The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-05
WINS HAND
ON TIMELY.
B|NGLES
BY Rogers Hornsby
Manager of the St. Louis Cardinals.
National League Champions

Manager of the St. Louis Cardinals.
National League Champions
ST. LOUIS, Oct. Swell, those
hard hitting Yankees and our hard
hitting Cardinals have not done so
much smuggling as was expected in
the first two games of the world
series, which goes to show how
little you can depend on form in
baseball, especially in trying to dope
cut a short series: Some of the
statistieians have been telling me
about the averages ar they are
interesting.
For instance, who would have
thought that little Tommy Thevenow
would be leading both teams in pat,
ting with the big average or ,oVo!
But that is just what he is doing,
while Babe Ruth is hitting only
.143, with one hit in seven times
at bat. ! can mention this without
appearing to be Growing, because
that's exactly my average. COMBS
and Dugan are leading the yam
KEGS, with two hits in SIX chances
and that's only 1888.
whole lot Thevenow usually does
not hit very much, measured by
the official averages, but he gets
most of his hits in the pinches.
He is a game batter. Notice how
he came through in the second
game after O'FaFrell doubled,
That's what Thevenew is-a
great man in q pinch. Take
the Yankee averages. GehFig Is
batting .l43, but he drove IN
two OF the four Yankee runs.
Hazzeri with an average OF .260
drove i'm the other run that was
earned, while the. fourth run was
unearned, the result Of an error.
The thing that is encouraging to
us il that all of our seven runs
were driven in by solid base hlts
while only three Of the Yankee
four runs were earned and one OF
them were given to them by our
misplays, nlisplays Which won
happen very often.
we have made fifteen hits and
seven runs in two games and our
team has batted .a27 while the
Yanks, scoring four runs, have
made only ten hits and are batting
only .175 Those are not very
husky batting averages for two
slugging teams, are they?
What pleases most is the way
my team has fought in this series,
We ran into brilliant pitching in
the first game. Pennock was a
great pitcher Saturday and it was
the first time we ever had faced
him. Then it was our first world
series and there was the danger
that some of our young players
would be nervous. But they fought
off any nervousness that tried to
crop out and when they came from
behind in the second game they
proved their courage to me and to
the satisfaction of everybody in
the ball park.
ThevenOw certainly is living up
60 the many fine things said
about him. He is a clever fielder
and a very smart ball player and
he stands a good chance of being
one of the heroes of this series.
He certainly has done his job
like a veteran.
He has accepted fourteen chances
without a break and has figured in
two double, plays, really starting
them. though Alexander did touch
one of the grounders that started
a double killing. Both the short
stops have fielded perfectly. but
Thevenow has accepted fourteen
chances while Koenig has accepted
only eight, so Tommy is ahead
of him.
I'd like to call the attention of
all the fans in the country to the
fine treatment we had in New York.
The crowds cheered US when we
hit the ball and they cheered our
fielding. / didn't hear a boob or
jeer at any time. They treated
us like guests and friends and I'd
like to ask favor of the st. Louis
fans. They are happy over this
pennant that we have won and
were tickled to death that we have
been able to win it and that we
are coming back home on even
terms With the Yankees. a great
ball club
New York fans showed Us real
craftsmanship. St. Louis fans have
always been fine to me and 10
the Cardinals. Although all the
years when we did not do so eel
they supported us in great style
and now | want TO ask them &c
show that St Louis fans are as
good sports as New York fans
We're going out there and fight
with all we have to beat ths
Yankees. The fans will want vi
to win. of course. But let's give
the Yankees as fair treatment nj
the New York fans gave the Ca
dinals at the Yankee Stadium.
I'm not certain just yet who II
pitch for us today. 1t may u
Reinhart or it may be Haines Wei
wait and see how the pitchers warn
up. But whoever pitches III
and whoever pitches for the Yankees
we'll be cut there fighting. NJ
team has done everything 1t hal
been asked to do. We'd like t.
finish up the series right here II
our own park. Perhaps we can
we win today it will mean a who,
lot. but if we lose it won't chang
my team. 1t I'll fight all tn
harder. The men have rhown tina
discouraging breaks and a lead fc
the enemy only cau-ed the Card
TO fight the harder.
Gce1Yyight. 1925. by the Christy
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