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bat of Whitley Witt. Groh hoped
up from the dust and threw Witt out
at first. This may have saved the
Giants from defeat, for moment
later, through an error by Bancroft,
and single off Pipps bat. the Yanks
scored.
The game was pitchers battle
between Jess Barnes, the tall Giant
Highlander, who twice defeated the
Yanks in 1921, and Shawkey, one of
the stellar Yankee vets. Shawkey,
after the second inning, improved
steadily and the Giar is made but
three hits off his service in the last
six innings.
Barnes often I'm Trouble
Barnes, spotted to a three-run lead
before he even walked into the box,
was often in trouble. But with per-
feet support at all times, he would
have won, as the Yanks earned but
two of their runs. while the Giants
Clearly hammered all three of their
counters across the plate Both
Groh and Frisch had got on base
with singles before Meusefs homer
sent them in.
1t would have been a heartbreak-
ing game for either Shawkey or
Barnes to lose. Each was touched
iOi CAb llltSs although lOuI oil
Barnes went for extra. bases; each
issued two passes and the pitching
analysis reveals that Shawkey
pitched Las balls, while Barnes threw
only one more to the plate.
But Shawkey hit hard in the first
inning, when the Giants scored all
their runs on Meusel's homer, and
wobbly for the next two frames,
steadied and was practically invinci-
BILE thereafter. 4 double play, Scott
to Ward to Pipp, killed off a Giant
rally in the second, after Stengel and
Snyder started with singles. Cum
nngham, running for stengel. who
retired because of a Charley horse,
was left on third when Bancroft flied
out.
Giants Are Held
Shawkey passed Groh and Young
in the third. but whitfield Kelly for
the final out. Thereafter. for seven
innings, only four Giants reached
first base, three on hits, and but one
of them got as far as third
Frisch beat out a bunt in the
fifth. stole second with the aid of
a wild pitch. and got to the far cor
ner on another wild toss, but Scott
grabbed Irish Meusel's smash and
Only three batters faced Shawkey in
each OF the last four innings and the
Giants last faint chance to win
went glimmering in the tenth when
Bancroft was thrown out at second
trying to stretch his hit. Barnes, on
the other hand pulled himself out
of several tight places by his skillful
change of pace. Mixing his tantaliz-
ing slow ball with curve that cut
the corners sharply he choked off
several budding rallies. whiting
Ward in the sixth and Dugan in the
ninth with man on second each
time.
Jess was hit harder than Shawkey
toward the close OF the game. But
except for the fourth, when Ward
belted his homer and brace of
doubles by Ruth and Bob Meusel in
the eighth that tied the score, he
held his rivals in check.
Yankees Threaten
Barnes pulled himself together in
the sixth after apparently losing
control. He issued three straight
balls to Ppp before forcing wally
to fly out, walked Meusel and famed
Ward on called strike after the
count had reached two and three.
The Yankees threatened in the
ninth, but again Barnes stiffened.
Scott singled after Ward famed,
but was forced by Shawkey. witt
then singled to left and Yankee
hopes were high until Dugan famed
with the count two and two.
The Giants made strong threat in
the tenth, when Bancroft drove to
the center field. Witt grabbed the
ball on the first bounce and caught
Bancroft as he tried to make two
bases on the hit. Then the Yankees
went out one-two- three.
1t was just the day for pitchers
battle, hot and sultry. Almost
every rooter In the bleachers peeled
off his coat and some of the fans in
the upper stands did likewise.
The crowd was bigger than on any
day during the 1921 series and the
paid to sit in On today's ses-
sion-$1 .554--was the highest sum
ever deposited into baseballs Golfers
for one game.
Was Third Tie Game.
II was the third crowd that has
seen a tie in the worlds series game.
The first was in 1907 when the Chi
cago Nationals and Detroit Americans
quit fighting after twelve innings
had produced 3-3 deadlock in the
first game of the series. In 1912 the
Giants and the Boston Americans
played their second clash to SIS tie
in IL innings.
Both ShawlSey and Barnes
took their time and the game
dragged for tive hours and
Al minutes. Shawkey managed the
ball with great care before every
pitch and Barnes lazy floater re-
minded the of the slow motion pic
lures. 1t was the best thing he had.
Shawkey relied on curve that broke
beautifully after the third inning.
Barnes tried hard 10 fool Babe
Ruth with his slow ball. For a time
he succeeded, but in the eighth the
Babe choked his bat and when Jess
eased one of his slow balls toward
the plate, the home run slugger hook
ed it for two bases. Pipps fly to
center permitted him to reach third.
from where he scored when Bob Meu-