Evening star., 1921-10-10

Having made good their threat to
:vlve the puzzling underhanded
shoots of Carl Mays on the occasion
9, t their second meeting, the Giants
ave disposed of the mos, formidable
u Higgins hurlers and have the
momentum accruing from two con-
:, cutive triumphs to aid them IN re
..ersing the verdict against HoSt,
when Nehf opposes him for the sec
und time in the fifth contest or Inc
--r this afternoon.
Even should they fail to cop today
he Giants still will rule as no less
than even money choices. Tor the
eason that they have in Barnes, u
third pitcher, whose strong finish III
The first Giant victory last Friday
entities him to rating far ahead OF
Harry Harper. the only remaining
poxman in the Huggins stable, now
have been exploded, and they also
possess Fred Toney, who, although
ne met the same fate as Shawkey,
showed stuff enough to warrant the
belief he may come through II started
again.
In addition, Babe Ruth. the Yankees
strongest factor on attack, is in very
poor shape physically and may pc
forced to the sidelineS at any time:
Judged by his accomplishments oi
yesterday, when he kept faith Win
capacity throng at the Polo Grounus
in producing one of his copyrighted
specials in addition to connecting for
Il single in four trips to the platter.
it might be supposed there Is niue
the matter with Ruth, but the 1aEt VI
the matter Is that his infected eloow
is causing him excruciating pain ana
few athletes in his eonditlon "ouiu
have attempted to play.
D-<R, Dlu~s nm Nerve.
Only the great courage OF the
slugger enabled him to carry on
through nine grueling innings. He
was playing on his nerve solely, ana
complications which may ensue as a
result of disregardinS the advice OF
his physicians. may cause his out
ragged constitution to call a halt re-
sardless of the willingness OF the
spirit. 1t was apparent all through
the game that Ruth was suffering
severely and the fact that he pro-
duced in a measure as high as reason
normal condition is remarkable
tribute to his gameness.
Ruth grounded to Kelly on his first
appearance, singled to center on his
second and whitfield the third time up
with Peck on base ahead Of him. 1t
Colossus demonstrated the wherefore
of his chief claim to fame. Ai!lng
arm and all, Ruth connected solidly
with one of Douglas twisters and
sent it hurtling through the air, the
ball striking the cornice of the boxes
of the grandstand, carroming over
and on into the right field bleachers.
1t happened the bases were unoc-
cupied at the time. Had they by any
chance been filled this clout would
have won for the Yankees right there.
schanS Almost Gets Homer.
From the manner in which the bat
tie progressed over the first half OF
the route, those who anticipated with
pleasure a repetition Of the old-fash-
ioned pitching duel produced by the
first clash between Mays and Douglas
had cause for congratulating them
selves. Schang's triple which, by the
way. missed by matter only OF
inches of landing in the left-field
u single by Pipp, had netted the Yam
KEGS a tally in the fifth inning. and
when at the end of the seventh round
tie Giants had only a pair of singles
10 show for their efforts on attack.
it seemed Mays was due to repeat his
feat of blanking tie Giants.
The National Leaguers exploded
this Supposition in the eighth, when
they got the range on Mays subma-
rine shoots and battered their way to
r. OF LallleS. OHIll ILLS 1dIc4ui
frame the work of Douglas was only
a little less effective than that of
Mays McGraw's moist-ball manipu-
Iator had been in danger of being
scored on in only one round. the
fifth. when the Yanks made good their
threat.
In the fag end Of the eighth, with
the Giants two runs to the good. the
Yankees were afforded an opening
that the second guessers today are
saying Huggins plainly muffed when,
with Mays on second base, the mite
manager permitted Miller to bat, in
stead of inserting a pinch hitter for
Kim. The Yank gardener already had
Whitfield once. as had half dozen of
his teammates. and on two other oc-
'casons he had failed to get a ball
out of the infield.
Frank Baker, a left-handed hitter
was on the bench-Home Run Baker
whose marathon wallopS won two
world series in other year-and
Chick Fewster was available for duty
in the outfield. but Miller was per-
mitted to take his regular at bat
and again struck out. What might
have happened had Baker been used
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