Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-07
GIANTS TRIUMPH BY
SHUTOUT ROUTE IN
THIRD T|TULAR GAME
Scott Hangs Up Second Victory
by Masterful Pitching; Only
Four Hits for Yanks.
WAITE H0YT BUMPED HARD

WAITE H0YT BUMPED HARD
New York, Oct. IA little more
than three months ago. John William
Scott dropped out OF the baseball box
score and no tears-save possibly his
own-were shed. Jack had never
ranked with those whose names are
passed on. A hard working plodder
had just worn out and was expected
to fade. away. Today he is the most
talked about man in the United States
and his name will live.
He transformed himself yesterday
and became an identity by pitching
ll2 balls that resulted in his team,
the New York Giants, defeating the
New York Yankees. to Q. 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 his
tory.
Nearer to having been a never
was" than a has been" in cold fact,
discard, cast-off. useless ball
player, Jack Scott was shunted out
VI Tue DtScDdAl WIN 'y hhS N'''>''
natl club last July. He had gone to
Cincinnati in a trade with Boston last
December, but didn't make good. His
arm was dead. He was through.
A creditable story travelled among
the 1880 fans who occupied every
possible bit. of space at the Polo
Grounds yesterday. that Scott, after
his Cincinnati dismissal sought
chance with Manager McGraw, who
needed pitchers more than any man
In the baseball world. But he needed
good ones. According tn the story.
McGraw. desperate. took chance
and had SCOTS arm treated by n
specialist, and Il helped some--just
some" Scott won eight out Of 10
games. but still he was rated low.
Giants Manager Worried.
Yesterday Manager McGraw led his
team out on the field with his mind
open and anxious to be closed. Nc
Graw was in distress. His face be-
trayed his anxiety as he watched his
men go through their practice. Their
faces. too. mirrored their manager 5
feeling. Came the time for the pitch
tiN W 81 atshs W. N'AhN'tSf ss's
one, 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
Quillan to warm up" Word was sent
To the press box that the assign
ment had been made. Temporarily
relieved, the manager watched his Sc
lection twirl few balls. But only
for a moment.
McGraw didn't like McQuillan'
form. He turned 10 Scott. sitting OF
the bench. and with the air OF mar
who is resting all his hopes on g
broken reed, ordered him to replac,
McQuillan. IL was almost UnNe'
cedented for a inanaS TO change his
choice in so important a matter a
yuch a time.
Every one knew that Waite Hoyt
the boy wonder" who won two GU
Of three games from the Giants in III,
1921 series, striking out is men, al
lowing only Is hits, and yielding only
two runs. both unearned. was to pitch
for the Yankees. One fan remarked
that McGraw virtually was concedint
the game. believing Hoyt unbeatable
and had decided not to throw away
man who might win today.
Jack SCOTS record is in the book
now. IL says there that the cast
offs pitching was so marvellous tina
the Giant outfielders only made 81,
putouts-that the Yankees were $
thoroughly subdued that is out o
their "A outs We're of the easy INTEL
variety. Only four hits were made b
the Yankees. with their touted Muir
derers' Row." and only six times di
they get a man on first.
On the mound, facing $500 pairs q
critical eyes, listening to the blast
of the mighty shouts. Scott was III
incarnation of earnestness, faith an
hope, but he never smiled. He re
NAMED inscrutably calm and cool.
Jack Scott combined his head an
his ageing right arm yesterday-an
he followed orders. Earl Smith. tn
catcher, said afterward that ever
time he called for a high pitch, a hig
pne came. Not once, he said, di
Scott fail. He used only a curve, bu
be had such remarkable control ths
a always IL went where Smith, who's
knowledge OF the Yankee batters an
discerning judgment cannot be ovel
auded, ordered.
Ruth and GrOh Clash.
Though SCOTS marvellous pitchin
stood out yesterday as only the vic
tory Of the under dog canon
other incident furnished material Il
he crowd. a better tempered and MOI
appreciative gathering than Thursda
Babe" Ruth, from whom so muc
Is expected and 40 little comes, a
most got into the headlines through
tilt with Heinie Groh, the Giant
third bAseman. Ruth was hit by
pitched ball in the fourth inning wi,
ppe out. The Babe" ventured G
= first ahead of a pitch. but Scott mac
! poor play by throwing TO second ar
not trying to corner him. Bah,
scampefed back TO first. He tried +,
third on Frisch's miss of Meusel
:. grounder. Frlsch recovered quick
and made wonderfully good thro
to Groh. Ruth, big target that he
was easy. Ruth knocked Gre
spraw1ing as he came in standin
Heinie jumped up. bald knob and a
bristnng and clustering and show,
fight. Ruth looked him over for
moment, concluded he was all rig
In the head. and walked away. CIR,
was in the base path TO which Il
runner is entitled. He could ha
avoided Ruth easily enough. and al
effort 10 make 1t appear that Ru
was unnecessarily rough was rath
far-fetched. a few boos were flu
IT the Babe" but he had lots mo
friends