New Britain herald., 1928-10-05
RcncNG FOR
IN
CARDS NOW Have
BACKS TO WALL
Yankees to Face McKechnits
Trump Card, Alexander, Today


mess of having ones back to the
wall in a peseball contest seems to
have quite a stimulating effect.
New York's Yankees did SO we'll
under the circumstances that st,
Louis Cardinals will try 1t today.
BY one of those sudden, startling
reversals OF form which give the
national pastime its tremendous ap-
peal, the Yankees are on the crest
of the wave while the Cards are
down among the periWinkles.
Beating their crutches into base
ball bats, the American league
champions knocked the dope into
a cooked hat and won the opening
game. 1 to l, AS result, they. and
not the Cardinals. are now TO D
fayorites to win the worlds cham
pionship.
Since the Yankees unexpectedly
took the first trick, Bill Mckecn-
ME ID playing his trump card today
Grover Cleveland Alexander. II
"Oh Pete" does his stun. the con-
tenders will depart for st. Louis to-
night with the series tied up tighter
than a top hat after an all-nignt
party.
Miller Higgins went to bed with
a string tied around his finger to re-
mind him to decide in the morning
who should pitch for the Yanks to-
day. The diminutive pilot was OF
two minds; he might gamble on
Tom Zachary, his veteran south
paw, or he might let the National
leaguers have the second barrel, fir
ing George Pipgras ut them.
The st. Louis Cardinals are far
from a beaten ball club. Their sit
uation " vastly different from that
of the Pittsburgh Pirates year ago
They still possess more intrinsic
baseball strength and reserve ma
lteriaI than their rivals. Willie sher-
del pitched a great ball game and
deserved a better fate. The Yankees
! made only four hits off him. the
only trouble was that they were
punched like bananas.
Before the series opened, 1t was
! rumored that one reason Miller
Higgins had Waite Hoyt around was
because the American league cham
pions were SO completely crippled,
bel-ridden and PROSTATE that the
Young mans services in his capacity
l ISrO
might come in handy at any mo-
ment.
As it turned out. Hoyt wore, a
baseball glove instead of his black
cotton ones, and turned in one of the
niftiest and most timely pitching eff
forts of any world series within
memory. Three hits. two of then
useless, we're all the Cardinals gar
nered in the sunny vineyard Of
Yankee Stadium yesterday after
noon. Big Jim Bottomley. who ha'
ian eve on the most valuable player
laward for 1928, collected two OF the
st. Louis hits, one a prodlglou'
homer.
| It is typical of the modern trene
i. in baseball that Babe Ruth and nj
fellow Yankees showed less concern
about that homer OF Jim Bottom
! ley's than Connie Mack has abou
the next American league pennan
, raising ceremonies. With the cracl
Of the bat, 1t was apparent to tn
well-tuned ear that the ball was no
, going to remain very long In tn
bal park. The Yankees know tn
sound of a homer when they near II
Not a face blanched. Babe Rut
! didn't even straighten up nor did n
: glance around.
"Come on, kid. that ones gont
: Lets get the next guy he seemed I
8 saw, There are time when the bao
| IL expressive without saying wore
Ruth will be out there this after
/ noon, swinging for a homer OF NJ
: own. He Is particularly anxious I
. hit one off Alexander, whom ne ree
: oRnizes az a foe-man worthy OF n
! ash. Moreover, Alex let the Bah
: down without a hit in the W.
l series when the Yanks and Cardlna
: met.
v Provided Pipgras is the pitchln
:. choice, Watty Holm. will get n
chance in right field in place
George Washington Harper. This
the only prospective change IN u
ST. Louis lineup. Miller Huggll
\ NAV send Gene Robertson to TIM
J in Mace of Joe Dugan again
Alexander. Cedric burst will be
center field.
c The very presence of "Pete" Ale,
ander in the box will be most lnspi
ing to the Cardinals. They have IN
nlicit faith in the old man. who pc
these same New York Yankees twl
v in the 1926 series and saved the fin
o and all important game when Je
q Haines wobbled. incidentally, tn
=, same Haines is very much on Il
j. lob this year. ready to go, remln
Il full of two victories Of his own oV
+ the American league champions w
. wears ago Lots of baseball manage
q have been in tighter places than u
i. Mckechnie.
The probable lineup:
8, Louis New Yo
po,,thit Of burst,
- Nigh. 3b koeng,
- Frisch. 2b hu.h,
"a Rottomley. ~ Gehr's'
a Haley, If Measel'
:. Holm. IF l-azZeTi,