The Washington herald., 1921-09-27
Pennant in Yanks' Grasp
AS They Win Crucial Tilt
Babe Has Perfect Day at Bat, Getting Double
in Addition to His Circuit Clouts-
Waite Hoyt in Rare Form.
By wEsrBRooK PEGLER.


Ruth did it. The great BAN beat
the Indians in the final paroxism
of>the petit world series at the Polo
Grounds this afternoon. The Yam
KEGS little crippled bat boy leaped
onto Babes spreading shouloers'
screaming and squealing' and rooe
his, back in from the plate to the
bench, steering by the ears, as Rutn
with those funny mincing steps
checked in with his second home
run of the game in the fifth inning.
Babe won the ball game. He per-
sonally rang up three fares and
drove in two other runs, sending
th4 Indians away from New York
JUST about out of the American
League race. due to their final de-
feat. s to Z.
The Indians came here to win a
pennant They dropped three out
of four games, which wins no pen
nants in any league
Ruth had been working up TO
something sensational. In the first
three games of the series he was
pretty unruly toward the Indians
pitchers And now the grand av-
erage for the series shows that in
four games he hit 1877 with eight
hits totaling eighteen bases In
eleven times at bat; walked five
times, scored seven runs and just
about wiped out a recent slump OF
ten points in his batting average
for the sason. Only two of his
hits were singles. They were also
the two homers and four doubles.
Gets First In First.
Thirty-five thousand madmen and
wild women at the Polo Grounds
seemed to expect something very
nice from the Babe when he went
up to bat in the first inning. The
home boys were three runs behind
which means nothing at all &c
Babe Rutland Jack Quinn hRc
been shagged out of the box by the
Indians attack in their half of tht
frst Miller. the Yanks' lead-ofi
man. fouled cut and Roger Peckin'
paugh was an easy out at first
Up came the Babe and old Star
Coveleskie slobbered on the bal
behind his glove.
whish! 1t came slithering VI
and splashed into Steve O'Neifl
rapacious pad
"Ba-w-w oner crooned Bill Di
neen.
Again Covey lathered the bal
like q constructor getting ready Il
swallow a live goat
whishI Much the same as before
Then came the moist sound of tn
sStk and away went a genuin
Babe Ruth subway ticket. good TO
QUE continuous ride, clearing tn
park with plenty of -headroom ant
bound for Liverpool.
Meusel singled after that. but
Wallie Pipp died on fly to WambI
in back of second, retiring the side
The second inning began will
the Indians leading, to l, anc
still in the fight for the pennant
Neither side scored and the count
was unchanged until Ruth went II
again in the third, with one sut
and Peck on first.
aour Hero, Scores Again.
then smashed the ball to deep GEN.
ter. sending in Peck. Arising from
the grit at second after his slide,
Ruth seemed to be minus a leg.
He jiggled around on one foot
Chick Fewster ran out to him from
the coaching box. volunteering to
a friend, or anything like that But
Ruth waved him away and said he'd
l mp for himself. Meusel's single
sent him to third. and when Pipp
singled past Burns at first our hero
come home. tying the score, jostling
Steve O'Neill off the. plate.
Steve was Topped in the dirt
clampinE a leg-scissors on the ball,
though the hold is barred by the
wrestling commission. He won the
fall in the quick time of five min
utes fat, but Ruth was in with the
run. Meusel scored from third on
Wards fly to Wamby, putting the
Yanks in the lead, 4 to 3.
And so the score stood when the
Bam went up again in the fifth.
Peck was on first, you remember
I-hle served a plodder-a slow, per-
sistent ball that seemed like to
fall down before ii got to the plate
Rabe disdained same. Along came
a fancy one. twisting and flirting.
George Herman doesn't like 'em
fancy. He likes 'em coming straight
and snappy. That was the next
one. The ball should be crossing
the 10th meridian, bound east by
north, any moment now.
When Babe went to bat again in
the seventh. as first man up, Uhle
was wild as a deuce in a ladies
game and showed him along on four
pitch-outs. Meusel forced BAN al
Station 2.
Hoyt I'm Rare Form.
Waite Hoyt, the precocious
schooIboy, i. c. s., class of '12, was
rltching a wicked ball game for the
Yanks. The youth won a game
oaly Friday, hut 49, ~ work again
To-Day when Jack Quin wobbled in
the first. Relieving Quinn, with
two out and two on, he passed
o NeiII and then famed Coveleskie
for the third out In the next in
ming he famed three in a row,
Speaker being the last In the
third he famed Gardner and, held
the Indians in check again. though
touched for a double by Sewei,.
Hoyt famed six men, including g
four in q row in the first and Sec
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