The Washington herald., 1921-10-13
WARDS ERRORS
PROVE COSTLY
AS GIANTS WIN
Handling 46 Chances Per-
fectly, His 2 Misplays
Defeat Yankees, 2-1.
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a simple grounder at Ward again In
the previous inning Ward had retired
the side on three successfully brilliant
stops and made the crowd forget his
first excusable bobble. Fate was
against him. Rawlings grounder
rolled gently along to certain death as
Ward stopped to make the play, but
he funded amid divided chorus Of
groans and cheers. Before Mays
could collect his scattered bearings.
p Snyder hammered a long double to
left center. Both Miller and Fewster
started for the ball with Miller arriv-
ing first. The best he could do in full
flight was to knock the winging ball
down with one hand to shut on a
home run as Rawlings crossed the
plate.
1t was a tough break for the hard
working Ward, who in those two
innings had seen all the wonderful
defensive work of the week washed
completely away. He had merely
happened to make his slips at the
moment when they counted most.
enc of those unlucky turns that
now and then crowd into existence.
1t was a tough break on the Yankee
side because outside of Ward the
defensive back of Mays had been -
wonderful thing to see. Peck and
PippNespecially had given a display
that was worthy of a far journey.
ON one occasion. in the second in
ming. Pipp had startled the stands
by reaching backhanded with his
glove into MeuseTs flying feet for
an out at first. a play that hasn't
been surpassed to date.
Giants Play FIa~Ie.sIy
Back of Douglas the Giant de-
fense was fiawless. Douglas was
excellent, but with equal support
Mays would have led him by a run.
Fly working three full games with
out giving a pass the Ozark entry
has set one of the high marks for
control matching. Mathewson. who.
as We recall II. failed to issue a
pass in his three world series starts
in 1905.
The Yanks. picked first to carry
winning chance through the blast
Ing power of their bats, have been
forced to fall back upon defense.
Murderers Row seems Ruth alone,
for no one else, outside of Schang.
has hit a lick. Miller. Peck. Pipp.
Meusel and Ward have all been
keen disappointments TO those root
ing for a Yankee triumph. They
have been outhit steadily by the
Giants, who. after a slow start.
have bounded back as the stronger
team with greater speed and greater
power.
The Giants have won four out of
the last five games and the odds
now are better han 2 to 1 that they
break at last the melancholy world
series spell that has haunted them
since 1905. Higgins now has only
one winning pitcher left and he has
two games TO win in a row before
reaching the crown.
Giants Have Edge.
While Huggins leads Hoyt again
into No Mans Land. McGraw with
Nehf and Barnes. has all the ad-
vantage where even defeat tomor-
row afternoon would leave him
with the winning edge. Hoyt so far
has held the Giants to one run in
eighteen frames H has stopped
them no one occasion with two hits
and has fought his way gallantly
out of serious complications upon
the second test He has proved
both his skill and courage but the
strain will be even greater in this
last stand when he must know that
defeat spells the end Of hope. If
he can win again under such condi-
tions he must take his place as one
Of the most remarkable prodiGies
Of the age. For the Yankees. even
in victory. have made no great i'm
pression upon Art Nehf who will
doubtless take his place for the
third time in a hand-to-hsnd con-
nict with his youthful conqueror.
outside of Hoyt, the lone Yankee
hope is that the heavy artillery Will
adjust its aim in time, for up to
late the supposed heavy artillery
has consisted largely scattered rife
are. The absence Of Ruth hasn't
been a cheering factor for his mates
10 meet, but when without Ruth
hey had their chance today back
u pitching fine enough to deserve
a shutout.