Show r I Cardinals Favorites With Sports Fans St Louis Hopes for First Flag In Big Show BY n BILLY DILLY IVA EVANS CHICAGO Sept 16 The It Tb sport tan fan 1 always alway with l th under dog dol underdog That explains explain why hy lovers lover of baseball from the tho Atlantic Atlantie to the are pulling for tor St Louis Louisor Louisor Louisor or National Cincinnati to win In the th Na Na- Na league leacu In preference to rg St St Louis never has ha tasted tailed or of ora ofa ofa a pennant In either cither tho thu National or tho the lean Amex league That Is I reason No 1 I for tor the way baseball enthusiasts are cheering for tor the tho th Cardinal In the gallant that team leam Is 13 making down dowa the ih home borne bom stretch The Th other reason Is ii th larity popularity of Rogers Roger Hornsby man man- manager manager man n ager er of ot the th Cards and batsman extraordinary Only ono one on National league ien pen fIen pennant nant ever ha has been won by Cin Cincinnati Cm- Cm Cincinnati That was wa In 1919 HI The glory of that victory as well as the world series crie triumph was somewhat dimmed by the th scandal attached to the tha classic of that year Pittsburg on the th other hand has won on five pennantS pennant In the th Na- Na National Na National league Likewise In 1902 and 1925 the th Pirates Pirate copped the world series serle St St Louis Loul Cincinnati then ls ls the th way ay a maj majority of the th partisan non fan tans fans would ral rath their choice In la the National league race Looking over the record of the St Louis club in III the National league we w find that since 1892 a period of 33 23 years not only ha the club been unable to win In a pennant nt but It has never once fInished In second place ODD On RECORD Out of 33 championship cam cam- patens cam the club has managed to finish eh In the th first division onlY six times on tour four occasions It has been third and twice landed handed In fourth CA CAThe The cellar berth has been the Cardinals portion no less len le than even seven tI times mes It has hils been beon next to 13 last t eight times time Therefore It Is an eay easy matter malter to understand why the th fan fans of St StLouis Louis have gone Rone ono mad about the CardInals After tasting the ot of defeat for so o many years ears there therIn 18 ii a bit of the tha champagne champagn champa n tin fIzz to the 1926 play of o Rogers Rogen Hornsby Hornby and Co During a II number of years year the Cincinnati Reds have been In the running only to tal falter falser er each sea sea- season season ton tea son 1919 i excepted So naturallY the tabs fan of that city are lITe sr not making as much of a fuss fuls over the race as the tho natives of St StLouis Louis It Is not an altogether alto etar new thrill to the th Cincinnati folks And after alL nIL ther Is no thrill quite like the th first pennant A city accepts the honor In a ft mat mat- matter mattot mat tor tot ter of ot fact tact way after the th Initial su success c I need ed only point to the th Wash Wash- Washington Wa h Inton ington fans tans as proof of that state state- statement te went ment ent When Then the th club won In 1924 the city held a II regular county fall fair celebration V It as S 'S it at the second pennant but mad no such fuss as the th previous year It n Is easy pasy ea y for me mo to picture the celebration St St 81 Louis would stage In event of winning And I J might ml add such celebrations add new z zest st to the sport It the Cardinals win the th IUS 1926 pennant It will be bo a hot night In St Louis on the tho th date dat such a sue sue- suc success cess Is 13 achieved |