Evening star., 1926-10-03


coax king a base on beilsNand advanced
2 notch on Tevenow's neat sacrifice.
HornshN withdrew the light hitting
Sherdel AT this period and sent darcy
Flowers up to hit in his place. hut
the young suhstitute's whack to Pen
mock resulted in O'Farrell being trap
ped between bases.
Cardinal hopes were revived when
D0uthit also was franked 10 the
initial sta ton and Roscoe Holm was
nominated to hat for SouthWorih. hut
only high fly to short center mate
rialized and Combs got under it With
out fully extending himself Bottom
ley got his other safety. clean
single to right. after Hornshy had
been disposed Of in the ninth, but
Bell then was victimiZed on strikes
and Chick Hafey could produce moth
ing more formidable than an easy
roller to Lazzerl.
The Yankees first run. which
matched that chalked up by the
Cardinals In the first inning. was an
out "a nd-out gift from Cherdel, no hits
figuring in its registration. The st.
Louis Southpaw passed Earl combs.
the first man 10 face him. and after
KoeniS had lofted. failed in an effort
walked him on four successive deliv
cries.
Combs Brings I'm Tally.
Sherdel then found himself unable
tn locate the plate for Meusel getting
but one strike over in handing ont
his third free ticket of the round and
the tieing tally was brought in by
Combs when Meusel WAS forced by
GehriG. The latters offering was q
roller that Thevenow hung back for
in the hone Of starting double play.
Hornsby's pivotal throw was so wide
il nearly drew Bottomley off first. but
II was forceful heave and had it
gone straight TO the mark. would not
have beaten Gehrig TO the base.
I.azzeri then left his two mates strand.
cd by bounding to Thevenow.
Dugan periShed AT the midway after
his single to open the second inning
was followed by Pennock's sacrifice.
safety by koenis that pried open
the third was nullitied when O'Farrell
bounced on Ruths bunt in front of
the plate end heaved perfectly To
! Thevenow for force-out at second.
while koenig drilled into a double
PLAY following Combs single IN the
fifth.
It was in the following frame that
the Yanks pitt over the marker that
gave them first blood IN the series and
hat produced the only play of any
real NOE Ruth started with a drive
past Lester Bell. moved M on MeuSrl'S
sacrifice md scored when Gehrig ham
mcred safety squarely between
Hornshy and RottomleN to right field.
T,azzeri then delivered q lsrrup to left
that Hafey feided on the run and
lined to Bell in time tn snuff out
GehriC sliding into third. I.azzeri
sprinting Ia second on the thrOWin
Single Misplay Follows.
Then il was that the lone misplay
of the fracas cropped but Bell being
,he offender, when he first fumh!ed
Dusan's rap and then missed diving
attempt to tag fazzeri. hut SEVERED
drilled into force play. and that
ended the game to all intents and pur
poses.
Sherdel ret red the Yanks In order
in the seventh. and his successor. Jess
Haines. a right handler, got by in his
only round. the eighth. with nothing
more than a pass charged against
him.
Loss Of the all important first game.
which usually has meant ultimate de-
feat for aspirants 10 world series
honor, proved A keen DISAPPOINTMENT
TO the Cardinals. but they are by no