The Washington herald., 1921-10-06
BOB MEUSEL GETS
CREDIT FOR FIRST
BONE OF SERIES
Three-Bagger Wiped OFF
Records by Failure to
Touch First.
RIVAL TO MERKLE
McNally's Steal of Home Not
According to Hoyle of
Baseball.
BY A FORMER GIANT SECRETARY

NEW YORK, Oct. SIN the targon
Of the game, it was a pitchers battye.
To the JOY Of the Yanks and the
fankee chorus. il was one ace for
them In the big jackpot.
The Yanks put a large splash Of
whitewash all over the National
Leaguers and Carl Mays welded the
brush. As a whitewasher Carl Mays
can give cards and spades and the
Joker to Uncle Ephraim
The score was 8 to o in Mays favor.
Mays was also assisted by Mike Nc
Nally.
Mikes score was two, two stolen
bases-one OF them a clean steal
home. Imagine stealing home in a
world series, where every play is sup
posed to be according to a T square
and the rules Of geometry.
In addition to stealing home there
were freaks Of note. 1t was a regular
freak show. Bob Meusel hit one OF
the longest and cleanest three baggers
that ever was hit in a world series
or a town lot game and never got
thing out Of 1t because he failed to
touch first base.
sSeuseI Rivals MerkIe.
1t was almost as bad as Merkle In
1908. when he failed to touch second
base. Then there. is Frankie Frisch
to be considered. They call him the
Fordham flash" Better change that
and make II the Fordham -four aces.
In four times at bat this youngster,
who chased a football around the
Bronx only little while ago. hit the
artisticalIy elevated pitching OF Mays
four times safely. and he was
the only Giant who did hit except
Rawlings.
right in the seventh and no one could
get II because il was one OF those
far-away-from-home affairs. The four
OF -four aces Fordham fash Frisch
and the one OF Rawlings were all the
hits that the Giants made. and there's
the story.
Ever since baseball was in its in
fancy it has been found impossible TO
win games without making runs.
Douglas did not pitch a bad game.
but he pitched game that wAs
just the difference between a game
with one run and a game with moth
ing. and when the tall Tennesseean
shuffled of the field at the end Of
the eighth inning the crowd applaud
ed and cheered him. because Phil
had done well.
The seven hits that the YanKs
made might not always have won
as easily as they did in the first game
between rival New York clubs. The
lanky spit-baller had more speed than
he gives away in the summer time.
and the swish of the ball as 1t cut
the air and the sharp, short break
were indicative of a champions
ability, but il was not Phirs day 10
champion-his pals couldn't WELD ef-
fectively enough.
Barnes finished the game. pitch
ing the lone ninth inning. and came
mighty near being scored upon.
Know Schang's Weakness.
with two out. two bingles were
raped Dy Ward and McNally. and
then Schang struck out for the Sec
ond time. Twice Schang had a fine
chance TO drive home runs, and both
times the Giant pitchers stumbled
him. Hughey Jennings must have
told the pitchers what was Schang's
weakness.
game. one Of the class that is filled
with frills and fried cakes. The
Yanks prevented that They stepped
right OF in the first inning with a
run. and from that moment the
Giants were on the defensive. To
play baseball on the defensive from
the irst inning is some hardship.
a,.d make baseball serious
matter for ths fellow who is climb
ing uphill.
In inrinE A-which Is the inning
before the first inning-Mayor Mylan
threw out the, first ball. The mo-
ment that Miller started the game
with a base hit, Felix. the bat boy
of the Giants. shook his head sadly
and murmured that Mayor Hylan.
being from Brooklyn, never had mas
coted the Giants successfully And
Felix was borne out in his pes
simisru.