The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-07
Ex-Dixle Leaguer Lets Mo- GraW'S Men Down With Two SingIeS-Bob MeuseI Steals Home
By Associated Press

fofk Americans made world series history hore today. shutting out the Giants to in the second game of the struggle. leaving the New York Nationals runless after 8 innings of play in the first two days of the city clubs conflict. They did it by lively work on the bases and the best possible use of their few hits. supported throughout by the brilliant twirling If Waite Hoyt, their young right-handed star. The score was the same as in the first game yesterday, Hoyt allowing the Giants but two puny singles.
 Capacity Crowd
 Unlike the opening encounter. to- days game was played before a crowd that taxed the capacity of the Polo grounds, and let itself loose at fre- quent intervals in dipping outbursts of enthusiasm. It had plenty to en- thuse over, for the contest, while a pitchers battle between Hpyt and Art Nehf. who twlrled stellar ball for the Giants. was replete with rattlins plays and tense moments
 Possibly the thing that most en- tCAA NS tb AiI' JptApH tIS Ut tllS dH- kees, looking forward to the ultimate outcome of the series, was the splen- did game pitched by Hoyt who held the Chants to one hit up to the eighth Never before has world series opened with two straight shutouts of the same contestant.
 Hoyt's Pitching Alright
 So alright was Hoyt's pitching that the Giaats never had more than mi n Dtt Il. Inning. The nearest they came to the home base was in the ninth inning. when Frlseh with one down. singled to right and went to second when Young was given base on balls.
 He was on his way home from sec ond IS Il fast double play on Young and Kelly ended tho inning and the game. The only other man to get to second was Nehf. who was given base on balls and went down on an out.
 Babe steals Two Bases
 Aside from Hoyts marvellous twirl- ing, the game revealed Babe Ruth In new role. that of the demon base stealer--a role that seemed just as popular with the crowd as his familiar one of home-run king. The great bambino stole second and third in rapid succession in the fifth in ming, and his clean offering of the far corner was greeted with the wild est demonstration of the series to date.
 At the bat Ruth's record was color less He didn't once connect satelY. Nehf appeared to pitch to him every i time, but in trying to cut the cor- uers succeeded in issuing three passes 1 to the big fellow, much to the dis I ,ssNs ~f epparaDtls. the greater DOT i tion of the crowd. f,uth Scored fssis ! however. getting on the bases once 1 through a fielder's choice and rinaiiy l tallyinS.
 [ M1useI steals Home.
 Ruth's base stealing feat was per- { formed late in the inning and didn't 1 result in a run. Nonso. however, the surprise sprung by the next most l justly celebrated slugger of "mur- 1 derer's row"-the lanky Bob" Meu- 1 sell This 1.-the Californian did noth- | ing less than execute clean steal of home In the eighth-duplicating l McNally's feat of Wednesday. He didn't have to slide for 1t, either, Tor ! the pitch on which he tore In was wide and Earl Smith, the star catch CT. let it get away from him for a parsed ball
 The Giant rooters got their chance again today to grow enthusiastic ever the playing of the remarkable Frank Frisch This stellar performer ur- doubtedly prevented the score taking on a decidedly more lopsided aspect. For one thing he made great catch of sizzling liner by Meusel. labeled for two bases, with two on. in the Yankees first inning turning the smash into double play. Then, in the third. he brought the crowd to 'ts feet with his brilliant performance in grabbing difficult erounder from McNally. throwing himself at the ball, and then. while flat on the ground, reaching up and tagging Walter Pipp, who was tearing Tor third.
 Third Inning.
 Much of the excitement of the game was crowded Into the Yankees third inning. schang started by sending 8 high fly to Bancroft. Rawlings souirmed and twisted to get under Holt's Texas Ieaguer. but was unable to hold the ball. Peckinpa igh walked and the cro--d yelled to Ruth to Init Ter out" as the Babe came to bat. Coach Leary. of the Yankees. here ran out from the dugout and drew Umpire Moriarty's attention to the ball. The umpire examined 1t and threw it ont of the game. Pitcher Nehf took no chances with the homs run Nllltl anu bdsSCu hAAb Ao AtiS filling the bases rnis brought up i Bob Meusel another hard hitter, but the best he could do was to send mp II a short fly to Bancroft, leaving the three base runners stranded
 The Yankees scored their first run fin the fourth inning. After PipD had sent a high fly to Young. Ward got a hit on a slow bounder to right. Mc- Il Nally hit to Nehf. who in trying to throw out Ward at second. shot the ball wide and both runners were safe. Wallv Schang drew a pass. filling all the corners. Ward tailed the first run as Hoyt went out on a grounder, Rowlings to Kelly. McNally tried to score as the play was being made al first and was nipped at the plate Ky Kellys good throw to smith.
 yanks Get Two
 Except for Ruths base on balls and his two steals in the fifth. nothing further happened in the scoring line until the eighth, when the Yankees added two. Frisch muffed Peckin. paugh's easy fly back of second base Ruth smashed grounder 10 Kelly who threw out peckinpaugh al sec ond. Bancroft taking the throw. Ruth sprinted to third on Bob Meusers sin- gle to center and came home as Pipr was going out on srounder. Raw ings to Kelly. Meusel took third on the play. Then the unexpected again appened--Meu steal home amid cheers that shook the grand stand. Ward ended the inning by fouling out to Kelly.
 Attendance Record
 In addition to establishing a new worlds series record of two consec- utive shut-outs by the same team ir the first two games, the gate receipts record established yesterday also went by the board. The 34,s3s sperta-