Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-10-09
new YORK LEADS
RACE BY One GAME
Babe Ruth Smashes Many Records
By Hitting 3 Home Runs In
Wednesdays Game
FINISH SERIES In NEW YORK

s AcCOIu UTSAkIuB CTOWUS nave USStl
attending the World series games Of
hase ball between the champion New
Yorks, of the American League, and
st. Louis, of the National League. On
Sunday the record for attendance up
to that time was broken.
The game was a pitching duel be-
tween Pennock, of New York, and
Sherdel, of st. Louis; the score was
2 to in favor of the former, and by
all base ball reasoning the victory
was deserved. New York made more
runs, more hits, and fewer errors.
Such work wins.
A great deal of interest centered
upon Ruth and Hornsby in this game
as in all others. The crowd looked for
some sensational hitting from each,
I but, their work did not stand out very
sconspicuously as each is credited with
one hit only. Hornsby, however, must
be playing under great handicap, as
his mother is lying corpse awaiting
burial after her son finishes the SER
les.
This first game was rather q slow
one for the spectator, as the hitting
was light, and the fielding so close as
to allow nothing dangerous to pass
through.
The second game was won by st.
Louis, score 6 to,2, and this was fea-
trred by the wonderful pitching of
Grover Cleveland Alexander, twirler
who is supposed to have passed the
heyday of his effectiveness, and al
most ready to take his place in the
ranks of the has beens.
But "Alex" showed the. world he
was not, by any means through; and,
after rather ticklish start he set
tied down and if he ever pitched finer
1 ball the records do not show it.
The New Yorks secured only four
hits, three in the second inning, when
they-tallied their two runs. After this
1 not man reached first base; the New
! Yorks went out in one-two-three or
der, and ten Of them by the strike-out
route. The veteran was surely on his
mettle and the big crowd cheered him
te the echo. It was a wonderful ex-
hibition, and he is now the idol of
every ball fan in st. Louis.
Monday the two teams journey to
st. Louis when the third game was
scheduled to be played.
Before capacity crowd on Tuesday
in st. Louis, st. Louis again took New
York's measure by the score of to
O, giving them lead of one game at
that date.
The feature of this game was the
work of Jess Harris, pitcher for st.
Louis, who, besides shutting New
York out, poled a home run with one
on thereby scoring enough runs to
win his own game.
New York used three pitchers
RNpther, Shawkey, and Thomas, but
e' unable to stop the Westerners.
ThA fielding of st. Louis was brilliant,
sew eral double plays being pulled off
by hem. Dugan made what was con-
cedea by all to be the best play Of the
series--a one-handed stop-a ground
er over third base way getting his
man at first.
The game was held up nearly an
hour by rain but it was finally resum-
ed and finished.
Babe Ruth went on a rampage in
the fourth game and poled three home
runs, breaking the record for the
World Series single games. Besides
this, he scared the pitchers into walk
ing him the other two times he was
at the bat, thereby enabling him to
have a perfect day with the willow,
and incidently raising his number of
home runs for the season to an even
so. ~
He wasn't slow in the field either.
He pulled another one Of those beau
tiful throws of his, pegging man at
Eme by a long heave from right
field. He, made four runs, having
/ gone around once after having been
given his base on balls.
Another World Series record was
equalled in Wednesdays game, when
the number Of base hits made by both
teams totaled 2S, and these were e
qually divided between the two teams.
It was q regular batting matinee.
Hoyt went the distance for New
Yozk, but st. Louis used five, among
the number being Vic Keen, the for
mer Worcester county High school
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