Evening star., 1921-10-08

also are revived, as is renected pJ a
radical shift in the betting odds which
made the American Leaguers top
heavy favorites before they came
cropper in tilt No. 3 of the strictiy
Gothamesaue struggle for the title Of
base balls best.
Prove Poor Guessers.
Now the rival pilots face the prob
lem of Juggling their pitchers, and the
one who by sunset this evening is
found to have. displayed the pest
Judgment will have a distinct edge
IN the drive on to the finish. Botn
guessed wrong yesterday-out NC,
Graw only once, while Higgins erred
four times.
The Giants chieftain can again start
Toney. who failed to last three innings
yesterday, or switch back to Douglas,
who hurled effectively IN the opeme,, ast
although defeated. Huggins must
choose between Carl Mays, who tri-
umphed in such impressive style IN
the inaugural, or have recourse to
Harry Harper, the left-hander whose
prowess. all too frequently nulllhed
by instability, capital fans are weil
acquainted with.
Neither Bob Shawkey nor Fred
Toney. the starting pitchers yester-
day. lasted three innings. McGraws
shift to Barnes arrested the progress
of the Yanks, who seemed destined to
march onto tkeir third straight tri-
umph. but Huggins had only square
pegs with which to plug round holes.
Due to start Something. .
The lambasting that Shawkey,
Quinn, Collins and Rogers were SUB
jected to was just what might have
been expected of team that nao
been as completely checked as the
Giants. The base hits were in their
bludgeons and when they finally got
the range they made up for lost time
with a vengeance.
Their outburst Of batting marked a
continuance Of the pre-series dope
upsetting. for which the 1921 title
scrap promises to be unique. In the
first two games the Yankees. nalied
as hitters, pure and simple, de1eateo
the Giants by speed. dash ana re-
he the leading assets of the National
Leaguers Then along come the
Giants and steal the Yankees thunder
by slugging the ball to all corners OF
the Let.
The Giants had an opportunity In
the initial session to reverse the pro-
cedure of the first two games oy pc
ing the first to score. Dut were uh-
equal to the task. with Two DOWN,
Frisch. hailed IN many quarters as
"McGraw's team" poked single 10
right and Young walked, putting II
up to Kelly. but the home run KING
of the National League, who has Deen
as backward III OolhS MS 49,
Ruth, who occupies the same distinc-
tion in the rival circuit, shoSeo miioiy
to McNally.
Yanks FoOsle Chance.
The Yankees first chance to tally
was afforded in round two, wnen BOD
Meusel led with a Texas Lacquer 70
left center, which ne stIetSneu ts s,ne ~
dash and spirit which has character
ized the play of the Hugmen from
the outset. Meusel reached third on
Pipp's perfect sacrifice, but was cut
down at the plate when Ward oounos anos
ed to Rawlings. Then McNally forced
Ward.
however. Then the Yanks unlimber-
ed some of their aa farIfamed famed m heaps 9Ss
hill before a single hand had been
retired and amassed four runs pc
fore Jess Barnes could get the side
out. Toney provided the e,! openlng; ps,1lne;sog oy
with a swat to right that put Schang
on third and the latter promptly tai
lied when Miller came through with
q ringing safety to the same sector.
4 pass to Peck brought up Ruth with
1he bases loaded. an ideal setting for
The monarch of swat. The Babe Iall,
ed to produce one OF his copyrsgnteo
specials. but he lined a 6ristiing
simS snd Miller. put Peck on third and in
a,,ced .i,,o dl Mccraw to replace Toney with
Harnes. With the count two and Two
ON Bob Meusel, Ruth was nagged IN
;o an aieelap' Measei " VINO 9Th then walked. Peck
tallied while Rawlings was handing
inns slow roller and Barnes ended
it by whiting Ward.
Giants Tie the Count.
Then the Giants, frustrated again
in the second inning by double play:
I,xy ECr,il
Snvder. scored for the first time IN
1hs series. not once, but as many
times as their rivals. on the same
number of hits and the same num-
Shawkey blew up being indicated by
the fact that his three gifts were is
sued in succession and forced IN two
of the Giants runs Husgins delay
BILE. 1t was apparent Bob, the COB,
was far from right: ,.
Barnes started the rally with
looping single to left center and. after
Burns lofted to Miller; bancrotts Isl nrse 81
second. Here 1t was that Shawkey
started the costly parade. He hrst
walked Frisch to fill the bases ana
then similarly favored Young and
Kelly before Huggins lost confidence
in him. with two gift runs already
in and the sacks still jammed Quinn
was summoned from the bull pen.
Irish Meusel, the first Giant TO race
him, sent a roller to Pipp that cash,
ed Frisch. and Young also reached
the counting block when Rawlings
beat out a mean crack to Peck. Pipp
then wound it up in highly spectac-
MAR manner by chasing over to the
stand and reaching among some Dox
seat patrons for Snyders foul.
Roth Threaten I'm Fourth.
Barnes and Quinn both were threat
ened in their first full inning. the
fourth McNally was wounded In the
rear and ealloped to third on q single
to right BY Schang. who died trying
TO stretch the blow, when young
men whifred Quinn and Miller. With
one gone in the fag end Of the frame
Burns lined against the rigne.neio
wall. getting three bases when the
ball bounded past Bob Meusel. Ban
croft then fell victim on strikes ana,
after Frisch walked, young was
The new hurlers then struck fairly
steady stride punctuated with an oc-
casional bingle. until the seventh
when Quinn met the fate OF the box
men who started the fray, four runs
being amassed off the veteran spit
ballist by the Giants. who then pro-
ceeded to attack Rip Collins. No. on
the list of Hnggins pitchers: for as
many more tallies, the slaughter be-
ing ended by Tom Rogers, q little
SInown hurler. the fourth Yankee
finger of the game and the third to
be called on in one inning. Eight
hits and eight runs-Quite an inning,
as such things go.
Frisch Starts Assault.
Frisch opened the assault on Quinn
with single to center and Young