New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-10-08
WEATHER PREVENTS
FOURTH BALL GAME
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row and tickets for the fifth game.
if it Is played, will be honored We'd
nesday.
New Record P0aaiblo
II the New Workers can stop the
st. Louis Cardinals once more a.
they have halted them three times
since last Thursday they will carve
4 new record In the archives of the
game. The Yankees won from the
Pittsburgh Pirates In four straight
games last year but this feat had
been performed before-by the Bos-
ton Braves as far back as 1914. No
team has won two world series with
out wasting a motion.
The American leaguers in making
it three straight over the National
league champions have already made
one record in this series by winning
seven successive world series con-
tests.
back to their last line of defense
and cannot retreat farther. They
have found solace In the Salvation
Army cry that a man may be down
but Is never out. They realise now.
however. that they are down in this
series and if they stumble again
they will be out.
Hundreds of cardboard Cardinals
in store windows declaring the
pride Of St. Louis in the National
league champions seem to have
wilted from day to day ~ the feath-
ers OF the Red Birds have dropped
on the field before the onsla ught OF
the supposedly all but invalid Yam
kees-a series OF attacks a. merci-
less as they have been surprising.
Starting the series odds-on fav-
oriteA the Cardinals In four days
have seen the situation change un-
til there are no odds on the out.
come OF the series. There are play
ers who will accept wagers on the
home team winning a game. but
none has been located to take .
chance on a series victory.
Have Fighting Chance
The Cardinals are not yet re-
moved from the picture for they
have chance to win the series-by
taking four straight games, a good
trick If they can do it. All the more
honor would follow such q baseball
miracle. for 1t never has been done.
The Yankees were confident that
they could not be stopped after they
won tn third game. when they got
by Jesse J. Haines, who won two OF
the games the Cardinals captured
In the 1926 world series. The big
Ohio farmer saw his hopes pie
about him In two heart rending in
nings of the third game. He pitch
ed good ball for six innings but
left the mound with six runs count
ed against him on six hits when
under kinder fate he might have
gone on with only one charged to
him.
Made Fatal Mistake
The big fellow made the same
mistake Alexander did in New York
gave Lou Gehrig a ball he could
hit. There was a difference OF an
inning, bat the result was the same
Alexander threw one down the Bus
ter's alley in the first inning Friday
and Haines in the second yesterday.
In both cases the ball sailed out OF
the park. Haines' broad shoulders
bore the brunt of that devastating
wallop, but his mates failed him
woefully while the other nve runs
were being scored.
Ruth singled with one out In the
fourth and Gehrig crashed another
Haines pitch hard. but not over the
bleachers. This ball went on q line
to center and Douthit. forgetting
that discretion has been shown to
be the better part OF valor, charged
In on 1t and tried to pick 1t off his
shoe tops. The speed Of the flying
ball was not arrested an iota by the
outfielder's effort, and when 1t roll
ed to the centerfield fence, Gehrig
followed Ruth home to put the
world champions ahead.
After the home team tied the
score. the bottom fell out of the
baseball world for Haines in the
sixth. Koenig reached lazily over
the outside corner OF the plate for
a/alow curve and drove 1t whistling
to left for I single. Frisch made 4
sparkling play on Ruth's hard smash
to force Koenig At second. Jesse
was tso careful In keeping the ball
out Of Gehrigs reach and passed
the big first sacker. Meusel raped
sharply to High, but with q quick
throw to second, Andy forced Geh-
rig. Frisch trying for Z double play
made poor throw to first and
Bottomley had to run to one side
for the ball. The daring Ruth in
creased his stride . notch and
threw his massive body toward the
plate. Bottomley made q perfect
throw to Jimmy Wilson and Cm-
pire MCGOWAN raised his hand high
over his head to indicate the de-
mise of the Bambino. only to spread
his palms down with q reprieve
when he found the ball had escaped
Wilson'S grasp after he had tagged
the big fellow.
Catcher Throws wild
To make matters worse the