Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-09
DELAY |RKS YANKS,
BUT PLEASES BIRDS
Hoyt Enters Battle Against
SherdeI With Chance to
Make Record.
BY BRIAN BELL,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

ut. LOUIS. October with the
original world series cast again
on the bill, the New York YAM
~ KEGS and st. Louis Cardinals to-
day welcomed an opportunity to
resume their performance, postponed
a day when rain prevented the fourth
act yesterday.
For the game that may prove the
most important of the series, Managers
Higgins and McKechnie selected the
same athletes who started the series in
New York last Thursday.
With three legs of the world cham
pionship cup, the New Workers we're
chagrinned at the postponement of the
fourth game. In the flood tide of sue
cess, the American Leaguers were con-
vinced that they could not be stopped.
and they were dismaved when Com
missioner K. M. Lands decided early
yesterday that the ground would be
too wet for play in the afternoon.
A warm sun and brisk wind appeared
two hours after the mo game today
sign was posted. and by game time
much of the earlier havoc wrought by
the rain had been repaired. 1t was the
first postponement of world series
game since 1925.
No More Rain Due.
A huge tarpaulin covering every inch
of the infleld remained down through
out the night, and Weather Bureau off,
Gals could find no hint of rain in the
vicinity of Sportsman's Park The fore
cast was for coed base ball weather."
warm and not too much wind.
Tbs Cardinals welcomed yesterdays
respite. After losing three games in a
row. the National League champions
fhN11n11t ala L.
better, so they were well content to
stand by and hope their rivals might
lose some of their steam while waiting
for the game the world champions have
declared will be the last.
The day of enforced idleness made
Manager Bill McKechnie all the more
determined to send Bill Sherdel. a
crafty but unlucky left-hander, in to
pitch. Sherdel now has had four full
days of rest, his regular allotment, and
while he has yet to win his first world
series contest, he has turned in three
well pitched games. He was stopped
Yankee pitcher, in 1925, and Waite
Hoyt won close decision from him in
the first game Of this series. Hoyt will
have chance to shade Bill again to-
day, for he has been made the unani-
nous choice to do the pitching for the
Yankees.
Where Manager Higgins was willing
20 name the Brooklyn undertaken as
one OF two possible pitchers after Sun
days game he came out fatfooted for
his ace today.
Hugmen Anxious for End.
The. New York manager admitted also
that his players are anxious to get the
hilC1ncCC
course we want to win this series in
four straight games" said Hug" But
doing it is something else again." 4
Hoyt took opportunity in bulk into
the game with him. There are places
In the base ball record book reserved
for him in the event of victory, among
others winning six world series games
and capturing two of a series of four,
for If Hoyt is returned winner today
there vii not be many more this year.
Sherdel can not compile a record
merely by winning, but he can establish
himself as hero, at least temporarily,
with victory, If he can turn the YAM
KEGS back with his Southpaw shoots.
the series will be kept alive and once in
the won column the Cardinals figure
they can add other victories.
Tooay's game brought the right and
lett hand shift at the plate into action
IN both games. George Harper who bats
from the left side, got the call for out
field duty from st. Louis, while Ben
Paschal and Joe Dugan, orthodox right
hand batsmen, returned to the Yankee
array of salient.
st. Louis was entitled to three world
series games If its representatives could
enforce the city's right, so a victory for
the Cardinals today automatically would
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base ball battle tomorrow If after that
the Yankees still should find themselves
short Of four games won the battlefield
would shift back to New York, for
contest Friday.
Yanks Plan to Scatter.
The confident Yankees had no plans
to return to their home base, the play
ers living in the South and West an
nouncing intentions to proceed from St
Louis to their Winter quarters.
The Cardinals, on the other hand
were encouraged by the interruption in
their losses afforded by the weather.
and talked of the possibility of breaking
into a winning streak that would bring
another world championship emblem to
st. Louis.
"All we have to do is to win four
games" said one, land we have often
done that in the regular season. True,
no team has ever come from behind to
this extent in world series, but there
would be no records if somebody didn't
do something that never had been done
before"
If the National Iseaguers can make
such record, drab series will be
converted into one b-istling with SEN
Sations. Some Of the rank and file of
the fans were frankly pessimistic. Many
of their favorites and store window
bore and inscription, "Bye-bye, Red
Birds" a play on a song sung with
great success in ST. Louis in the 1925
series.