—Costiy Errors Balk
ed In Seventh.
The gaunt. weather beaten figure
Grover Cleveland Alexander came
. ck in all its ancient pitching mas.
‘tsry yesterday to check the Yankees
for the third time and clinch the
llrst world's baseball championship
that St. Louis has known in forty
6
Through the haze of this crucial
7 the seventh and deciding game
the 1038 diamond classic. the
shoe defense cracked to yield the
v r nais their winning margin of
I 2 but it was Alexander the
Great who saved the day with as
dramatic and excitiu a finish as any
championship conflict has ever wit-
leased.
The bases were full, two were out
and only one Yankee run was need-
ad to tie the game in the seventh
inning when Alexander came to the
gescilt of the tottering Cardinal
sight hander. Jesse mines. whose
finger was split from throwing his
luckle ball and whose control was
obbing fast. It was a situation cal-
lated to test the stoulest heart
d the most seasoned skill. with
“0.000 and a world's championship
, using in the balance. but Alexan-
Or was equal to it.
s Potting Tony Laszei‘i. a rookie al-
oatfyoung enough to be his son.
fthe great veteran hitched his
i‘trousers. ,called on the power of a
lsight arm that has carried him
,Ethrough sixteen major league cam-
‘ .n and struck out his man to
’e the side as the crowd broke
Its a frenzied uproar.
' Completes Rare Feat.
' , tely past this crisis. the most
" -atlc moment of the game,
..1‘ . -der easily subdued the Yan-
. in the closing two innings.
" 'ldlngonly a pass to Babe Ruth
"the ninth. as he completed one of
greatest pitching exploits in
‘ d's series history.
‘ ce before Alexander had stop-
' . the American league champions
~ g the full route to gain victories
I pulled the lighting Cardinals
it time back to even terms. It was
x-ly Saturday that his masterful
fl; -- “work.led the National leaguers
the triumph that forced the so-
to the limit. yet he was ready
‘ . ~ yesterday. as strong and effec-
a
w ‘ role.
“y w since the famous right arm
Johnson pulled the Sen:
'0 their first world's cham-
'p in 1924. has there been
" tag so colorful as this finish of
.nder's. .
«.“ the Big Train came back ‘ch-"
usly after being twice defeated
is this time the stalwart Nebras-
n stepped into the breach with
"o victories already behind him.
. Gets «No Ollciai Credit.
. almader did not get official cre-
today for a victory that would
put him among the honor roll
, who have won three world's
I games. The verdict goes down
the books in Raines' name but
glory belongs to 'Aiexander, the
2. year old warrior who was sold
~ . the river" a short time ago
I ChiosgtrCub discard.
Thwarted as they were by Alex-
der's great stand it was neverthe-
a heartbreaking defeat for the
‘ keel who battled desperately to
time a margin they had yielded
a fourth inning when the Cardi-
Meusei scored all their three
«Meusei. score] all theirgthroe
. It Was heart breaking for
‘te Hoyt. young right-bender.
' had twirled brilliantly and it
heartbreaking for Babe Ruth,
fourth home run of the se.
cagain shattering all world's
Q pionship records. had put the
sea in the lead and upset the
ddence of Haines. hero or a
CARDS annuities
FINAL GAME or SERIES
89 Year Old Pitcher Is Hero Of 1926 World Series
ever to cap the climax of his‘
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shutout victory over the American
league champions in St. Louis.
But it was thrilling just the same
for the Cardinals. themselves vic-
tims of unfortunate "breaks" in pre-
vigus games. yet “possessed of the
fighting spirit and pluck to come
back when their cause seemed lost
and capture. on foreign soil, the fi-
nal two games that carried them to
iho world's championship.
Fir“ Title in 40 Years. .
Forty years is a long time be-
tween titles but this iconqucring
clan. the ilrst National league pen-
nant Wines st. Louis has ever had.
came through under fire to establish
its rislit to the peak. Back in 188
when St. Louis,“ then in the ol
American association. was in the
throes of its first and last pennant
winning streak. its'represontavtives
triumphed over the ’Chicago Na~
iionals in the ancient equivalent of
the modern world series.
