The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-06
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OR RHE NJ
VS.. HOYT
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sanity only by losing it.. If they
win it, they will be out in front
by three games to one over the
New York Yankees, and once that
happens, they'll have to give the
boys in town something to play
with besides paper dolls and the
idea that Napoleon lives in St.
Louis.
Even Break Needed
The Jolly. old citizens were inn
bued with the idea that it was all
good, clean fun, as long as the
Cards continued to win, and the
way they romped over the civic
premises last might and today was
enough to provide plenty of fresh
material for towns that have been
able to take their world series or
let 1t alone.
st. Louis admits that il is a
competitive topper, and is beginning
to believe that the rest of the
country doesn't know what it has
missed all these years, certainly
any town that gets as much en-
joyment out of its own ingenuity
seems almost to rate as per-
manent world series site.
1t might become semipermanent,
at that The cards are a COM
paratively young team and the
odds today were all in favor of
them faring forth in the year Of
grace 1927 as the champions of
the world All they needed TO
achieve this high estate was to
break even on the remaining four
games of the. series.
This seemed a formality with
Rhem, Sherdel, Reinhart and Alex
ander ready to pitch the next three.
Indeed, it looked so absurdly sim
pie that the boys were out on the
streets waving SO to be bet against
81 that the Cards would do it..
They forgot, however, that the Yam
KEGS weren't able to hit lonely lick
through the first three games and
that slugging club that will do
that is much overdue.
1t may be that they will break
out in an epidemic of hitting today.
The understanding was that Horns,
by would turn loose Flint Rhem for
the first time during the series and
somehow the impression has become
rampant that the young man VIII
prove a great boon to New York.
One can't prove it by his league
record, but fooling horseflies and
baseball experts seems to be equally
difficult However, some of the
master minds thought Art Reinhart
would get the call and personally /
think he is due.
1t is understood, also, that Mr.
Higgins had decided TO stake his
little all on Waite Hoyt. the manly
mortician. Hoyt is practicing to
be an embalmer in the off season
so it may be that the choice ill
be happy one. Yankee hopes
were dying fast when our Mr.
Hoyt's name was mentioned.
The gentleman pitched nearly at
entire ball game against team
of invisible hitters down along the
right field foul line yesterday and
this probably entities him to go in
there today. This may not sound
exactly right to st. Louis but they
figure things differently in New
York, even though the element OF
logic may be lacking.
But as far as that went, it made
little difference who pitched 70,
the Yanks. What Higgins was
very desirous of learning was who
If anyone. was going TO do some
hitting.
- Hits In Games
The Yanks have obliged with ex
actly 5 hits In three games, which
according to my elementary math =
MATES makes exactly five per cop
You can't paint any fences will
that kind of goulash.
Our Mr.. Ruth, for example. hat
been expected TO take issue will
Mr.. Hornsby as the leading ex
ponent of the soulful sock Neither
has seen fit TO be extremely pro
life in this respect but George
Herman has been positively abstem
ious He has hit two balls GU
of the infield and both have beer
singles. No Yankee, in fact. ha.
hit for more than one base
AS for MeuseI. he has made on,
hit and it hasn't been with Mile
Higgins.
The business, of course. can b,
reckoned ON = two-way basis
been very good the Yankee hit