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


ing, George Herman Ruth is de-
IL termined to make this a great
world series for him and all the
other Yankees.
Even the wildly waving arms of Rab-
bit Maranville aren't going to stop him.
The Rabbit sided from. deep short field
toward second base whenever the Bam-
bino stepped to the plate in the second
game of the set for base balls highest
title and swung his arms like windmills,
probably hoping to confuse the batter,
for he was directly in the latters line
of vision
The trick, if it was one, worked
only once. Then the Babe famed, but
in his other journeys to the platter he
twice socked the ball to safety and
once drew a free ticket to first base.
And. inspired by the intrepid Ruth
more than by anything else. the Yanks
Alexander and Clarence Mitchell, the
left-handed moist ball artist, who cs-
Sayed to pitch for the Cardinals, so
often that the National League cham
pionS were completely put to rout. The
score that stood to 3 in the Yankees
favor at the conclusion of the affair
in nowise indicated how greatly supe-
rior were the American Leaguers.
Ruth Does Plenty.
This Ruth person, bent. on dong
everything possible to upset the Carni-
mails, did plenty again yesterday fec q
cripple. 1T was his single off AleXan-
der that started the Yanks' big third
inning, whereby they put the st. Louis
aggregation out of the picture alto
gether. And the first time he faced
Mitchell the Bambino Socked the long
est hit of the game-yes. q hit even
longer than the homer Lou GehriS poled
into the bleachers back of right center
when there were two mates on the run
way. in the first inning-but it was good
for only two bases for him. Maybe
with clutches the Babe might have
stretched it to a triple, but he had no
chance to get third running, as he Is
at present. on half leg.
There was much weird pitching In
the game Alex, from the start was
nothing like the jink he was to the
Yankees in the series two years ago.
His curve wasn't breaking we'll and
there was little steam to his fast one.
Just about everything he chucked to
the plate was rif1ed back by the New
Workers. AS for Mitchell, he was good
once he got under way, but he simply
couldn't get his bearing until he had
completed the third inning for Alex
ander. Thereafter he was hurting for
lost cause.
Only Lazzeri Fooled.
Some one must have whispered to
the Gard hurlers that the Yankees are
helpless before curve-ball pitching At
least, three fourths of Alexander'S
pitches were hooks and Mitchell used
about as many heaves of this variety
as he did spitters.
And the only usually good-hitting
Yank' who was badly fooled by the
hooks was Tony Lazzeri. That they coll
lected seven of their total of eight hits
during the first three rounds chile the
Card moundsmen were forcing them to
look over a lot of curves shows how
lightly the New Workers hold the bend
er. 1t was different, though. when
Mitchell began getting his splitter work
ing properly. Not a bit ratified off
Yankee bat after the fourth inning.
When George Pipgras stepped to the
hill he had a wild hair doNn his hack,
but this wasn't discovered ~ the YAM
kee trainer until the third inning,
which made for very poor start by
George His idea of pitching in the
first two frames was get to three-and-
two count with a batter, then fling one
which he hoped the,batter might knock
to some fielder.
Inc lQed WASH T. So SOOu, IOi Wllc1A
the Cards weren't driving the ball to
passes. Georges odd pitching helped
them so much that they tied the game
at Sail in the second inning.
Crowd Lacks Pep.
But after the Yankee trainer had dis
covered the trouble of the pitchers Wild
ness and removed it, the Cardinals were
! fOy. HoU in for &c attack
was concerned. Two hits had been
mixed with his wildness to net the Car
dinals their runs in round and only
two hits were yielded by him thereafter.
The one made of him in the fourth
was very Scratchy. A bit more huStllng
by LaZZeri and the ball bounded off
PipgraS' glove by Frankie Frisch might
have resulted in an out instead of
bingle. Tony didn't look particularly
good going after the ball.
Lazzeri, though, was charged with an
error in the Cards wild and woolly sec
ond inning when it didn't appear to
most folks that he deserved to have a
misplay recorded against his name. He
grabbed Alexander,S slow bounder and
chucked to Gehrig in plenty time to
flag the runner True, the throw was a
trifie high, but the ball went right into
Gehrig'S hands. 1t was the first Sacker,
apparently, who erred, for the sphere
pushed through his paws.
There still was lack of pepper in the
crowd at Yankee Stadium. Maybe New
York is getting fed up with world series.
A New York club has been contender
in eight of the last nine classics. Per-
haps 'therell be more enthusiasm dis
played in st. Louis. They aren't so &C
customed to world series play there.