The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-11
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his bat again, feeling much the same
as in the first game of the series
when he whaled three Dagger and
was called ont for snubbing first base
on his way to better rOOSting places.
This same Meusel, it was. who stiff
fed a Giant hitting spell in the sec
4 Ond round with beautiful throw to
second after Bancroft mauled one in
to right field while Burns was on
base. Again in the eighth he eX-
tinguished the Giant hopes by fast
fielding on Kelly's smash that ca
! romed off a signboard and a whizzing
throw that tagged Kelly at second
Young previously had singled and a
run seemed imminent at the time.
Unlike IIugginS, McGraw made no
flOwery comment on the future nor
/ did he have any bouquet for the past.
81 believe Ruth was out at first on
! that hunt" he said. This referred
to the little surprise attack by the
infant terrible which started the
Yankees toward triumph number
three. McGraw also maintained the
umpiring behind the plate was bad
I'VE lost and we should have won"
was his retrospective of yesterdays
summary proceedings.
Ruth's bat devoted itself to NOV
/ ing the breeze yesterday on all oc-
casions save one which presented
him as a master craftsman in the art
of bunting. Ruth fooled everybody
with that soft tap. He hied himself
IN ret IDc in IL
that of Il runaway locomotive while
! all the folks wondered what this Bet
elgeusc of baseball would do next.
The next thing he did was to run
home on Bob Meusels clout.
Until Babe gave the ball his little
love tap almost everyone looked as
the shining example of going after
| everything or nothing 1t was a home
| run or strike out and whatever Sin
giles, doubles and triples as befell
his bat were regarded as a failure to
quite achieve the attempted heights
After that Babe took up where he
had left off-he relapsed into the
habit of striking out. This caused
almost as much applause as his home
run of day before yesterday In the
drama of the demon. Ruth typifies
the antihecal roles of hero and vii
lain, depending upon whether the
rooter is for the Yankees or their op-
ponentS
With the sluggers Ruth and Meu-
sci, the sturdy Waite Hoyte complet-
ed the triumvirate of the days he
roes. He allowed ten hits. four
more than Nehf and six of them
were evenly distributed among the
first three innings. but except for the
first, which started with an error by
McNally on Burns poke toward third.
the young Brooklyn right handler sur
mounted all obstacles His unspotted
support helped him over the bumps
of the second and third innings.
In the ninth Hoyt showed himself
to be of such stuff as great pitchers
are made. He had a two run lead
but the Giants were cunning for it
and they began this last effort with
virle two Dagger by Rawlings.
lioyt, unruffled. caused Smith to Don
up over the inner lawn and then put
final quietus on the Giants by fan
ming Snyder, pinch hitter, and
Burns.
The Giants, despite their setback,
were not without sparkling achieve
ment. Frisch kept up his remark.
able stick work. holding his series
mark at 500 by touching Hoyt for
two singles in his four appearances
shuffled off whatever had been afflict
ing his batting power and made three
hits. His back hand grab of Pipp's
pepper in the ninth inning was one
of the fielding gems of the day. Ban
croft, too, gave the crowd an excuse
to cheer a little louder when he
skipped back into left field for fly
off Wards bat. and Burns stood out
for successful leap after McNally's
long center field wallop in the fourth
inning.
Sick Get Returns
New York, Oct. 11.-Patients at
Roosevelt hospital get an inning by
inning report of the Yankee-Giants
game by listening to the bells ordi.
narily used to summon nurses and
doctors. Long rings signalize each
inning. one for the first, two for the
second, and so on. A Giant score is
indicated by two long rings and one
short. When the patients hear one
long followed by short and two long
rings, they know the Yankees have
made run.
Babe Ruth has been playing on his
nerve, Manager Higgins said today.
lie explained that the home run mon.
n oh 70. Il