Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-08
YANKS SET RECORD
WITH Sd STRAIGHT
Run String of Consecutive
Series Victories to Seven
as Zach Triumphs.
BY BRIAN BELL,

Associated 1PcSS sports EdlloF.
ut. LOUIS, october s.-Riding high
on the crest of a winning wave
brought over from the last world
~ series, the New York Yankees
came to their fourth game OF
the 1928 series today needing but one
victory to make them base ball i'm
mortalS.
If the New Workers can stop the st.
Louis Caro- = once more as they have
halted them Ne times since last
THURSDAY they \. a new record
in the archives Of T.. Inc yam
KEGS won from the Pittsburgh Pirates
in four straight games last year, put
this feat had been performed before
bv the Boston Braves as far back as
1914. No team has won two world
series without wasting motion.
The American Leaguers in making
1t three straight over the National
League champions already have made
one record in this series by winning
seven successive world series contests.
The Cardinals have been forced back
to their last line of defense and can
not retreat farther. They have found
solace in the Salvation Army cry that
a man NAV be down, but is never out.
They realize now, however, that they
are down in this series and II they
stumble again they will be out.
Red Birds Feathers DrOOp.
Hundreds of cardboard Cardinals in
store windows declaring the pride of st.
Louis in the National League champions
seem to have wilted from day to day as
the feathers of the Red Birds have
dropped on the field before the on
slaught of the supposedly all but invalid
Yankees-a series of attacks as merci-
less as they have been surprising.
Starting the series odds-on favorites,
the Cardinals in four days have seen
the situation change until there are no
odds on the outcome of the series.
There are layers who will accept wagerS
on the home team winning game, but
none has been located to take chance
on a series victory.
The Cardinals are not yet removed
from the picture, for they have chance
to win the series by taking four straight
games, a good trick if they can do it..
All the more honor would follow such
base ball miracle, for it never has
been done. Not in the % years of inter-
league competition, under the rules in
existence today, has team won four
world series games after losing three.
The Yankees were confident that they
could not be stopped after they won
the third game, when they got by Jesse
j. Haines, who won two of the games
the Cardinals captured in the 1926 world
series. The big Ohio farmer saw his
hopes crunaple about him in two heart
rending innings of the third game. He
pitched good ball for six innings, but
left the mound with six runs counted
against him on six hits, when under a
kinder fate he might have gone on with
only one charged to him.
Repeats Alexis Mistake.
The big fellow made the same mis-
take Alexander did in New York-gave
Lou Gehrig a ball he could hit. There
was a difference of an inning, but the
result was the same. Alexander threw
one down the busters alley in the first
inning Friday and Haines in the Sec
ond yesterday. In both cases the ball
sailed out of the park. Haines' broad
shoulders bore the brunt of that devas-
Eating wallop, but his mates failed him
woefully while the other five were being
scored.
Ruth singled with one out in the
fourth and Gehrig crashed another
Haines pitch hard, but not over the
bleachers. This ball went on line to
center, and Douthit, forgetting that
discretion has been shown to be the
better part Of valor, charged in on 1t
and tried to pick it off his shoe tops.
The speed of the flying ball was not
arrested an iota by the outflelder's eff
fort, and when it rolled to the center
field fence, Gehrig followed Ruth home
to put the world champions ahead.
After the home team tied the score
the bottom fell out of the base ball
world for Haines in the sixth. Koenig
reached lazily over the outside corner
of the plate for slow curve and drove
it whistling to the left for a single.
Frisch made a sparkling play on RuthS
hard smash to force Koenig at second.
Jesse was too careful in keeping the
ball out of Gehrig's reach and passed
the big first sacker. Meusel raped
sharply to High, but with a quick throw
TO second Andy forced Gehrig. Frisch,
trying for a double play, made a poor
throw to first and Bottomley had to
run to one side for the throw.
Ruth Upsets Wilson.
The daring Ruth increased his stride
a notch and threw his massive body
toward the plate. Bottomley made a
perfect throw to Jimmy Wilson and
Umpire MCGOWAN raised his hand high
over his head to indicate the demise of
the Barabino, only to spread his palms
down with a reprieve when he found
the ball had escaped Wilson'S grasp
after he had tagged the big fellow.
To make matters worse, the catcher
grabbed the ball and then threw ii
into center field in vain effort to
head off Meusel who by this time was
tearing around the bases with wild
abandon. Bob pulled up at third anc
was in position to further humiliate
Haines and Wilson at the business enc
of a double steal after Lazzeri walked
Robertson bobbed up with a single tC
score LaZzeri and Haines was through
So was the ball game.
Sylvester Johnson came in and al
lowed run when Hafey dropped fly
ball and Rhem finished by diSposing O
six Yankees in order, but the ball game
was over when Ruth and Wilson me
in the dirt around home plate.
Miller Higgins one-man pitching
staff grew to two when Pipgras followed
Hoyt's spectacular opening with per-
Torrance hardly less brilliant.
Yesterday Tom Zachary, a North
C2IOllnd IdIlleel VIII COntlol anu VII
canny ability to keep the ball out Of
the groove, ran the total of able pitchers
to three. In the face of wObbly support
the former Washington and st. Louis
pitcher baffied his opposition in all but
two innings and in one Of these two
runs scored through no fault of his.
History May Be Made Today.
In the game that may make base bal
history today, Manager Higgins vii
give Waite Hoyt a chance to win hi:
sixth world series game and tie tht
record established by Chief Bender ovel
a long stretch of classic pitching from
1905 to 1913. Hoyt has won five anC
lost three games in the blue ribbon
event
Against the Yankee ace, Manage,
MrKechnie will ask Bill Sherdel to keel