The New York herald., 1922-10-09

Game, pOWertul ana FeSOuISSlui,
ous. effective pitching every inch OF
their right to a place among the 81
subtIety OF their taetics-the old Or
Yankees seem stupid by comparison.
part OF the American League standar
of the remarkable defensive maneuve
For the second time in two days the
old Oriole cutoff of a throw from the
outfeld by an infielder-a feint and
81 trap-provided the big break against
the Yankees. Too much importance
cannot be attached to the smart base
ball which resulted in Deacon Scott
being retired after he had rounded
third base in the fifth inning, when he
attempted TO score from first on Joe
Bush's single e right.
:. After the game Scott was eensured
roundly for having left third base. but
it wasn't exactly the deaeon's fault.
He fell into the same old trap into
which several or his team mates had
fallen the day before-no. so much
because they were stupid, but because
they had been confronted with no
such baseball during the season. This
is no reflection on the American
League, which was a powerful organi-
zation this year. But it is a dispas-
sionate statement Of fact. There was
too much brainy ball scattered through
the series for the Yankees and they
were too slow In their mental reac-
tions.
Credit Goes to Young.
Great credit for that play on Scott
belongs TO Ross Young, whose work all
through the series stamped him as one
of the best. After Aaron Ward had
walked In the ifth. with one gone. Scott
shot a single into right and put his side
kick on second base. Bush rammed
the second pitch into right center for
single, driving in Ward with the sec
ond and tying run.
Scott passed second and went right
on to third. Young made great cutin
for the ball. played in faultlessly and
shot it to frankie Frisch, who had dis
posed himself for a cutoff. Bush started
for second. Scott. getting to third saw
the feint for play on Bush at second
and decided that he could score. But
there was no play on Bush. who stopped
short.
Frisch shot the ball to Heinie Groh.
who pegged it TO Pancho Snyder. There
was a short rundown process and the
catcher put the ball on the Deacon while
Bush reached second. Then Norman
Mcmillan. right handed hitter. was
substituted for the lefthanded Witt
and the pinch batter dribbled to Nehf.
That play OF the Giants. which rep
resented perfection mechanically and
mentally, cost the Yanks a run and per-
haps the game. We look upon 1t as
the great break OF the battle and the
thing which made 1t possible for the
Giants to reach for victory In the eighth.
Buxh's Temperament Hurt.
A word here for Miller Huggins-and
another word about taking orders and
overbubbling of temperament. 1t was
n rush OF temperament to the head as
much as his sudden loss of cunning
which beat the red shirted Bush in that
eighth round-the inning which saw the
Giants slam over three runs on four
hits and made Long George Kelly the
blushing hero of the blooming game.
George the Smiler. nephew OF the great
Z Bill Lange, who was one OF the greatest
lfittsfs we ever had, crashed In two runs
and then Lee King drove In another TO
make the triumph more decisive.
In that inning. with the tying run on
third and the winning run on second
and two out-with the lefthanded hitter
Young at bat-Bush got orders from
ItukklIlS 10 pass MS man anu ebt
bases Young's presence on first base
did not matter. Higgins preferred TO
take a chance on the righthanded hitter
Kelly True, Kelly had made three hits
in two games off Bush and Young had
made none. But IL was good baseball
tust the same TO pass up the lefthander
in favor of the righthander, who had
done nothing much for several days.
Hush started to pitch to Young and
curved ball. Then he got the sign
from the dugout to pass the Giant.
Bush demurred. lie made faces. He
fused and fretted and fumed. Tenn
perament was running wild. Wallie
Schang stepped out TO let Bush toss
three wide ones and send Young TO first.
with the bags full there were ever so
many spots TO get that third out-and
even with an infield error the side could
be retired. Let critics OF the Huggins
move remember that.
Kelly Crowns the Ball.
Now came the big moment. Bush,
still frothing over the order TO issue the
pass. threw a bad one at Kelly and
then grooved one. Kelly took a terrific
waIlop at the pill and smashed IL
through the box into conter--and all
the while Frisch and Meusel were
logging Il for two runs while Young
roasted on second. There might have
been a play on Irish at the plate had
not Bush intercepted the throw from
the outfield.
sill temperamental, Bush faced King.
who had come into the game after Earl
Smith had batted for Billy Cunningham
in the seventh and been called out on
strikes King fouled off one which Bob
Meusel nearly got in left and then took
a ball. The third pitch was smashed
for n Texas Lacquer behind Scott. on
which Young scored and Kelly reached
second. Snyder flied 10 Mcmillan. The
rally was overland so was the series.
AS II turned out, the pass 10 Young
was followed by a successful batting
move by Kelly. But the soundness OF
the Huggins strategy could not be de-
MED. Bush again had come 10 his fatal
eighth. the inning in which the Giants
beat him in the first game last Wednes-
day.. when Bancroft, Groh, Frisch and
Meusel hit safely and Young raised a
sacri1ce fly TO score all three tallies
made by the world champions that day.
Perhaps the memory of that beating
affected Bush psychologically. built up
an eighth inning complex which sent
him crashing before the determined at
tack OF the McGraw forces.
Again Nchf Is the Finisher.