New-York tribune., 1921-09-30


years.
Miller Huggins'a team has not yet
qualified to meet the Giants in the
blue ribbon classic Of baseball, which
will enrich participating players far
beyond the most avaricious dream of
the most avaricious player extant. But
after the issue Of to-day's play here
and in far-ofr Comiskey Park. Chicago,
it would appear that the pennant
clinching for our boys is simply q mat
ter of dull formality or routine.
While the Yankees, minus the moral
force Of their Big Bertha, the batter
ing Babe Ruth, were tearing up and
ripping back these same Athletics, the
proud worlds champion Indians, out
in Chicago, were going down to dis
NAL defeat at the hands Of the White
Sox in general and little Dickie Kerr
in particular.
1t remains but for the Yankees to
win one Of three remaining games to
clinch this years pennant beyond per-
adventure Of doubt or quibble, and not
another game will be needed, provided
Chicago can repeat to-day's dose to
iris Speakers doughty champions.
Mays Will Pitch To-day
Two games remain with the Ath-
letics. Tomorrow the prospective cham-
pions will meet the habitual tailenders
at Shibe Park again. On Saturday the
series will switch to the Polo Grounds
for Just one tilt Then, on Sunday,
the Yankees will close out their cam :
paien in q single battle with Boston's
Red Sox.
Huggins has the grim and austere
Carl Mays up his sleeve Tor the WIN
ming trick. 1t is likely he will play
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pending on Waite Hoyt, Saturday, to
retrieve any chance disaster.
Rutherless as the Yankees may feel
toward Connie Mack and all the rest
that stand between them and the Hall
of Fame, they will not again be Ruth
less when the teams line up tomorrow
afternoon. They came over this morn
ing minus the big bludgeon OF the pat. pat.
terine Bambino. The Sultan Of swat
was confined to his rooms at the Hotel
Ansonia, New York, and reported
slight attack Of the "fu."
The anxious Mr.. Higgins had Mrs.
Ruth on long distance this evening and
she assured him that the Big Bertha
would be i'm to-morrow's lineup: The
days rest, together with the glad news s
from. this City Of Brotherly Love and
from Chicago, had entirely restored His
Lordship. Mrs. Ruth averred. The Bat
tier will be out here tomorrow after
noon for fame and glory, not to mention
the possibility of sixty home runs for
the season
Shawkey Back In Form
The most edifying feature Of to-day's
victory-which to all intents and pur-
poses practically clinched the first New
York American League .pennant-was
the return to grace Of Robert Shawkey.
This sterling pitcher had been some
what undependable in his last several
starts. He had plenty Of stuff on the
ball, but had lost confidence somewhat
because his best was being hit
This afternoon it was the old Shaw
key, the ace Of the Yankee pitchers.
who was throwing them up to Connie
Mack's hirelings with SO much stutT the
Athletics were simply blinded. There
was a Jump on Bob's fast ball that
would have done credit to q Wild Bill
Donovan in his heyday. His curve was
superb, thing of beauty. And he had
control, wonderful control, even though
at times he appeared to fool George
Moriarty, the umpire behind the plate,
as we'll as the batsman.
Philadelphia never threatened Shaw
key; never got man past second base
but once, and then with two down.
Only three Philadelphia runners dur
ing the afternoon got acquainted with
the midway. Through the nine fervid
innings of which he loomed the great
master Shawkey always had the game
under his witching control. He was
found for only four singles, no two Of
which came to an inning, and Of the
four only one was clean. Three were
the scratchiest Of scratchy flukes.
Cy Perkins, with one out, and Clar-
ence Walker, who had walked, ON first,
chopped slow bounder past the box in
the fourth inning 1t would have been
an easy chance for Ward had Bob the
Cob let it alone. He detected it into
single. Witt opened the sixth with
puny roller, which Ward overran in
his anxiety for q necessary barehand
atab. In the eighth Dykes scorched
latter could easily have got his man
had he not lost the ball after breaking
it down. The only clean single was
Brazill's clean hit to left, with two out,
in the seventh.
Winner Trifie Unsteady
Shawkey was just little bit un-
steady as might be expected Of a
pitcher who puts so much on the ball.
And then, too, Moriarty missed few
that looked mighty good from the press
box, anyhow. Bob handed out four
passes and he struck out six batsmen.
The only time he was in serious difl-
CulIy Was IAo uiIcCS xcSulI OA AdIucnt-
able mufR on the part Of Fewster on
Witt, the first batter in the eighth.
Harris. who mounted the hill for the
elongated Mack, was shooting with all
he had, as were all the rest Of Connie's
cast. And luck favored Shawkey in
this battle, which might have been a
real duel wit hair-tight support for
the big, rawboned Texan.
New York virtually won the game
in the second inning. Pipp was safe on
boot by Dykes. Ward sacrificed
McNally's line hit "a single at best)
took a false skip over Welsh's head
for fluke triple that registered Pipp
Dykes then lost Shawkey's weak por
bunt in the sun. 1t fell behind him
for lucky single that Tailed Nc
. Nally.
! The run in the third was earned
Miller, first up, tripled down the right
chalk mark and Meusel hit him home
The two runs in the seventh also were
earned. With one aone Shawky singled
cleanly off Brazills glove lie wa.
forced by Fewster. Chick promptl,
stole second just before Peckinpaugl
picked or q cripple and lined it int,
the open bleachers In left field for 1
homo run.
Miss Chance In First Inning
Tho Yankees overlooked good be