New Britain herald., 1928-10-06
World Series Hitting Slump Has Put St. Louis Team
Two Games to the Bad-Margin Of Superiority of
New Workers Is Cut Down In Second Contest
Change of Tactics to Be Ordered On Resumption of
Play Tomorrow-Jess Haines May Pitch Tomorrow.

8EenQln& on the NATIONAL league
champions in the first game. remain
ed with them to the end of the Sec
ond and alth ough the Yankees offer
ed only a medium brand Of hitting
In the second set-to they managed to
get enough safeties to score a 9 to 8
victory. with some odd bases on balls
contributing.
Tho Yankees accumulated one
more hit in the second game than
they did in the first, but their margin
Of superiority over their rivals was
not 20 great az In the opener. The
American leaEuers outhit the Red
Birds I to ; in the initial bout, 8 to
I In the second. but the run margin
was wider. . to ). az compared with
I to I.
The world series was declared in
recess today to permit q change Of
scenes. = day and night OF travelling
being necessary to span the thou
sand miles separating New York and
st. Louis.
A change Of tactics will be ordered
when the series 10 resumed tomor-
row. Manager Bill McKechnie has
sent two pitchers against Yankees
who rely on equipment other than
speed to get them by. With both
Bill sherdel and Grover Alexander
In his loss column, he will turn to
Jess Haines and his fast ball in a
desperate effort to get into the win
column.
Bill was not managing st. Louis
two years ago but he knows that
Big Jess OF Phillipsburg. Ohio. shut
out the Yanks In Sportsman's Park
in 1925 and helped himself along
with Q home run. Bill can use a
shutout or home. run or both. Co.
ing home with two defeats and only
two more needed T. produce a situa-
ton unique in world series history.
the st. Louis manager finds himself
in . position where something must
be done and that quickly. The
Yankees but getting on to q lead Of
two victories In the current classic
have won six world series games in
a row. ~ they stopped the Pitts
burgh Pirates In four straight last
year: they at least have a chance to
do 1t gain and no club has ever
cleaned up two world series at the
minimum distance.
Playing on velvet. Manager Miller
Higgins will ponder az he rides to
st. Louis over his selection of Sun
pitcher. II he had lost the sec
ond game and been forced to enter
the Missouri city all even with his
opponent. he would not have been
in doubt. Tom Zachary, the expert
enced left handler who has been in
two previous world series wearing
the spangles of Washington would
have been nominated without a dis
senting voice.
But In . position to take q chance,
''Hug'' may call on Henry johnson,
young right handler who had a great
hrst year In the American league.
He has seen two sturdy ght handlers
halt the Cardinals with only seven
hits against the pair. and he does not
know what they can do aginst south
paw hooks.
Old Grover Alexander. sent out
to bring home the bacon as he did
two years ago, was found wanting in
the second game OF the series and
lasted only two and one-third in
ninSs, retiring in confusion with a
liability Of six hits, four bases on
balls and six runs. Two OF the three
men he left on the bases scored and
they were added to his account un-
der the scoring rules of baseball,
leaving the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
finally responsible for eight of the
nine runs the Yankees counted.
Another veteran, Clarence Mitch
ell. came in when it was too late to
pitch a clever game, and the left
handed spitballer probable will be
seen again before the bats are final
ly placed in storage for the winter.
With his far famed control lack
ing, old Alex could only call on his
courage to see him through. and
with no assistance from the arm
: that the ball players say "can hit a
dime" he was fighting losing
game from the start.
George Pipgras staggered through
the first two innings. the Carolina Is
knotting the count at three-all in the
second inning. but from the third
to the ninth. inclusive. he never was
really in danger. The Cards had
only two chances over that distance
to score. frankie Frisch singled to
open the third and stole second but
Bottomley struck out. the first OF
three extreme failures at bat for the
first baseman who did the Cardinal
hitting in the opener. and Hafey's
best vas roller on which Frisch
ran to third. Harper then famed
trisch again singled and stole sec
ond in the eighth. but otherwise no
cardinal got as far as second and
only two as far as first.
Chick Hafey who batted hard and
often against Natior al league pitch
ing had no more success against
Pipgras than he did with Hoyt's
puzzlers. The Cardinal slugger has
seen first base only from distance
in the first two games. Bottomley
was even more impotent The only
thing he hit was pop foul. striking
out in his last three turns at bat.
Babe Ruth. who until yesterday
had never been able to hit Alexan-
der. singled in the third inning after
walking in the first and made it two
hits out of three times at bat by
doubling off Mitchell. And then to
boost his world series strikeout rec
ord. he famed on his last appear
ance.
Lou Gehrig was the second days
home run hitter. landing a drive in
the right cent., bleachers that
stands at the moment as the long
est hit of the series.