The Washington herald., 1922-10-06
Fullerton Says Fans Were
Robbed With Hour of Day.
light Remaining.
By HUGH FULLERTON.

By HUGH FULLERTON.
POLO GROUNDS. NEW YORK.
oct. 5-Baseball suffered another
black smear today when the great,
GuIIible American public was robbed
after a game of thrills. excitement.
brilliant and bad play.
With the score to 5. and Shaw
KEY and Jess Barnes struggling
for victory in great pitching
duel. the game was called at the
end of the tenth. Almost an hour
of daylight remained. Two more
innings could have been played.
even at the slow and drawing
gait at which the pitchers were
working.
Reduced to simplest terms. t
means that the gullible public will
pay another $125.OO0 or so into the
Golfers of the baseball club own
ers. The crowd of almost 10000
gathered today. must pay again.
Until Umpire Hildebrand. on orders
from above. stopped play after the
Yankees had failed to score in
their tenth. ii was ball game.
W tn the Yankees. who should have
won by a score of or to 3. per-
maps l. W tlt HAl US : Ai- ~ NAAN
time to overcome the handicap. i'm
posed on them in the first ipninS
when Emil MeuseI. with two on
bases. mauled home run into the
left field bIeachers and gave the
Giants their three runs.
Yanks Fight Desperately.
Against this handicap. the Yanks
fought desperately. determinedly.
With every break OF the game ano
the luck against them, they evened
up finally by rushing the attack.
With Barnes weakened after eN-
pending every ounce of his strength
in a gallant effort to stop them,
the game was called.
The calling Of the game was fol-
owed by an ugly demonstration.
The angry fans surrounded the box
in which Kenesaw NJ. Lands, Col.
RUPERT. Charles \. StOneham and
the national commission were seated
and bOOed and Missed. screamed
.'robber" and shouted curses md
ugly words. giving the owners and
officials taste of what Umpire
Hildebrand. whose calling of balls
and strikes probab bly, prevented the
Yankees from winning, had heard
all afternoon.
One angry fan eXhorted the crowd,
urging pledges never to attend a
game again. and the crowd cheere1
police hustled them away.
hustled them away.
It was evident that the umpires
did not intend calling the game
until word was given them by the
officials. for Hldebrand was dustiHg
the plate and the others waiting in
their positions.
Giants Display Nerve.
As bail game it was a wonder
full display of nerve and courage on
the part Of the Giants. They STAYED
off defeat today. partly through
luck. but even more through the as
founding defensive work of Frankie
Frisrn. who made one of the great
est stops and one of the great" "st
catches ever seen in world seri" 5
play. Once he dived. slid sideways
and robbed Everett Scott and then
hc went far into center and while
falling caught fy hall. The de-
rcnsive work of the Giants held the
I Yanks back.
Jess Barnes pitched one of the great
est games of his career. He pitched
more with head than with arm. out
GUESSED the Yanks steadily. mixed his
slow curves with a flash OF speed and
lohbcd 10 the big sluggers. Rut after
that first inning. he never was fair
match for Shawkey. who. on a fair
field. would have come near a shut
out. as Irish Meusers hit was a long
fIy any left fielder could have caught.
hut which fell just inside the left
field barrier
The dope said the Giants had weak
pitChcrs-but II Barnes was weak to-
dav. tho Yankees will not look well
/ when he gets strong. True. they
( hit in tough luck. the breaks went
against them In every instance save
one. and Hildebrand's umpirinc on
/ balls and strikes robbed them Of one
Of their best openings
/ Mystery in Failure to Hit.
! There is a mystery in their failure
| TO hit. mystery not entirely explained
| by the fact that Barnes outguessed
them.
/ This tie game. however. helps the
| Yanks almost as much as victory
would have done. McGraw's pitching
STAFF is short. weak and under a
terrinc strain an dan extra game
! is a heavy impOst
Again. the Giants played and hit
/ practically as they figured to do
. perhaps little better but the
Yankees did not play their attack.
Ing strength at all. Ruth looked
like a soft mark against Barnes
! slow lobs. save once. Then he led
/ the attack that later enabled his
team t" tie it up. by changing his
/ position and slicing a double into
7 LETT field. He came near stealing
I home. too. He would have sue.
/ ceeded had not Meusel hit the bal
| foul Just as Babe was sliding be.
hind him with the tieing score.
The Yankees fought desperately
: when driven to bay and with the
! exception of Scott. who has beer
! weak until toward the end today
| played brilliant ball, although nc
/ match for the work Of Frisch on
/ the defensive.
Collection of Ex-ManngerS.
Most of the captains and the
/ kings had departed but the tumuIt
and the shouting did not subside
10 any great extent: the day was