New Britain herald., 1928-10-04
YANKS WIN Opener. Al
Babe Ruth Doubles in First inning and Scores
When Gehng Duplicates -Bambino Again Hits
for Two Bags and TALES on Meu,ePs Homer in
Fourth -Bottomley Gets Circuit Hit in Seventh
-Sherdel and Hoyt Opposing Hurlers.

between 10000 and 10000 peo-
pie, the New York Yankees, six
times American league cham
pions, today turned back the
National league assault by de-
feating the St. Louis Cardinals
4 to l in the first game of the
1928 world series. 1t was a
game spectacular in the ex-
treme, featured by heavy and
timely hitting, fast and clever
fielding and pitching of high
caliber. Babe Ruth earned the
honor of getting the first hit
and first run when he doubled
in the first and scored on
Gehrig's hit. Bottomley got a
homer for the Cards in the
seventh.
The game: Play by play.
sabe Scores First
The big Berthas of the Yankee
brigade. Ruth and Gehrig, opened
fire on their first opportunities. pro-
ducing a run with brace OF solid
two base smashes toward the right
field stands. Ruth's wallop was a
line drive that would have cleared
the bleacher barrier If it had been
pulled more to the right, while
Gehrigs hit, scoring the Babe.
bounced up against the wall near
the foul line.
The Yankees boosted their lead
to to 0 in the fourth on Bob
Meusel's home run drive. Ruth
again lit the fireworks with a double
and after Gehrig rolled out, Meusel
caught a curve. pushing it over the
screen bordering the right field
bleachers. 1t was an unusual stunt
for Long Bob. who usually poles 'em
into the left field sector.
The Cardinals broke the ice for
the first time in the seventh when
Jim Bottomley smashed a home run
into the right field bleachers, with
no one on base.
The first break In the crippled
Yankee ranks came Unexpectedly at
the start Of the seventh when Tony
Lazzeri, second ba-eman who has a
bad right shoulder, was withdrawn
from the game and Leo Durocher
sent to the keystone bag.
In the eighth the heavy hitting
Yanks again ran wild and hits by
kocnig, Ruth and Gchrig accounted
for another run.
First Inning
Cardinals-Hoyt warmed up lei
surely in the box. Douthit up. Um-
pire Owens insisted that every pho
tographer be off the field before he
permitted Hoyt to pitch the first ball.
Douthit polished his bat with some
dirt and stepped to the plate. Ball
/, inside. Strike 1, called. this was
a fast one on the inside. Foul. strike
2. Ball ., high inside. Douthit went
out. Lazzeri to Gehrig. High up. The
Yankee outfleld came in close. Foul.
strike l. High sent up a high fly to
Paschal. Frisch up. The crowd ap-
plauded the New York boy. Ball I,
high outside. Strike i. called. This
was a drop curve over the plate.
Ball 2. high. Ball 3. outside. Strike
2, called. Koenig threw out Frisch
at first.
No runs. no hits, no errors.
Yankees: Paschal up-Strike I,
called. Ball I, outside. This was q
floater. Foul, strike two. This was d
long drive into the left field stands
Paschal flied out to Hafey.
koenig up-Strike 1, called. Strike
2. called. Sherdel was working the
conrer of the plate. both inside and
outside. Ball one outside. Ball 2. out.
side. Hafey took Koenig's fly.
Ruth up-The Cardinal outfield.
ers backed up. Ball /. inside. Strike
1. called. Ball 2. inside. Ruth got q
double into right for the Yanks first
hit.
Gehrig up-Strike 1, called. Ball
outside. Strike 2. called. Ball 2. low
and outside. Ruth scored on Gehrig'i
double to the right field bleachel
fence.
Meusel up-Strike 1, swung. Bal
/. outside. Strike 2. called. Ball 2
called. Ball 2, inside. Meusel had I,
duck this one. Foul. Meusel sent VI
a high one to Frisch
One run. two hits. no errors. On,
left.
Second Inning
Cardinals-The boys in the righ
fold htaa nhnrc oh
echo. Bottomley UP. Ball /. out
, side. Strike 1. called. Ball .. out
, side. Ball 3. high. Strike 2. swung
, Bottomley tried to hit but missed II
5 Foul. Foul. Bottomley was givel
a base on balls. the fourth pitch be
ing low and on the inside Hafe
up. Foul. strike 1. Strike 2. swuna
Hafey famed. taking a third calle
strike. Harper up. Ball 1, inside
I Foul. strike 1. The Cardinals wer
working the hit and run play. bu
Harper fouled the ball. Harper file
out to Paschal. Wilson up. Ball !
+ outside. Hoyt tossed out Wilson q
, first.
: No runs. no hits, no errors.
Yankees-Lazzeri up. Hafe
e gathered in Lazzeri's long ny nea
i the left field barrier. Dugan VI
r Ball I. outside. Strike l. Swunl
Strike 2. Ball 2. Frisch tossed ou
Dugan. Bengough UP. Strike
e called. Ball 1. outside, low. Frisc
l took Bengough's hopper and tosse
1 him out.
: No runs. NO hits. no errors. NON