Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1921-10-06
MAYS PITCHES
AMERICANS To
FIRST VICTORY
McNally Jumps Into Fame by
Slamming Out 2-Base Hit
And Stealing Home
DOUGLAS DOES WELL
Giants Put Up Hard Defense
But Are Unable to Solve
Delivery of Mays
DOUGLAS DOES WELL

NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-(By the AS
sociated Press)-Carl Mays. with one
of his masterful exhibitions of box
work. pitched the Yankees to a well
earned victory over the Giants in the
first game of the 1921 World series at
the Polo Grounds todayF The blonde
American League twirle& of the under
hand delivery held be National
Isaguers runless, the al score be-
ing: New York Amer ans 3, New
York Nationals 0.
1t was not without sd be fine field
ing behind Mays, somd pretty work
with the stick and csvS running on
the bases that the Yankees were able
to get the jump in theSfirst all-New
York series ever play&d for world
baseball honors. Babe Ruth, king Oh
the home run cloutersy although he
did not make any hol1e runs, was
there with a timely hi,tnnd some in
spring and heady coaNhing on the
lines. Mike McNally, fhe Yankees
third baseman, rated IS one of the
weakest hitters, contributed a double
which blossomed into a run and jump
ed into a niche in the world series
han OF fame by tearing off neat
steal of home in the fifth inning for
Douglas Pitches Well
The Yankee victory was won
against a determined Giant defense,
the sterling feature of which was a
we'll pitched game by Phil Douglas,
the Nationals spit-ball star. Douglas
had the slugging Ruth at his mercy
alter the fourth inning, striking the
Babe out twice, amid roars of approx
al from The Giants rOOterS
Douglas LETT the game in the eighth
inning when Earl Smith. pinch hitter
went TO bat for him ana flied out to
Ruth. Barnes pitched the ninth in
ming for the Giants and was clouted
for two hits.
In the field Ruth played well, get
ting four of the five ouIiieid putouts.
In the third inning, he gave his ad-
mirers heaTtpang when he caught
Douglas high fly and let it bounce
out of his hands. He managed to re-
cover the ball, however, before it
could fall to the ground. He was
cheered every time he came to the
plate and every time he caught a fly.
In the Giants lineup, Frank Frisch,
their stellar third baseman, ran true
10 his spectacular form, getting four
OF the Nationals five hits, one of them
a triple, and handling brilliantly ev-
efythIng that came his way.
Bancroft Unsteady
AS a whole, the Giants played
heady, consistent game, except that
the usually reliable Bancroft at short
was little unsteady at times, al
though in no instance to the detir-
ment of his team Their inability to
hit Mays, however, was fatal, togeth-
er with the unexpected, dash shown
by the Yankees on the base paths,
the latter literally on this occasion
beating the Giants at What was sup
posed TO be their own game.
Undoubtedly, from the standpoint
of the more than 10000 spectators in
stands and bleachers, the appearance
of Babe Ruth at the plate was the big
attraction OF the afternoon. AS has
been said, he went home-runless for
the day, his only hit being the first
inning blow-a slashing single to cen
ter-that sent Miller home with the
first Yankee run. Ruth on this occas
ion went out himself in a fast double
play. On his second trip to the plate
he received base on balls. In the
sixth and eighth innings, he struck
out.
Bob" Meusel. the Yankees heavy
hitting right fielder. another local
point OF pouular interest, did some
thing toward living up to his reputa-
tion as long distance clouter by find
ing Phil Douglas for hit in the sixth
inning which would have been tri-
PIE but for a slip on the part of the
Yonkee meSmer of the Meusel family
"a break, which. If the game had
been closer, might have done his team
an extremely i'll turn. Bob's hit scor-
ed Roger Peckinpaugh from second
but unfortunately for the batter, he
failed to touch first in rounding that
bag and was declared out while stand
ing on third. Some one in the Giant
dugout had caught the omission on
his part and the ball was called for
and thrown to first, whereupon I'm
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