The New York herald., 1921-10-08
Stands Go Wild as Giants
Break Out Into a Rash
of Slugging.
ny SAMUEL J. BRooKMAN.

Yes. the punch is the thing-uhe-th
that transforms staggering ball club
into fighting crew that gives no quar-
ter. But behind the punch is the spirit
that makes the punch possible.
The game seemed to have been made
to order to soothe the outraged feelings
Of Vie fsiants No revenge could have
been sweeter.
Some 10000 fans came In Yankee root
ers and went out loyal subjects of the
Giants. AS matter of fact they are
just New York rooters and always with
the winner.
After the lean picking of the first two
days the Giants could be pardoned for
the relentless way In which they as
saulted the Yankee pitchers even after
they had the game packed on ice
They were getting their hits and runs
while the getting was gettable. They
face Carl Mays-he of the submarine"
ball--to-da
OF course some fans came through
with the inevitable observation that the
Giants had scored enough runs to have
won all three games had the runs been
distributed properly.
Overnight the Giants attack had de-
veloped from the powerless to the pow
erful, their spirit from the wonder what
we're up against" to. the I'VE won't be
licked"
The way Bob Meusel stretched a more
or less fluky single into a double in the
second inning reminded one fan of feat
of Chief Meyers, the Giant catcher OF
not so many years ago. 1t was so diff
ferent. This fan remembered that
Meyers hit home run and by super
human effort stretched it into single.
The Meusels are very much In the
limelight. Emil, the younger brother
hid his light under bushel for two
days, but he shone brilliantly yesterday
His double in the nerve racking seventh
put the finishing touches on the Yam.
KEGS artistic trimming.
Apparently the series has just begun
although several thousand Yankee fans
gave us the impression twenty-foui
hours ago that 1t was all over.
The fans will boo because the Giant
pitchers will not groove the ball every
want to see Babe pickle it, The
Giants. however, are trying to win a
few ball games. You will notice incl
dentally that Babe famed twice yester-
day and twice on Thursday, despite the
fact that the Giant twirler are refusing
to pitch to him."
Third inning, bases full. none out
Ruth up All! what situation The
sort the Bambino revels in. Did he
make the most Of It? He did. His ring
ing single to centre brought in two runs
1t took the Giants twenty-one innings
to get one run, and then only one inning
| to get eight. They made more hits In
the seventh inning OF yesterdays game
than In the first two games combined.
| In three games Frank Frisch has hat
| two perfect days at bat. On Wednes-
day he poled four hits In a row. Yes
4 terday he had two safe hits and three
| bases on balls In five times at bat He
also stole a base and scored three runs
| Before the game the snake dance oi
the Washington comedians, Nick Altrocl
and AL Schacht. was one of the fun
niest bits of hippodroming ever seen or
a ball field.
"Oi" Smith. the talkative Giant
catcher, has been reported to Judge
Lands for using Objectionable language
to the Yankee ball players in Thurs
days game.
Many OF the fans before the game
were blaming the lack OF hitting In thu
series on the fact that the centre fielt
screen which furnishes a background
soothing to the batting eye, had beer
raised. $50 long as that screen is KEEP
rolled up" was the general opinion. "st
long will there be little or no hitting.
whereupon the Giants proceed to breal
cut in a rash of slugging.
Ward committed highway robbery II
the fourth when he leaped to an incred
ible altitude and pulled down Rawling'i
scrcamer with one hand. incidentally
the play delayed Shawkey's exit for {
| spell.
Said a peeved fan in the early innings
That umpire has a bad habit of call
Ing too many strikes on the Giant bat