The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-14
After 16 Years of Vainly
Striving, McGrawites
Reign Supreme.
HOYT is DEFEATED
AS PECK BLUNDERS
Run Scored in 1st Frame
Sufficient, as Nehf Mows
Yankees Down.
BY GRANTLANp RICE.

derer in far countries is home again
WIN the spoils of war. The dust is
on his knapsack and the rust is on
his canteen but the booty follows in
his victorious wake.
For the Giants have made port at
last to dock in triumph at the
harbor of Dreams-Come-Tr AZ
-er riding the storm in vain for
nearly two decades they are once
more champions of the world.
sixteen years ago this bracing
autumn, young pitcher by the
name of Christy Mathewson with
the help of a veteran known as
Iron Man McGinity. carried the
Giants in to the purple throne room
OF the game over the PROSTATE
forms of the subjugated Athletics.
For sixteen seasons since that
ancient date, McGraw and his ball
clubs have sought the winners end.
Four times since, they fought their
way in to the big October joust,
only to feel the crushing power of
conquering bats
PeekinpauEh at Fault.
But tonight they are back in
the clover again. They hurdled
the last barricade this afternoon by
beating the Yankees for the third
successive afternoon as young
Waite Hoyt toppled to a 10 de-
feat through a wide crevice opened
by the brilliant Peckinpaugh who,
like young Ward the daybefore.
blundered at the big moment of the
day.
In the final test, before the
smallest crowd Of the series, with
a raw wind roistering out Of the
North, Art Nehf at last hung one
on the Brooklyn youth by stopping
the Yanks abruptly In their slow
and numbering tracks. Hoyt pitched
one Of his greatest games, but
when the ever reliable Peck buckled
up IN the FIRST round and fumbled
KeIly's grounder with two out and
Bancroft on his way to the plate,
Hoyt's great achievement passed
on 10 the shadows of another lost
cause. --..------E
The Giants. through a queer
twist Of fate, had won their sec
ond world championship by gather
ing in two successive victories
without contributing an earned run
on either day. Helpless upon at
tack. held at bay by the Satchless
pitching Of Mays and HOyt, they
broke through two of the strongest
sectors in the Yank defense that
failed in the nerve-wrecking whirl
Of the stretch. To have the bitter
current Of defeat flow through Ward
and Peck was the final touch OF
Yankee woe, for 1t was here their
ramparts looked to be impregnable
The main drama of the entire
series was crowded into the final
turn with the Yankees facing their
last offensive. First of all, to the
establishment and delight of the
crowd, in place OF Pipp there came
a burIy figure with bandaged ell
bow. Ruth. whose absence had left
his mates soEgy and 'listless on at
tack, was taking his final turn at
bat. Up went the crowd with one
Of those roaring hullabaloos that
only the Babe can draw from the
multitude. Here was his chance for
fame beyond anything that even he
Mad ever known. But the combi-
ation of an arm swathed and
pnd from elbow to shoulder and
fast curve from Art Nehf was
than he could meet in his
turn at bat.
Rawlings NIps Rally.
this brought Ward to bat and
hrd outwaited Nehf for a pass to
rst. Nehf. pitching, had been
Wilder than a timber wolf all the
<afternoon. giving the Yanks count
less chance to walk, which they re-
fused to accept. as their hitless bats
went swinging at everything in
sight. With Baker up Nehf took no
chances, but in the process of at
tempting to cut a corner the left
handler gave the Trappe mauler two
chances to walk. which Baker re-
fused to accept The count finally
moved to three to two" when the
Maryland slugger, on the next
pitched ball slashed one to right.
ward raced for second on the play
with a quick whirl for third, when
Rawlings, the star of the day, cut
over at top speed. knocked down
the hit and with a wonderful throw
from an overturned balance nailed
the slow-moving veteran at first.
In the midst OF this bewildering
pIay, Kelly spotted Ward on his
beadIong way to third and by a
peg as swift and as true as a rifle
shot nailed the flying Yank as he
diyed in a last savage leap for the
bag.
This double play closed out the
series, bringing to Rawlings and
Kelly the deserved acclaim of standr
and bleachers who had been lifted
TO the tip OF their toes by the tense
ness Of the days big moment. 1t
was the great play of the day, for
~ he had failed to reach the ball
the Yankees would have had run
ners on first and third with only
one out and Schang. the dangerous,
at bat.
Yank Defense CrumbIes,
As IL was, the Giants picked up
the scattered threads of the dope
by winning through greater speed
and a stouter defense. They won
through fine pitching on their own
side Of the wall and because the
Yank defeBse at last began to break
and crumble after a gallant stand
for th9 first five games.
Leading the series at the time the
crippled Ruth passed from the field,
the Yanks subsided into a slow,
heavy-footed ball club, with its
morale dragging in che dust.~ In
the last twenty-five innings play the
once famous Murderers' Row, minus
Ruth, hammered over just one run,
held in complete check before the