Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-13
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1870 s~S ssAa ana xuAoe QUICK throw
to Pipp but was just too late.
The play on Rawlings Clearly made.
OF course. would have retired the side.
But Wards bobble provided an open
ing Of which the Giants were quick
to take advantage. Frank Snyder
numbered confidently, up to the plate
and banged away without an instants
hesitation. tanning the first ball
pitched into the outfield for two
bases. ~
Winning Tally
Rawlings winged his way around
the bases as Miller and Fewster
scrambled for the ball. but before it
could be relayed in Rawlings was
across the plate with the winning tai
~. The Giant rooters knew no limits
In their enthusiasm and it was mo-
ments before the roar subsidized as
Mays put on steam and famed Doug
las for the third out
The game from the very start was
nip-an-tuck affair. The second man
on each team. Peckinpaugh for the
Yankees and Bancroft for the Giants.
hit for two bases in the first inning,
but both were left. Then in the Sec
ond the Yankees broke the ice and
sent run across. Pipp. the first
man up, slashed double to left
Ward then stepped in and with a nea.
sacrifice advanced the lanky first
sacker to third. Mike McNany, nexe
up. proved the right man for the pinch.
With the infield drawn in. he singled
sharply to right and Pipp tailed.
Rawlings Star Play
Wally Schang forced McNally at
second, but Mays, a powerful hitter
for pitcher, met one of Douglas
offerings squarely and sent it shoot
ing on line in the direction Of right
field. Rawlings, however. gathered
himself together, leaped high in the
air and hauled down the sphere with
one hand, his great catch retiring
the side.
Neither side scored in the third, but
in the fourth the Giants tied it up.
With one out Young got an infield hit
off Wards glove and stole second as
Kelly famed. Irish" Meusel then
lined a neat single to center which
brought Young home with the tying
run.
The count remained in it's tightly
knotted state until the seventh with
its fatal break for the Yankees and
the Giants winning tally.
Mentally Forced Out
McNally. whose hit brought in the
Yankees only run, injured his right
shoulder in sliding for second when
he was forced there in the second in
ming. When the Yankees took their
! place in the field in the third, Frank
Baker. the veteran third sacker, took
up the duty OF guarding the far corner.
Baker, with little to do in the field,
got into the limelight twice on the Of
fensive. The Yankees had been able
to do nothing effective with Douglas
after the second, but threatened seri-
ously with two men out in the sew
enth. Baker contributing a hit here,
which Schang followed by another.
Both men were left. however, when
Mays grounded out
Fail in Final Frame
In the final inning with the Yankees
needing one run to tie, the first man
up, as was the second. were easy outs
The last chance lay with Baker. Frank,
| as he stepped to the plate, glanced
over at the right field stand where IN
former years home run hits had badly
damaged or ruined Giant chances for
world championship. and he seemed
to be guaging the distance. Ard then
he hit the ball. 1t was a hard blow
but not of the home run variety II
shot through Kelly al first for a single
Hope. though faint, sprang anew in
the Yankee breast. Hal Devormer,
fleet of foot, was put in to run for the
veteran. 1t was up to Wally Schang,
but the plucky backstop did not have
fouled off one and then hit to Doug
las. The game was over.
The probable batteries for tomor-
row are Nehf or Barnes and Snyder
for the Giants and Hoyt and Schang
for the Yankees.
IF the Giants are not the world
champions by shutdown tomorrow
shall be greatly disappointed, Man
ager McGraw declared tonight.
Just which of my pitchers I will
work in the eighth game tomorrow
l do not know now. Jesse Barnes
is cry anxious to get another crack
at the Yankees and has asked me to
let him pitch tomorrow's game. I
also have Arthur Nehf, Fred Toney
and Slim Sallee.
''On the other hand I naturally fig
with Waite Hoyt and I think that
We can take Hoyt's measure 1 will
not make a definite decision regard
ing my pitchers until I see how they
warm up before the game
"The players are all on their toes.
They have. proved that this after
noon. They were awake to all OPP
portunities and that is the way to
, win ball games.
"One of the things that pleases me
most about the work of the Giants
in the series thus far Is the fact that
in each of the four games that we
have won we have had to come from
behind to clinch the victory. It
proves as nothing else could the fine
fighting spirit of the Giants"
1--WE are not licked yet" Manager
Higgins declared tonight. Far from
It, Wen be in there fighting with
our backs to the wall tomorrow and
when its all over Hoyt will be the
man Of the hour and the series will
be evened again. We have been I'M
lucky in the last two games and the
breaks have been against us.
nj Ell