The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-09
GIANTS SAID TO
owe VICTORY TO
FIGHTING SPIRIT
Long George Kelly, BeIittled
by Huggins, Wins Series
for Nationals.

NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-(By the
Associated Press.)-Just before the
opening OF the Worlds Series last
Wednesday John j. McGraw, some.
times called the Napoleon, said
"the club with the most consistent
fighters wins the most ball games.
His statement has been vindi.
Gated, confirmed aud sealed. His
Giants, rated, even by the most
conservative Of experts. to have
nothing more than a faint fighting
chance OF winning one game, bat
tied through the superplay of ths
Yankees, won four games, tied one.
lost none and are still world cham
pions.
4. From every approach that could
be made on paper before the first
game was played the Giants werr
considered beaten, badly beaten
club. The figures said that the
Giants had but one notable pitch.
er-that the Yankees had nothing
but unbeatable hurlers-and that
pitching had won every World.
Series, but the record books wer..
.amiss.
The score of yesterdays game.
which decided the series, was 5 to
/ 3, but that's only an incident. Ex.
actly how 1t was done Ia a matte"
OF detail. The Giants won tina
game and all the others they CAP.
tured because they were tho mos:
consistent fighters"
OF course the Giants have abIl.
tty, The Giants are giants. Cour
age without skill In the last five
day at the Polo Grounds would
have been as useful as an IN.
armed, doughboy column marching
against a battery Of big Berthas.
No mean foes were the Yankees.
It was courage and skill that en-
abled Long George Kelly to
straighten out a Joe Bush fork
ball in the eighth inning Of the
game yesterday, when the Giants
were one run behind and the
bases were full with two out. He
had Just been belittled by Miller
Higgins, tho Yankee manager, who
had ordered Bush to pass pep"
Young to get chance at the easy
mark.
That play was the climax Of the
game and the series, and will re.
main matter OF controversy.
Some say Hugglns was justified In
having Young walked to get at Kel.
~. Many, including McGraw him,
self, say It was smart baseball.
Long George was the weakest bat.
ter In the winning lineup. Young
was an almost hitting certainty.
But Higgins did not figure the he.
man element that McGraw calls
courage. The Yankee manager had
expected his pitcher to be a sol.
der, hut Joe is star and tempera.
mental. Before the 10000 fans he
flouted his manager by plainly
showing his disgust when the or
der to pass Young was given and
shouted, Jaw. let's play baseball"
AT any rate he was off his stride
when Kelly went to bat. He sent
over a wide one. Then he shot one
Of his fast ones, Kelly, awkward
and gaunt, bent over the plate. His
lips were set lie gripped his bat
tightly. He met the fast one
squarely-the trying run was
scores AS in two Of the preceding
games, the Yanks gained a lead
land then disslpated It.
In the firstSthe Americans scored
once on Dugan's single to center,
Ruth's sacrifice hunt and Pipp s
liner to center that went for a hit.
McGraw's mon oVercame this
score in the second when Emil
Meusel scratched hit to DuEan,
Young walked, Kelly sacrificed
and Cunningham sent both runners
in with a single to center, The
Yankees tied the count in the fifth.
Ward walked. Scott singled to
right Bush singled to right and
scored Ward.
The Americans took the lead in
the seventh when Meusel bounded
a hit to Groh, went to second on
Schang's sacrifice, to third on a
Wild pitch by Nehf and home on
Scotia sacrifice ny to Cunning.
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