Evening star., 1921-10-06

head. Certain it is that if no radi-
cal difference is manifested in the
succeeding games the world series o
1921 will be writ in base ball annals
Only Two Giants Get On.
Carl Mays seldom has toiled to
better purpose in the box than yes
feet. Aside from Frisch. the only
Giant to get on the runways was
Rawlings, who was hit on the les
with a pitched ball in the second in
ming and singled in the seventh
underhand delivery in any danger o.
being scored on.
The first occasion was in the fourth
inning, when Frisch singled. stole
second on Mays rather than Schang
for the Giant obtained a commanding
lead, and was sacrificed to third by
Young. Mays showed his caliber
here by whiting Kelly, the home run
king of the National League. Will
the best Irish Mcusel could produc'
was an easy roller to Peck. In tn.
sixth. when Frisch manufactured his
triple. there were two out. and he
was left when Peck made d nice play
on Youngs roller.
Phil Douglas. the spitball artist of
the Giants. who was picked in many
quarters as capable Of giving the
Yanks as much trouble even as Nehf
The ace of McGraw's corps. displayed
lot of stuff. He mixed curves with
his damp shoots and had the ball
breaking sharply over the outside cor
ner of the plate, but although he
yielded only five hits in his eight in
nings, he was unr BILE to check the
Yanks at crucial junctures.
Miller Gets Lucky Hit.
Douglas wcs given an inkling Of
what was in store for him at the out
set when Miller. the first man to face
him.. was credited with a hit on
rap close to the keystone. which Rawl-
ings should have handled cleanly. but
succeeded only in knocking down
Peck's perfect sacrifice put him on
second and he scored when Ruth sin
gled sharply to center on the first
bali pitched
Ward end Ruth. receiving passes
got as far as the midway in the sec
ond and fourth rounds. respectively
but it was not until the fifth that the
Yanks registered again. and then it
was by the efforts of McNany almost
single handed. Mike walloped a dou-
Bile to left. was sacrificed to third by
Schang and. when Mays famed. after
vainly attempting the squeeze play.
McNally stole home. Douglas deliv-
cry was a good one and reached Sny-
der in plenty of time for a putout to
be effected. but the Giant backstop
was slow in his actions and did not
get the ball onto McNally until the
Yank was over the plate. The Giants
kicked. of course. but they knew they
had no grounds for protest.
Final Tally I'm Sixth
Peck registered the third and final
run for the Yanks in round six. and
Snyder again was a contributing fac
tor. Roger was credited with hit on
a roller to his rival captain and short
stop when Bancroft's wide throw pull
ed Kelly off first. Peck took second
on a passed ball by Snyder. and, after
Ruth had been called out on third
bly, for Umpire Rigler's eyesight, but
perhaps actually for himself - the
Yankee field leader scored on a long
clout to left center for three bases by
Bob Meusel. The fact that Sir Robert
failed to get credit for even a single.
much less triple. being called out for
failure to touch first in his race
around the bases, did not affect the
validity of the run.
The Yankees menaced Jess Barnes.
who pitched the ninth inning after
Douglas had been withdrawn for a
pinch hitter who didn't-Earl Smith.
Meusel and Pipp had been disposed of
loped to third on McNally's we'll placed
single through the spot vacated by
Bancroft, who was covering second
on the hit and run. McNally prompt
ly stole, unmolested, Frisch saving
Snyder an error and the Giants a cou-
the catcher's bad peg. attempted with
the idea of nipping Ward off third.
Barnes then hooked a third strike
over on Schang.