Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-05
MaranViIIe's Catch of Foul
Bright Spot in Rather
Dull First Game.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON,
Sports Editor, The Star.

session OF the lOfl 5 snare Oh Tie SpOuS
when the final ballots are tabulated anc
on that basis followers of the Cardinal:
might have wallowed in flt Of thu
dumps over the reverse their idols suf'
fered at the outset.
But this particular Set-joust is fal
different from the average and that &C.
counts for the fact that the Nationa
League contingent didn't scurry around
to hedge on its bets, being content tt
adopt wait and see" attitude.
The situation as the athletes prepared
for game No. 2 at Col. Rupert's huge
enclosure simply was that the Yankees
had drawn first blood in not unex-
pected manner through employment on
the hill of the only f1rst-class pitcher
on their roster, now that Herb Pennock
is hors de combat due to bout with
neuritiS.
"After Hoyt, What?"
Waite Hoyt'S caliber as a slabman OF
the highest rating generally was ac-
knowledge before the series got under
way and it was expected he would prove
an exceedingly hard nut to crack.
But the sharpSters have been asking,
~After Hoyt, what?"
George PipgraS was represented as
worn to FRAGILE from overwork during
the campaign in which the Yankees
barely contrived to Stagger in ahead of
the pursuing Mackmen; Tom Zachary
as too old and Henry johnson as too
young, with such Slabmen as Fred Hell
mach, Rosy Ryan and Myles Thomas
given Scant consideration.
Willie Sherdel, on the other hand,
was ranked as not one whit more for
middle than Jess HaineS or Grover
Alexander, with Clarence Mitchell adj
judged by some as fully on a par with
the trio of first-flight fingers.
Evidence on this score was to be
offered today and on the verdict reach
ed depended whether the Cardinals
would pull up stakes for st. Louis to
start on even terms against their rivals
Sunday or have their backs to the wall
of their own bailiwick with two re-
verses charged against them in the race
for a title where the victor needs but
four wins.
Game Not Exciting.
Despite the fact that it was marked
by q pair of the long distance clouts SO
dotted on by the fans there was little to
distinguish the first game of the series
from any run-of- the mine combat in O
regular campaign.
Yankee Stadium was thronged with
the largest gathering that ever wit
messed World Series tilt, but there was
little of the hurrah that one has come
to look for in titular struggles and for
all the enthusiasm displayed the YAM
KEGS might have been taking one of
their customary falls out of the Red
Sox.
OF master -minding there was none, of
tickliSh situations, ditto, and the bright
est spot in the paStime was the catch Of
foul ball. This was contributed by
Walter Meanwhile and earned as much
applause as the home runs previously
referred to.
The catch didn't mean anything. 1t
was executed in the third inning at the
expense of Hoyt. The bases we're I'M
occupied and there was nothing dra-
matte about the stage setting. Just a
sharp sprint close to the stand in left
where the 3S-year veteran, who starred
for the Braves in their memorable
clean up of the Athletics IA years ago,
made one of his typical over the-shoul-
der stabs. That this should loom as
the outstanding feature of the after
noon is the tip-of on what kind of a
game it was.
There is no way to euchre Hoyt out
of the credit he deserved for his mound
exhibition, however. He hurled as If he
NCAC ulClCly WdALlu1S uP AO1 CACIClSc
in batting practice and aside from the
circuit clout achieved by Jim Bottom
ley to avert shut-out for the Cardi-
nails, never was in danger of being
scored on.
Only Three Safeties.
Only two other safeties were recorded
against Hoyt. One of these was an
unsupported single by the Selfsame
Bottomley in the ninth and a bingle OF
like proportions by Harper in the fifth
The Yankee ace, while apparently
none too strong on control, issued but
three passes, which he more than off,
set with twice as many strike-outs Bot
tomley was the recipient Of one of
these at the outset of the second, but
got no further than the initial station
Douthit got another to no purpose with
two gone in the sixth and Pinch Hitter
Ernie OrSatti was favored with the thirC
in round eight when he was inserted fol-
Maranville in an effort on the part Of
Manager McKechnie to start a rally
that never materialized.
This summarizes the efforts of the
Cardinals to get off to running star
to their second world championship II
three years.
A far different aspect was presented
on the other side of the picture, which
depicted the Yankees as the murderou'
Inaulers of old with what was lacking
in quantity fully atoned for by the
punching of their bingleS.
An indication of the way the WING
was blowing was furnished right of
the reel when, with two of his mates
out Of the way, Ruth dumped a double
between Douthit and Harper and lum
bered in surprisingly fast fashion or
that trick knee of his to the counting
block when Gehrig delivered Safet!
of similar proportions to the same gen
eral sector.
Sherdel was master of the situation
thereafter for just two innings anC
then was subjected to an exceedingl!
rough Shake-up represented by Mr.
Ruth'S second double, this one higl
topper to left center-followed by lof
into the right field stand by Bob Meu
sell
This was more than enough to SETTLE
the issue the way Hoyt was performing
but Just to make the thing more bind
ing the Yankees proceeded to compile
a fourth and wholly unnecessary tall,
on Sylvester Johnson, who succeeded
Snerdel on the slab in the eighth. Thi
was accomplished through the medium
c. successive safeties by Koenig, Rutl
and Gehrig, which rounded out
rather large day for even such worthie
as Babe and Lou.
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