Evening star., 1926-10-08

Alexander will try to even up the
series for st. Louis in New York to-
morrow, but he isn't likely to repeat
that four-hit game. Either Shocker
or Shawkey will be sent to the front
by Higgins to clinch it up tomorrow.
It again looks like four to two.
I. Tough Uphill Fight.
1t was q tough uphill fight yester-
day for the American League cham
pions and a bitter. disappointing de-
feat for the Cardinals. Pennock did
not pitch quite as we'll as when he
held the Cardinals to three hits and
one run in New York, and Sherdel
was just a little better. Wee Willie
had the great Babe Ruth hamstrunS.
but Lou Gehrig, another left-handed
batSman, was the particular thorn In
his side. The New York batting av-
erages again fell off, but the Yanks
We're not the helpless creatures who
went out in order in nine consecutive
innings against the great pitching of
Alexander and Sherdel a few days
ago. Sherdel was hard to hit, but the
Yanks kept after him and eventually
got him.
Sherdel weakened in those closing
innings, and Hornsby might have
Worked greater strategy had he rushed
in big Jesse Haines, who warmed up
on the side lines in the last four IN
nings. A fresh pitcher might nave
held the Yanks at bay, but Rogers
hates to lift a pitcher. He probably
leans too far that way-just as hickey
used to- pull his pitchers too soon.
A tumble by koenig in the second
game paved the way for a st. Louis
victory in that contest. Yesterday II
was New York that got the big break,
and without that break Sherdel prop
ably would have shut out the Yanks
in regulation innings.
New York's Lucky Break.
New York's lucky break came at
the start Of the sixth inning, when
Pennock opened the round with line
drive to left. 1t was an ordinary Klnd
Of a. clout, the kind which can be
handled by any outfielder; but Chlck
Hafey, the Cardinal left fielder, slipped
and stumbled ON the wet sod as he
came in to take the ball.
He was thrown off his balance and
the drive got away from him for
double.
st. Louis almost Cancelled this
lucky break when q moment later
a good throw by O'Farrell caught
Penrock f1atfooted off second base,
but in trying to get back to the bag
Herb tumbled over Tommy ThevenoW,
and the little shOrtStop dropped the
hall. That was a life saver for New
York, as Umpire IIildebrand already
had called Pennock out. 1t was the
ONLY error by the brilliant Thevenow
in five games, but 1t was damaging
one for his club. Pennock, his life
having been saved twice, scored on
single by koenig.
Without that run the score would
not have been tied in the ninth. Pen
mock Welded seven hits yesterday,
against three in his first game, and
twice st. Louis punched a pair of hits
for q run: Once Ruth made a hard
try for a low liner. and q hard-driven
ball by Bottomley got away from
him for two bases. 1t would have
been better if Ruth had played this
one for a single.
Ruth Is Ineffective.
Ruth, after the greatest day Of his
base ball career. was pretty well in
the shadow, as he could do little with
little Sherdel's elusive curves and
failed to knock a ball out of the in
field, though he got two walks. Once
he famed IN the pinch and in the
tenth he was satisfied to try for a
sacrifice bunt after Koenig opened
with a single.
Lazzeri almost stole Ruth's thunder
in the sixth inning, when with the
bases full and two out the Californian
hit a towering fly to right. The ball
appeared on it's way to the right-field
pavilion, but fell foot safe and South
worth caught the ball with his back
to the wall.
However. it eventually was Push
En- Tony who won the interesting
game for New York. In the tenth
koenig opened with a single, took
second on O. wild pitch and Ruth
walked. Meusel advanced the pair
with a sacrifice, and Hornsby was con-