Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 121, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 October 1928 — Page 11

OCT. 10, 1928_.

Downfall of Cards Expected to Mark Passing of Manager Bill Me Kechnie

World Series Aftermath Develops Rumors of Change at St. Louis. OWNER SILENT ON TALK Ruth, Gehrig and ‘Breaks’ Ruin National Team. BY GEORGE KIRKSEY, United Press Staff Correspondent ST. LOUIS, Oct. 10.—Storm clouds hovered over the head of William B. McKechnie today and baseball fans wondered if another manager ol the St. Louis Cardinals was at the end of his string. Even before the New York Yankees won the fourth straight game from the Cardinals, reports were in circulation here that McKechnie would not manage the Red Birds another season. Sam Breadon, president of the club, however, waj non-committal on the subject of the Cardinals’ 1929 leader Snyder Rumor Denied Frank Snyder, former New York Giant and Cardinal catcher, who managed the Houston Texas League club the past season, has been mentioned as McKechnie's possible successor, but Breadon has denied Snyder’s selection for the job. McKechnie may beat Breadon to the draw and resign before he follows in the footsteps of Rogers Hornsby and Bob O’Farrell. The records show the Cardinals have had four managers in the last four years. Branch Rickey was deposed in favor of Rogers Hornsby during the 1925 season. Hornsby led the Cards to the National League pCnnant and world championship in 1926 and was traded away. Bob O’Farrell piloted the cards to second place In 1927, despite adverse conditions. He, too, was traded. McKechnie pulled the Cards through one of the most strenuous campaigns in years, and he, too, may go the way of Hornsby and O’Farrell. Worn and weary from the soulkilling National League race, the Cardinals were powerless to stop the Yankees with Babe Ruth and Gehrig playing the greatest baseball of their careers. The St. Louis club was the victim of several unfortunate breaks. Guesses Wrong on Alex Perhaps McKechnie’s Worst mistake, as it turned out, was in keeping Alexander in the box after the Yankees had hammered him for three runs in the first inning in the second game. The Cards tied the score in the second, 3-3, but Alexander was unable to halt the Yanks. Clarence Mitchell, the southpaw spitball pitcher, who relieved Alexander, checked the Yankees successfully. T,f he had been rushed to the mound in time the Cards might have fared better against Pipgras in a closer game. All in all, however, it wasn’t McKechnie’s fault the Cardinals lost four straight. It was the fault of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.

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FINAL STANDING Won. Lost. Pet. New York 4 0 1.000 St. Louis 0 4 .000 —First Game at New York, Oct. 4 Cardinals : 000 000 100—1 3 1 Yankees 100 200 Olx—4 7 0 Winning pitcher—Waite Hoye. Losing pitcher—Billy Sherdel. Attendance—6l.42s. —Second Game at New York. Oct. 5 Cardinals 030 000 000—3 4 1 Yankees 314 000 lOx—9 8 2 Winning pitcher—George Pipgras. Losing pitcher—Grover Cleveland Alexander. Attendance—6o,7l4. —Third Game at St. Louis, Oct. 7 Yankees 010 203 100—7 7 2 Cardinals 200 010 000—3 9 3 Winning pitcher—Tom Zachary. Losing pitcher—Jess Haines. Attendance—39.6o2. —Fourth Game at St. Louis. Oct. 8— Yankees 000 100 420—7 15 2 Cardinals 001 100 001—3 II 0 Winning pitcher—Waite Hoyt. Losing pitcher—Billy Sherdel. Attendance—37,331. Grand Totals Yankees—27 runs. 37 hits, 6 errors. Cardinals—lo runs, 24 hits. 5 errors. EX-JOCKEY DIES JACKSONVILLE, 111., Oct. 10.— William Hoban, 45, former jockey, died at the Illinois Hospital for the insane here Tuesday night. Hoban was adjudged insane two weeks ago.

BAD NEWS TWINS HAND OUT ANOTHER LACING TO CARDS St. Louisans Curl Up as Breaks Go Against Them in Last Series Clash.

BY HE> RY L. FARRELL, NEA Service and Times SDorts Writer ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 10.—The Bad News Twins, as Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig are termed by A1 Schacht, descended upon the unfortunate Cardinals here again on Tuesday who took another shellacking for the fourth successive time. If there is any importance attached to the score it was 7 to 3, and it ended the world’s series and gave the Yankees a clean sweep for the large money., Five hits, five runs. That’s the shortest way to tell the story. Little Willie Sherdel pitched three home run balls to Bad News Senior and Bad News Junior and Old Pete Alexander contributed two for the records when Cedric Durst and the Babe got hold of two nice fast balls. Sherdel started out like he was finally going to crash through with a world’s series win but he crashed down and dropped the fourth game he has worked in the classic. He went along well until the seventh when Umpire Pflrman disturbed him with a decision that threw the whole Cardinal bunch into turmoil. The Babe was up and Sherdel sneaked over two strikes on the big fellow by snap throws. He sneaked in a third beauty but Pfirman called time just as the ball left his hand. The Cards argued he had no authority to call time, but he had the last word and stuck to it.