Yet it was not by an overwhelm-
ing margin that the Cardinals cap~
tured the game's biggest prize in a
drabi rain-soaked setting that found
only ".000 fans. the smallest crowd
of any of the four games in New
York. looking on. chilled and bundl-
eli in.coats. But for the errors of
Loenig and )deupoi. the Cardinals
would not havaicored in the fourth
and Ruth and Hoyt might be
occupying niches in the hall of fame
that opened its portals instead of
the heroic figure of Alexander.
The Yankees fought desperately
to overcome the advantage they
had handed to their foe_ They
drew up within a run of t a Card-
inals in thc’sixth. when Hoyt was
withdrawn as reserve forces were
tossed into the battle. but they
were balked then by Haines and
again in the seventh by Alexander,
as the Cardinals put up a stone-
wall defense behind the gallant
work of their boxmen.
. Tommy Thevenow. gallant little
shortstop. shared the iaurcis of the
Cardinals' final triumph with Al-
exander for it was his fielding that
repeatedly checked the Yankee at-
tack and his bat that supplied the
decisive blow in the fourth inning.
The way for him was paved "in
this fame by Yankee errorsr—the
first Cardinal run .registering when
iiieusel muffed O'Farrell’s long fly
in his haste to make the throw to
the plate. but it was a clean hit from
Thcvenow'a hat. a smoking shot
to right. that scoredc Bell and Ha-
toy with the runs that turned out
to be decisive.
, Koenig Misses not Smash .
Hornsby had been retired in this
inning when Bottomlcy started the
fireworks with a single. Koenig ict
Bell's hot smash slip through his
hands for the first Yankee error
and then the bases were filled
when Hafey‘s Texas Leaguer drop-
ped safely in left. misjudge. both
hit Heusel and Koenlg. Even in the
face of three bad “breaks“ Hoyt
might have escaped unscathed but
Meusel dropped O'Farrcll's drive.
while Bottomlcy scored. and Thevc.
how's hit completed the attack.
Halnes and "Helm were retired
easily but the damage had been
done and Hoyt’s brilliant work off-
set. ‘
[in only one other inning.
eighth. did the Cardinals' attack
threaten and then it was checked
by Herb Pennock. star Yankee
southpaw. hero of two previous vic-
tu‘ios. whov~waa called on rho finish
the game after Hoyt had been
withdrawn for a pinch hitter in the
sixth. Thus Pennock and Alexander.
the twin mound aces of the con.
tending clans. battled each other to
the close but the game already had
been won and lost when they on-
tered the fray and the Yankee star
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
a)
orward Pass Is Gridiron’s
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Football ’3 Beat Weapon
Greatest Thrill, Says Star
- at mars: mavens
, Fullback. 1925
e last '0 years the wait hag
a pro ucnt motor in col-
Mhnll. During the past five
_ share has been but little to dis-
W .. between the caliber of the
‘ ‘timsoftheeastandwieat.
c 4&1 speak of the west. fiery
W? ,1 have reference to the
Coast elevens. California.
. Washington. Southern Cai-
.. aodthereetofth. team
prising the coast cont ce.
~- tho colleges or the Pacific
have made such pid strides
‘shs last few years often am
’ « - what‘style of play has made
‘ “recognition possible.
'1 have said before. I do not
that the coast eievens con-
to a particular style
differs from football as
. In ‘ colleges of the various
’. sandal of our country.
‘woall my the coast sievens play
... Mums. lhnowthatis
u of lantern as mclosethed1 ll?
Warner. aoiden y. m g t
7 he believes in mixing the
iaourflrstgalneofthe
say that I am not in favor of any
legislation tended to curtail the use
of the forward pan.
The forward pass has been the one
greatest” factor in making football
so popular. I am convinced that any
rule formulated to curb the pan is
a hadthiog for the same.
