The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-08
Could Have Won Handily
Had They Used Their
Heads on the Paths
MEUSEL BIGGEST GOAT
"Loafed" on Way to First, Out
After Kelly Muffed Throw;
Then Ward Hit Homer
MAYS DESERVED SHUT OUT
But Rain Drops, Brain Flops
and Bad Hops Worked Ruin;
Higgins Chances Slim
MAYS DESERVED SHUT OUT
BY the Assoclated Pre,r.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, oct. Rain drops
and brain flops sent the New York
Americans down to another defeat
today in their almost hopeless fight
with the local National leaguers for
the baseball championship Of the
world,
The Giants made four runs, barely
enough to win, because they were
bright boys and fast on tho muddy
base paths, pelted with rain during
every minute OF the battle. The
Yanks got only three runs because
they thought and moved slowly or
not at all, in the high moments OF
iheir attack.
YanSs' Thinkers Thoughtless.
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 spurt and produced all OF
their runs. But the Yankees could
have won the game In spite OF the
adverse fortunes had they made use
OF their legs and heads with as much
vigor as they put into swinging their
heavy bats.
Tonight the National league PEN
nant winners need only one more
victory to renew their 1921 lease on
the title OF worlds baseball cham
pions The depressed Yanks find
themselves up against a barrier that
few think they can surmount. They
must win four ga mes in succession
to escape their downfall at the hands
Of the McGraw men.
The Yankees started off with
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 hit and run attack.
Helped along by freaklsh bounds OF
the muddy ball. this rally sent four
runs across the plate.
Ward Puts Skids Under Babe.
Aaron Ward. the Yankees second
baseman. got his second home run
OF the series in the seventh, but
there was no one on base. as there
would have been had Bob Meusel
used better discretion In running to
first a moment before, and the
Giants remained In the lead. once
more the Yankees were able TO hit
Hugh McQuillan hard enough TO
warrant a score, but they went down
without one because OF faulty base
running.
Fate stuck out a mean. wet and
slippery finger at Carl Mays IN the
flfth inning and marked him Tor
defeat. Had the day been dry and
the infield soil trustworthy the un-
derhand twirlcr would probably have
shut out the Giants in that inning
as he did in all rest.
But luck turned against him from
the very start OF the inning. Snyder.
the first Giant at bat sent a roller
TO shortstop. Touching the mud, the
ball took a queer bound and Scott
could only knock II down, giving
Snyder an infield hit. McQuillan
then smacked a two-bagger into left
field. Bancroft, the next batter, hit
n short bounder toward Ward who
raced in so that IL seemed Snyder
would surely be thrown out at the
plate. But this ball, too, hoped In
an unusual manner and went over
Wards head, so that both snyder
and McQuillan reached home.
The score had been tied and there
was no one out. Mays began pitch
ing hard 10 Groh. on the third pitch
Groh also hit a light infield bounder
that looked sure 10 be a putout,
but the ball glanced off the Pitch
er's glove for another scratch hit.
Frlsch then sacrificed Bancroft TO
third and Groh 10 second.
More and Worse OF IL.
Irish Meusel, the next batter.
slapped the ball toward second. An
ordinary bounce would have per-
mitted a try for a put out at the
plate, but the ball jumped high into
the air and by the time u came down
into Wards glove II was too late 10
do anything but snuff out the bait
ter at first. Bancroft already having
reached home. Next came a clean
single to left from the bat OF Pep
Young, scoring Groh. Tho rally
ended when Young was nipped off
first.
The Giants got only two hits after
that and never threntened 20 score
again. Right after the Giants made
their cluster OF scores. the Yanks
slapped the bali upon the infieId
turf. but as luck would have II. all
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