Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-10-05

game of the world series, darkness
causing a halt Of play. Shawkey Of
the Yankees and Jess Barnes OF the
Giants staged one OF the most spec
tacuiar pitching duels seen in re-
cent years in world series.
Robert Shawkey and Jess Barnes Oh,
\ posed each other on the mound IN the
second game OF the world series today
between the New York Giants and New
| York Yanks. while approximately thirty
4 thousand fans crowded the stands to
witness the encounter. The Giants
started things of with rush. making
Y three runs IN the first inning The
fanks made one in the first and scored
again in the fourth
In the first inning. for the Giants.
Bancroft grounded to second. going out
AT first; Groh singled and was followed
| by single by Frisch Meusel brought
! the stands TO their feet with a long
home run over the left field fence scor-
4 ing Groh and Frsch. Young flied out
TO the outfield. and Kelly went out on
foul fly. Three runs. three hits. no
Y errors.
Yankees Witt went out on a slow
groundcr to the infield. Bancroft took
\ Dugan's bounder but threw into the
stands. Dugan taking second: Ruth
/ flied out TO Kelly advancing Dugan 10
/ third on sacrifice. Ducan scored the
first run for the Yanks on Pipp's single.
Meusel flied out ending the inning. One
run. one hit. one error.
In the second and third innings both
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steady pitching without any rams being
made. The ianks were the first 10
break the ice again, scoring in the last
Of the fourth. Ward featured in this
inning, polling home run after Meusel
had fouled out and Schang had whifred.
Frisch robbed Scott OF a hit when he
snagged the Yankee shortstop's line
drive. concluding the inning.
Barnes, Giant pitcher. was razzed bN
the crowds when he came to bat in the
first Of the fourth. on account Of the
free pass he gave Ruth in the third in-
ming. Barnes famed out
Both pitchers frightened down after
Wards home run in the fourth. In the
fifth no runs were made on either side.
and IN the sixth the score still remained
the same. the Giants leading. ; 10 >
Barnes and Shawkey were pitching air
tight baseball. and showed wonderful
form IN the pinches, retiring the oppos-
ing side IN every instance before an
other man could cross home plate.
Shawkey still showed himself 10 ~.
master Of the situation in the first half
OF the seventh when he again retired
the Giants without run. Perfect field
/ ing by both sides kept the scoring down
in these innings.
The Yanks failed again in their AZ.
tempt to score in the seventh. the II,
ming ending with the score still standing
8 10 ?. Shawkey and Barnes wcrt
staging a wonderful pitchers battle af-
ter tightening down in the fifth inning
The Giants were leading in hits at
the end Of the sixth inning with seven
TO six by the Yanka Bancroft's throw
over first into the stands was the only
error made up 10 the end Of the sixth
frame. Dugan's two-bagger i'm the
third. and single in the fifth were fea-
lures in the Yanks' hitting. Meusel
was walked IN the sixth inning.
The Giants used the hit and run play
throughout the first six innings. but
made success of il only in the first
when Meusel cleaned the sacks for
three scores. They failed 70 score again
in the first half OF the eighth. Shaw
keys pitching since the first inning was
superb. as no runs were made by Nc
Graw's followers after the first inning
through the eighth.
In the last half Of the eighth the
game assumed different aspect when
II ma
the pan and tie the score. Both teams
were on their toes to take advantage of
every break in the game. and the fans
watched with tense eagerness while the
teams fought TO gain lead.
The Yanks' score in the eighth came
after Dugan had been thrown out n,
first- Ruth took solid clip at the old
apple for two bases and advanced T..
third on Pipp's sacrifice fly to the out
tield. Bob Meusels double brought the
BambIno across the pan for the run
which tied the score. Schang grounded
out.
The Giants fell in the ninth before
the shoots Of Shawkey. ard left the
Yanks the last half of the ninth to win
the game. Up to this time the error
by Bancroft was the only one ~ the
game.
The game went into extra innings
when the fanks failed to forge ahead
IN the ninth inning. IN the first half or
the tenth the score was untouched a.
Shawkey retired the Giants without
run.
The game ended in the tenth inning
when both the Giants and Yanks failed
to score and darkness made Il necessary
70 call the game of The Yanks tied
the score in the eighth and after this
neither side scored.