New-York tribune., 1921-09-27

Yar'ks Boost Lead by Taking
Final From Champions, 8 to Z
Quinn Knocked From the
Box, but Hoyt and Mays
Rush I'm and Save Day


disappeared under the parapet of the
New York dugout. 1t burst forth anew
each time he appeared to take his turn
Mt bat or to walk to his position in left
field. Case-hardened fans who can take
their baseball or leave it alone climbed
up on their seats and whooped it up
with the more demonstrative of the
species. Those home runs blew all
dignity completely out of the ball park.
In the sixth inning, after Cleveland
had battled to within one run of tying
the score, WalIy Schang came to life
and pasted another four-base Crive into
the left field stands, scoring Mike Nc
Nally, who had singled Some idea OF
the importance of those runs can be
gained from the fact that Speakers
unyielding crew came back in the next
inning and put two more across and
again hurled themselves to within one
run of tied score.
The Yankees cause was thrice saved
by magnificent fielding on the part of
Elmer Miller, the shadowy center
fielder. In the third inning, with Joe
down long fly from the bat of George
Burns for the third out. In the eighth,
an inning that will not soon be for
gotten by those who witnessed it, it was
Miller who nailed Jamieson's wicked
drive when the tying run was on first
base. In the same frame, with two
out, the tying run on third and the
winning count on second, Elmer
sprinted in from far center field and
made shoestring catch of iris
Speakers short hoist over Peckin-
paugh's head. 1t made the third out
and cut off one run and probably two.
Thrilling from the Start
The game was charged with an cleo
trical tenseness from the first inning
to the last, but it reached its throb-
bing climax in the dramatic eighth
Waite Hoyt, the blond wonder from
Brooklyn, had been sent to the box in
the first inning after the Indians
worked Jack Quinn for three runs.
There were runners on first and sec
ond, two out and the dangerous Steve
O'Neill at bat. The latter was inten-
tionally passed, filling the bases, and
then Hoyt easily famed Covcleskie
From that point on until the seventh
the husky youngster pitched mag
nihcent ball. In the second he famed
Jameson, Wambsganss and Speaker
And they were all real strike-outs, in
which these sluggers swung with
deadly intent. In the sixth Sewell sim
Burns's triple to deep left The latter
came home while Ward and Pipp were
subduing O'Neill
The seventh brought the first indica-
tion that Hoyt was not going to last.
After Wamby had been disposed Of
Speaker smashed a liner directly at the
pitcher. Hoyt detected it with his bare
hand, and it rolled over to Ward, who
could not field il in time to get the
runner at first. The blow on the hand
evidently disturbed the blond boy for
he walked Smith. Gardner hit to Peck,
whose throw to McNally got Speaker
sliding into third, Smith going to sec
ond. Hoyt then walked Sewell, filling
scoring Smith and Gardner, but Mil
Iel's fine throw to McNally got Sewell
going to third.
Captain Peck Gets Nervous
Captain Peckinpaugh was beginning
to get nervous, and in the eighth, when
Hoyt walked Graney, batting in place
Coveleskie in the third, Peck decided
that it was time Mr. Hoyt called it a
day. The two talked the situation over
while Jameson waited with big bat
in his hand and mean look in his eye.
He looked as though he was going to
do any little thing he could to bring
Graney over with the tying run.
Pipp, Ward, McNally and Schang
joined the conference. 1t was obvious
that Peck wanted to disarm Hoyt be-
fore the npleasant-looking Jameson
did it. The rest seemed to think the
same way about it. and Hoyt finally
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bench. He got as far as the right
field foul line when Charley OLeary,
emissary of one Miller Higgins, dashed
out of the dugout and told Hoyt 70 go
back to the box. Peck's strategy and
his managers had clashed. Hoyt went
back while the usually complacent
Peckinpaugh scowled and said lot of
caustic things to nobody in particular
Miller managed to get Jamieson's
fierce drive and held Graney on first
Wamby, however, was not to be turned
back. He singled to right and when
the ball got away from Meusel he
sailed right on to second while Graney
cruised to third. Only single was
needed to win the game for Cleveland
and iris Speaker was striding to the
plate with three bats.
Close Call in Ninth
This situation appealed to Huggins
and he decided that perhaps Peck was
right in the Hoyt matter after all. The
Brooklyn boy was recalled and Mays
ambled into the picture. This gave
Elmer Miller the opportunity to make
the shoestring catch that has beer
mentioned before. The crowds sigh o1
relief was mighty roar.
Mays himself had narrow squeak
in the ninth. After Smith had passed
out Larry Gardner drew q pass and
was forced at second on SewelHs tar
to Peck. The latter tossed the ball t.
Ward for the put-out, and it seemed as