New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-06
Babe Ruth, the home run king OF
baseball, whose solid single to
center in the first, scored Elmer
Miller with the run needed to
win the battle.
mality of tagging first base in his dizzy

mality Of tagging first base in his dizzy
spin to the near corner.
1t was evident to even the uninitiated
IN the somewhat sparse but unbiased
crowd that Managers McGraw and
Hugglns were both determined to give
OF their best in the pitching line to
assure the advantage of the all i'm
portant opener. Higgins, who for
the afternoon was commanding the
"vlsltlng' team, was obliged to make
the hrst declaration, and he selected
ta1 Mays, Champion pitcher of the
American League and g veteran hero
OF worlds series past and present.
McGraw countered with Phil Douglas,
who, many experts believed. was his
real. big ace. Douglas is a spitball
pitcher, and the Yankees are not sup
posed to take kindly to spit; witness
Soveleskle,. Of the Indians, and
Shocker, Of the Browns. Douglas has
a wicked fast ball with a sharp hon to
1t and knuckle ball that breaks after
the fashion Of Matty's famous fade
away. Douglas piled every art and
vile at his command. Most always ne
had the heavy artillery of the Yankees
nonplused and mystifed. He pitched
a game that ordinarily would have won,
but the breaks were always against
him. 1t was not Douglass day. This
Is SAID with no disparagement to Mays.
how are you going to beat any pit,aer
If you cannot score on him?
Friends of the Giants may be in
clined to criticize shufHin' Phil for
pitching to Babe Ruth in that first in
ming. 1t was q gamble, and if Phil had
got away with il the psychological
erect on the Yankees might easily have
been so demoraiizing as to turn the
tide the way Of the Giants. Further
more; for that matter, Il Rawlings
had handled clearly what tho writer
oemeTes vas an easy grounder from
Mlllers bat that single OF Ruth's
would nave been small matter at best.
Douglas Fans Babe Twice
lr must be remembered, too, an eie-
ment Of incalculable import entered
into the situation at that particular
time. The spirit of the crowd had to
be respected. The crowd would have
resented the passing of the Babe IN
tentlonaiiy. Douglas did finally walk
the Sultan of Swat, who was up first in
the fourth, but not until after he had
worked him down to the count OF three
and two. In exoneration of Douglas,
or fairer, perhaps, the judgment Of Nc
Grav, II must be remembered that
twice thereafter big Douglas famed the
mighty Babe. In the sixth INNING.
confronted by even more ticklish
stuation-for Peckinpaugn was on sec
ond base with NONE out--a pretty
"fadeaway" eliminated the champion
swaster of ali time without his ever
taking his big bat eff his shoulder.
Again in the eighth, on his third
swipe, Ruth hit inches above the sbarn
break OF fast ball. Here is case
where T. pitch possibly meant n bali
game. But Douglas, in the light Of
-ater achievement, should not be con-
demned for trying.
oficiaIly, the Yankees were credited
with seven hits. a. opposed to five for
the winners Virtually the Giants out
nit the victors. All FIVE hits that fe]l
70 McGraw's men were clean; two cred
tied 10 Yankee players were question
able, and another, the grounder Of
Mays, which hit Schang, was techni-
cal; it would have been the easiest
sort OF chance for Rawlings. SO we'll
did Douglas pitch that the Giant out
field was not obliged to accept single
chance, perhaps another record for
worlds series play.
Mays's Control Hypnotic
The Yankees earned run; the
Giants did not. And 80 all credit 10
the game team Of Hugginsi Mays's
performance was the acme Of perfcc-
ton lie was cool as ice on tho few
occasions when danger threatened
The control Of Mays was almost hvp-
motto. He was seldom in the hole and
only once lost a man through wildness.
That was in the second when. with
two down, he hit Rawlings on the lec
With "A Wild fling that evidently slipped
Douglas, on the other hand, issued four
bases on balls
Miller's Huke hit that opened the
gsme paved the way to the first Yankee
run He had Douglas in the hole when
he chopped slow bounder over Phil's
head. Rawlings had plenty Of time TO
get himsclf, but failed to get his hands
down for the bail and II rolled safely
TO center field Feckinpaugh ncaity
sacrlfced. II was pretty bunt toward
hrxt which Douglas folded sharply for
closc decision. Ruth hammered the
aist pitch, fast ball To center field
ana Burns Ind TO hustle TO cut it down
to single. Miller scoring standing up
or the blow On ii hit and run play
hob Mcnscl hit wickedly 10 Frisch. who
started saving double play by way Of
kawiings Many thought the Babe slid
INTO gecond ahead " Friscn's peg.
Peckinpnngh, VINO wag the backbone
Of The Yankee defense. came in for
EurngS sAuv roller, aud after one