Evening star., 1926-10-11


span is long one.
In quest OF the hero of this most
recent struggle for fame and fortune
on the field the name of Grover CloVe-
land Alexander will be encountered by
snarchers at every turn. Ruth 5 mark
shattering homerS-three in one game
ard another yesterday to set more
new figures-Shortstop Tommy Thevo-
now's bri!liance. both in attack and
ON defense. and Pennock's pair of gilt
edged victories, all will give review
ers something to null over. AS VIII the
early offensive feats of Southworth.
but il is "Old Pete" who fired the i'm
agination Of the fans to the greatest
extent.
Alex Strong I'm Crisis.
Ncrgng close upon 40 years, 1G of
them spent in big league service and
therefore ancient in a base bail sense,
this master moundsman. who but a
few weeks ago apparently was on the
road to oblivion, not only hurled his
team to victory in Il brace of well
pitched efforts. but stepped into the
breach when everything depended on
Ills skill of arm and coolneSS of nerve
and saved IA faltering cause.
Only the day before Alex, whose
services had been spurned in midsea-
son by no fewer than five other clubs
when the Cubs asked waivers on him.
had achieved a triumph that gave the
Cardinals another shot at the target.
He had no time for the rest so essen
tial to an athlete as near to the in
evitable end of a long career as he, yet
gamely volunteered for duty when the
vital emergency arose. and succeeded
where no athlete cast in q mold less
heroic despite the precious attribute
OF youth. could have hoped to.
The unenviable distinction of being
the goat" of the series undoubtedly
will be conferred on Mc.'k kOenig,
Juvenile infielder of -. Yanks, who
was charged with four Of the seven
errors marked against tho Hugmen.
one OF which occurred yesterday and
proved a factor in frustrating the
hopes of the American Leaguers. But
tho entire onuS for the failure of the
NankS cannot be fastened on the
shortStopper nor attributed to youth.
for Bob Meusel. a veteran, committed
an equally damaging misplay in the
cardinals one big inning yesterday,
and the entire array of Hugmen
emerged from the series outbatted,
outtieldcd, outgamed and fairly licked.
Ruth Gets Record Homer.
into the right-tield stands in the third
that initiated the scoring yesterday,
although the Yanks had chances in
both preceding innings. In the opener,
with two gone, Ruth walked and
reached third on Meusel's single to
center, only to have Gehrig die on a
terrific rap that 1iornsby knocked
down and recovered in time for a re
tiring toss, and in the second Dugan
was snuffed stealing after getting a
safety. which nullitied the single by
Screwed that followed.
Both Combs and koenig had been
disposed of in the third and Ruth had
q count of one-and-one when he leaned
on fast one and sent it far over the
heads of Holm and Southworth into
the open-faced seats in right. Both
fNhawks were parked in front of the
spot where the ball landed. but il
cleared the barrier by Il good margin
and the Bambino had earned the dis
tnction of being the only athlete ever
10 achieve four circuit clOutS in one
set of world series games.
Until the fateful fourth. when the
Cards did some hitting on their own
account and took advantage of two
cracks in the Yankee defense to score
what proved to be the deciding tallieS
Hoyt Iiornsby'S single in the open
er was wasted, Ruth made a sensa
tional running, one-hand catch OF
OFarrell's bid for a triple in the
second. and Thevenow was stranded
at the midway in round three, follow
ing his safety and Hines sacrifice.
But il was different in the following
frame.
Then. after Hornsby was killed off
bottomley set off the fireworks with
single to left. AT this point Mark
koenig, the Yankees bad boy Of the
series. with Il double play in sight
messed up Bells roller and when
Hafey dropped a Texas Lacquer into
left center the bases We're packed.
Hoyt promptly got OFarrell in a
hole with Il pair of strikes, but the
catcher succeeded in raising fly to
left center that would have tied the
score in any event, but as it was
Meusel fumhled the ball. Bottomley
counting and the sacks remaining
loaded with one out. This put it up
TO Thevenow, and the youngster. who
has proved one of the surprises of
the series. came through with his sec
ond straight hit. looping safety to
right that cashed Bell and Hafey and
sent the Cards to the front. never 10
he headed.
This juvenile ShortStopper. now in
his first full season as a big Lacquer.
took a prominent hand in stopping the
NankS in the fag end of the fourth.
when. with Gehrig on second by rea-
son of pass and a death. he leaped
high to clutch with one hand Sew
ereid'S liner, cutting off a certain run.
An even better run-Scoring oppor-
tunity was afforded the Yanks in the
lnI nj fol
lowing koenig's loft. Ruth walked, as
liaines was careful to offer Babe moth
ing good to hit at. This strategy
proved sound when Neusel bounded
softly TO the box.
PasChal Fails I'm Pinch.
Thevenow again proved his worth
IN the sixth with a play that halted
the Yanks one run short of knotting
the count when he sprinted back of
second to take Gehrig's crack and
make a retiring throw. The impor-
lance of this feat became apparent
after LaZZeri famed. when Dugan
singled TO center and scored on n
low liner To left on which Hafey
failed TO make a shoestring catch.
which gave SEVERED credit for a
double. Adams was sent in TO run
Tor Hank, and Paschal batted for
Hoyt, but the rally was scotched
when Ben tapped weakly 10 Haines.
Drama in glowing letters was writ
ten IN the seventh inning when all
the corners were crowded with Yanks
and the fate OF the title hinged on
every move made. Combs pried the
lid OF with a liner on which Theve-
now narrowly missed making another
circus catch. and koenig sacrificed.
GA;nAs took no chances at all with