Evening star., 1922-10-09

Tho pitcher, Bush, looked toward the
on his face. He tossed his hands in
the air with the ball players mute
gesture Of passing the buck. Then
he tossed the ball to the next batter.
II there had been sympathy for the
It's afnictfon some how it evaporated
and merged itself with the October
haze that had descended upon the
field
Bush Reaents Orders.
To go back a little as to what had
happened The Yankees by a rally
had scored a run in the seventh and
were leading 3 to 2. In the Giants
half Of the eighth Bancroft hit down
the right field foul line and Pipp made
the most brilliant play Of the series
when he stopped the ball and retired
the batter. 1t was as near the
achievement of the impossible as a
ball player can be expected to ac-
complish At. that moment when
victory seemed to be lowering over
the Yankee bench 1t was a magnifi-
cent stroke of base ball ability.
Groh hit safely to center field after
Bush had him in the hole and Frisch
clumsily handled by Mcmillan. who
had taken Wits place. The ball
should not have been good for more
than single. Meusel hit to Scott
and Groh was run down between third
and home. Fine work for the
Yankees.
The next batter was Young Bush
pitched a ball and then a signal was
flashed to him from his bench to give
Young a base On balls Bush resent
ed it. He let everybody know that
he resented 1t He turned his face
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negatively and with emphasis. He
kicked his toes in the ground and he
acted ike q petulant child who has
just been told not to eat any more
cake. He threw three more balls to
Young and each one that he threw
against his Instruction. He didn't
take his orders like a ball player.
Cuts Plate for Kelly.
Then Kelly came to bat with tho
bases dlled The situation was no
worse for Bush than it had been, for
II Young had made a base hit two
runs would have been as likely to
there were more chances to retire
the side. Bush pitched once to Kelly,
high in tho center, and without
curve He pitched a second time and
q schoolkid could have hit the ball.
the ball flying to the field and then
he looked toward his own bench, and
1t was not a look of rapt admiration.
King was the next batter for the
New York Nationals and batted a
high fly to left field Meusel ambled
for the ball and it fell at his feet
King had q base hit on a fly that q
nimble outfielder would have caught
with a little exertion. Young scored.
but his run was not needed Snyder
lifted a weak fly to centerfe1d and
the inning ended.
The first half Of the ninth inning
had to be played because It was part
OF the game, and the Yankees played
can League championship. Three
harmless flies. beginning with MeuseI,
and all was over.
Ruth No Longer King.
The Yankee sluggers suffered the
in a worlds series. And chief OF the
punctured tires was Babe Ruth. Ruth
was OF as little use to his team as
though he had come from the bushes
the day before the series started
True, the so-car1ed king of swat, did
drive in two runs with his bat dur
ing the series. But Ruth, it must be
Yankee proverbial tower Of strength
As ball player Ruth is ancient
history until he can re-establish his
reputation. The champion home run
hitter Of the world. a man who should
never think of batting under 800
with the good, natural skill which the
Lord cove him, he did not bat better
armed pitcher. In five games and
seventeen times at bat Ruth. the
erstwhue slammtng bambino, got two
bust But no, there wasn't a time