New-York tribune., 1921-10-10

eighth inning of the fourth game OF
to one of the most brilliant pitching
and enabled the Giants yesterday
Yankees and bring the standing o.
victories and two defeats for each q
In coming from behind and winning'
yesterdays clash by runs to ., the
Giants Communicated about ninety nef
cent OF the strategic advantage II the
series and could be said this morning
to have their American League rivals
in decidedly unpleasant POSITION.
The Giants not only evened the series
yesterday. but they succeeded in re-
moving one OF the most menaciNg cogs
in the Yankee machine when they car
ried their attack TO the point Of e.
fectiveness which enabled them TO beat
Carl Mays, star right handler of the
American League.
For seven innings tho Yankees played
peerless baseball behind the most
masterful pitching that Carl Nays has
ever shown. They turned back The
Giant attack with crisp plays that
time and again brought the crowd to
its feet. Against equally effective
twirling on the part OF "Shutfiin' Phil"
Douglas of the Giants they went cut
in the fifth inning and secured them
selves a run that looked to be good
for the decision.
Ruth Makes Home Run
The mighty Babe Ruth CAUGHT one
Of Douglass low breaking spitters on
the end of his bat in the ninth inning
and "golfed" it far TO right for q home
run, but these features of the Yanks'
offense were not enough to counter
balance the booming attack of the Ma
tional Leaguers, which broke in the
fateful eighth and tore large rents IN
the melancholy October atmosphere
The Babes screaming homer cane
with nobody on the bags and at q time
when defeat was hanging over the club
like a sinister and depressing cloud
bank. 1t meant nothing 50 far rs the
final result was concerned, but It gave
the Yankee rooters something to grow
uproarious about and provided the 37,-
600 fans present with the classic feat
ure that many of them had paid to see.
The ball sped away from the great
swatter's bat on long, arching loop
and struck in the far corner Of the up-
per right-feld tier. It bounced out OF
the upper tier and shot down into the
adjoining bleachers, one of the few
home runs ever made in the big league
that had the peculiar distinction Of hit
ting in two stands.
The four-base drive was the first
made during the series and tended 10
upset the confident belief of National
League supporters that John J. Nc
/ Graw had discovered the Bambino's
much -sought-fOr Weakness RUth's left
elbow was in bandages as a result Of
an incision made in the arm on Satur-
day night by DR.. George d. Stewart,
the operation having been made neces-
sary by an infection which followed
bruise the Babe received while stealing
second base during the last series with
| Cleveland.
Ruth's Throwing Arm Weak
Although the Yanks were strangled
in defeat at the time the home run was
delivered, the huge crowd gave the
Bambino a tumultuous salvo Of ap-
/ plause as he circled the bases. Ruta's
J arm bothered him more in his fielding
( than in his batting, and in tho destruc-
/ tive eighth inning the Giant runners
who drove the ball to his territory
took liberties with his throwing wing
which would have been highly mad
visable had it been in good shape. The
wound was bleeding when Ruth had
the bandages removed in the Yanks'
dressing room Immediately after the
game and his appearance IN t0-dav's
game is considered extremely doubtful.
Dr. King, team physician for the
4 Yanks, who dressed the injury last
night, told the writer however that
the arm is doing nicely and had ar
parently suffered no i'll effects from
the strain placed upon it during the
game.
THE arm improved wonderfully
over Saturday night" said the doctor.
''and that was the reason we permitted
the Babe to play to-day. | advised
! him TO rest bit, but he was SO
anxious to be in the lineup that there
was no use trying to stop him. When
I dressed the arm this evening it
seemed much better and I think the
Babe will be able to play tomorrow.
The reception the Babe received
when he went to his position in LEFT
I field at the start of Yesterdays game
was second only to the demonstration On
which followed his home run. Chick
Fewster practiced in left and it
seemed a sforegone conclusion That lie
would play there, but Ruth "crossed7
rooters by trotting out to lis position
when the Yanks took the field in the
first inning.
Grounds Out in First
On Ruth's first time at bat he
grounded out to George Kelly. In the
fourth inning, when he faced Douglas
for the second time, he smashed
sweet single to center field. There
were two down at the time and no.
body on the bags The Babe struck
out manfully in the sixth. The first
two strikes were called. but the third
was mighty swipe IN which the Babe
missed G. low curve that vas very
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