The New York herald., 1921-10-14

ing thwack. It sounded like tho real
thing. You'd have sworn It was the real
thing. Tho ball shot toward right deld
skimming the turf. skittering up and
down a little like nat stone over the
water. bouncing. but not high. because II
was going too fast for that. In fact, II
was going 90 fast you could hardly see Il
The mob tore itself Into action with q
million cries which In essence were one
large 'Wowi" The longed for. tho al
most incredible. the great climax OF
melodrama had happened. Home Run
Baker. for old times sake and the sake
Of the present Yani<ees-and the $1.700
which Is the difference between q win
ming players and a losing players share
in this worlds series-had met the test
with O hendish rap that would be q
single at least. and. 1t seemed certain. a
two-bagger.
Into q Seeming Hiatus.
The ball screamed across the diamond
aimed straight into a hole in right field
where neither Pep Young. the right
fielder. nor George Burns. In centre
could intercept II. It crossed the inneld
boundary considerably nearer first base
than secondary about forty feet from
first base and far beyond tho reach of
George Kelly.
But what is that flashing figure rush
Ing from ambush to grab the heroine
Cannonball Express? Ha, Johnny Raw
lings, we know yuh!
There will be many versions of Just
how Johnny Rawlings got that ball that
Home Run Baker hit. For one thing
Rawlings was playing wide Of his usual
position, for Baker usually hits to right
field. That Is part Of the explanation
and the rest Ii that Johnny Rawlings
has djinn working for him. The ball
az has been said, was screaming toward
the outfield. Some scorers already had
chalked down a clean hit. But Johnny
Rawlings popped up from nowhere.
AS he couldn't reach the ball by any
ordinary effort, he propelled his body
through the air and came down like q
football player tacklipg around the feet
He squirmed, and there lay the ball In
Rawlings two hands. and how II really
got there let the experts tell. He had
no time to regain his feet. Baker. lame
leg and all. was galloping toward first
base and almost there. Half rising, sup
porting himself on one knee, Rawlings
dipped the ball over to George Kelly,
and. by the flicker of an eyelash, Baker
was out.
That isn't all Aaron Ward. the Yam
kee who had been walked by Nehf, was.
as In duty bound, steaming around the
bases. sprinting his head off. He started
with the crack of Bakers bat, rounded
second and snorted ahead toward the
third corner. But here George Kelly
flashes beside Rawlings as the CO.
worker of a play so brilliant that It
stunned. Continuing the same motion
with which he caught the ball and with
out losing the fraction of q second. Kelly
whipped Il across the diamond to the
third bsseman. Frank Frisch. The dis
tance is q little moro than 127 feet No
bullet ever followed a straighter Mne.
Trisch. with foot on bag, did his part.
and the runner, Ward. was out.
Ten seconds had not passed since
Baker hit the ball, yet In one grand
smear two Yankees had fallen and the
game was over.
The few persons who tried to cheer
could only grunt, for the bewildering
double play had robbed them Of their
breath. The players raced for the club
house. Where an instant before there
had been q ball game going full tilt
there was nothing. SO the world series.
one Of the best ever played. reached its
etl1pofyidR close