The Washington herald., 1921-10-07
Scratch Hit and One Sin
gle All McGrawites Can
Garner From Yank.
THEY WILL NOT PASS
is HUSTON SLOGAN
Inspired by McNally,
Meusel Steals Home.
Ruth Walks Thrice.
BY GRANTLAND RICE

front is now a sombre memory Of
helf -nIled trenches and grass-coy-
cred dugouts, where only forgotten
ghosts and rain-washed crosses re-
main
But from the glory OF verdun
Col. Huston of the Sixteenth En-
gineers. brought back this slogan
and rammed IL down the throats of
his world series ball club-'They
shall not pass"
Carl Mays and HIS mates respond
ed nobly to this slogan Wednesday
And today young Waite Hoyt, OF
Brooklyn, hardly more than a
mashie shot from his school desk at
Erasmus Hall, tied the Giants into
row Of true lovers knots while
10000 fans again looked on in won
der at the unwavering staunch-
ness OF the Yankee defense.
Young Hoyt aged 81 beat Art
Nehf. the left-hander, 10 o, with
one of the best-pitched games thar
ever graced a baseball bsttls for the
championship Of the civilized world
Turkey and certain parts Of Russia.
The Brooklyn blonde Of tender
years and binding speed held the
depressed Giants TO a brace OF sim
gles. and one Of these was fun Of
fuzz- The one clean blow against
him bounded from the bat of Frank
Frtsch in the closing canto, with
the Yankees three runs TO the good
ana on their way to another romp.
Only Two Giants Hit.
As a result OF the Mays-Hoyt
combination. only two Giants have
discovered what a base hit tasted
like, for Outside Of Frisch and Raw
lings' the others have been turned
back into the coop without the sem
blapce OF a blow.
There were no bald SPOT, IN the
vast arena on this occasion ss A
capacity crowd. emerging slightly
from its opening trance, saw Hovt
aud his supporting cast crowd the
Giants into hole az deep ana dark
as the mouth Of a railroad tunnel,
where they must now win ave out
OF the next seven games 70 scatter
the world series hoodoo that started
haunting them ten years aFo. The
great crowd. neutral at the start.
began TO develop flashes Of partisan
flame as Earl Smith, Of the Giants.
and Bob heusel. Of the Yanks,
opened mp a spicy personal debate
that at one time came near leading
to an exchange Of personally con-
Quoted punches.
This partisan fame rose to an
even greater glow as Art Nehf be-
gan ripping or a series Of passes y
to Babe Ruth. who was as much
obliged as IL Art had slipped him
poisoned ounce. After the third
successive pass, Yankee rooters be-
/ 80 ell IL
from the raspberry .sextette. as they
we're all wrought up at the CAV
and giddy prospect Of seeing the
Bambino lift one over the orchard
wall. The Babe himself became
worked up TO such a frenzy after
HIS third pass that in the NTH
frame he stole second and third on
two pitched balls and was In the
act OF pilfering the plate when
Meusel's out left him stranded only
a half knot out OF port
MeuseI t5muIstes McNaIIy.
With Ruth foiled after complet-
ing two-thirds of his triple steal,
Bob Meusel tore a page out OF Nc
Nally's diary in the eighth by steal
ing home as the ball bounded out
of Smiths glove, with Meusel 20
feet away. The Giants, who were
expected to come back with a rush
in the second game, were again
branded with the Yankee trade
mark Of great pitching in Nront of
an impregnable defense. For is
innirgs they have foundered
around in their vain cropping for q
single run. They believed the main
fury Of the storm had passed when.
Carl Mays stepped aside, but the
Brooklyn Kid held them in even
greater subiection as he breezed a
fast ball and a curve by their hut-
tering bats through inning after
inning. as cool and collected as
another Matty. There were old
timers in the crowd who shook
their heads as the kid continued
to crowd his speed over the plate,
almost certain that he must weaken
} in the closing stretch. But when
he wobbled slightly in the ninth
his brilliant infeld throttled the
last Giant rally with a daring dou-
BILE play that took no notice OF a
runner rounding third.
} Cool I'm Pinches.
Hoyt. surrounded by such iron
ribbed support, was too good TO
, be beaten for while he gave four
passes his unshaken nerve re-
mained steadfast through any
threatening storm. At two and
twenty he was riding on the golden
wave of youth that still knew i've
years of campaign experience, part
of which came as a member of the
} Giants. Youth, experience. cool
, nerve, a stout heart and a great
arm are combinations that are not
to be checked once they get
started for the goal.
II Ruth and Peck had not come
near a collision on Rawlings out.
field fly TO short left In the third.
. Hoyt would have stepped up with
Ed Reulbsch as the proud possessor
of a one hit world series game. As
Il is. he moved into the game with
Walsh. Brown. Plank and James OF
two hit renown and at twenty-five
this company Is gallant enough to
know.
As Art Nehf opened nre on the
Yanks, the stands were crowded
to the last parking place Of a hu-
man soul The crowd had turned
; In the greatest collection of bull
lion ever.known at a ball game
, since Columbus became Queen Isa-
belia's officiai big league sc.r,E.
Inspired by this inynerse trro--,
Nehf began putting 70 sfrs
co~fsxsed os Pagt -.