New-York tribune., 1921-10-11
Higgins gg Hopes
Again Saved
By Yo1n,agster
Yankee Manager Wins on
Last Card When Hoyt
Battles McGraw's Team
BY Jack Lawrence

mats OF the River OF Doubt Yesterday
and by delivering up one os the most
remarkable pitching performances sin 20
the days Of the haloed Mathewson, fie
stemmcd the Giant tide-rip and sub
! stituted a brilliant ray OF hope where
clouds OF depression had been lowering
Waite Hoyt was played by Miller
Higgins yesterday as his last card and
his last hope. If the younpster from
the broad reaches oF Brooklyn had
failed, the cause Of the Yankees this
morning would be glimmering fitfully
If the Giants had emerged from the
spell Of submission in which he held
them and had broken through his art
as they did through that o. Carl Mays
/ on Sunday. the American Leaguers
would be to-day on the steep skids to
defeat
"Hc hasn't had enough rest ard he'll
crack rs Mays did" was statement
heard on all sides prior to the game
AS the calm and unhustered youngstcr
reeled off inning after inning of incom-
, parable twirling the crowd kept post
poning the disastrous frame In the
seventh, after he had smothercd the
Giants under the violet rays Of his flaw
less pitching, the wise birds in the
stands believed that the eighth would
bring the deluge, as it did on Sunday in
the lameNted case OF the study Carl
Mays.
Put to Test in Eighth
The eighth brought up three danger
Gus Giants to be subdued They were
Frank Frisch, the radium needle Of the
Giant attack; Ross Young. and the al
ways menacing George Kelly. Tr sen
flashed out TO Walter Pipp, unassisted.
Young drew scored hit when McNally
dabbled too long with his mean drive
down the third base line. Yells OF Il
told you sol" were booming on every
side.
1t looked like a repetition of the
awful eighth of Sunday National
League thumbs were down and the
Giant hordes vibrated with viciousness.
The stands chortled in anticipation of
another killing. Bets were made in
the period Of suspense while George
Kelly, home run hero Of the National
League, was striding to the plate. A
four base drive at this wayering june
ture would have tied the score.
The crowd seemed 10 see something
psychological in the situation. Giant
fans We're framing thrilling tales OF
how McGraw's men bad come once
more FROM behind in the eighth and
blasted victory from the granite can
yons of defeat
The gentle GOODNESS with which Waite
Hoyt pitches ball game amounts al
most to dullness. There isn't the sug-
gestion of a gallery play in his entire
repertoire. Beyond the mystery Of his
fire there is nothing in his activities on
the field to excite commotion in the
x,,ft
oily precision, and the fact that he
might be the pivot figure Of drama
being enacted in the center of pit
surrounded by 10000 persons never
seems to register on his nervous sys-
tenn.
When in that electrical eighth inning
the fans were calling for his blood
Waite Hoyt never batted an eye.id
There were two interesting persons
watching him closely, but it is doubt
full whether he gave either Of them a
the other was Harry Frazec, owner of
the Red Sox. Both have had Hoyt in
their employ and both discarded him
as hopeless material. Both have lived
to feel the burning swish of his
Yankce-owned delivery.
Kelly Just Giant
The blond product Of Erasmus Hall
saw no home run king in George
Kelly. 1t WAS just one more Giant to
be turned back. Two strikes were nut
over so quickly that George looked Tor
moment, but after two balls had been
added TO the count he swished a wicked
liner down past Pipp's station that
looked good tor two bases. 1t caromed
off the wall and Bob Mcusel played
it with consummate clovemess He
saw the angular legs OF Kelly dash
ing past first and casting something OF
an aspcIson on Bobs steel throwing
arm. Bob usually takes things easy
on the ball field, but when he throws
baseball there is usually killing on
tap. His shot from deep left in that
eighth inning ruined Home Run George
Kelly. Ward was waiting for him with
tho ball, and there was no occasion for
3 slide.
A moment later the other melnbcr Of
tho Meusel family employed by me
Giants raised y towering foul fly that
came gyratng down ont of The hea
Near the last OF the right Eeid boxes
Walter Pi9p. VINO has starred in the
field curing this series. sailed over and
nabbed it for the final out in the |
seemed TO :aho the starch cut Of the |
Giant attack and 3 lot of pap out o.
the Giant rooters
When Hoyt returned to the Yankee |
dressing room he was nursing : BADLY |
silt finger on lis pitching hand. II |
developed t,1t lie had hurled more 4
than half the game with this injury.
When the writer asked Eln whether |
he would be ready 70 have another shot
=. The Giants in the present series The /
Brooklyn boz yawned
"Sare, l'ii BE leadv to 90 in thorc +
again ii Hugslns wants me 10. Got
bad finger, bat tnac'li De al. ligh. ir
doy. or Two. Hey, boy. get IRE a |
Miller Higgins Elatcd
That was the extent Of Waite Hoyt's
statements TO the press after his sec
ond victory over the Giants Bob I
Aeuscl YVES equally indifferent to the
war correspondents. He was thinking
about dinner and didn't want TO be in
terviewed u Just played tho game ,
thats all was what he said wnen I
asked for statement.
Miller hugg.ns was delighted oYer
tire result Of the Gf.h conAic4 hy+