The Washington times., 1928-10-06
CARDS HOPE
FORRMLY
TOSAVE
SERIES
By DAVIS J. WALSH

EN- ROUTE TO ST. LOUIS,
Oct. 6.-This was armistice
day on both the Eastern and
Western fronts, a moratorium
of "a hours having been de-
clared so that the manly
heroes Of the 1928 world series
drama might be transported
westward for the third game
of the Yankee-C Cardinal duel In
st. Louis tomorrow.
In consequence, the possibility Of
further casualties was reduced to
. question of whether or not some
avid athlete might swallow the
knife instead OF the peas.
The moratorium was distinct
break for the Cardinals. They
already had lost about al they
cared to contemplate. including two
ball games.
Defeat May Not Last
This. however. might be worse.
The time must come, for example,
when they viii have to play three
ball games. But when that time
comes tomorrow afternoon. the com
pIexion Of the series may be altered
somewhat. The boys have looked
slightly worse than bad in getting
seven hits in two days against the
pitching OF Hoyt and Pipgras, but
the chances seemed plausible today
that that kind OF business wasn't
TO be conducted indefinitely.
Still. it wasn't everybody's dollar
that was being tossed into the
argument. which conferred upon the
question of whether there was much
or little impeding to be done In
connection with club that steps
right out and beats Sherdel and
Alexander on successive days.
Start Over Again
Possibly the morale of the Cards
was unimpaired by the fact that
Sherdel had another hard luck
game blown from under him on
the opening day. Both Sherdel ard
his ball club became considerably
Injured to this experience in the
1926 series between the same clubs.
The incident of Thursday meant
TO start all over again, looking for
had long ago.
They could preserve no such
plailosophic calm in the face of
Alexander's collapse yesterday.
Here was the pitcher that was
presumed to have thesYanks on the
hip, in addition to anything else he
might have there. The writer is
purposeIy cautious about the lat
ter. He has been given to under.
stand that sometimes the young
man really hasn't anything else
there.
Anyhow, he was the pitcher who
twice beat the Yankees going away
In the 1925 series, and then without
q single days rest took over the
situation in the late innings OF the
final game and pitched the Cards
into the title.
Alex May Come Back
1t goes without saying that he
won't do that again, after what
happened to him yesterday. The
Yankees swarmed all over this gal
liant old campaigner and sent him
out Of there in two and one-third
innings for debit OF six runs and,
perforce, the ball game.
Alexander isn't through I'm this
series yet. He proba bly, will be
back as a finishing pitcher when
hardened nerves and calm head
may mean the difference between
victory and defeat. But unless the
emergency is impelling Mckechnfe
may not call on him again TO start
n game OF his own.
The relief Ditchino NJ AaitohnI1 -,
yesterdays late innings clearly in.
dicated what was likely to he the
pitching program from a ST. Louis
standpoint. Jess Haines will go
out there tomorrow with his knuck-
Ter and COED chance of repeating
his 1926 victories over the Yankees.
Ordinarily fast ball pitcher,
Haines threw them off the knuckles
Continued IN Pao.a HoI..-an L