Evening star., 1921-10-12

possess.
Only two victories now separate
leach of the contenders from the
trophy emblematic of champions and
the lions share of the swaS. 1t Is
assumed that Douglas and Mays. RI
walls in the first and fourth games,
which produced an even break, again
will be opposed this afternoon, al
though they have had but two days
rest. Most Of the boys who are "ex-
porting" on this series are strongly
of the opinion that the Giants spit
ballist will prove invincible IN MS
present form and again take the
measure of the submarine singer.
Hold Hoyt Lacks Stamina.
They also argue that Hoyt. who al
ready has two wins to his creull'
lacks the stamina to come back To-
morrow with d winning effort on
respite of only forty-eight hours; ous
that if he does and even IL 1t is Neht
that he vanquishes for the third time
Huggins will have left nothing worm
while in the way of box talent LOT
the decisive game Friday Wnils
Barnes will be available to Toll ior
that are quoted today with the Ma
and the fact that Babe Ruth and his
menacing bat have faded from the
picture.
1t was the great edge IN
pitching which the Giants boast yna tnat
enabled them to overhaul the IAN
KEGS yesterday. Not only did they
drive Harper off the hill early in the
fray with an attack of such titanic
proportions as to establish pTece-
dent for the title games, but theS
- aRS
<key to make good in relief capactty,
while the Yankees, although tney
started by bombing Toney Off the
mound in the opening stanza, anu
bumped Barnes with much gusto IN
the second inning. were practically
helpless thereafter, getting only Two
singles in the last seven sessions.
Barnes In Rnre Form.
. This does not adequately convey the
measure Of Barnes effectiveness. how
ever McGraw's right handler, mix
ing f1oater with a fast ball that was
really fast. but depending in the main
on a sharp-breaking hook, came
within two of Ed Walsh's world series
record of twelve strike-outS. and in
the third, fourth and Hfth innings
registered seven consecutive whifs OF
Hugmen. This was the outstanding
stunt of 4 game that also was marked
by a record inning in the matter Of
home runs, Irish Meusel and Snyder
Of the Giants and Fewster of the
Yankees each manufacturing round
trip wallop in the second frame.
In addition to the edge they had in
hitting, the Giants also outplayed the
Yankees afield for the first time in
the series, their work being unmarried.
while two miscues were charged
against the Hugmen.
Toney yesterday met a fate similar
to that in his first start. the difference
being that instead Of going three in
nings he lasted only about as many
minutes. He walked Fewster for a
starter. Making no effort to bunt,
dropped down from the lead in the
batting order in place of the absent
Ruth. emulated his famous preceptor
by Handwriting Bancroft with a
scorching single. Bob Meusel prompt
ly scored Fewster with a safety to
reaching second on the rhrow-in.
They held their bases while Kelly
tossed out Pipp. Ward then cashed
the pair of them with n stiff swat
over the middle sack: any chance
Burns may have had of tagging
Meusel at the plate vanishing when
he momentarily fumbled This was
enough for Toney, Barnes coming in
and calling a halt, McNally lofting
to Young.
Harper Gets by In First.
Although he walked Burns for a
starter, Harper got by unscathed in
the opener, but when he franked
Kelly at the outset of the second it
not only was the beginning of the
end for the southpaw, who was des-
tined also to be knocked out Of the
box. but inaugurated an inning that,
with respect to marathon mauling, is
unparalleled in annals of the fall
classic. Irish Meusel produced the
first circuit swat of the frame. a
drive that barely cleared the wall in
front of the lower grandstand seats
in right field. not more than foot
from the foul line. Then, after Rawl-
ings skied to Miller, Snyder copied
the clout. the difference in his score
tying drive being that it was wal
loped into the left-field bleachers.
Barnes followed with Single to center
that Miller was able only to trap.
Exit Harper. enter Shawkey. Burns
sent Barnes to second with a single
to right. Then Shawkey put on the
brakes, Bancroft whiting and Frisch
1oftinE.
The assault staged by the Yanks
in the fag end of this session to re-
gain the lead by a margin of two
runs came after an inauSpiciOuS start