The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-15
YANKEES
WIN The
FIFTH GAME
The Sensational Fea-
ture Of the Game
Was Bunt by Home
Run Ruth

gciated Press ~ bunt IN a paSe-
bah game doesn't hold a candle to
home run as a spectacular feat.
but little bunt which "Babe'
Ruth laid down on the grass at
the Polo Grounds today showed
how much importance. sometimes
attaches to the less sensational per-
formance-
The Babes" home run in the
ninth inning of Sundays game was
for the Yankees as team just one
more run and nothing more. His
bunt in the fourth inning Of today'ss
game, the fifth in the 1921 world
series, proved the turning point of
( the contest which was won by the
American Ieaguers by the score Of
to over their National league
opponents.
The victory again gave the Yam
KEGS the edge in the series. which
now stands:
ssssss1ss Won Lost
New York Americans ----3
New York Nationals = 2 3
Waite, ,Hoyt, the boy wonder from
the Flatbush section of Brooklyn,
s pitched the Yankees to their third
victory in the series, his poignant
z right arm being aided by some
4 great defensive work on the part
$ of his teammates in holding the
Giants. scoring proclivitfes to, a
minimum.
He had been scored hpon in the
frs.. inning. an error by McNally
paving the way to the Giants only
tally, but the Yankees tied the
score in the third when Mike Nc
. NaIly was passed by Art Nehf. the
Giants crack left handler, went to
third on Wally Schang's double and
came home on Elmer Miller's sac
8 rifce fly. Then 90 start the fourth
for the Yankees, Ruth. who had
struck out his first time up. did
4 the unexpected and laid down q
bunt. The Giant infeld was taken
completely by surprise and Ruth
landed safely on first. The way
S. had been opened for tally. and
Ruth scored it a moment later on
Bob, Meuse1s hot double to left
which his brother Emil, of the
Giants seemed somewhat slow in
handling. This ultimately proved
to be the winning run for the
= Yankees, but another was speedily
added when Meusei scored on
Aaron Wards sacrifice 1y.
That ended the scoring for the
day. Hoyt. who had seemed a bit
unsteady in the early innings. set
tied down behind his two run lead
and pitched a heady game which
had the big guns in the Giant line
up guessing when safe blows We're
necessary to put runs across. The
youthful Yankee twirier was hit
more freely than in his shutout
game of last Thursday. but then
he would have had another score
less game to his credit with a little
better luck in the first inning,
which witnessed the Yankees only
lelding bobble, mess made by Nc
Naily of George Burns hard bound
er. AS it was. the sFlatbush boy
won the honor Of being the first
boxnan to win two games in the
present series and OF holding the
heavy hitting men of the McGraw
clan TO one solitary run in 1S in
nings.
Both on the offensive and defen-
sive sides of the Yankees play, the
work of Bob" Meuse1 stood out
conspicuously. The lanky right
fielder of the Hugginsmen batted
500 for the day with single and a
double in four times up. his double.
as related. scoring Ruth with the
run needed to win the game. and
his own crossing of the plate di-
rectly afterward making the Yam
KEGS two up on their opponents.
1t was Meusels powerful right
arm. however. which proved the
most telling argument OF the game
outside of the box work of Hoyt
His quick throw to first of Ban
croft's single in the second. trap
ping the Giant shoftstop on the
line towards second. started a run
up on Bancroft. during VIII
George Burns, who had started
1fOln llISt OII lIIo III dkiiu iuii' 81 iiON
to score, but was caught at the
plate as Peckinpaugh shifted the
play to Burns and threw to Schang.
This play saved one tally, but at
still more critical point in the
game Meusers deadly aim proved
the factor which broke up Giant
rally and possibly saved the contest
for the Yankees. 1t was George
Kelly who took chances with Meu-
sefs arm after singing to right
in the eighth with Young on first
and one man out. Kelly made q.
gallant dash for second. but Meu-
sells throw was there first. One
more Giant then had to be attend
ed to before the side was out and
Hoyt forced Emil Meusel to send
up a high foul which Schang got
choose to the box after long run.
The crowd of $4,000 which the
fine weather and the great interest
in the close series had brought
out. besides getting d succession of
thrills from the tense moments Of
the game, witnessed with mixed
emotions the surprising feat OF
.Babe" Ruth in striking out three
times in four times up, making his
total eight strike outs for the five
games.
babe, however, has been play