Evening star., 1926-10-07


1t was considered more than prob
able that Pennock and Sherdel, who
duled in that opening clash. when
the former earned a 2-1 decision, once
more would be pitted against each
other this afternoon. For this reason
the Yankees took the field CONCEDED
to have an edge on the Red Birds in
view of Pennock's S sensational earlier
effort. when he let Hornsby's hustlers
down with three hits. and American
League adherents further were heart
ened by the fact that the Yankees
have started to hit.
War Clubs Welded With Abandon.
Whether their exhibition of yester
day proves to be merely Il flash in the
pan or means they are out of their
slump to stay. remains to be seen, but
while they were at it the Hugmen. led
by George Herman Ruth. the might.
lest mauler of all time. welded their
war clubs with such vehement
abandon that shattered records were
strewn all over the place.
BY clouting home runs off the only
pitch made to him in each of the first
and third innings, Ruth tied his own
mark for four baGgers in successive
times at bat. and when he evolved
another round-tripper in the sixth,
following a pass he received in the
inning previous, he made more his
tory for the official statiSticians. No
one ever before made three circuit
cracks in a world series tilt. and the
fact that they were produced in AS
many straight legal times at bat made
the feat all the more remarkable. The
last of these was drive into the dis
tant stand in dead center. heretofore
inaccessible to a batsman. and as it
was the seventh world series homer
manufactured by the Bambino the
, mark of half dozen. held by Wash
ington's worthy Walloper, Goose Cos
lin, went by the board. 1t develops.
too, that his II total bases constitutes,
the greatest number ever hung up by
StickSmith in any one SkirrniSh of
a Fall classic. and while the four runs
he batted merely equaled the quartet
Elmer Smith produced for Cleveland
in one of the 1920 games against
Brooklyn, when the eXGriffman
pounded one of Burleigh Grimes spit
terS over the fence with the bases
filled, in personally toting four tallies
to the platter Ruth achieved another
mark.
Total Hits Equals Best.
1t seems, also, that the IS hits
made yesterday, equally divided be-
tween the rival clubs. pars the best
previous total registered in 1921.
when the Giants amassed 20 against
eight accruing to the Yanks, and that
the total distance of % bases the
Yankees attained yesterday was
just one more than the previous
highest aggregate, assembled by the
Giants against the Hugmen in one of
the l923'skirmishes.
Personally, we don'S recall offhand
having seen in a world series game
more pitchers used by one club than
appeared for the Cardinals yesterday,
at least no such group of twirlers
as collectively ineffective, circum-
stance that was notable. in view of
the consistently good Cardinal curry
ing which previously had limited
the IankS to an average of five hits
TO a game.
Flint Rhem, who started for the
Cards, was the victim of Ruth's first
two homerS, and also was mulcted
for another tally before giving way
to Toporcer. who alone of the three
pinch hitters used by the Cardinals
accomplished anything. Arthur Rein
hart. a lefthander, who had not pre-
Niously appeared in the series. was
RhemS successor. and he started
after record of his own by issuing
four passes with a double sandwiched
In to start the Yanks victoryward
III the fifth inning after the Cards
had rallied in the previous round
10 come from behind and grab a one
run lead.
Herman Bell, who succeeded Rein
hart, was not much of an improve.
ment. 1t was he who yielded home
run No. to Ruth in the sixth
session with Combs on first by vir-
tue of a safety. Bell departed to let
Jake Flowers strike out for him in
the sixth. This brought Bill Halla-
han, another portSider, to the hill.
He was tapped for a tally too, and
after escaping unscathed in the
eighth. due to sensational support,
gave way to Roscoe Holm, another
whiting pinch hitter. This brought
Maryland University star uncovered
the only real pitching shown by the
Cardinals during the more than two
and a half hours of paStiming. by
setting the Hugmen down in order in
the ninth.
Game Full of Thrills.
Although it was artiStically poor. as
the score would indicate, the game
furnished thrills aplenty in addition to
the Ruthian rapS. The most SenSa
tional was a collision between Hafey
and Douthit in the fourth when they
tore after Dugan's fly and crashed
head.on in left-Center, both being
knocked out, with the result that
Lazzeri scored from first base. to
which he had been franked, while
Jumping Joe got credit for a double
on a drive that either f1ychaser could
have shared, barring interference.
II was some minutes before either
of the gardeners could resume play.
but when they did the courage typical
of the Cards was displayed by both
victims of an accident which could
have resulted seriously. for on the
next play Douthit grabbed Severeid's
bounding hit and tagged Dugan at
the plate with a perfect peg to O'F'ar-
rell, and in the fag end of the frame
Hafey singled over second base to
launch the rally that sent ST. Louis
TO the front for a brief SPELL This
f1are-up was snuffed by Ruth, who
insisted upon recognition afield. as
well as in attack, when he got of an
accurate peg of Southworth's third
consecutive single to cut down Douth-
il. trying 10 tally from second. This
throw matched Deuthit's for strength
and accuracy and came at crucial
point, for Waite Hoyt was notiCeably
faltering and at that juncture didn't
have the margin of safety his mates
had clouted for him in the next
round. Heartened by developments