Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-07

"Details of the second world series
game appear on page 81
New York, Oct 6.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press) "A little more than
three months ago, John William Scott
dropped out of the baseball box scores,
and no tears-save possibly his own
were shed. Jack never had ranked
with those whose names are passed on.
A hard-working plodder had just worn
out and was expected to fade away.
Friday night he was the most talked
about man in the United States, and
his name will live.
He transformed himself Friday and
became an identity by pitching IL
balls that resulted in his team, the
New York Giants. defeating the New
York Yankees, to 0, in the third
game of the worlds series and supplied
his club with a two-game lead In the
classic, an advantage that has been
overcome only once in history. =,
Nearer to having been "never-Was
than y "has-been," in cold fact, q dis
card. a cast-off, useless ball player
Jack Scott was hunted out of the base
ball world by the Cincinnati club last
July. He had gone to Cincinnati In
trade with Boston last December, Dut
didn't make good. His arm was DEAD
They said he was through.
A Last Resort Pitcher
creditable story travelled among
the 3T620 fans who occupied every
possible bit of space at the Poio
grounds Friday that Scott after ms
Cincinnati dismissal, sought a chance
with Manager McGraw, who needed
pitchers more than any man IN the
baseball world. But he needed good
ones According to this story, Me,
Graw. desperate, took chance and
had Scott's arm treated by special
ist. and it helped some-Just some.
Scott won eight out of 1O games, Dut
he still was rated low.
Friday. John J. McGraw, famed TOR
his decisiveness, instantaneous ana
permanent, led his team out on the
field with his mind open and ANXIOUS
to be closed. McGraw was IN distress.
His face betrayed his anxiety as he
watched his men go through practice.
Their faces, too, mirrored their man
ayers feeling. Came the time for the
pitchers to get ready-for someone
anyone, to warm up"
Still McGraw pondered. With the
final time for a decision approaching
dangerously near. the Napoleon of
baseball nodded silently to Hugh Nc
OuilIan to warm up" Word was sent
to the press box that the asslgnement
had been made and the wires buzzed.
Temporarily relieved, the manager
watched his selection twirl a few balls.
But only for a moment.
Scott Gets His Chance
McGraw didn't like McQuillan's form.
He turned to Scott, sitting on the
bench, and, with the air of a man who
is resting all his hopes on a broken
reed, ordered him to replace Mctlull-
Ian. 1t was almost unprecedented for
a manager to change his choice in so
important a matter at such time.
Everyone knew that Waite Hoyt,
the boy wonder, who won two out
OF three games from the Giants IN the
1921 series, striking out 18 men, al
lowing only IS hits and yielding only
two runs, both unearned, was to pitch
for the Yankees. One fan remark ked
that McGraw virtually was concedlng
and had decided not to throw away
man who might win Saturday.
Jack SCOTS record is in the books
now. 1t says that the cast-off's pitch
ing was so marvellous that the Giant
outfielders made only six putouts---
that the Yanks were so thoroughly
subdued that IS of their outs were of
the easy infield variety. Only four
hits were made by the Yanks, with
their touted ''murderers row" and .only y
six times did they get man on first.
On the mound, facing 10000 pairs
Of critical eyes, listening to the blasts
of the mighty shouts, Scott was the
incarnation of earnestness, faith and
hope, but he never smiled. He re-
mained inscrutably cool and calm.
Jack Scott combined his head and
his right arm and he followed orders.
Earl Smith, the catcher, said after
ward that every time he called for a
high pitch, high one came. Not
once, he said, did Scott fail. He used
only a curve, but he had such re-
markable control that always it went
where Smith, whose knowledge of the
Yankee batters and discerning judg-
ment cannot be overloaded, ordered.
McGraw Praises Pitcher
McGraw was voluble in his praise of
Scott, and Miller Higgins, the beaten
and creStfallen mentor of the Yankees,
was not remiss.
Through Scott's marvellous pitching
stoou out-as only the victory of the
under dog can-two other incidents
furnished material for the crowd, a
better tempered and more apreciative
than Thursdays.
Babe Ruth, from whom so much
is expected and so little comes, al
most got into the headlines through
a tilt with Heinie Groh, the Giants
third baseman. In a play in the
fourth inning, Ruth tried to go from
first to third when Frisch booted
Meusers hit. Frisch whipped the ball
to third and Heinie was waiting for
Ruth.
Caught under full headway, Ruth
bumped into Groh, who tagged him
and fell back from the impact. Groh
jumped up, shouting and drew back
his fists. He didn't strike, however,
and Umpire Hildebrand stepped be-
tween the two.
"Boos" For Big "Babe"
Babe came to the dugout in roar
of "boos'' and faint mingling of ap-
plause-maybe the applause was for
Groh. 1t was repeated when Ruth
came to bat but the cheers and clap
ping were strong, indicating it must
have been. for him. The next time
he crossed the field, he stopped Groh