The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-08


Such breaks in luck as could be
blamed upon the sloppy weather
favored the Giants who took quick
advantage of them in a sudden fifth
inning squirt and produced all Of
their runs But the Yankees could
have won the game in spite of the
adverse fortune had they made use
of their legs and heads with as
much vigor as they put into swing
ing their heavy bats.
Need Only One More
Tonight the National League PEN
nant winners need only one more
victory to renew their 1921 lease
upon the title of worlds baseball
champions. The depressed Yankees
find themselves up against a barrier
that few think they can surmount.
, They must win four games in sue
c2ssion to escape another downfall
al the hands of McGraw's men.
The Yankees started off with a
rush and a furious pounding of the
ball In the first inning and gave
their underhand pitcher, Carl Mays.
a two-run lead. In the fifth the
Giants began a hit and run attack.
Helped along by freakish bounds of
the muddy ball, this rally sent four
runs across the plate.
Ward Gets Home Rum
Aaron Ward, Yankee second base
man got his second home run of the
series in the seventh, but there was
no one on base IS there would have
been had Bob Meusel used better dis
erection in running to first a moment
before and tile Giants remained in
the lead. Once more in the ninth
the Yankees hit Hugh McQuillan
RI ia ,-fa hut
they went down without one because
Of faulty base running.
Fate struck out man, wet and
slippery finger at Carl Mays in the
fifth inning and marked him for de-
feat,
s,r eer, Tie first Giant at bar, sent
. roller to the shortstop. Touching
tie mud, the ball took a queer bound
and Scott could only knock il down,
giving Snsssr an infield nit, McQusl-
lar, then sisaacled two-basger into
lett field. Bancroft. the next batter
hit a short bounder to Ward who
raced in 50 that 1t seemed Snyder
would surely be thrown out at the
plate. But this ball, too, hoped and
went over Wards head. SO that both
Snyder and McQuillan reached home.
Hard ON Mays
The score had been tied and there
ing hard to Groh. On the third pitch
tiroh also hit light infield bounder
that looked sure putout, but the
ball glanced off the pitchers glove
for another scratch hit. Frisch then
sacrificed Bancroft to third and
Groh to second.
Irish Meusel next batter, slapped
the ball toward second An ordinary
bounce would have permitted a try
FIR at
ball jumped high into the air and
by the time il came down into Wards
hands II was too late to do anything
at first base, Bancroft already hav-
ing reached home. Next came a clean
single to left by Pep Young, scoring
Groh. The rally ended when Young
was nipped off first.
The Giants got only two hits after
that. Right after the Giants made
their cluster of scores. the Yanks
slapped the ball upon the infield
turf but all these blows bounced in
the orthodox way and the battsrs
were thrown out.
Yanks spurned Chances
The Yanks were always making
opportunities for themselves, only to
turn them down in a careless man
ner. They might have scored three
runs in the first inning Instead of
two with little more audacity In
going around the diamond.
They started off as though they
had found their long lost hitting
punch. Witt hit into center field and
Dugan quickly followed with q single
to left. Babe Ruth took a mighty
swat at the ball and drove one Of
the longest flies that ever dropped
into an outfie1der's glove. Cunning
ham caught It in deep center field,
just . step or two from the bleacher
fence and the force of the balls de-
scent knocked him against the
boards He was SO far away from
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