The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-10-07
Pitcher Supposed to Have
Lame Shoulder, But
Heart All COX"
MAKES BABE RUTH
SEEM AN AMATEUR
Weakness in Only One
Inning-Recovers With
Two StrikeOuts.
By GRANTLAND RICE.


NEW YORK, Oct. 6.-Broken
blossoms from the weedy human
gardens of life might consider the
case OF one John William Scott. Of
Ridgeway, N. c.. and the New York
Giants.
Only a few months ago John Will
lam Scott was also a broken bios
som in the garden of a game where
time and fate. the two caretakers,
have but little mercy on those who
seem to be dropping on the bush.
When the spring season opened
Scott. at the age of rs. was
pitcher with a lame shoulder,
family to feed. and nothing left but
d worn-out glove. The lame shoul-
der was so far gone that Cincinnati
turned him adrift upon ex stence
to let him learn another trade.
But it so happened that while
his right shoulder may have been
full of knots and seamy trouble
there was nothing the matter with
Scott's heart.
McGraw Takes N Chance.
Somewhere around midsummer
the tall pitcher. six feet two and
a half above the sod. carr ed his
lame shoulder to the Polo Grounds
and offered il to McGraw. And Nc
Graw took a chance.
This afternoon in the presence OF
$4,000 fans a tall. stoop-shouldered
pitcher by the name of John Will
lam Scott. of Ridgeway. y. c.. and
the New York Giants. stepped tut
in front of the once hard hitting
Yakees and turned them inside out.
with one of the greatest pitching
exhibitions of the year.
Working away with all the cool
ness and serenity of one who
knows that he has whipped fate to
4 standstilI. Scott held he asonished
Yankees E four scattered hits. shut
them out. and thereby lifted the
Giants into a commanding position
hat overIooks the fertile plains Of
another rich world series harvest.
Had Plenty Mt Finish.
1t was almost as If an abandoned
1ereIict had sailed in and whipped
/ battle cruiser for Scott pitched
he eyeballs out of Waite HOyt
with an exhibition Of consistc 1T
sniping hat none of those present
will ever forget, Scott won 3 to o.
Having heard that the Giants
rad no pitchers left with Nehf and
Barnes out of the way, the packed
uands peered through the hazy L.
liam summer afternoon to get
closeup of the terrific slaughter
bout to happen on Henry Fabian's
green carpet below.
They expected to see the tall.
gaunt Giant, in build almost the
haunting ghost Of Shuffin' Phil
Douglass. hammered to a pulp that
inows neither shape nor form.
They expected to see Yankee bats
,ound him into sudden and quick sub
mission. while Hoyt rolled back the
iiants as easily as he did a year ago.
-. Crowd Fooled Both Ways. ....
But as inning after inning went by;
: the light went ont Of the setting
un, and the October haze grew
eeper, it began to look as if the i'm
ending slaughter might be delayed.
The savage Giant attack got to Hoyt
or two runs in the third. but the
,ankees never got to Scott at all.
found after round they found his
ool sedate delivery and his battling
urve ball blocking the highway. and
o one found the RidEeway wanderer
arder to reach than Babe Ruth.
Scott held Ruth at his mercy. a
1arionette at the end of a string
he big Babe took his old toe-hold,
cowled each time with grim deter
lination and drove the big ash at the
all. But Scott. still unruffled and
nperturbed, continued to do his stuff
$ the Babe tried in vain to hit one
ut of the infield. In four separate
nd distinct trips to the plate the
:ambino died the death of slug ging
aame oon easy arounders to first or
scond that a child might have caught
his cap. Scott had him faded and
ne Babes glory again disappeared
ack of a hitless cloud.
e. Babes Best Not Enough E. E.
The big boy gave the best he had.
ut Scott had more on the ball than
nth had on the bat and when this
appens there is only one story left
tell.
As the game wore on and the
, lands saw the former derelict of
ate drawing closer and closer to
ne kingdom of victory the began
wonder whether or not the tall
Itcher could so the route.
Thirty-eight thousand fans got
le'r answer in the seventh inning.
Tally Pipp had grounded out when
OBJ Meusel pumped hit over the
Itcher's quivering reach. Schang
aen followed by a line lash down
lie right field line that drove Meu-
Il to third as Waly slid n safely
second base.
The slaughter was about to take
lace after all. The crowd scented
le first Whit of blood and after
ne manner of all crowds upon
Ich an occasion. one of those wild
,fsterinE roarS beat back and
Irth across the field. Scott had
ade a brave start but he was now
landing on the rim of doom.
ankee bats Were back again. and
le tide was running Their way.
Elmer Smith Sent In.
In a flash HugEins lifted Aaron
ard. who hadn't been hitting a
tx, to make way for Elmer Smith.
ie left-handed hitter with the
IgIe's eye. Since Scott was break
I up. one more heavy shot would
the count and drive John Will
m from the reservation to seek
solace under the cooling show
and think how closely he had
Continued on Pare STR