Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-11

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umpires: Moriarty AT The plate.
Quiglcy at first base; Chill at second
tase. aid Rigler 1T third base.
New York. Oct. 11.-Harry Harper
for the Yankees, and Jess Barnes for
the Giants were TO receive the pitch
Ing assignments today for the sixth
clash OF the worlds series, in which
the American Leaguers now have a
lead Of three victories to two
No one is sure they will start. how
ever. even Miller Higgins. manage Of
the Yankees and John McGraw lead
or Of the Giants, seemed undecided
this morning. Higgins agreed It might
be Harper, but surmised he would
also give thought or two to shawkev
or the mellowed Jack Quinn. The
Napoleonic general OF tho Giants an
nounced that he would select either
Rarnes or Toney.
The commander-in-chief Of tho
Yankees contemplated the prospects
of his men with optimism as he break
tasted with one eye on a snort paae
and the other watching the tricky
grapefruit. The team got back its
lighting spirit while whipping the
Giants, to /, yesterday. he remarked
going on to predict that the Giants
Eould never coDle back FAR enough 70
beat the Yanks out Of the champion
ship.
Ths only gloom on Higgins horizon
was The fact that Babe Ruth's doctor
again bad ordered him out Of the
series because OF his injured arm and
leg. The Babe overruled a similar
order Sunday in his eagerness to see
the series through, but 1t 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 IL the big sluggerl persist
ed further In using his infected arm,
Huggins declared the Yankees could
win without Ruth, however, asserting
that the Bambino's game spirit would
go with the players into today's strug-
gle. whether he was with them in the
bulky flesh or not.
Hoyt was in great form" F" 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 the tough loss
of Sunday.
Wasn't our Meusel wonderful in
the field and at bat?" he inquired.
Ihat was an easy one to answer.
Meusel was wonderful, even more SO
than the box score showed. The hit
ting statistics gave him a two-bagger
and single. They didn't even hint
now close he came TO making another
two-bagger. II was in the ninth in
nlng. The Yankee Meusel slammed a
liner over third base, and galloped
hair way around the diamond before
someone gently broke the news that
the ball had been adjudged foul Stroll
Ing back he picked up his bat again.
teelng much the same as in the first
game OF the series when he whaled a
three-bagger and was called out for
snubbing first base on his way 10 bet
ter roosting places.
This same Meusel it was who stiied
a Giant hitting spell in the second
round with a beautiful throw to sec
ond, after Bancroft mauled one into
right field, while Burns was on base
Again in the eighth he extinguished
the flaming Giants hopes by fast
fielding on Kelly's smash that caromed
OF signboard and a whizzing throw
that tagged Kelly at second. Yourg
had singled, and a run
seemed imminent at the time.
Unlike Higgins. McGraw made no
howery forecast Of the future. Nor
had he any bouquets for the past. u
believe Ruth was out at first on that
bunt," he said. This referred TO the
little surprise attack by the enfant
terrible which started the Yanks
toward triumph number three Mr.
McGraw also maintained the unpir-
ing behind the plate was bad. "We
lost, and we should have won" was
his retrospective summary Of the pro-
eeedings that went on yesterday he
fore the tribune assembled under the
shadow of Coogans Bluff.
Babe Ruth's bat devoted itself 10
swelling the breeze Of the afternoon
on all occasions save the one that pre-
sented him as a master craftsman in
the gentle art of bunting.