More and more, managers are com
ing to realize the importance of
shortstop players and more and more
they are realizing the difficulty of
filling that position. Huggins has
FRETFUL ST. LOUIS TEAM
GOES INTO SIXTH GAME
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.
NEW YORK, October 9.—lt was a mighty fretful team of Cardinals
that limbered up today, after their long ride from St. Louis, for
the sixth game of the 1926 world scries. There was much talk of
“breaks” of the game which had gone against them and not much
talk about the had ball playing which resulted in the breaks.
It is a sinister sign when talk of that kind breaks out in a ball club,
especial’y in one which has its share of youngsters. Rogers Hornsby, the
St. Louis manager, had not given up his fight for the series, but he had his
work cut out for him rallying his players to something approximately their
earlier spirit.
The five games of the series which
had been played up to today were av
streaked as a barber’s pole. Some
say that the series has been the most
uninteresting in history. It has
drab, but there have been much worse
series.
First Two Games Flat.
The first two games were flat In
that they were merely ball games.
Ruth out-generaled Sherdel in the first
game by hitting to left field and start
ing the winning run. It was clear
skill on Ruth’s part and he Is entitled
to a large share of credit for that first
victory.
Alexander put it all over the
Yankees in the second game and held
them sb barren of hits that the con
test was lacking in interest. In ad
dition to that. Shocker pitched a badly
balanced game.
