Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-06
2 LOSSES PUT
CARDS IN DEEP
HOLE FOR 3RD
st. Louis Slump in Hit
ting In Two Games
Loom AS Cause of
Yankees Victories
BY BRIAN BELL
Associated Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, Oct. 6.=lP)-The
Cardinals, winEing their way west
ward TO st. Louis, face a hard assign
ment when they get home. They
must win two world series games be-
fore they can look eye to eye with
the New York Yankees.
A world series hitting slump de-
scending on the National league
champions in the first game remain
ed with them TO the end of the sec
ond, and although the Yankees Of
fered only a medium brand of hit
ting in the second set-to they man
aged TO get enough safeties TO score
a 8 to 3 victory, with some odd bases
on balls contributing.
The Yankees accumulated one
more hit in the second game than
they did in the first but their mar
gin Of superiority over their rivals
was not so great as in the opener.
The American ieaguers outhit the
Red Birds Z to 3 in the initial bout,
s to 4 in the second. but the run
margin was wider, 9 TO 8, as COM
pared with { to /.
Looks To Haines
The world series was declared in
recess today to permit a change OF
scenes, a day and night OF travel
ing being necessary TO span the
thousand miles separating New
York and ST. Louis.
A change Of tactics will be order
ed when the series is resumed TO-
morrow. Manager Bill McKechnie
has sen two pitchers against the
Yankee who rely on equipment 9TH
Qr than gnznI - re- Akn-, - NEs~h
both Bill Sherdel and Grover Alex
ander in the loss column, he will
turn to Jess Haines and his fast bail
IN a desperate effort 20 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 1926 and helped himself along
with a home run. Bill can use a
shutout or home run, or both.
Alexander Fails
Playing on velvet, Manager Miller
Higgins will ponder as he rides to
st. Louis over his selection Of a
Sunday pitcher. If he had lost the
second game and been forced to en-
ter the Missouri city all even with
his opponents, he would not have
been in doubt. Tom Zachary, the
experienced left-hander, who has
been in two previous world series
wearing the ~spangles Of Washington
would have been nominated without
a dissenting voice. But in a posi-
tion TO take a chance. Hug may
call on Henry Johnson, young
Highlander who had a great first
year in the American league.
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 innings. re-
firing in confusion with a liability
Of six hits, four bases on balls 7d
six runs.
Another veteran, Clarence Mitch
ell, came in when IL was too late, 70
pitch a clever game and the left
handed spitballer probably will be
seen again before the bats are final
ly placed in storage for the winter.
George Pipgras staggered through
the first two innings, the Cardinals
knotting the count at three-all IN
the second inning. but from the third
to the ninth, inclusive. he was never
really in danger. The Cards had
only two chances over that distance
TO score. frankie Frisch singled 10
open the third and stole second but
Bottomley struck out, and H~afev.
best was a roller on which Frisci
ran to third. Harper then famed.
Frisch 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.
Babe Ruth, who until yesterday
had never been able 10 hit Alexan-
der. singled in hte third inning after
walking in the first and made Il
two hits out Of three times az bat by
doubling off Mitchell.