Evening star., 1926-10-06
YANKEES LEADING
CARDINALS, TO |,
IN THIRD INNING
Babe Ruth Gets Two Homers
in First Two Trips to
the Plate.
BAMBINO is IN FORM,
SMACKING RHEIMS CURVES
Field Crowded to Capacity in
Fourth Game of Series
in St. Louis.
By CARL S. BRANDEBURY.

New York Yankees were leading the
st Louis Cardinals in the third in
ming of the fourth game of the world
series here this afternoon.
The score was to |.
The big guns Of base ball got in
action early today. Rhem famed
Combs and koenig and then Babe
Ruth delivered drive that went over
the right-field stands.
In their half of the first the Cards
eVened the count with successive hits
hv Douthit. SouthwOrth and Hornsby.
Neither team score in the second IN
ming. a s Rhem and Hoyt settled down
TO their hurlng job.
Babe Ruth coming up in the third
nut his team ahead by duplicating his
frst.inning feat. a homer over the
right field stands.
With two victories to the credit of
the National League champions. the
Yankees went into the game with
their backs to the wall In the three
games already played the American
League pennant winners. had done
little hitting. They announced before
the game that today would see them
Swapping out of their slump.
There was another CnlOrful crowd,
filing the stands to their capacity of
approximately 3s.000. The Cardinal
rooters could see nothing but another
victory and a triumphant note marked
the advance cheering.
FIRST INNING.
YANKEES-After the band played
The Star Spangled Banner" the
Cardinals took the field. Rhem
warmed up hit and seemed to have
plenty of speed. Combs up: Strike l.,
called; the first pitch was fast in
side hall /. inside. low; strike .,
swung; foul: Combs struck out, let
ting a fast curve breaking over the
plate go by kuenig up: Strike 1,
called. strike >, swung: koeng struck
out, taking a called third strike. Ruth
up: Ruth got a home run over the
right,feld stands. hitting the first
pitch. The ball fell into the adjoining
street. Meusel up: Ball /. outside;
ball ,, low, inside; strike /, swung;
foul. strike .: ball 3. high; foul: foul;
foul: Meusel got a base on balls. the
fourth pitch being outside. Gehrig
up; Ball l. low. On the hit-andrun
play Gehrig singled into right Meu-
sci going to third on the throw-in
Meusel tried for the plate and was out !.
Southworth to Hornsby to O'Farrell.
One run. two hits. no errors,
CARDINALS-Dou up: Douthit
heat out hit to deep short, hitting
the first ball pitched. Southworth up:
Ball |. outside; ball ,. low; foul. strike
I. foul. strike .: ball 8. high and out
side: Southworth singled to center.
Douthit going to third. Hornshy up:
The Yankee infield played back. Ban
I. inside: foul: strike |: strike >. called:
Douthit scored on Hornsby's single to
right. Scuthworth stopping at second.
Shocker was now warming up for
New York Bottomley up: Ball l: low
and outside: strike |. swung: foul,
strike >: Bottomley sent fly to Ruth.
the runners holding their bases. Bell
M: Bell fled out to Combs. South
worth advancing to third on the
catch. It was a sacrifice fly for Bell
Hornshy held first. Hafey up: Foul
strike ! ball |. outside. It was
pitch out: ball >. outside: foul. strike
= bah 3. low HornSby stole second
Hafev struck out. swinging for the
third strike. 'one run, three hits. no
errors.
SECOND INNING.
YANKEES S-I.azzeri up: Ball 1. in
side. I.aZzeri got a long hit into left
T.. Douthit to Thevenow to Bell. Du-
gan up. Dugan popped to Thevenow.
SEVERED up. Ball |. low. outside, ball
> low. outside: strike l. called; Sew
ereld singled over the middle bag.
Hovt up: Ball l. inside, ball ,. high
ball g inside. strike |, called strike
:. called Hoyt popped to Hornshy.
who had To go back to make the
catch. NO runs. two hits. no errors.
CARnINALS-O'Fa up: Ball |.
inside hall >, high and inside: strike
called bali 3. low and inside, Lag
7eri stole a hit away from OFarrell,
taking his grounder near second ana
throwing him out Thevenow up:
Pan |. utside; strike |. called: ball :.
low. TheVenuw sent up weak ny to
Cehric Rhem m: Ball |. outside:
strike /. called: strike ;. called ball
.. high: foul: Rhem famed. taking a
third strike with the bat on his shout
der. No runs. no hits. no errors.
THIRD INNING.
YANKEES Combs up: Ball /. in
side; Combs sent ont a high fly To
Douthit. koenig up: Strike |. called;
EornShv made an easy play OF koe-
MICS roller and threw him out. Ruth
IN. Cheers and hoos greeted him.
Ruth scored on another home run
over the right field stands into the
street, he was loudly appla auded. Rhem
tried 70 fool him with a slow one. 1t
was Ruth's sixth world series home
run. Meuse1 up: Strike /, called;
strike .. swung: ball /. high and In
side. Neusel had to jump away from
rhe plate. hall . outside; Rhem threw
out Meusel at first. One run. one hit,
no errors.
CAEDINALS-The stands applaud
ed Ruth as he went out in left fleld.
Dnuthit up: Strike |. called; ball /.
ont side. Douthit went out by the koe-
ric-Gehrig route. Southworth UP:
Southworth did not like his bat and
went hack for another one. Strike l.
"a He'd. Southworth got Texas
Lacquer into center for his second hit
Of the game Hornsby up: Strike l.
called: foul: strike .; Hornsby struck
out. swinging for this third strike.
Hornshv went out on three pitched
balls Bottomley up: Foul, strike /;
strike .. called; ball |: it was pitch
out, but Southworth did not go down:
Lazzeri threw out Botomley al first
Hoyt used a half speed curve all dur
ing the inning. No runs, one hit, no
errors.