Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-07

PITCHERS TO START
FAIL TO FINISH AS
BATTING PICKS UP
BY JACK VFIOCK.

POLO GROUNDS. NEW YORK, Oct. 7.
John McGraw sent the Giants into the
third game Of the worlds series this
afternoon Ito do their stuff"
Stung to the quick by two shut out de-
feats at the hands of the cocky Yanks,
the McGraw men grimly donned their
home uniforms once again with a more
natural feeling and a determination to
do or die
Miller Higgins. fox-eyed field gen.
erdi Of me victorious Yanks, was able
to gamble with AIcGraw today. With
two games in the bank and his two pitch
ing aces resting up for future activities.
Hug was expected to send Bob Shawkey
into the fray with no especial fears should
Bob, the COB, fail to battle the Giant bats
men. Behind Shawkey, Higgins had
Quinn, u great finisher Of games He
also had Harry Harper, a strong young
fork handler.
The Giants came struggling onto tha
field today in groups of three and four,
led by Jess Burkett, one Of their coaches.
But they came out smiling and business
like and Immediately started warming up
in front of their home bench and the
press box. The advance guard Of Me-
Graw's team put in its appearance at u 80
o'clock.
Higgins players. dressed in their drab
road "unis" as on opening day, arrived
On the field Ell masse at u 80 and the
bleacherites heralGed them with cheers. (
The bleacherites stood and yelled and
threw their hats into the air. The fans
in the stands gave the Yanks another
big reception whsn TIug ;ins led his land
into the visitors dug-out on the third
base side
New York, which IS now intensely
Yankee partisan, was again SLOW il GET
ting to the park At noon the unrsseryeI
sections of the upper stands were about
Onethird filed. but the bleachers we're
about half packed. Perfect weather r1ade
it an ideal baseball day. There was Just
hint Of a breeze drifting in of the
Harlem River and warm sun beamed
down on the grounds. The playing field
was lightning fast and the turf shone
like velvet under the sun.
The bleachers and upper stands were
packed at 20. The reserved seats Sec
ton was half filled, indlc&tsDg in ali an.
attendance of $4,000.
The Giants went out for fielding pracs
tice at l 80 p. m. Jess Barnes and Causey
hit them to the outfielders and Hugh
Jennings laid them down to the infield.
Both MeGraw and Huggins decided to
use the pitchers experts had picked. The
Giant leader sent Fred Toney to the
mound While Huggins placed the Yankee
pitching burden on Bob Shawkey.
MeGrawis men went through 4 peppery
workout, Bancroft and Frisch drawing
freQuent applause with fancy stops and
throws. Frank Snyder, the big catcher,
was at the plate.
The Yankees took the field for fielding
, practice at 1:4J p. m. The crowd again
showed its strong American League par
tisanship with a Zig demonstration. Jack
Quinn and Bill Piercy hit to the outfeld,
while Charley O'Leary hit to the infieId.
Big Fred Toney warmed up with Mike
Gonzales for the Giants and Bob Shawkey
/ loosened up his whip with Frank Roth,
the veteran Yankee coach.
Thirty-eight thousand spectators were
taxing the big stands when the four UNI
pireS came on the field. Just as soon as
the bell rang TOney went to the dugeut,
while Shawkey remained. still pitching
to Roth The ground keepers came out
and smoothed away the trampled soil
around the plate and laid out new chalk
lines for the batters' box.
Roger Peckinpaugh and Dave Bancroft,
the field leaders of the two clubs, pre-
scented the linelups to Umpire Quigleyi
IN charge of the game and the Giants
took the field.
The big crowd stood with heads bare
while the band played ''The Star -Spangled
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