Evening star., 1921-10-14


OF an American crowd foregather'
national pastime. all now is still.
Deserted are the Polo Grounds with
occupied by serried rows of eager
men women and children; gone are
the .cordons Of uniformed ninions of
the law who stood outside the historic
structure and directed the masses of
humanity as they descended upon it
in whirling streams from subway.
elevated. surface and motor cars.
The small army of newspapermen
who for days past have burdsned the
wires to every section of the country
with tIdings Of the fray have depart.
ed: and the players who enacted the
roles In this most impressive drama
OF the diamond are vending their
various ways home to don spiked
shoe and glove no more until another
spring shall have succeeded a winter.
Both Teams show Gameness.
The world series OF 1921 now is
history. but not soon will be for
gotten the game. uphill fsht to the
the Giants Of the National League.
nor the courageous. albeit. futile.
struggle against. fate In the form Of
accidents and ,frowns from the god.
dess OF luck, made by the Yankees OF
the American League.
Heroes In profusion were produced
in this memorable set. Not single
one of the eight contests was thefe
that failed to find one or more ath-
leres with clammy brow adorned by
formers whose names will be writ
large In the annals Of the game is
Waite Hoyt Although charged with
the defeat sustained by the Yankees
in the eighth and last contest Of the
set yesterday. his was not the fault.
p~A0
sturdy right arm twice had van
puished the Giants. did all that was
humanity possible to attain victory
for his team and. take rank with the
select few who have attained pitch
ing Immortality By winning three
world series games, but his efforts
were set at naught by failure OF the
men behind him to furnish the kind
OF support he deserved.
Error Ruins His Chances.
As was the case the day before.
when a miscue by Ward nullified a
grand exhibition of pitching by
Mays, Hoyt's endeavors were wasted
because Of a slip made by an inhelder.
This time it was Roger Peckinpaugh
who erred and thereby blasted ire
trievably the hopes of the Yankees
for the capital prize. =
Two Giants we're on the bases and
and two were out in the first inning.
when the field captain of the yam
KEGS fumbled bail that should have
been converted into an easy out-and
the only run Of the contest was made
possible. With this miscue deleted
lIoyt would have registered second
nine-inning shut-out and had but one
tally charged against him in twenty
seven rounds-and that unearned-an
error having been responsible for the
marker made off him by the Giants in
his second game, which, incidentally,
also came in the opening frame.
Also, but for Peck's bobble, extra
innings would have been required fof
a verdict. az Arthur Nehfs perform
ance on the hill in this concluding
frav paralleled THAT Of his. younger
opponent The left-hander. who on
his two previous appearances against
Hoyt was destined TO meet defeat, al
though performing admirably on eacn
occasion. as richly deserved the
faultless support accorded him as
vas noerited by Hoyt. who failed to
get it
Is Real Battle.
This final ARRAY was in many re.
snects the hardest fought and most
thrilling OF the entire set and was
ended amid scenes unparalleled for
elements OF the spectacular. Suen
was the appearance at pat IN tne
ninth inning. for instance, OF BABE
Ruth. the mighty s.nsEer. and CHIEF
played part Of the series; although IN
q nitiful physical condition. and who
finally was compelled to drop out
altogether after the fifth game for
fear OF permanent injury, suppossHhls ny
sensation made by his appearance as
he strobe TO the plate In place Of
pipp, bat in hand and his left elbow
.ncased in huge eandase' may Do
imagined.
KEGS one Of the mighty wailops. with
which he broke all records during
the league season. and Of which he
nroiuced a copy in the fourth game
of this ali-inportant set. would ne
the score and perhaps SO unnerxe
Nehf and his teammates tnat tns
Yankees would drill on TO victory
.nd make necessary another contest
roday TO decide the title.
a hush OF tenseness settled over
,he stadium following the WHO oot-
burst that greeted his appearance.
The first ball he fouled on. ana tne @
second was hooked over the plate Tor
called strike and the third was a.
f,aii. low. On the fourth delivery.
rrimacins with the pain sntailed oy
the physical eIertion, the mienty
fnauler, took terrific lunge, but ms
2iNl was not True, dA cay
EnI,v resulted and the Monarch. OF
Maui strobe back to the dugout as
Ibe assemblage cheered him FOR his
grit. even though he accomphshed
nothing.
Finish II Dram attic.
An hope had not vanished. how.
,ar ward drew. a pass and brought
up Baker-"Homesd Run s.dB saksr; tMo ~Soss sUes
li,ssranionships. IN Working apparently
nnmored by the knowledge Of what
each delivery Nigh. mean snd Esnf swo ss1n &nn
nao ~ Hn,,I and then Baker swished
o his big bat through the air con. con.
.nncfine soiidly for a vicious drive
% fans arose en- masse to cheer
what appeared TO br safe hit. when
Iohnny Rawlings, the lightly regard
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