Word: sherdel
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...into a smile. Sombre Rogers Hornsby, manager and second baseman of the Cardinals, came up to bat, pushed back his cap, was cheered for two and a half minutes. The first and most exciting inning of the game ended with one run for each team. Thereafter Pitchers Pennock and Sherdel twisted their slow left handers over the corners of the plate, hot-dog venders dragged themselves along the aisles. In the sixth inning Baseman Gehrig drove home Fielder Ruth for a winning run. Score: New York, 2; St. Louis...
Fifth Game. Once more Pennock, as deliberate as a garbageman stood against Sherdel, vehement, in baggy trousers. For five innings Sherdel, famed for his delayed ball, pitched perfectly; his slow curves wound whitely up to the plate and winked out of sight into Catcher O'Farrell's glove while Yankee batsmen swore and pirouetted. But in the ninth inning Pinch Hitter Paschal smashed a single to centre scoring Gehrig, tying the score, 2 to 2. An extra inning gave the Yankees victory. Score: New York. 3; St. Louis...
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