New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
Headless Base Running
and Rutll's Failure Cost
Americans Came Played
in a Drizzling Rain
One Victory Gives
Flag to Nationals
Huggins's Team Had 1t
Won in First, Tied in
The Seventh and Ninth
By Crantland Rice

Through the rain, the mist and the
mud on day as bedraggled as the
Yankees and their waning hope, the
triumphant Giants yesterday moved to
within one las. stride of the kingdom
which they conquered just year ago.
The hard-fghting, aggressive Giants
bagsed their third victory by the count
of to 8, as $4,000 fans, pelted by
gray October rain, saw the beaten
Yankees attempt to play ball game
exclusively with their mud-coated feet.
Just as if the human head had never
been made for any purpose beyond
adornment The Yankees, by wild, care
less and headless base running, tossed
of at least three tallies in battle
that they might have won with ease if
they had not insisted upon doing most
Of their thinking with their tagging
and bewldered feet.
As the game ended, leaving the Gil
ants with three victorious assaults and
only one more needed for the crown.
the plaintive bleating of Yankee goats
could be heard from far away-the
mournful requiem of fading Yankee
hopes, now darker than the heavy sky
beneath which they once more fell.
Meusel Forgets to Run
The parade of newly formed goats
was headed by Bob Meusel. who re-
fused to run out an infeld tap in the
seventh inning, where Groh threw low
and Kelly fumbled, costing tally in
the wake of Wards ensuing home run
into the left-feld stands. By this direct
violation of the first principle of base
ball-which is "run 'em all out" Meusel
tassed away the most important run of
the afternoon.
But Meusel, even with this terrific
boner, was not the lone goat in the
herd. He had enough company to keep
ten goat herds busy. The wild, head
less base running of Dugan, Pipp and
sehang cost other runs and helped to
build up the Illuminating flock, with
the dazed and astonished Babe Ruth
bnnglng up the rear, once mere the
victim OF shrewd pitching that came
Rear cracking his mighty spine.
Ks Yankees were out-fought and
The Yankees were out-thought by
bstssr smarter ball club. but for all
mat 1t required new turn of lop-
SIDED versatility to throw away the
ssnf. Nothing short of sheer genius in
the subtle art of losing could have
provided for that third defeat.
They had the muddy scrimmage won
IN the first inning, and refused to
take it as gift.
They had It tied up in the seventh,
and promptly backed away.
They had it tied again in the ninth,
only to arise once more upon their
hind legs and take a sock under the
left ear, with sure draw in sight.
Three Runs Tossed Away
The human feet are made to run
with. Undoubtedly they have their
place in the scheme of things. They
are in no sense to be despised or left
at home. They have their use in ar
rylng at ones destination, but they
are rarely supposed to direct the way.
Yet, by adopting this quaint system,
with their feet in full control, the
anks merrily tossed away three tai
Hes and possibly four or FIVE.
IN the somber wake of this last de-
ieat, the Yankees still can win out
ny snagglng four straight victories
from ball club that has beaten them
eight out of the last nine decisive
tests, starting year ago. for last
octooer the Giant. Yon five ont of the
last SIX games, and they have now added
Mree more to the string-one of the
most overwhelming clean-ups in the
long history of the autumn classic
four straight will bring the Yanks
nome,four straight from machine
.nst mas been grinding them into
Ssusage Sag from one year to another.
saturday's battle was a pitiful spec
escie "a 1or those still clinging to dream
o. o. American League revival. They saw
se sne apparently earnest and determined
!, ahkees open an early rallv against
augn McQuillan that threatened to
wreck him utterly in the first chanter
p the book. They saw this rallv
a.oken up by bad base running that
NUT on flock of tallies after two had
eeen scored. Later on, with this two
run lead, they saw Carl Mays crumbIe
% completely before sudden Giant
ss,t'aek that came tearing it's way
..arough the rain and mud for five clean
ats and four runs-one of their old,
dreaded batting rallies that blasts it's
way through the opposing defense by
power, speed and brains-the con,Si-
nation that always tells the story.
With Robert on the Bench
), After this, forlorn and bedraggled,
.hey saw Bob Meusel, after rapping a
ground ball to Heinie Groh, come al
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