Evening star., 1921-10-07


There is this to be said about Giant
hurlers. however. Both have full
filled expectations by turning in good
exhibitions, their failure to win being
due to the fact that their opponents
on the slab We're even better. With
Fred Toney, rated generally as on
par with his two predecessors, yet to
be heard from and much basis for
doubt whether Shawkey. Harper or
Quinn can approximate the splendid
performances of Mays and Hoyt. the
tonic effect of possible verdict for
the Giants this afternoon must be
awaited before such terms as com
plete rout' and utter annihilation"
are permitted to creep into chronicles
of this eighteenth renewal of base
balls championship stake.
National Lcaguerx Look Tame.
That's the situation as regards
pitching, but with respect to the
teams as units Higgins gang ap-
pears so much more impressive than
their rivals a layman might easily
tional is a class B organization rather
than a major league, judged by the
comparative showing of it's title Win
ner.
With the handicap of overpolicing
ticket selling facilitated by the OPEN
ing of additional booths and the pub
lie appraised of the fact that some
10000 unreServed seats are obtain
able daily. the show at the Polo
Grounds yesterday was put on before
a full house. The fans warmed up
and acted more like that from which
the term is derived-fanatics-a
ccrking good exhibition of the ma
tional pastime was unfolded.
Hoyt in Wonderful Form.
Sterling as was the performance
given by Mays on opening day. that
NJ at Iii frrH
school graduate and one-time member
of the Giants, was in some respects
better. Until the ninth inning a lit
tie pop fly by Rawlings. in round
three. that fell untouched between
Peckinpaugh and Ruth. was the only
bingle yielded by the youthful
Yankee. Then Frisch. who Wednes-
day whaled four hits in succession off
Mays. and yesterday was impotent on
his first three appearances, rammed
the distinction of being the second
ever to pitch one-hit world series
game.
Two bingles in nine innings is mag
nificent work against a club of the
Giants plunking prowess, however.
ful of passes does not detract from
the brilliance of his exhibition, as
they were handed out singly and off
set by an equal number of whiffs.
ATtHuT NeHl, the lelt-HdHueu ace III
McGraw's deck of pitching cards.
performed a rather notable feat him.
self in holding the Yakees to mere
trio of swats, but the southpaw con-
stantly was in hot water through his
inability to get his sharp breaking
curves over the plate. and he other
wise contributed to his own downfall
by faltering afield at an important
juncture.
Yanks Outgame Their Rivals.
Having their attack restricted to a
measure wholly Inadequate to their
needs, the Yankees Yesterday achieved
the verdict by outplaying the Giants
to a greater degree even than in the
inaugural and by outgaming them
so decisively that it was apparent to
all within the inclosure that just this
thing had been done.
Only seven Giants reached the bases
and aside from the pair who singled,
but two got ball out of the inf1eld,
while on only two occasions was a
Giant able to get as far around as
second base. Nehf reached this sta
tion in the sixth and Frisch in the
ninth, but at no time did either seem
to have a ghost of show to advance
farther, SO effective was the work of
Hoyt and the men behind him.
Only a bit of bad fortune prevented
the Yankees from repeating their
opening day stunt of hopping into a
lead at the outset. for with two of
them on the paths a terrific liner
from Bob Meusers bat Travelled
straight into the hands of Frisch, a
double play resulting. The luck was
not one-sided. however. as a mum of
a foul by Earl Smith gave respite
to Miller. who eventually walked. He
advanced on Peck's sacrifice and it
was after Ruth also drew a pass on
four pitched balls. although appar-
emily it was not intentional. that
Bob Meusers vicious swat went to
waste.
Frfsch Checks the Yanks.
Frisch again was on the job of
checking the Yankees when Nehf was
menaced in the second inning. Pipp
had waited out the string for free
transportation and reached the mid
way on the hit and run, with Ward
rolling to Bancroft, when McNally
crashed toward left. Frisch made a
diving clutch for the ball. and while
sprawled tagged Pipp as he raced by.
Nehf emerged from an exceedingly
ominous situation in the third, when
Hoyt scratched a single on a looper
TO short right that Rawlings leaped