The Washington herald., 1921-10-12
Big Series Again Evened
When Yank Pitchers Fail
McGraw's Sluggers Twice Overcome Lead of
Yanks- s-Fewster and Emil Meusel Hit
Homers-Mays Faces Douglas Today.
By C. A. LovErT.
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Cwashinxton Herald and Chicago Tribune
STAT oorrespondsnt.)


: sCw.shinxton Herald and Chicago Tribune
STAT oorrespondent)
NEW YORK, Oct. 11.-Fighting
with a grim determination, their
backs TO the wall, the Giants came
from behind today and tied the
1921 world series count of games
won and lost at three and three.
They won by an SIS score, a Wig
orous, brushing scrap that opened
as a free-sfugging affair and de-
veloped into a pitchers battle
in which Jesse Barnes soutshone
the antique Bob Shawkey and gave
one of the, finest IL not the most
skfllful exhibitions Of the twirl-
er's art rising out of this 0cto-
ber's blue ribbon event of base
ball.
The Yanks' twice had a COM
Portable lead and twice SURRENDERED
IL to Giant battling prowess. The
Yankees pitching inferiority where
its reserve moundsmen are con-
eerned. was clearly demonstrated,
and a realization of the fact Mil
Ter James Huggins is fighting to
win a world championship with
but two pitchers of any dependa-
bility was brought home to $4,000
fans.
II was the second time in the
six games Barnes was called upon
to face the Yankees after Fred
Toney, the ponderous righthander,
had been batted from the box.
On both occasions the Americas
Leaguers led 3 to when Barnes
went TO the mound, and each time
the Giants overcame the handicap
and hit in a victory for the tall
Oklahoman. Toney was less effec-
tive today than In his previous
start-in the third game of the
series. Then he lasted for two
and a third innings; today he
opened with walk to Chick
Fewster, Babe Ruth's sub, and
before Barnes was frantically
had combed the big fellows fast
ones for three sharp singles,
counting three runs.
Harper is Given humps
Miller Higgins gave his left
handler, Harry Harper, his chance
today, but a walk and home runs
by Irish Meusel and Frank Snyder,
followed by a single by Barnes,
tied the score in the second in
ming and did for the Hackensack
route and lost the game in the
fourth-the fatal inning of more
than one world series Of other
years.
After the Giants had knotted
the run count and driven Harper,
crestfallen, from the pitching
peak. the Yankees prolonged their
swatting orgy sufficiently to take
the lead again, by two runs, on.
Shawkey's single and Fewster's
circuit clout into the left field
bleachers in the American Leaguers'
hak of that hectic second frame.
But in the fourth the Giants
found Shawkey for four singles
which, together with MeNally's
error. a sacrifice and a stolen base
by Frank Frisch. produced four
runs and won the contest, fand
pions even in victories with the
titletakers Of Johnsonia and in bet
ter position to triumph in the series
than at any time since the Yankees
went out in front in the opening
game. A defeat today would have
all but eliminated the Giants as
championship contenders this year,
for it, would have given the team
led by the diminutive huggins fouE
victories. And with but one more
needed to establish claim to the
title, and Mays and Hoyt to call
upon to stifle the Giant assault, the
Yanks would have been favorites at
prohibitive odds. Tonight, however.
it. IS another story.
After his second inning wild
ness Barnes pitched phenomensily,
allowing but two hits and striking
out, ten men in eight and one-third
innings. In so doing he. famed
every regular in the Yankee batting
array. The Yanks' attack, looming
so formidable at the outset despite
Ruth's absence, enforced by serious
infection of his left arm and a torn
tendon in his right calf, curled up
before the powerful sweep Of
Barnes's hurting wing, and the Cen
tTal Association and Three Il"
League graduate denied a place as
starting pitcher by John McGraw,
turned back the Yankee batsmen as
they had not been turned back in
any of the preceding clashes.
Chick Fewster Brilliant.
Figuratively. at least, the fraiI
Fewster fitted snugly into the
rugged Ruth's shoes. both afield and
at bat. The .Yanks have been called
a one-man ball team, in the sense
that IL is built about the clouting
Behemoth and with precious little
worthy material used in the super
structure, but Fewster went far to-
day to disproye that theory. He
contributed the most brilliant field
ing effort of the day when he raced
IaT across the field. lunged forward
and snagged Pep Young's long foul
near the left-field barrier when two
were out and Burns was on base
by virtue of a pass in the opening
inning.
Twice he waited out Giant twirl-
in the fourth. for bases on balls,
and with Shawkey aboard in the
second stanZa and the score tied,
and sent it high up into the bleach
ers behind left field. His was the
third home run of the inning, the
Giants having pummelled Harper
for two before he was yanked by
Huggins in the first half. Three
fOuT-baggers in one inning sets a
new record for distance hitting in
world series play.
Babe Ruth, with his'wife in a
field box, his arm in a sling, saw
his successor stand out, even on
the defeated team, as the Individual
star of the setto.
The Giants showed a fighting
spirit today that was not to be de-
MED. On the other hand, the
Yankee pitching at the outset was
far from world series calibre, and