The New York herald., 1922-10-08

start. but wound up in a disastrous nose
dive.
AS the Scotch mist developed into a
steady downpour just before the game
the Seventh Regiment Band struck up
the tune of Some Sunny Day" Some
funny day. we should say. for ball
game.
The Yanks have II all wrong This
is Fire Prevention Week, not Victory
Prevention Week. No time to fight shy
of victory.
Judge Landis needed no umbrella. His
wide brimmed fedora offers sufficient
rain protection.
II the weather was dull and drab the
game was not. 1t spoke volumes for the
games thrill that the occupa nts of the
unprotected sections of the stands and
those of the bleachers sat through the
continuous rain, unmindful of the
| drenching.
The pants and coat pressers OF Man
haitian and The Bronx will put in
busy week restoring creases TO gar
ments
II was estimated that only about 10
! per cent. of, the umbrellas that were
| brought to the Polo Grounds were in
use at any time during the downpour.
| Most Of the owners OF bun1bashoots
didn't dare open them. They tried IL
| just once and the storms Of abuse and
paper pills" that came their way from
| the occupants of rear seats convinced
them that it was too hazardous an un-
dertaking.
1t was the second game in which the
Giants scored all their runs in a single
inning.
Funny thing about those lucky in
field hits of the Giants in the fifth
inning. Wet balls striking damp turf
seemed TO bound much higher than when
the surface of the diamond is bone dry
Did you note the rush for the trains
after the game? 1t was hit and run.
mostly hit. for after the first rush the
vicinity of the ticket offices became con-
gested and running was out OF the ques-
| ton.
4 1t took grit for the Giants to turn
back the Yankee rally in the ninth.
but grit is one asset the world cham
pions have in superabundance.
After the first inning assault most OF
the fans thought the Giant pitcher was
! through. but McQuillan wasn't willn'
TO be offered up as a sacrifice. He
settled down nobly. and with the able
assistance OF his able team mates.
squeezed through to victory.
A message from Jupiter Pluvius saws
that he should not be charged with try.
ing TO put damper on the world series
i J. p insists the skies wept over the
misfortune Of the Yankees.
There has been occasion when bali
games at the Polo Grounds were called
off because some one upset the
sprinkling can in the outfield. but after
the howl the populace set up on Thurs.
day. when the second game Of the series
was called at the end of the tenth
Inning. nothing short OF a blizzard
would have prompted the umpires TO
cut the fracas short.
| The Yankee fans figured before the
! game that the damp setting was ideal
for Carl Mays's Submarine ball. and
indeed II was in all but one of the eight
| innings he pitched
Before grounding out to Frisch in the
seventh inning Wallie Schang beat ell
altitude records with foul that went
sailing straight upward over the right
field stands until Il disappeared from
view Nobody saw the ball on the
downward journey. although Il Is nat
ural TO suppose that IT did descend
eventually.
Considering the fact that the haza
made it difficult to follow the flight OF
the ball, the Giants did-some remarx-
able fielding.
go IT, san@I0IH soprn