Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-07

Unlike tha encounter, Thurs
days game 1asyed before GROVE
that taxed aeity of the Pol'
grounds and I'LL M loose at frequen
intervals ID zipp Aspntbursts of enthu
siasm. It hal spl to en5nuse over
for the eontest, n pitchers battle
between Hoyt a. ~ Nehf, VIII,
twirled stellar b e giants. wa
replete with rat y and tense
moments. Poss1 thing tha
most encouraged 6Wers of tht
Yankees. looking TT the ulti
mate outcome OF swas the
splendid game pitt6ed ext, who
held the Giants t~sAOSe tht
ninth. Never befcrs world
series opened with ~ hut.
outs of the same conk6 ~
Frisch Nearest
So air-tight was Ia
that the Giants never N
four men at the plate iI
ming.
The nearest they came 10.
base was in the ninth innIl H1 =
Frisch. with one down, singled q
and went to second when YoIfa IA
given DdSe Ou DdliS. Ile WIS
way home from second when az
double play on Young and Kelly en- Il
the inning and the game. The oMl
other man to get to second was Nekas
who was given base on balls and
went down on an out.
Aside from Hoyt's marvellous twirl-
ing, the game revealed Babe Ruth
in new role, that Of the demon base
steaier, a role that seemed just about
as: popular with the crowd as his IA
miliar one Of home run king.
The great Bambino stole second and
third in rapid succession in the fifth
inning and his clean pilfering of the
fap corner was greeted with the Wild
est demonstration of the series to date.
Gets Three Passes.
At the bat. Ruth's record was color
less. 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 digust of
apparently the greater portion Of the
crowd. Ruth scored run. however.
getting on the bases once through a
fielder's choice and finally tallying.
Ruth's base stealing feat was per-
forr ed late in the inning and didn't
res alt in n run. Not SO, however, the
surprise sprung by the next most just
y celebrated slugger of "Murderers'
Row. the lanky Bob" Meusel. This
Californian did nothing less than ex-
ec,lte 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 for a passed ball.
Frisch Stars Again.
The Giant rooters got their chance
playing Of the remarkablA Frank
Frisch. This stellar perfora Ter un-
doubtedly prevented the scor Making
on a decidedly more lopsidel Faspect.
For one thing. he made great catch
of a sizzling liner by Meusel, labeled
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 performance in
grabbing a difficult grounder from Nc
Na]ly, throwing himself at the ball and
then while flat on the ground. reach
ing up and tagging Walter Pipp, who
was tearing for third.
MUCH Oh LIZ VI lnC SulHt
was crowded in to the Yankees third
inning. Schang started by sending
high fly to Bancroft. Rawlings squirm-
ed and twisted to get under Hoyt's
Texas Lacquer but was unable to hold
the ball. Peckinpaugh walked and the
crowd yelled to Ruth to hit 'er out,
as Babe came to bat.
Ruth Given Pass.
Coach Leary. of the Yankees, ran
out from the dugout and drew Umpire
Moriarity's attention to the ball. The
umpire examined 1t and threw it out of
the game. Pitcher Nehf took no
chances with the home run hitter and
passed him to first, filling the bases.
This brought up Bob Meusel, another
hard hitter. but the best he could do
wss send up short fly to Bancroft, |
leaving the three base runners
stranded.
The Yankees scored their first run
in the fourth inning. After Pipp had
sent a high fly to Young. Ward got a
hit on a slow bounder to right Nc |
Nally hit to Nehf. who, in trying to !
throw Ward ont Mt second, shot the |
ball wide and both runners were safe |
Wally Schang drew pass, filling all |
the corners. Ward tallied the first run
as Hoyt went out on Il gr0under, Raw
lngs to Kelly. McNally tried to score
as the play was being made ut first
CONTINUED on fr9o Two>