Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-08

st. Louis section of the classic.
All through the 1927 world series
there were yelps that the affair was
salty" that thrills were too few, and
the same Criticism was made of the
New York engagements of the present
scrap for the diamond crown. But
those craving for dazzling perform
ances got them yesterday at Sports
mans Park.
There was some smart base ball and
much dumb base ball. There were
brilliant fielding plays and atrocious
errors. There were hits that shouldn't
have been hits and drives that did not
become hits because of spectacular
plays. And there was the most weird
inning ever staged in a world series
game.
AS result of this weird inning the
Redbirds' wings are dropping sadly, for
in it they handed the Yankees three
runs that broke tie in the contest that
ultimately went to the American
LeaguerS to 3.
Which just about removed the Cardi-
nails from the contention for the base
ball title, for the licking they took was
their third in row. And as but three
games had been played in the series
up to yesterday it isn't difficult to figure
what even the most ardent st. Louis
fans this morning thought of their
favorites' chances of success.
Two More Heroes.
Lots of folks have been looking for
some hero other than Babe Ruth in
this series. Well, two more bobbed up
yesterday One of the new ones is Lou
Gehrig, who came through with brace
of home runs-one an earnest wallop
over the right field pavilion that meant
the Yankees first score, and the other
drive to center that became homer
only because Taylor Douthit tried a
shoe-top catch and took nose dive
instead. No one was on the runway
when Gehrig Smote his first one, but
Ruth limped in ahead of Lou when the
second round-tripper was hit
The other new hero Is none other
than Tom Zachary, the red-thatched
left-hander who couldn't get going
right while member of the Washing
ton ball club this year. Nor did old
Tom shine as moundsman for the
Yankees as the American League sea-
son waned. In fact, he was SO uncer-
tain in his work after his transfer to
New York that a start for him in the
series was held only a gamble.
But old Tom fooled EN- all. He
pitched a typical Zachary game-one
of the kind SO familiar to Washington
ians. He fed the Cardinals slow ones
and slower ones, took his own sweet
time in going about his work, and ha6
men on the bases in seven of the nine
innings. The Cardinals got nine hits
one pass, and Zach hit batter. AND
the Yanks made two errors in one in
/ Mi ar ho IN iY
scoring as high as they did, for two oil
their tallies we're clearly undeserved.
The Cards started against Zach a:
| if they would knock him from the hill
in short order. Two scratchey infeld
hits came with but one out, and Jim
Bottomley crashed a wicked liner tc
center and two runs were over in a
jiffy. But had Cedric burst not badly
misjudged Bottomley's drive there
would have been no scoring at the time.
burst ran in for catch and the ball
sailed over his head to the centerfield
wall. Had the Yankee middle pasture
man remained where he was standing
when Bottonley hit the ball it would
have gone right into his hands and the
drive probably would not have been
good enough for sacrifice to move
Andy High from second to third base.
Zachery Tightens.
Zach frightened after that. He dis
posed of Chick Hafey easily and
whitfield Watty Holm. That strikeout
was the first of seven put over by old
Tom during the game. Whenever the
Cards got too frisky for him he put
them in their places quickly.
When Zach held up the game for
several minutes by not stepping out for
the last half of the fifth frame imme-
diately after bursts retirement had
ended the Yanks' turn, some one in the
press box remarked that the veteran
was having his arm rewired. The arm
at that, appeared bit uncertain when
he began the inning, for he hit Douthit
and was hit by High for double that
drove over the run bringing the St
Louis count to balance with the New
York score. From then on, however
| Zach was master of the situation.
The Yanks weren't bothered by jess
Haines' highly-tolted fast bali and
screw ball after the first inning. Haines
opened his game with burning speed
but 1t lasted only until Gehrig began
| the second session with his first homer
of the day. From then until he retired
at the end of the sixth inning the Var
KEGS showed little respect for the last
of the three mound stars who had been
expected to battle the American League
champions. Nor was Sylvester Johnson
| who toiled in the seventh inning, any
! puzzle for tnem. They got nothing of
Flint Rhem in the last two rounds
probably because they didn't need any
thing.
It was base ball of kind to make g
sandlotter blush that the Cards played
| in the sixth, and enabled the Yanks tt
leave them in the ruck. The home side
chucked the ball any place but where
| they should have chucked it, and faileC
to hold it when it should have held it
And, just to make the inning funnier
Brick owens, umpiring at second base
made about the crudest decision evel
given in a world series.
owens Raising Pansies.
| Mark Koenig started the Yankee at.
tack in the round with single. Then
| to frankie Frisch, playing near the
foul line 1t was slow bounder, but
Frisch, after picking up the ball, dis
dained to make the easy play for Ruth
| throwing instead to Maranville for q
! force play. Koenig was we'll over the
| bag before the ball arrived but Owens
waved Mark out Even the Cardinal
fans in the stands roared their disap-
prevail of the decision. Maybe Brick
was thinking of the high cost of raising
] pansies. He couldn't have had his
mind on the ball game at the moment
and made such decision.
Then the Cards supplied the comedy
/ for the remainder of the inning. After
Gehrig walked he was forced out BY
Meusel, but Frisch made poor heave
and the batter reached first. Ruth
leaving second with Meusel's tap
/ hobbled around third and headed fol-
home. He looked to be an easy out, fol
Bottomley had retrieved the ball anc
relayed it to Jimmy Wilson well ahead
of the Bambino. But Ruth threw him.
self at the plate feet first with such
force that Wilson was knocked galley