The Washington herald., 1922-10-05
NTS BATTER BUSH in EIGHTH TO CAPTURE SERIES OPENER
GIANTS BATTER
BUSH IN EIGHTH;
WIN OPENER, 3-2
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a pop bottle against his own dome.
led of with an important triple.
after Bush had grounded out.
Dugan's infield hit caused Wits de-
mise at third, but Dugan skipped to
second on teh play. So here we
were with two out. man on, and
Babe (himself-accept no substi-
| tutes) advancing to the plate. Nehf
had famed Babe in the fifth inning
despite the fact that on this occa :
sion the Bambino was completely
assembled, and not badly scattered
as he was a year ago. 4.
In this crisis Nehf almost had
Ruth hoked again wit htwo strikes.
when the big slugger finally
bounded one through the infield.
| scoring Dugan with the opening
run.
Lone Tally Looked Big.
This lone tally, as teh saying
goes, looked as bulky as Pixies
Peak. With the way Joe Buhs was
working it bestrode that narrow
ball game like a colossus. however
this may sound. And when the Yam
KEGS got another in the seventh
Through Meusers hit and Nehfs
wild peg. the Giants seemed to be
In for as pleasant an afternoon as
Greek traffic cop might enjoy dur
ing the rush hour in Constantinople.
But II was here the first dull rum
! blings. indicating a coming storm.
| began to drift through the lazy.
hazy afternoon. The Giants. in this
inning, filled the bases after Bush
had stumbled over an infield hit
that seemed to affect the stone
bruise on his heel.
With the bases full. McGraw ier-
ricked Nehf and sent Smith up to
bat. Smith soaked into a double
play. but 1t was only by a narrow
squeak that the Yankees had their
two-run lead intact.
Earlier Shift Indicated.
Upon the immediate wake OF thus
close call Bancroft opened :he
eighth wath itne single and Heinie
Groh's third hit was just as warm
and woody as Bancroft's had bean.
There is no sight in sport like sec
on sight and no guess that can
match the Incompatible safety lid
certainty Of the second guess. But.
with this new assault launched
against. after his close call from Ihe
inning before. 1t seems that Hug
gins might have decided then and
there to take no further chan ,es
before rushing waite Hopt in.
For Huggins had enough good
pitching left to handle two series.
He was almost completely sur
rounded by first class pitching
that was thoroughly warmed up.
Anything Meant n Run.
Hoyt was unhittable when he
arrived. but II is remarkable how
few persons there are that can
help after the trap has been
sprung or the juice turned on in
the death house somewhere near
500 volts. When Hoyt's fast ball
began leapinG across the plate
both Frisch and Meusel had nicked
Bush for base hits. two runs were
already in and Frisch was dancing
up and down at third with no one
out.
1t was into this deep and dismal
looking grotto that Hoyt was
dropped without a chance to stave
off sure defeat. Anything meant
a run and Young's long fly to CEN
ter was quite enough to send the
Giants on ahead to victory. a vic
tory which they earned by game
uphill fight and by keeping the
sweat of their brows out of their
batting eyes as they struck the
stretch.
Hoyt after this famed both
Kelly and Stengel, but the recur-
ring thud of the ball into Wally
Schangs waiting mitt was lost
music. completely drowned by the
violent cooes of Giant partisans
acclaiming the batting rally that
had sent the Giants ahead. Nehf
was gone by now, but Rosy Bill
Ryan had no idea of tossing off
that One-run lead. Rosy Bill had
supplanted Nehf in the eighth and
had gotten by nicely, tanning both
Witt and Ruth.
Babe ScOwls As He Fades.
As this made the second occa-
sion during the afternoon some
pitched had fed him three strikes.
the Babe was far from hilarious
as he drifted back to the fence.
His fame was built on home runs.
not on strikeouts. so his scowl
was visible rs he faded into the
dugout.
The Yankees made one last stab
for the disappearing game in the
ninth when Wally Pipp smote a
single. There was one sharp. short
note of renewed hope when Bob
Meusel followed with line drive
to right. but this hit followed the
path of glory that led to tn grave.
For somewhere IN it's fight it en-
countered glOved hand waved in
midair by Frank Frisch, who lost
little valuable time in tossing the
hall to Kelley for blbasting
double play.
Dazed by JOe's Collapse.
And this double play fell upon
the Yankees as a wet blanket falls
upon a lighted match. They were
still dazed through the lighting
aftermath of Bullet Joe's collapse
and the sudden revival in Giant
batting strength. Yet as the
Giants earned three runs cleanly.
and the Yankees earned but one,
no lusty roar seems due from the
antics of fate.
The Yankees lost this first game
for two reasons. where ordinarily
one is quite enough.
They lost because their star
pitcher couldn go the route against
the Giant attack
And they lost again because their
own attack could make n oheadway
against Nehf and Ryan as one
earned run might indicate. They
were badly outbatted, both in guam
tity and quality. as the more nu-
merous Giant hits carried a cleaner,
clearer ring.
Yanks' efense Stronger.
The Yankee defence back of Bush
was stronger than the Giant ue-
feuca hacl of Nabf but ,,,han ,ho