The New York herald., 1921-10-06
One Of So-Called Speedless
Yankees Steals Home
Dope Goes Wrong.
ny SAMUEL J. BROOKMAN.
Just simply "9ubmarined" to death.

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Just simply "aubmarined" to death.
They had heard a lot of Carl Maye's
submarine" ball. the Giants had now
they have seen It. but 1t Ia doubtful II
they know any more about 1t than they
did before. Anyway they looked Just as
helpless and a-Mays-ed in the ninth In
ming as In the first
Loyal Giant rooters kept their spirits
buoyant and waited hopefully for Mays
to crack. but It was like waiting for the
landlord to reduce the rent.
Wonderful thing this baseball dope" :"
"fanks have the punch but no speed" I"
was the critical consensus whereupon
the Yan<s proceed to show no particular
punch but run out hits as though their
lives depended on them, and-McNaliy
steals home
Would you call Il a Ruth day? Well.
ne famed twice. On the other hand. he
walked once. his single brought In the
first run. run that would have been
enough to win. run that gave the
Yankees the 'jump" and the psychologi-
cal advantage that goes with It. And
Mike McNally made his astonishing
dash for hU.ne plate. The balance ap-
pears to lean rather heavily on Ruth's
side.
A fan who ought 20 make q demon
statistician came across with the brill
liant observation that II the rest Of the
Giants batted as well as Frank Frisch
the teams would sti'l be playing the first
inning. Figure It out for yourself
Often II isn't so much what you do
as when you do II. Bob Meusei on his
three base wallop In the sixth inning
failed to touch first and ne was out
when the Giants fielded the ball in.
laugh followed. that's all. but. my-o-my.
can you imagine what would have been
the consequence II the game or the
series had depended on that out? Meusel
would have become Just as famous as
the man who failed to touch first" as
Fred Merkle. the man who failed to
touch second" In. that memorable game
that cost the Giants pennant.
A world series makes strange march
fellows. The way Gov. Miller and Mayor
Hvlan rubbed elbows parad'ng across
the Governor and Tammany Hall were
Just like that.
To the Polo Grounds regulars th !.
Yanks certainly looked strange In their
travelling uniforms.
Lucky thing for Bancroft that Long
George Kelly Is so long. Bancroft's
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looked as though II were headed for the
rpner tier. yet somehow II landed IN
Ke'lv's glove. One Of those catches you
wouldn't believe If you didn't see It
yourself.
Frisch wasn't rarticrlar where ne
sent his hits. Two went TO RIGHT field
one To deen left ard the other TO centre
Sreakiny of Frisch's accomplishments az
the bat, one Yankee rooter declared that
Franks fonr hits and Rawiings's Texas
Lacquer robbed Mays of a not hit game
As Enil Meusel flied to Bob Meusei
In the third inning hundreds of fans
had the word Scandal on the tip Of
their tongues. waiting TO see whether or
not Bob would drop the ball
Not few overlooked the brilliant
play Of George Burns IN the first Inning
in holding Ruth's long clout to single.
II looked like triple when It left the
Babes bat
Every time the pop soda vender
shouted 'Tce cold drinks!" the fans
within earshot shivered-
One Of the first baseball axioms Is
that a team must score at least one
run to win game John McGraw re-
minded his men about II after the game
and warned them not to forget so simple
rule again.
Ten times by actual count did the
Giants hit the ball out of the infield--
four times on Frisch's hits. once on
Rawlings's Texas Lacquer and five
times on Fly balls.
Here Is the list OF "firsts" for the fans
Who dote on "dope": First hit-Miiler.