The New York herald., 1921-10-13
GIANTS WIN AGAIN,
ODDS 81 ON SERIES
Continued from FIRST Page.


very red dust of the Polo Grounds
playing field. Ward had been that
good. had he? He had handled forty
six chances with only one error had
he? Well. we will see, unused the i'm
placable one.
The seventh inning came along, aIays
going like a house afire, as the SAYING
is, sending over sweeping curves that
had most Of the Giants blinking help
lessly. Up comes Kelly. bites upon a
swerving low curve. flickers a footy
little grounder to Cap Peckinpaugh and
goes out at first In black disgust. Up
comes Emil Meusel. one of the real
doers of the series, sets himself. mas
sages a big bat, clamps his teeth and-
strikes out! Mays was never better
than in this moment.
The next to the plate is Rawlings.
Giant second baseman, apparently. To
the eye It looks like little Rawlings.
Doubtless camera might eaten Inca
ments of face and form closely resen-
bling Rawlings. But the truth Is, 1t
Isn't Rawlings at all.
The Kid at Bat Again.
Once more Kid Average is pinch hit
ting for the Giants and about to deliver
the final devastating slap to Yankee
hopes. Ball one-strike one-then an
easy grounder to the youth condem led
Of fate: grounder no more diff ;ult
than thousand he has handled swift
ly, smoothly. not half so troublesome as
many. But Ward seizes that moment
to juggle the ball, and when he realizes
that vaudeville. however entertain hg, is
out of place In baseball. Kid Averages,
looking as Johnny Rawlings ordinarily
looks, IL on first base and the nerves
Of the Yankees az well as Of the array
Of spectators begin to twitch and twit-
ter.
Hero again. as In the fourth In nins.
there are two out. Ordinarily. with
merely human-fallible human player
concerned, there would be no occasion
for alarm or nervousness. Two out and
a man on first Is nothing to wor y
about with Mays pitching such ball as
he Is doing to-day. The fag end Of the
Giant batting order. Snyder AMI Doug
las. Is up.
Why not walk the ponderous Snydes
and then strike out the none too puis-
SAINT (from batting standpoint solely)
Douglas? Well, Mays plays with fire.
He puts one over for Snyder and Snyder
hits so fast and far that by The time
Miller centre fielder for the Yankees
ordinarily very sure. safe flelder-gets
through bowling and 6craping TO the
ball. Rawlings has scooted ;ver the
plate and the Giants lead by 2 to 1.
II you think 1t Is far fetched to drag
In the law of averages az an explana-
ton for the Giant victory of yesterday
all one can say Is. Look at the facts
and figures. The only run the Yankees
made was earned, as they say. due to
hard batting. a double by Pipp and a
single by McNally. both hard. clean hits.
Tho runs the Giants made we're un-
earned and both originated In errors
made by the hitherto impeccajble Ward.
And please record that in each I'm
stance of Giant run making two men
were out when Ward upset the apple
cart There's simply no other way TO
look at II.
May he $4,000 Errors.
II won't do to pass off Wards ruinous
performance by saying that he scorns
so much money as must come to the
players OF the victorious team. and that
he took the trouble TO make two kicks
when he kicked away something like
$4,000 tthis. of course. IL the Giants
follow up their already palpable adj
vantage and actually win the fifth
game. the deciding game). Nor will II
do to hold that young Ward Is so de-
voted to Scripture that he rules his pro-
fessional life by the mandate that no
person OF wealth may enter into hcppi-
ness hereafter.
Ball players don't kick $4,000 into
the gutter. s1.752 OF which is their own.
representing the difference between the
share of winning players and the share
of losers. That won't do at all. More
over. Ward is too competent-showed II
previously---to make two errors In
row on fairly simple chances Another
explanation may be found. II Is OBJ
vious.
This Is not what Babe Ruth thought
likely as he giowered and grumbled In
the press stand. sometimes biting clear
in two cigar as big az fluc, or twist.
ing the pumpkin colored motor cap that
now ornaments his noble brow. No.
one gathers that Is not what Mr.. Ruth
thought
1t would have been interesting to have