The Washington herald., 1921-10-10
ny C. A. LOvETT. .
Cvazhinxton Hsrsld and Chicago Tribune
staf Corrsspondent.)

world series game by hitting COL
lectfvely the submarine service OF
Carl Mays. the American League
champions leading pitcher, after
Eiays had twirled the best ball
vet seen in the series for seven full
innings
The score was runs to 2 and
it was TbiI Douglas, the hulking
spitba1ier, who outpitched Mays
Douglas thus squared accounts with
the blond underhand twirler who
worsted him in the first battle, last
Wednesday.
As on Friday. when the Giants
scored their initial victory, the Ma
tfonal Leaguers came from behind
and punched hits in one inning
for their triumph. In the third
game il was the seventh frame
wherein they broke out in a hitting
rash and amassed eight runs in
up-endinS a tied score. Today the
Giants were trailing 10 when they
went into the eighth and with
Mays bowling along in remarkaole
form the ace on the scoreooard
stood out like the Monument on
washington's Mall.
But the Yankee moundsman fall
tered even as his goal doomed in
distinct breaks of luck produced
three runs on four hits and a sacri-
fee, that were ail-sufficing. With
Nays fast weakening they added
another tally on three hits in a row
in the ninth that made the we'll
earnGd secure
Douglas Control superb.
Douglas. like Mays. pitching with
superb control, was touched for
safe blows almost as frequently
as his opponent in the box. but he
kent the Yankees hits widely scat
tered, no two coming in the same
inning except in the fifth when
single, sacrifice and triple resulted
in the games first run, the 1anks
thus being first to score as in every
other game of the current series to
date. Douglas. too, wavered near
the end, but held up long enough
TO win
The largest crowd of any of the
four games saw not only pitchers
battle of unusual merit and heldins
that sparkled. particularly the per-
formance of the Yankee inner ae-
tenders, but greeted tHmultously the
great Babe Ruth's first home run of
the world championship quest, a
behemotfc slam which came with
one out and the bases clear in the
ninth. It was the second hit OF the
game for the most terrific hitter OF
all time, and was especially note
worthy in view Of the fact that Ruth
went into the fray against the ao-
vice of his surgeon. As on Friday
incisions were made on Ruth's arm
for an abscess. His home run
bounded of the rail at the extreme
end Of the right field pavilion. up
per tier. and into the remotest sec
tion of the bIeachers. A few inches
TO the left and it would have car
ried over the right center field
bleachers and out of the park.
"Break- Helps Giants
The soft condition of the infeld
turf after Saturdays heavy rainfall
Rad a great deal to do with the out
come of today's bitter struggle. HAD
a soggy patch OF sod to the right OF
the mound not given way beneath
Mays feet as he suddenly changed
his course to field an intended sacri-
fee hunt, laid down by Frank Sny-
der in the eighth inning, the
Yankees almost certainly would
have won. But Mays cleated left
shoe tore up a section OF the lawn
and he slipped and fell. Herewith
the tide Of battle turned to the
Giants, the intended martyr tap
went for a hit and Snyder eventu-
ally scored the victors' fourth run
which, together with their third and
winning marker, same of still an
other prank of fate, developing in
consequence of the first favorable
break
Mays appeared to even greater
advantage in the early Innings than
on the occasion of his first start
against the McGraw men. He al
lowed no semblance of a hit in five
innings and but for an excusable
tumble by Peckinpaugh, in the third
the first Yankee misplay Of the
series Acknowledgements have re-
tired the Giants in the order OF
their appearance for five and two
thirds innings. With two out in
the sixth George Burns nicked Mays
for a single, but Bancroft rolled
weakly into the innings third out.
Young laced a hits of Mays in the
seventh when one was out, but the
sometime mighty Kelly hit for the
third time in the four games into a
double play.
Emil MeuseI Starts Trouble.
Came the fatal eighth. Emil
MeuseI pounded a solid hit over
short field that skipped past Ruth
before he could cross in front of
Il. and rolled to the fence for three
bases. Rawlings, the pinch-hitting
marvel of the series to date, looped
a hit into short right center, and
the score was tied. Followed Sny-
der's safe bunt to the right of the
box, in starting after which Mays
fell his full length. This enabled
Douglas to advance both runners
with a deft sacrifice toward third
and compelled the Yankee ,jnneld
to play in close in hopes of shut
ting on the run that would put
the Giants in the lead.
Burns, IN the pinch, banged a
bounding hit through the middle
of the short field. II just eluded
Peck's thrust, and would have been
handled for an easy out had the
inheld been playing back. So slowly
did IL travel into left field that
Burns was able to stretch 1t into
a tvo-bagger. while Rawlings and
Snyder scored. Had Ruth's arm
been In shape, Burns would never
have attempted to take second on
the hit and the numbering Snyder
might have been cut down at the
plate. Bancroft then hoisted to
Ruth. and Frisch, who went hitless
today, fouIed out to Schang-but
the damage had been done.
After Young went out in = the
ninth, Kelly - hitless for "a in
nings-poked a left-held double
and scored when Meusel singled to