Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-10-05
GIANTS DEFEAT
HUGME.N, 81, IN
FIRST CAME Of
WORLD s SERIES
YcGraWiteS Crash Out -Four
Singles, One Right After
Another, in the Eighth,
Scoring a Trio,
SINGLE Is ALL RUTH
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and Pay S119,036 to
See the Teams in Battle,

New York. Oct. 4.--The uncon-
querable spirit to keep on trying
when success doesn't come at first,
carried the New York Nationals to
a smashing victory this afternoon
in their first clash with the New
York Americans for the 1922 title
OF world baseball champions. The
score was to 2.
To overcome a 2-to-0 lead that
the Yankees had acquired. the
Giants turned back in all their pre-
yious assaults upon the American
leaguer's defense, crashed out four
singles, one right after another. in
the eighth inning, and then crown
,sed their furious attack with sac
rifice fly. The four hits crushed
Joe Bush, the Yankee speed ball
pitcher, and tied the score. Waite
Hoyt succeeded Bush and on his
fourth delivery gave the sacrifice
fly which scored the deciding run
of the game.
Climbs at Low Speed.
The winning machine climbed up
the hill in low speed. Early in the
game. when Bush and Art Nehf,
the Giant southpaw. were fighting
a scorelers duel, the Nationals
couldn't score with two successive
singles. In the seventh inning
they banged out three singles in a
row and couldn't score. The
Giants simply went back in the
eighth inning and kept on pounding
out singles until 1t was impossible
for the stubborn Yankee defense to
prevent them from crossing the
plate.
Babe Ruth, the celebrated home
run swatter. swung violently at the
ball all afternoon. Nothing that
even left the impression that he
could hit home run came from
i his heavy bat, but he did bank out
/ a single that broke the monotony
Of the early scoreless innings which
i(ehf and Bush imposed upon the
Matters.
Ruth's timely hit came in the
sixth inning. Whitley Witt, the
Yankees center fielder. had slam
med a triple into left field and iiad
had been run down when he tried
for home on a blow TO short from
the bat of Joe Dugan. AS Witt lost
in his chase to the plate. Dugan
galloped on to second base and
from there he was sent in with the
first run Of the series when Ruth
punched short single into right
field.
In the next inning the Yankees
got their second run. Bob Meusel
singled past Heinie Groh. Wallis
Sehang laid down a bunt to push
Meusel along to second but before
the Giants got through playing
with the bunt he had reached third.
Nchf Throws Wild.
Nehf, in picking up the soft tap
that Schang laid in front of the
plate, decided to try to catch
Meusel at second instead of being
satisfied with the out at first. He
threw wild and the bali went past
the second baseman and into right |
field. There it was fumbled by
Young. This lapse permitted |
Schang to reach second. while |
Meusel went to third. Aaron Ward |
then lifted a fly almost to the CEN
ter field bleachers and Meusel
,srotted home.
Neither Nehf nor Bush was able
t. finish the job began. Each was
suffering from stone bruise on |
the heel For six innings 1t ap-
peared that like Achilles, they had |
only this one vulnerable spot. But |
these appearances did not deceive
the men hired to hit for John Nc
Graw and Miller Hugglns.
Nehf. mixing his slow ball with
his speedier service in a blaffling
medley. had the Yankees fairly
we'll subjugated until Witt broke
through with his triple. McGraw
removed him in the seventh for
pinch-hitter. Earl Smith, went to
bat after the Giants, with one out,
had filled the bases on successive
singles by Kelly, Stengel and Sny-
der.
Big Movement of the Game.
AT this point came one of the
big movements of the game. Smith,
crouching down like golfer about |
count stood three balls and two
strikes. The Giants were two runs
behind. Bush flung the next ball
straight over. Smith hit to Scott at
short, who threw to second, start
ing double play that once more
smothered a Giant assault. 1t was
from this setback that McGraw'sl |
Groh, Frisch, Meu-
sci and Young--came back in tho
eighth inning and pounded out the
hits and sacrifice fly that brought
In the field the Yanks played
from start to finish, in a
smooth steady manner. The Giants
were different. Their defense was
made up of flashes and flaws alike.