Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-06

this world series got under way,
4 due to long hospital list, the
Yankees today were speeding to
st. Louis, overwhelming favorites to re-
tain their base ball championship.
And deservedly so, too, for by van
gushing the Cardinals yesterday, 8 to
8. for the second straight time they not
only pulled up to within two victories OF
their goal, but confounded a great ma
jority of the dopesterS to such an extent
that the prevailing opinion is that no
return to New York will be necessary to
settle the issue of supremacy after the
three-day Sojourn scheduled for them in
the Missouri metropolis.
The answer to the pre-SerieS question
propounded by the experts. After Hoyt,
what?" was furnished in impressive
style by George Pipgras who limited
McKechnie's maulerS to just quartet
of bingles. And the same brand of Of
fensive support accorded his predecessor
in the opening combat was in evidence.
The Hugmen contrived merely to double
the number of SafetieS achieved by their
rivals, but once again placed them so
advantageouSly that they succeeded in
tripling their adverSaries' aggregate of
TALES.
Higgins Now Can Gamble.
This being an open date in the sched-
ule for the necessary business of travel
Ing, the Yankees now are in the envlable
position of being able to come back with
Waite Hoyt on the resumption of acClv-
tiles in St. Louis tomorrow. Or II Man
ager Higgins cares to gamble bit he
can intrust the Sabbath assignment to
Tom Zachary and save his mound ace
for the Monday melee.
In any event the Yankees now loom
as a cinch bet to cop their third world
title in five years, for they have demon
Strated that, despite the loss of almost
invaluable playing talent in Pennock
and Combs and the leSSened efficiency
of such important cogs as Ruth, Lazzeri
and Koenig they have got their eyes
on the ball, and when the Hugmen
are hitting more than theoretical calcu-
lations are needed to stop them.
Manager McKechnie saw his second
ace trumped when Grover Cleveland
Alexander went the same way as Willie
Sherdel the day before. Old Pete, the
outstanding hero of the Cardinals sue
cessful bid for honors against the Yam
KEGS two years ago, was knocked out
of the box in the third inning.
AT the age OF A. Alex simply is not
the hurler he Was at &c. There was
a tinge of pathos in the spectacle pre-
Sented by the veteran as he trudged
from the field soundly drubbed and he
was accorded a generous hand by the
throng in tribute to the greatness that
had been his, but there was none in
the assemblage who believed the ancient
athlete would prove any considerable
factor in the games to come.
Clarence Mitchell, who succeeded him,
hurled admirably thereafter. The only
left-handed spitball pitcher in captivity
yielded but two hits over the remainder
of the route of five and two-thirds in
nlngs. He shouldn't have been scored
on, as the only tally accruing during
his regime was tainted by an error and
accomplished without the semblance of
a safety. 1t gave rise to speculation
as to what the result might have been
had he started on the hill instead of
Alex; but he didn't, SO that's that.
Yankees Win 1t Early.
The Yankees slowed the game away
right at the outset of hostilities. burst
playing center because a Highlander
was opposing them, led off with clean
single, and after Koenig had been dis
posed of Ruth drew pass when Alex
ander missed the platter four times in
an effort to give Ruth nothing good to
hit at.
The old boy attempted to sneak a
strike over to get the jump on Gehrig,
and right there went the ball game for
Lou was anticipating such maneuver
and sent the ball soaring into the right
center field bleacherS for a homer that
meant three tallies.
True, the Cardinals came back in the
second and knotted the count through
the medium of pass, Wilson'S double,
single by Meanwhile and a wild chuck
by Lazzeri, but thereafter it was APP
parent that they we're destined to be
hopelessly distanced.
I The principal reason was that Pip
gras, who had been wild as hawk in
the first two frames, demonstrated that
that distance was just the amount he
needed to get properly warmed up. He
yielded just two singles from that point
on, while his teammates proceeded to
punish Alex numerically.
The CannOnading Is Resumed.
A pass to Bengough, Pipgras sacri-
fee and another safety by burst en-
abled the Hugmen tp.Hake the lead in
their half of the Se>Axa:round, and in
the following frans A1ey slowed the
game away for keeps when four coun-
tiers accrued from pair of passes and
a hit batSInan, punctuated by singles
of the bats of Ruth, Bengough and
Paschal, and a double by Meusel
n Manager McKechnie now has Jess
Haines to pit against the Yanks when
the series is resumed in st. Louis to-
morrow This Highlander is accounted
a first-class pitcher He took the
Yankees into camp twice in the 1926
series. However, so did Alexander, but
that was two years.
If the National Leaguers can contrive
to win four games before the Yankees
grab two their achievement will be
hailed as one Of the most remarkable
in base ball 1t is possible, but far from
probable. AS the situation stands now
it seems merely question Of how many
games, if any, the Yankees will drop
before they again earn acclaim as
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