The Washington herald., 1921-10-14

great pitching of Barnes. Douglas
and Nehf.
With Ruth out of the game IL
became a Giant procession, but even
with Ruth intact the better ball
club won The club won That had
the greater speed and the greater
steadiness upon defense. The Yanks,
starting with an unexpected burst
OF speed, soon lapsed back to their
ancient ways They had in Mays
and Hoyt two of the greatest pitch
ers of the game. They had in Hoyt
star who held the Giants to one
earned run in twenty-seven innings,
one of the great performances of
all time.
But with their own abject weak
ness on attack in the last three
games against Barnes,NDouglas and
Nehf, their sole chance for victory
rested upon their ability to back up
brilliant pitching with unbroken
1t was here they faltered and
wavered and finally crashed as the
series drew on to its close. No team
that is weak at bat and spotty
upons defense at critical moments
can hope to be carried safely
through.
No one arm that ever hung from
shoulder was ever strong enough
or sufficiently dexterous to make up
Tor weakness at bat and unsteadi-
ness in the field. ~ D..
The Giants earned their triumph
by greater defensive steadiness
under fire. They Were more alert
at the finish, were surer when
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ing drive. Unable to earn runs in
the two final days. they were, at
least, alert enough to profit by
opposing weakness.
Giants Had Pitching Excess.
outside of these elements there is
Sttll another that enters in any final
summing up. Higgins had two star
pitchers, McGraw three. Huggins
had Mays and Hoyt to match Doug
las and Nehf But Higgins had no
me left to match Jess Barnes, who
each time came in with a deficit
To cover. 1t was a case Of being
OUtnumbered when it came to a
matter OF winning reserves.
The hardest blow that overlook
the Ganks was the last-minUte de-
lection of Ward and Peck, who all
through the series had been bali
playing magicians on every type Of
difficult chance. Three Giant runs
trickled in through their three mis-
plays. with Mays and Hoyt both de-
serving a kinder fate.
Nehf in the final act had all the
stuff in the world. His speed was
battling. His curve ball cracked
like a whip But he was shy at
times on control. a weakness the
Yankees helped to correct by hit
ting at anything within a foot OF
the plate. So it came about that
after a ragged start the Giants
rallied and won five of the last six
games. They won three straight to
prove their better fitness in a pinch.
They found two pitchers they
couldn't hit. but the others were
open targets for their busy bats.
The 100000 people cracked all
records by paying in over $500, 900
to see the eight-day show, setting
a mark that will not be equaied
soon.
So far as final equity is concerned
it was more than fitting that the
Giants should win. as they happen
to be the best ball club in either
league, so far as all around value
goes. In Young. Burns and Meusel
they have the top Outfield of the
game. In Bancroft and FrisCh they
have two infield stars. while Raw
lings at second held his pace with
the best on the field. They had
greater pitching quality and guam
titv combined than the Yanks had,
far greater speed and greater de-
fensive ability in the closing tests.