Football thrives on uncertainty
and no one thing has done more to
create such» a condition than the
res. ' ‘ l
When I make‘ this statement 1
have in mind a defeat Stanford suf-
fered against Notre Dame in which
intercepted forward passes proved
the undoing of our team.
Without in any way trying to dis-
DIII‘IIO the victory of Coach Knute
Rockne‘a great biotin Dams team. I
feel that Stanford was a better elev-
en. ,- .
I still have some interesting statis-
tics ot' that game well in mind. Here
they Ire: -
Stanford gained 888 'yards from
scrimmage to as tor Notre Dame.
and while the victors made only five
first downs. their margin at'the flo-
isb left nothing to be opestioned.
Two intercepted forward pales
Dy runs of to and so yards.
or long run after reconn-
s fumble point.
Dame )he winning margin. The
breaks were the deciding motors.
i em strong for the forward pass.
follow
. i feel the rule-makers are making a
N mistake. any time ”9"“?! to
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Fans. meet the new world champions, Mr. Rogers Hornshy's St. iouis Cardinals. From left to right: Front row. Chick Haley. Ernie \‘ick,
“fill" “01.“, mu southward). nob 0’1-‘arrcli, Tommy 'l‘herenow, Bill Warwick and Taylor Domhit. Middle. Jake Flowers. Lester ncll, Ray
Blades, Bill 1mm“ (much). Rogers Hornsby (manager). Otto Williams (coach). Jim Bottomley and “Specs" Toporrcr. Ilcnr. Sylvester John-
son. Grover Alexander. Flint illicm. Jesse "nines. l'iill blicrtlci. Allan Sothron. llcnnan licli. Bill Haliiltan. Elmer Clough. Vic Kern and Art
Reinhart.
. , streamlining...
‘M‘EW‘J’W‘D’ CH Annotate
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PAGE NINE
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liill‘lS TEAM
SCORE OF FINAL SERIES GAME
HT. IIOI'lS CARDINALS '
ab. r. in. 2b. 3b. hr. lb. ah. ah, bb. so. pm. a. e.
linlm. ct ..... 6' 0 (I (I o 0 0 0 0 0 0 z: 0 o
Suuthworth. rt 4 0 0 i) (i 0 0 Q 0 0 0 0 0 o
iiornshy. 2h ..4 0 3 (i 0 ii 2 0 0 0 0 4 l 0
Hotiomley. lb .8 l 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 l4 0 U
L. lloll. 3b ....4 l 0 0 i) 0 0 0 0 0 0 n a n
Hairy. If ..4 l 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 l 3 ii (i
”Farrell. c .3 0 0 1: ii (I 0 1 0 0 0 3 1: ii
"l‘iu-vennw. ss .4 0 2 0 ti o 2 o 0 0 0 l 3 n
iinines. p ,3 ii 1 (i l) (i 1 l 0 0 1 O 4 0
Alexander. p .1 ii 0 0 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals .. ..:l4 8 ii 0 0 0 8 a 0 0 " 27 14 0
NEW YORK YAR‘KEES
' ah. r. in 2b. 3b. hr. tb. ah. ah. bb. so. no. a. c.
i‘mnbs. cf .5 0 L’ i) 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 I) ll
Kocnig. as .. .4 0 ll 0 0 0 (i l 0 0 0 2 .'l 1
Ruth. rt .....1 l 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 0 2 0 n
Mcusei, if ....4 0 l 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
Gehrig. ll) . . . .2 0 ii i) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0 ti
Luzzcri. 2b .. .4 ll it (i 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 l 0
lmgun. 3b . . . .4 1 'J i) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .‘l )
Severcld. c . . .3 0 2 1 0 0 8 0 0 (i 0 3 1 (i
'.\dnms ......0 0 n 0 (i 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Collins. q, . . ..1 0 0 ii 0 ii 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o
Hoyt. p ......2 ii 0 0 ii 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
tl‘asrhnl ....1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
l’ennock. p .. .1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. O 1 li
Totals ..... 32 2 8 1 0 1 12 1 0 6 3 :37 10 a
'ltnn {or Severcid in sixth inning.
illattcd for Hoyt in sixth inning.
