The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-10-06

McGraws refused to announce def
nitely his pitching selection for the
second game. Higgins was like
wise reticent The grand stand
managers, however, picked Artie
Nehf for the Giants and young Waite
OF the rival teams may cross every
body up and send Shawhey and
Toney. 1t all depends on how they
look when they warm up.
Crisp weather. the kind that makes
fingers tingle. was the order against
today and prospects this morning
were for better crowd than the one
that attended the opener. y. y.
The disappointing throng of 10000
where 10000 had been looked for,
taught the management of the
Giants and Yankees a $4,000 lesson.
They over advertised the scarcity of
reserved seats and discouraged
thousands Of fans who figured there
wasn't chance in the world to get
into the Polo Grounds.
He Can Gamble Now.
With the first game safely tucked
away the Yanks were made stronger
favorites in the betting today. The
sporting fraternity figured that Man.
balance that showed on the scales
in the Giants favor before the series
started and can now take a chance
and gamble with McGraw. I
Harry Harper is the ouly southpaw
Higgins has who could be sent against
the Giants and Harry Is a risky prop
osition, but many critics have Il
"hunch" that Hug will try Harper
on the Giant batters before the series
grows very old. A good left handler
is a big hurdle for any club to take
and the Giants form no exception.
Realizing the advantage of sending
q good left handler against the Yanks,
Manager McGraw was expected to
use Nehf today, but not unless the
fork handler Is absolutely right. Just
as Douglas, really spiked the big guns
Of the Yankee batting order in the
first game, Nehf Is expected to spike
them any time he starts and Toney
may do likewise.
Douglas really pitched a heart
breaking game. Inning after inning |
he worked like, a trojan. seeing the
Yanks sift through the slight crew
ices In his defense and watching his
own mates go down man after man |
before the uncanny pitching Of Carl
Mays. II was a tough one for |
Shufflin' Phil.
Never Looked Better.
His control was hypnotic and he
pitched without showing a sign that
would lead anyone to believe he was
working hard. In short, no world
series pitcher Of the last few years !
has turned in such a game as did the
submarine artist.
Ruth and Kelly, the big howitzers !
Of the rival teams, were practically |
put out Of action yesterday by
superb pitching, but the end Is not
yet. Ruth's one timely hit, q crash.
ing single in the first inning, scored
q run. that was enough to win the
game. He delivered. though not in a
spectacular manner.
The Yanks surprised the wise
acres by playing a dashing brand
of baseball both on offense and de-
Tense. When they found that they
they played the old army game on
him and got away with it. Through
the space Of the season, the Yanks
used the sacrifice hit but seldom.
McNally's steal of home in the fifth
inning was a brilliant bit Of work
and Il was daring, too, for there was
but one man out and the Yanks had
only one run on the score board.
The Yanks, in short, were a pretty
cocky bunch of ball tossers as they
got ready for the second game today.
They figure that II they can beat the
Giants at their own game and still
have their terrific smuggling power in
reserve ready to be unleashed against
the first susceptible Giant pitcher,
nothing can stop them.