The Washington times., 1922-10-05

1t was one of those halfacci.
dental looking hits. a sort OF jab
in behind an opening blow by
Beauty" Bancroft of the Giants,
but on top of it came a rushing
attack from McGraw's men that
carried away a two-run lead for
Bullet Joe" and with 1t Bullet
Joe" himself.
1t was Heinie Groh's third hit OF
the day with that bottle-shape
bat, and good interest on the $780,.
600 that McGraw paid for Groh to
get him back from Cincinnati.
For six innings Bullet Joe,"
waving a pair of red flannel sleeves
at the Giants and shooting from
under that scarlet cover volleys OF
bewildering speed, held the Ma.
tional Leaguers in check.
Cleat to cleat with him swung
Arthur Nehf, the lefthander of the
Giants. 1t was pitchers battle, tedi.
Gus, monOtonous, with all the in.
terest hung on that one brief mo-
ment when the inevitable break
must come one way or the other.
Bullet Joe" for six innings
had all the better of the battle.
In the sixth, Babe Ruth swept in
run for the Yanks, and the
most optimistic Giant rOOters in
over. They did not believe the
Giants could get past Bullet
JOe's" barrier Of speed.
Long and long ago some philo.
sophical ball player laid down an
axiom: You can't hit 'em when you
can't see EN-"
And for six innings the Giants
couldn't see 'em" as the ball left
the hand of Bullet joe" moving
fast and faster as it approached
the plate until finally it went swish
ing past their chests like the veritable
bullets.
Another run in the seventh made
It seem an absolute 'Cinch" for the
American League champions, and the
hopes of the Giants fans were at low
water when the eighth came on.
Before the end of that inning. "Bul-
let Joe" had gone. Waite Hoyt was
pitching for the Yankees. and all
the so-called dope" on the series
had been washed away.
II is a brief tale-the tale OF the
Yankee disaster. Singles by Fan
croft, the bottle.legged Groh, Frisch.
and Irish" Meusel. and a sacrifice
fly by Ross Young accounted for
three runs and the victory for the
Giants.
1t may strike the casual reader as
strange that we have selected the
bottle-legged Groh's hit. the second
of the inning. as the heavy blow
against the pitching Of Bullet Joe"
. kA "a
q great many other than this writer.
It was lucky sort OF lick. Per
haps the very luck Of the thing
coming after all the great pitching
tisheartened Bullet Joe" tritle.
1t was Irish" Meusel. brother OF
the Yankees Bob, who really crush
ed Bullet joe"
II we were selecting an understudy
in the hero role to Heinie Groh we
would select William Ryan calleo
"Rosy" by his associates for some
reason not entirely clear. Basepall
nicknames are rarely clear. Ryan
Is a collegian who has been with the
Giants a couple Of years, and When
ne relieved Arthur Nehf, after Neht
had been taken out for a pinch hit
ter. Rosy" Ryan pitched wonderful
ball.
He had to face the heaviest slug
gers of the Yanks, including the
great Babe Ruth. He famed Ruth.
He held the others in hand, assisted
to no small degree by q ninth.s7ninR
play by frankie FrisCh, lucky sort OF
O play for the Giants.
The National Leaguers proved they
are a game lot. They kept trying
when it seemed useless for them to
try any longer. Sitting back on the
bench of the Giants, no longer the
stormy petrol Of the coaching lines
as in bygone years OF world series,
but a secluded and dignified director