long run.
The Cardinals had a great home
coming reception yesterday afternoon,
but it was preceded by a gloomy ride
for hours through a country flooded
with the high waters of the Missis-
sippi and its tributaries. The Cards
were told the skies had been weeping
and sullen for days, and that the
weather prospects for the remainder
OF the week are anything but good.
plunge through the series. They
want to play while the urge and the
enthusiasm of their fellow townsmen
are on. There Is nothing quite so
dispiriting in a world series as an
accumulation of pOStpOnementS. The
jump from New York to st. Louis
is the longest ever made in a series.
1t was a jump which had been specu-
| lated on for years and years, but
the two st. Louis clubs seemed bent
upon never bringing 1t about. until
| this year the Cardinal birds winged
their way home in one of the great
est pennant fights the game has ever
known.
Winning Club Is Homeless.
II is an odd turn of fate that the
! first championship won in the big
! league history of st. Louis should
| find the winning club homeless
sort of orphan Annie. For several
seasons now the st. Louis Nationals
| have been playing in the ball park of
the st. Louis Americans. In the
| long. lean losing days of the Cardi-
nails the old homestead was sold over
| their heads. The old sheriff didn't
come in the front door. or anything
of that sort. but the old plant was
out of date. and no one ever suspected
that in a year or so the Cards would
Il f,1 14 yad
| linen of world series. So the old
place was allowed to go. and since
then the Cards have been paying
guests of the Browns at the ball or
| chard erected by Phil Ball, owner of
the Browns.
'It is a fine celebration for me-
said Phil today. Here 1 go to work
and build a fine big modern plant for
my team. and the other guys come
along. win a pennant. and get all the
gravy of what promises to be the big
gest series ever played. OF course, the
Cards pay their rent promptly and
have been perfectly good tenants.
never complaining OF lack OF heat or
of not keeping the front stoop clean.
| But it looks as if ! were entitled to
the first world series in my own park.
This base ball is d funny game
Only Homeless Team in Majors.
The Cards, as a matter of fact. are
the only homeless team in the two big
| leagues For several years the Yam
| KEGS were the guests of the Giants at
| the Polo Grounds. in New York. They
| played the Giants a couple of world
series there in 1921 and 1922-and the
Giants, being technically at home all
the time. won both series. The Yanks
got their own stadium in 1923, and
proceeded to wallop the Giants In the
series of that year. So much for hav-
! ing your own freside.
| This bit of history is not recalled
with any idea of intimating the Car
dinals are going to lose this year be
cause they are homeless birds. but
the fact remains the Cards We're play
ing on an alien field in New York
whereas the Yankees are we'll aC
| quainted with Sportsman Park. in this
| city, where they have been playing
ever since 1t was finished. Inasmuch.
| however, as the Cards disported them
selves very we'll on the alien New
| York field, it is only to be supposed
they will do even better here, where
at least. the playing field is neutral
and the fans are rabid for the Rec
| Birds and don't care who knows it.
hn~sn~ haor