The Washington herald., 1921-10-11
AS
FANS ASK HOMER,
FINDS FOE MAPPING
King of Swat Fans Thrice
But Turns Tide With
Unexpected Play.
BY DAMON RUNYoN.
(Universal Service star correspondent. !

POLO GROUNDS. N. Y, Oct. 10
Here was Ruth! as
He linped like a Percheron with
q stone in its hoof.
loose.
His left arm was heavily bandases,
at the elbow. His left wrist was
wrapped with gauze.
His fat face was greasy with per-
spiration, and his uniform was dirty
Not an imposing figure. you may
say, yet here was Ruth. with the
score between the Yankees and the
Giants in the fifth game of the
worlds series at the Polo Grounds
a tie, 1 to /.
Strange man, Ruth.
"A man." as Whispering Smith,
the voluble young catcher OF the
Giants, would say. that you don't
know nothin' about"
A man, We add, of completes. and
contraries, a man who is apt to do
the thing you don't exepect him to
do. A man who is a great man to
have around when the psychological
moment arrives as it bad now ar
rived in the affairs of the Yankees
in the fourth Inning today.
Thirty-five thousand fans. men
~ tn hA or AS I'D
like camels as the elephantine king
of swat stepped forward. some of
them calling on him for a home run.
Babe Crosses EN-, Bunts.
Ruth suddenly, and deftly, hunted
the ball.
1t was as IL you were stopper
ing your ears with your fingers,
expecting the explosion of a ton
of dynamite, only to hear the pop
of a cap pistol. 1t was as IL you
had been anticipating the collapse
of the Woolworth Building, and saw
but the drift of a feather.
The bunt completely surprised
and upset the Giants, and under
cover of that surprise the Yankees
pushed through 10 a 3-to-1 victory.
The series now stands three games
to two in favor of the American
Leaguers.
Ruth, outfooting his bunt, scored
ON a two-base smash by Long Bob
Meusel. the second barrel OF the
Yankee shotgun that blew Arthur
Nehf. the great little left-hander of
the Giants to his second defeat in
the series.
Long Bob himself scored pres.
emily, but the Yankees already had
the margin they needed With
"schoolboy" Waite Hoyt. the Brook
lyn lad, who was tutored by Nc
Graw, pitching well, a one-run lead
was all that was necessary.
As We have said, Ruth is a man
of contraries.
Ruth Has Record for whtns,
He struck out three times today.
apparently dizzied by the slashing
Cross fire of the Giants left-handed
star.
He has struck out eight times in
five games of the series, which is a
record number of strike outs for
five games
Billy Sullivan. the great backstop
of the 'Hitless Wonders" the Chi
cago White Sox, famed eight times
in the 1906 series of six games.
The breezy little Josh Devore
famed eight times in the 1911 series
of six games between the Giants
and the Athletics.
Ruth has established his mark in
five games. Ruth always goes the
other fellow a bit better,
They had to call the doctor for
him after he limped in with the
winning run. The doctor tackled up
the torn tendon as best he could.
Ruth went back to playing left
field, limping as he moved.
A furry blew up in the ninth
inning that gave Hoyt opportunity
to rise to real pitching heights.
Rawlings. dangerous with luck,
doubled across third base to start
the inning, and the Giants fans set
up a wild roaring in Hoyt's ears.
Whispering" Smith raised a fly
to Ward, hitting at the first ball.
McGraw. back in the gloom OF thc
Charts dugout. sent out big Frank
Snyder. the catcher, to bat ir place
of Nehf. Snyder is a hard hitter,
and a long hitter. He is apt to put
the ball in the left-field bleacher
any time he swings.
Hoyf, his face red from his ex-
ertions of the previous innings,
quietly pitched two perfect strikes
over on big Snyder, Iher struck him
out on a curve that missed the plate
a yard after Snyder mad foulec off
one.
Burns, experienced. crafty, was
next. Hoyt slipped two strikes
ever on him while George was still
batting his eyes. Then a ball was
called by the umpire. another ball.
and Hoyt famed the upstate man
OF. the next pitch.
Time and again today Long Bob
MeusePs throws from right field
smothered Giant runners on the
bases. In the eighth he let fly a
SHOT that cut down runner at sec
ond base, and squelched a rally that
might have produced a pair of runs.