The New York herald., 1921-10-09
Loss OF RUTH Big
BLOW TO CHANCES
OF YANKEE HOST
Huggins Will Use Fewster
and Move Schang to
Third Place.
GIANTS BEWAIL LAYOFF
Wanted to Keep on Wave of
Hitting-Mays Meets
Douglas To-day.
BY DANIEL.


Gloom, nothing but gloom-hugs,
thick gobs of the undesirable stuff
crowded the club houses Of the Yam
KEGS and the Giants yesterday. Out
doors. cold rain which chilled to the
marrow and made morass out Of
perfectly good ball ground. Inside.
gloom! For the Yankees the de-
veioper Of detection was the announce
mept that Babe Ruths infected arm
would keep him out of the rest Of the
world series.
For the Giants the spirit of disap-
pointment was born of the wretched.
good for nothing downpour and en-
forced idleness. Taken all in all, it was
one of those equinoctial afternoons
which meant a total loss for everybody
except Harry Stevens.
The Yankees tried to look cheerful.
but they made bad job Of it. The
oss Of Ruth does not mean that the
Giants are to breeze through. the Yam
KEGS like gale through field of
harley. Ruth has been out of other
contests this year-and the Yankees
have won without him. He was out
oc the lineup with an attack Of the
grip in Philadelphia week ago last
Thursday, and the Yankees fought
with even more than ordinary spirit.
Ruth was not there to hit homer, so
l'eckingpaugh dug right in and did it
or the Babe.
Great Force Is Gone.
However. Ruth is--well, just Ruth
and the Yankees without the Babe are
.ae Hamlet" without the melancholy
Zane or an Uncle Tom show without
lncic Tom. The Babe is the big threat
even when he is not nAnging them off
the fences ana ffStb th8 stands. He is
the locomotive on the bases. the terrible
menace every minute he is in the game
md no mean defensive factor out In left
Geld. And now the Yankees find them
selves forced to call on Fewster.
1t is UP to the Yankees to prove their
mental and physical mettlc now. 1t Is
up to them to demonstrate that they can
light like the devil, hit hard and field
trenchantly, even without their ace. And
we have a strong impression that they
,ill do it. Carl Mays will pitch to-day.
and if he does as well as he did In the
first game there will be not need for a
Ruth.
But there Is no denying that yester-
"ey, in the danl1 atmosphere and the
.rst shock Of the realization that Ruth
was gone for the series, the morale of
ise Yankees was a wee bit injured. They
aust rally from that blow over night.
md come back this afternoon with their
esistinc vigor. freshness and determine
zion. And they will. They may not be
able to keep the Giants from evening the
cries without Ruth, but they are certain
to put up whale Of fight.
Will Call ON Fewster.
Huggins has two extra outfielders--
Fewster and Roth. But Fewster Is bound
to get the assignment. did Miller in
discussing the outfield situation yes
terday: "Of course. Ruth has n bad arm,
but intend to use him IL he can lift
bat. He's too valuable to keep on the
bench il he can walk up to the plate and
swing a stick. However. IL Ruth cannot
be used l.will call on Fewster to take
his place. This will necessjtate a. change
ir the batting order. Walle Schang will
be moved into third position and Few
ster will bat eighth
Its mighty bad this Ruth affair, but
We are not at all discouraged. We have
lot of fighters. and they will go out
and scrap all the harder. Fewster Is a
first class fielder. very fast and no mean
hitter. The outlook is not as dark as Il
might be painted. IL Mays pitches the
kind OF ball he showed the Giants in the
first game. 1t will not make much of a
difference who plays left field for us.
The rain to-day means a lot to us. It
means that Mays will get another day of
rest. It means that Ruth will get an
ether day of rest. 1t means that we will
come back with that same old tight
pitching, and we are bound to begin hit
ting. We got start on Friday and will
make 1t stronger Tomorrow"
Ruth IL Hopeful.
puth himself was inclined to take a
philosophical view OF the situation. TITS
a tough break to get this arm just when
] wanted most to be in the fight" said
the Babe. But the Yankees will win
anyway L may have to stay out to-
morrow, but ] think that I will be able
to return for the fifth game. It's bad
Infection. but / think that after II gets
a chance to drain a bit will be able to
tote that big bat to the plate
In the clubhouse of the Giants some
OF the players sat around and discussed
mattcrs some sat about big table and
played friendly game Of cards, with
Phil Douglas taking the leading role in
the debate. John McGraw looked In
OH the scene for a spell and then left the
men to their own resources. With or
ders "All In and lights out by H." there
was no chance to get to theatre for
the evening performance.
'rne players took the layoff very much
TO heart. Here were were. all keyed up
and going like house afire. and this
darned rain comes along. walled Dave
Bancroft. we were sure to keep up
that hitting to-day. However, we are
Just as sure that we will get at Mays to-
morrow. We batted like snps against
him the first time--no reason at all for
his holding us down the way he did.
But he did, and tomorrow will come our
chance to get even. Douglas should win
without doubt"
McGraw was chagrined that the rain
had stopped the Giants but he was not
,,clfnnd ~ roca ri The L. yoff too caxi-