The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-11
'YANK' MEUSEL
SHINING STAR
Raped Out Double and
Single in Americans
Victory
ECUT-OFF RUNS
BY FINE THROWS
With Third Game Tucked
Away With 8 to | Score,
Yankees Hopeful

New York, Oct. Hilary Harper
far the Yankees and Jess Barnes FOR
the Giants were expected to receive
fl,e pitching assignments to-day for
The sixth clash Of the worlds series,
in which the American leaguers now
have lead of three victories to two.
No one il sure they win start, how
ever. Even Miller Higgins, manager
Of the Yankees, and John MetSraw,
leader Of the Giants, sesmed undecided
this morning. Higgins agreed 70
might be Harper, but surniised he
would also give thought or two to
shawkey or the mellowed Jack Quinn,
The Napoleonic general OF the Grants
announced that he would select either
B.lrnes or Toney.
The commander in chief Of Che YAM
KEGS contemplated tire prospects Of his
men with optimism as he breakfasted
with one eve on sport page and tne
other watching the tricky grapefruit
The team got back their fighting spir-
1t, while whipping the Giants to !
Yesterday, he remarked, going on to
predict that the Giants would never
come back far enough to beat the Yam
KEGS out of the championship.
The only gloom on Higgins horizon
was the fact that Babe Ruths doctor
again had ordered him out of the Sc
ries because Of his injured arm and
leg. The Babe overruled similar or
der Sunday in his esgerness to see the
series through, but it appeared he
might have to bow to the new edict.
He was obviously in bad shape after
Yesterdays exertions and his doctor
declared there was danger Of perma-
nent injury II the biz Singer persist
Cd further in using his infected arm,
Higgins declared the Yankees could
win without Ruth, however, asserting
that the Bambino's game spirit would
90 with the players into to-day's strug-
gle, whether he was with them in the
flesh or not.
"Hoyt was in great FORM said Hug
gins. "All of us had confidence that
the boy would win again. The whole
team played vigorously behind him
and it was great after ss tough loss
of Sunday.
Higgins Praised MeuSei.
wasn't our Meusel wonderful N
the field and at batz' he said.
That was an easy one to answer
Meusel was more wonderful than the
box score showed. The hitting stats
/ tics gave him a two Dagger and sin.
gle. They didn't even hint how close
I lie came to making another two bag
ger. II was in the ninth inning. Ihs
| Yankee Meusel slammed liner ovei
third base and galloped half way
around the diamond before someone
gently broke the news that the bal
| had been adjudged foul.
| This same Mcusel il was who stiiiet
Giant hitting spell in the SECOND
round with beautiful throw to second
field while Burns was on base Agar
after Bancroft mauled one into righ'
| in the eighth he extinguished TIM
Giants hopes by fast fielding on kel
| Tvs smash that caromed off sign
board. and a whizzing throw thai
tagged Kelly at second. Young pre-
viously had singled and run seemed
imminent at the time
1 Unlike hugginss McufaN made ny
fiowery forecast OF the future. No
had he any bouquets for the past. II
! Ruth was out at first on that bunt,
he said. This referred to the littl'
surprise attack by the Enfant Terri
bic, which started the Yanks towar'
triumph No. 3. Mr.. MeGrsw als'
maintained the umpiring behind tn
plate was bad. I'VE lost, and VI
should have won" was his RETROSPECT
tive summary Of the proceedings.
Babe Ruth's bat devoted itself Il
swelling the breeze of the afternoon OF
all occasions save the one that pre-
scented him as a master craftsman il
the gentle art of bunting. Ruth foole'
everybody with that soft tap. He be
hied his ample self TO first base in
manner not unlike that of a runawa.
locomotive while all the folks won
dered what this betelgeuse of baseball
would do next. The next thing he di'
was to run home on Bob MeusePs tw'
base clout.
Altar that Raha took m where IA