Evening star., 1926-10-06


owner Of the St. Louis Cardinals. vi
with lots TO spare.
OF course. Mr.. Breadon is no,
4-years, but he was born in Greenv
he says. and is proud of his birthplace
Not only Tunuey." said Breado
also, was born in the village And S
many Hall. We would like to claim
the East Side, down under Brooklyn
a typical Westerner now. but | cam
realize it hasn't changed so much W
Owner of Cards Prosperous.
Breadon, Gene Tunney. Mayor
Walker and Judge Olvany come from
the real village, not the section given
over now to artists and near-artists
of the new schools. The owner of
the Cards. came West to go into the
automobile business at a time when
that business was in its infancy. lie
prospered almost from the first. A
few years ago he had a chance to
League Ball Club. He liked the
game, a1d bought more ard more
stock, until now he Is said TO con
troll about 20 per cent Of it, Rogers
Hornsby. playing manager Of the
Cardinals. has SIS 900 invested in the
club himself and is TO that extent
by way OF being magnate as Well
as a second baseman and star batter.
Breadon, the Greenwich Village
boy, has given st. Louis the thrill
for which it has been waiting nearly
20 years. You could sense the pent-
up enthusiasm Of the joyous shouts
which greeted the unpire's cry of
"Play BALI The Missouri metropolis
at last was to have its hour in the
base ball sun. Every ball pitched
during the first game was an epoch
TO the bubbling fans. They cheered
when the pitcher would throw a
strike. They groaned when the UNI
pire called ball. The fans were on
top of every play.
Return Compliment to Yanks.
And. best of all. the big crowd
showed it's appreciation of the treat
ment accorded the Red Birds in
the home of the New York Yankees.
The fans returned the compliment
MANIFOLD They cheered Babe
Ruth every time he came to bat,
and they did not jeer when he failed
to make anything resembling d home
run.
The fans cheered the umpires,
cheered 1.-THE Star Spangled Banner"
cheered each and every one of the
Cards as he stepped TO the plate or
70 his playing position. They cheer
ed old Dutch Ruether when he was
batted out of the box That particu-
lar cheer went two ways. The fans
cheered everything hut the rain
which threatened TO put an end to
The holiday. hut only succeeded in
messing UP the diamond. soaking
the bleachers and delaying the vic
tory OF the home team by about
three quarters of an hour. The
weather did everything it could to
spoil the day St Louis had been
waiting for through SO many lean
years of tail-end teams. 1t rained
before the game. during the game
and after the game hut at other
times the sun was shining. and to-
ward the close of the day there was
a rainbow in the northern sky.
good omen the St. Louis folks firmly
believe.
The crowd grumbled at the rain,
but 1t probably meant the break of
the game for ST. Louis. Old Dutch
Ruether Of the Yanks was pitching
splendid ball up TO, that time. But
the long wait under the stands in
the cool air borne in by the heavy
showers didn't do his aging salary
wing bit of good. Young Haines
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much better. Ruether was not the
same pitcher when they resumed on
the slippery field.
Cards Play Beautiful Game.
The Cardinals played a beautiful
game before their home town people.
Aheld they sparkled. even in the mud
Of the later innings, and at bat they
hit timely enough 10 amaSS four
markers while the Yanks were fading
away from the plate like darkness be-
fore the dawn.
The Yank machine in this first
world series game on the banks of the
old Mississippi was dead In five Of
the nine innings the first Yankee bats
man got on. but not one of them ever
was propelled beyond second base.
There was no power to the Yank at
tack.
Five hits In AS many innings tell
the story Of their downfall. One might
say this was due to the excellent
pitching Of Haines, one of the aces
Of the Cardinal crew. But it seems
that all pitching looks alike to the
Yankees nowadays. They made only
six hits in the game they won on the
opening day at home. and have only
Is hits in the first three contests. Not
one has been for an extra base.
The "murderers'' of the Yankee
lineup have thus far loked like lot
Of tame tabby cats sitting about the
fire. If they were Samsons few
weeks or months ago, they have been
shorn of their locks. 1t is true the
Yanks barely staggered home with the
pennant in their league, after having
had a lead at one time Of something
Ike IL full games. Apparently they
are not able to get started. not able
TO untrack themselves. They lack the
vital spark.
The Cardinals. inspired by Hornsby,
wild with the taste of world series
blood. are performing like champions.
The enthusiasm here in ST. Louis.
the carnival spirit OF the town all is