SCORE BY INNINGS
St, Louis ..............0 0 i) 3 0 0 0 0 0—3
Ncwi‘ork .............0 0 1 0 0 l 0 0 0—2
nuns batted in-Thsvenow (2). O'Farrell (1). Ruth (1). Severeid (1).
Left on buses—St. Louis. 7: New York. 10. Bases on balls-01! Haincs. 5
(Ruth. 3; Gehrig. 2): off Alexander. 1 (Ruth). Struck out—By Haines. 2
(Lemon. 2): by Alexander. 1 (Lazzeri): by Hoyt. ;' (Hafey. lialncs).
Hits—Oi! lloyt. 5 in 6 innings: off Pennock. 8 in 8: off Haines. 8 in 6 2.8;
of? Alexander. 0 in 2 1-3. Winning pitcher-viiaines. Losing pitcher-
Hoyt. l3mpires~llildebrand (A. L.). at the plate: Kelm (N. L). It first
mac: Dinnnn (A. I..). at second base; O'Day (N. L). at third base. Time
of game—2:15.
lANDlS iS
PLEASED WITH
l_l_i_F._ SERIES
The lvirit oi sportsmanship muni-
tcsted by contending players and
fans alike in New York and in St.
Louis was the feature of the world‘s
series which impressed itself inde-
libly on the mind or ex-Judge Keno-
saw Mduntain Landis. baseball's
high Commissioner. The ruler of
the diamond game made this ob-
servation yesterday afternoon to
newspapermen who accompanied
him through the ciubhouees of the
victorious Cardinals and the van-
quished Yankees, on his utilision of
congratulation to both-lo m Car~
dinals on their victory an to the
Yankees for their game. aplctacuiar
ngllt for baseball supremacy.
"it me one of the greatest world's
series exhibitions in baseball his-
WPY." said Commissioner Landis. "It
hawthorn a sourcc of grout pleasure
to me as I watched the. progress of
each game to nc‘c the spirit of
sportsmanship and fair-play mani-
fested by the players of each side.
and the‘hianifcstntions of these ad-
mirable trails the crowds furnished
in both cities. it was truly a great
it sums
WENT am
if
~«...The World's Series concluded yes-
terday was the third in a row to go
to the seventh and: douldlng‘gams
and e fifth to go the limit of
echo tiled games since the first clash
between the National and American
League champions in loud.
The Pirates dcfcatul the Sena-
tors. 4 game to 3. in 1935. and the
Senators conquered the Giants by
the same margin in 1924. The Red
Sox defeated the Giants by the same
score .in 1912.
The" first time a world’s series
ever went to the seventh game was
in 1909 when the Pirates triumphed
over the Tigers. None of the nine-
game series. played at various times.
ever went the limit.
Professional Footb
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago Bears. ’1; New York
Giants. 0.
Brookign Lions. 6; Hartford Blues.
. Detroit Panthers, 10: Kansas City,
Cowboys. 0.
Providence. 1!: Columbus. 0.
Akron. 0: Conton. 0.
Racine. 20: Milwaukee. 1!.
Chicago Cardinals. '18? Green Bay.
7.
\Pottsviile. 2i; Dayton. 0.
Milwaukee. 1:: Racine. 3.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Wilson's Wildcat's. 28: Brooklyn
Horsemen. 0.
New York Yankees. 10: New Brit-
ain. 0. .
Rock Island. 7: Chicago Bulls. 8.
Pete Donohue. stellar right-hand-
ed‘ pitcher with the Cincinnati Reds.
has turned in a rather unuauslvrec—
ord during three out of the last four
seasons.
mohud has reached the Iii-game
figure in victories three times over
that period. In 19!! he won 21 and
last year "posted with the same
number. in 19:5 Pets .hit the so-
msrk in the final game of the cam-
paign‘bsaflng the pennant-winning
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