Show HERB PENNOCK EMERGES HERO FRO FROM OPENING DAY SKIRMISH Babe Ruth Ruthan an and Gehring Share Honors Pitcher CARDINALS BESTED Yanks Out Ont Out General and Outplay Their Western Riyals Rivals By Dy ALAN N J NEW YORK Oct Ey By By The fhe Oct Associated The Press Press The southpaw wizardry of Willowy Herb Pennock Fennock md and the tho punch In the big bats bait of burly Babe Dabe Ruth nuth and Lou GehriS Gehrig tOday carried the New York Yanks to triumph over the St Louis Car Car- Cardinals Cardinals Cardinals In the the opening opening skirmish ot of the 1926 battle for the worlds world's world baseball championship A crowd of ot close to fans railing falling just short of ot record lions proportions but nevertheless forming a spectacular background to the conflict In the Yank stadium saw victory perch on the banner of the American league champions by bythe bythe bythe the narrow margin margie of 2 to 1 Fought out on a n hazy battle battle- ground battle gro ground nd occasionally moistened by light showers It was a close and tensely waged struggle from Start to finish even It lt It failed to reach particularly thrilling thrilling- heights C 0 OUTPLAYED It was a convincing victory for forthe forthe forthe the Yankees nevertheless for they steadied out out out and out played the first team that thill St Louis ever has sent In quest or baseballs baseball's premier crown Pennock rennock t twirling with cool and baffling skill held the sluggIng National league champions to three hits altogether allowing not the semblance of a safe gate fe hit over o a sev- sev seven sev seven en In Inning stretch from th the first fiat to the ninth frames rames Registering his third triumph In worlds world's Se- Se se series vies ries competition Pennock gave a masterful exhibition yielded his only run In the first Inning on a double by Douthit and a scratch single by Bottomley then mowing mo down the Cardinals with machine machine- machinelike machine like like regularity until the ho ht elg when the Yankee ace aee pulled him him- himself him himself self together after a brief spell of wildness START ST WIllie Wlllie Sherdel port sider star or of orthe the Cardinals staff matched his slow ball against Pennock's cross cross- crossfire crossfire cross tiro fire but contributed to his own downfall by an erratic start In the first Inning while Yank bats got Continued on Page Pase Three HERB PENNOCK HERO OF CA OAME E Continued From Page On One to him for the winning Inning run In the sixth lie e gave gae way In the eighth to Jess Haines niter litter being replaced at batS bat by a pinch hitter Babe Ruth led the sortie that gave ga the Yankees their winning run in the sixth Inning and brought about the down downfall fan of ot Sherdel Singling sharply through third base baBe the Babe advanced on neatly placed sacrifice bunt and andra ra raged ed home on Lou rou rous- rous rousing rous rousing ing single sInge to the tho right field neld When Larsen tollo ed follow ed with an- an another an another other single it looked as though the tho Yankees were about to stage one of their characteristic bitting explosions Gehrig GehriS was thrown thron out however at third and hit Into a out force-out after acter Lester Bell Cardinal third sacker had juggled Dugans Dugan's smash failing either to make mako the throw to first or tag tog Lazzeri at the far tar corner FIRST RUN GIFT T The first Yankee run In the opening Inning was as as r e gift girt for Sherdel unable to control his slow ball walked Combs Ruth and to fill nn the tho bags with only one out Combs crossed the plate on Gehrig's Infield rap that forced at second base Sherdel sell settled led down after arter this spasm and successfully checked the Yanks until the sixth although he was frequently on the borderline of danger as tho the American leaguers leaguers got men as far tar as second base in 11 the second and third Innings A snappy double play engineered by and ornsby choked oft off a Yankee spurt in in- in inthe the nm fifth fifth meanwhile cast a spell over the Cardinals bats His cross cross- crossfire fire cross fire had the the National leaguers heavy artillery completely silenced from the second Inning on until the ninth when Bottomley gained his second hit lilt of ot the game a sin sin- sin single gle elo lo to o right that did no damage |