The Washington herald., 1921-10-08
Giant Sluggers Rout Two
Pitchers While Collect
ing Eight Runs.
RIOTERS GO WILD
AS HIT FOLLOWS HIT
Suppressed on Previous
Days, Followers of Older
Team Break Forth.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

| - S AaSN halt OF the seventh
inning has come with the scor.
knottsd at and 4. A boding hush
had fallen upon the multitude and
the air was rife with the tenseness
OF impending drama. The Giant
cloHd, no larger than a mans hand
Few minutes before. had sud-
denly developed the deadly Sniray
shape that horalds an approaching
tornado.
suddenly from the Giants bench
warning cry rang out. The sfart
lhG echo had hardly died avav
before the combination earthouaka
and tidal wave hit the Yapks IN
the back Of the neck and washed
them out TO sea.
What happened? With aroIopiaS
to the illustrious Tad. You tell
EN-. lettuce, / haven't got the heart"
mere was rendinE and a slash
ing OF horsehide. a drumfire Of mus
kerry, volcanic thunder Of Ing
guns. the sound Of rushing. hurry
ing feet and, above all, the villa
four-cornered battle howl Of the
Giant rOoter. who AZ last with his
shackles knocked of had the chance
TO arise upon his hind legs ana Iet
the welkin know that two hall clubs
( represented the city Of New York
Break Three Records.
In this one great inning. twelve
Hiahts came to hat. scoring s runs
pummeled out hits. broke three
MorIu series records drove two
Yankee pitchers off the rcserya.fo,
won their first ball game cot NJ
their morale. and promptly became
important factors where before
they had been only supcrs oversbad-
/ owed by cluster OF stars.
In this weird, fantastic inning
opened by the immortal Frank
Frisch. with his batting avcrare OF
-'VV. the aroused Giants got barl,
IN twenty minutes enough re~euRa
to cover their first two disastrous
runless days. They annihiliat.f
both Jack Quinn and Collins with a
ierocity OF attack that was not TO
he denied. And once they were un-
der way the clear. untrammeIIed,
strident voice OF the Giant roo',-
was something well worth hearing
Tor he too had been waiting over
time for this great chance
No wonder he put a hop to his
bark. For among past records
broken he saw FriSch score twice
in this single spasm. Young maxi
double and a triple in the same
frame and eight men across ta-
plate for a three-ply record harry
est insofar as any post-seasaa
stands involved.
FrIsch DisPIncSe Ruth.
The Giants, by soaking Shawkey.
Quinn. Collins and Rogers f.r
twenty hits beat the Yankees Is To
., using their bats almost eN-
. clusiVely for this purpose. 1t was
/. all matter of Giant strength at
the bat and Yankee weakness in
the box. for in spite OF the collapss
Of their pitching caravan. the
Yankee defense afield held up its
stonewall balance OF the first two
days. unwavcrinE, undaunted. un-
broken and still on top Of a gallant
job. When the pitching goes TO
Gehenna, the remainder Of the team
/ generally heads in the same direr-
tlOn but on this occasion the stead
fast Ganks refused TO be stamped
ed. closing out l24 accepted cha noes
for the series without q misplav up
to date. In addition to coming
back with a rabid vengeance the
b Giants tossed another bombsheu
into hostile ranks by Offering up "a
batting star who now threatens the
I S4tlA anu the ETdnhtuE lnat MtT-
Ruth's. Upon the Clammy brow pr
frankie FrisCh, the multitude tied
the chaplet OF olive boUEhs as
Giants supporters with hOwls Of de-
light hailed him as the new Man
DARN Of Maui.
For while Ruth was tanning
twice. after his opening hit. FrisCn
ran up his string to seven hits wita
another perfect day at bat and the
Fordham Flash" is now bulginE
with the proud batting average OF
200 for the first three games. This
lofty mark was never held before
over as many passing days and un-
less Frisch skids from far heights
or the Babe takes q running jump
out of the home run rut he may
find the stars dressing room
awarded to another cove.
Both Pitchers I'm Trouble.
AS the third game got under way
Bob Shawkcy facing Fred Toney.
the massive Tennessean. there were
early indications that both were
soon headed for serious complica-
tions. Dimly and far away they
| both must have heard the faint
, splash Of the cooling shower wait
ing for them at the journeys end
that was not 10 be so far away. For
two innings both got by through
the keenness of the double defense.
As the third reel was unraveled
$4,000 fans, roofing with a vim that
, had been absent in the two preced-
ing games, sensed the expected
drama when when Toney passed
Schang and Shawkey singled TO
right.
With this start Yankee rooters
were again in the saddle with the
Giant colony dumb with growing
anguish. For as Miller singled,
driving Schang across with the first
, run. they saw another Yankee tri-
: umph on its way with McGraw and
his men hopelessly outdistanced.
= When Peck walked and Ruth's
timely single drove in two more
: runs, the series seemed as good as
over. This last blow sent Toney
from the field, with Barnes sub
| poenaed as a dying hope. A mo-
ment later Peck scored The fourth
! Yankee run on an infield out
Two games behind and four runs
behind in the third AFFAIR. Here