The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-12
Story of Yankees
Second Victory
New York Americans Play
Too Fast Ball For the
Giants

New York, Oct (By the AS
sociated ess).-The New York
Americans made world series his
tory here today shutting out the
Giants, 3 to 0, in the second game
of the struggle, leaving the New
York Nationals runless after Is in
nings Of play in the first two days
of the city clubs conflict. They did
it by lively work on the bases and
the best possible use Of their hits
supported throughout by the bril-
liant twirling of Waite Hoyt, their
young right handed star. The score
was the same as in the first game
vest erday, Hoyt allowing the Giants
only two puny singles.
Unlike the opening encounter,
today's game was played before a
crowd that taxed the capacity of
the Polo grounds and let itself loose
at frequent intervals 10 tipping
outbursts of enthusiasm. 1t had
plenty to enthuse over for the con-
test, while a pitchers battle be-
tween Hoyt and Art Nehf, who
twirled stellar ball for the Giants,
was replete with rafting plays and
tense moments.
Possibly the thing that most
encouraged the followers Of the
Yankees, looking forward to the
ultimate outcome of the series, was
the splendid game pitched by Hoyt,
who held the Giants 20 one hit up
to the ninth. Never before has a
world series opened with two
straight shutouts Of. the same con-
testant.
So alright was Hoyt's pitching
that the Giants never had more
than four men at the plate in any
one inning. The nearest they came
to the home base was in the ninth
inning when Frisch with one down
singled to right and went to sec
ond when Young was given a base
on balls. He was on his way home
from second as a fast double play
on Young and Kelly ended the in
ming and the game. The only 9TH
er man to get to second was Nehf,
who was given a base on balls and
went down or an out.
Aside from Hoyt's marvellous
twirling the game revealed Babe"
Ruth in new role, that Of de-
mon base stealer-a role that
seemed. just as popular with the
crowd as his familiar one Of home
run king. The great bambino stole
second and third in rapid success
sion in the fifth inning, and his
clean pilfering of the far corner
was greeted with the widest dem
onstratien of the series to date.
At the bat Ruth's record was
colorless. He did not once connect
safely. Nehf appeared to pitch to
him every time, but in trying to cut
the corners succeeded in issuing
three passes to the big fellow,
much to the disgust Of apparently
the greater portion of the crowd.
Ruth scored a run, however, get
ting on the bases once through a
felder's choice and finally tallying.
Ruth's base stealing feat was
performed late in. the inning and
didn't result IN a, run. Not so, how
ever, the surprise sprung by the
next most justly celebrated slugger
Of "Murderers' Row"-the hnky
Bob" Meusel This 1.-THE Cali
fornian did nothing less than exc
cute a clean steal of home in the
eighth-duplicating McNally's feat
of Wednesday. He didn't have to
slide for it either, for the pitch on
which he tore in was wide and
Earl Smith, the startled catcher,
let it get away from him fer pass
ed ball.
The Giant rooters got their
chance again today to grow en-
thusiastic over the playing Of the
remarkable Frank Frisch. This
stellar performer undoubtedly pre-
vented the score taking on a de-
cidedly more lop-sided aspect. For
one thing he made a great catch
of sizzling liner by Meusel, Ia
belled for two bases. with two on,
in the Yankees first inning, turning
the smash into double play. Then
in the third, he brought the crowd
to its feet with his brilliant per-
formance in grabbing difficult
grounder from McNally, throwing
himself at the ball, and then. while
fiat on the ground, reach up and
tagging Walter Pipp, who was tear
ing for third.
Much Of the excitement of the
game was crowded into the Yam
KEGS third inning. Schang started
by ending a high fly to Bancroft.
Rawlings squirmed and twisted to
get under. Hoyt's Texas 'eaguer but
was unable to hold the hall. Peck
inpaugh walked and the crowd yell
ed to Ruth to hit 'er out as the
Babe came to bat. Coach O'Leary
of the Yankees here ran out from
the dugout and drew Umpire Mo-
riarty's attention to the ball. The
umpire examined it and threw it
out Oh the game IItclleI -\elA
took no chances with the home run
hitter and passed him to first. fill
ing the bases. This brought up
Bob Meuscl, another hard hitter,
but the best he could do was to
send up a short fly to Bancroft,
leaving the three base runners
stranded.
The Yankees scored their first