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Sherdel was in the hole then and j the Babe caught hold of a high one, inside and slammed it clear over j the building. Gehrig then caught j hold of one and the ball game was ] just as good as over. Hoyt, winning his second game of the series, had many troubled moments and Pipgras and Heipiach pitched almost a total ball game in the bull pen. The Cardinals didn’t threaten much. They started off with considerable spirit, but they curled up as the breaks went against them. For the fourth game in a row they couldn't hit a Yankee pitcher when a hit meant damage, and Bottom- ! ley was again a total loss. When that young man is not hiting the j Cardinals do not win many ball ! games. The result of the series was a j rather startling upset of expecta- ! tions. The Yankees weren’t expected to win more than a couple of the games, but they got away fast, had good pitching, hit the ball like fiends and hustled like troopers. It is quite a record now the j Yankees have. Twice in successive years they have knocked off a National League champion in four straight games and it will be many a year before that feat is duplicated. They got the breaks, it is true, but they made a lot of their own breaks and they got runs by the good old proces of hitting when runners were in the position to score.

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Bye, Bye, Red Birds!

(Final World’s Series Game; at St. Louis Tuesday.) NEW YORK AB R H O A E Paschal, cf 4 0 1 3 0 0 Durst, cf 1 1 1 0 0 0 Koenig, ss 5 0 1 4 1 1 Ruth, If 5 33 2 0 0 Gehrig, lb 2 117 0 0 Meusel, rs 5 l l o 0 0 Lazzeri. 2b ..4 1 3 1 2 0 Durocher, 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 Dugan. 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 Robertson, 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 Bengough, c 3 0 1 8 1 0 Combs 0 0 0 0 0 0 Collins, c 1 0 1 2 0 0 Hoyt, p 4 0 1 0 3 1 Totals 40 7 15 27 7 2 Combs batted for Bengough in the seventh. ST. LOUIS AB R H O A E Orsatti, cf.......... 5 1 2 4 0 0 High. 3b 5 0 3 0 1 0 Frisch. 2b 4 0 0 3 1 0 Bottomley, lb 3 o o li l o Hafey, If 3 0 1 2 0 0 Harper, rs 3 0 0 1 0 0 Smith, c 4 0 33 1 0 Mai tin 0 1 0 0 0 0 Maranville, ss .4 1 2 3 1 0 Sherdel. p .....3 0 0 0 0 0 Alexander, p 0 0 0 0 3 0 Holm 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 3 11 27 8 0 Martin ran for Smith in ninth. ' Holm batted for Alexander in ninth. New York 000 100 420—7 St. Louis 001 100 001—3 Runs batted in—Frisch. Holm, Ruth <3). Gehrig. Robertson. Combs, Durst. Twobase hits- High, Maranville, Orsatti, Lazzeri, Collins. Home runs—Ruth (3), Gehrig, Durst. Sacrifices—Hoyt, Frisch, Combs. Stolen bases—Lazzeri. Maranville. Martin (2>. Left on bases—New York, 11; St. Louis, 9. Double plays—Bottomley and Maranville; Koenig and Gehrig. Base on balls—Oil Hoyt. 3; ofl Sherdel. 3. Struck out —Bv Hovt, 8; bv Sherdel, 1; by Alexander. 1. Hits—Off Sherdel. 11 in 6 1-3 innings; off Alexander, 4 in 2 2-3 innings. Losing pitcher—Sherdel. Time of game—--2 hours, 24 minutes.

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Yanks Broke or Equalled 13 Records New York Runs ‘Hog Wild’ in Short Series With Cards. Pjt Timm Special ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 10.—The New York Yankees, poor prematurely pitied cripples that they were, only broke or equalled thirteen world’s records in crushing the hapless St. Louis Cardinals In the four games of the 1928 series for the baseball championship. The following record were established by the Yankees: They made nine home runs in a world's AMUSEMENTS

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series, even though it was as short as any on record. They made five home runs in one game, Tuesday’s. Ruth getting three and Gehrig and Durst one apiece. They won their second consecutive world's championship in four straight games. They ran their string of consecutive world series victories to eight. They hit two homers in one inning, in both first and last games. They went through two consecutive world series using only one pitcher to a game. They forced the opposing club to use more than one pitcher In every game ol Lou Gehrig set anew record for runs driven in—nine. Babe Ruth complied a batting average of .625 for the series. The following records were equalled: Miller Huggins has won three world's championships row. the same number as John McGraw and Connie Mack. Babe Rutli once more hit three homers ‘n one series game. Waite Hovt increased his world series victories to six, a mark once set bv Chief Bender of thp Athletics. Lou Gehrig equalled Babe Ruth’s record of four homers in a single series.

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199,075 Paid to See Rig Games li it United Press ST. LOUIS, Oct. 10.—The official receipts and attendance figures for the 1928 world series announced today, were: Paid attendance, 199,075. Net receipts. $777,290. Commission’s share, $77,729. Flayers’ share, $419,736.60. Club and league’s share, $279,824.40. The players will divided a larger share than ever before. Attendance records for St. Louis, were broken at the Sunday tilt, which was witnessed by 39,602 fans.