Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-10-04

BULLET" Joe Bush and Arthur Nehf
staged a spectacular pitchers duel in
the first encounter between the Giants
and Yanks today, the score being a
scoreless tie nj the end Of the fifth in
ming. The two pitchers were going fine
and Nehf, the Giants southpaw. seem
ed be working better against the
Yanks than he has against many weak
er teams this season.
Bush was touched for three safctics
in the first three innings. and pitched
himself out Of hole in the third. when
Groh trpled with two down. The
Giants were retired in this inning. how
ever. when Young flied out TO Pipp at
first for the third out with Groh on
third and Frisch on second.
Ruth whitfield in his first time al the
plate. Groh secured two hits in the
first three innings. and Frisch slammed
the pill out for one base
Schang slammed out the only hit that
was registered BY the Yanks in the
first three innings when he hit 10 left
field. He died on base when his team
mates failed to keep up the hitting.
The Yanks broke the ice for the first
run in the sixth inning and repeated
the stunt in the seventh for another
tally. After Nchf had shown signs OF
weakening in the seventh. Manager Nc
Graw sent Ryan into the box in the
eighth TO stem the tide OF Yankee runs.
In the sixth. Scott, the first man up.
was out to first. Witt tripled to left
field. but was run down and tagged out
when he tried 10 take home on Dugan's
! ond on the play. and scored the first
run of the game when Ruth singled
right field
Ruth went TO second on Young's error.
the first error Of the game. Pipp went
| out at first ending the inning.
The score at the end Of the sixth
stood at one to nothing with the Yanks
leading in hits. five to four. The New
| York Americans cut the possibility Of
a score in the fourth and fifth innings
| by double plays. Wards free ride to
| first in the fifth was the first walk of
the game.
Bill Ryan who relieved Nehf in tn.
eighth proved effective against the
Yanks in that inning holding them t.
no runs. Things broke loose in the
Giants half Of the eighth. when they
| slammed the offerings of Bush for
three runs. At this stage Of the game
Waite Hoyt went the rescue Of the
/ veteran. Bush. The score stood to
against the Yanks at the end of the
eighth.
Bill Ryan proved master Of the the
Yanks the rest Of the way. and they
could not score on him. the game end
4 with h. D -. -
! the Giants.
| The National league team bore on,
the prophecy that they have steadcr
\ hitting team than the Yanks. although
they did not field as consistently as the
American leaguers. Three errors were
chalked up against the Giants. while nc
errors were charged to Higgins men.
Bush was invinciblc until the eighth
inning when he blew up and three runs
crossed the pan. Hoyt entered and
shut out the Giants for the rest Of the
inning. while the last half Of the ninth
was not played. az the Giants were al
home. The New York Americans made
seven hits against the eleven hits bS
the Giants, making only two safe hit.
after the sixth inning.
Barnes for the Giants will probably
oppose Shawkey or Mays OF the Yanki
tomorrow in the second game of tn,
world series.
Odds were five to three against tn,
Giants before the game started but IN,
National leaguers started off with a win
and had Bush in dangerous place
early in the game. Both pitchers wer'
in unusually fine form.
Bush. who faced the Giants today
is "A former member of the wonderful
Philadelphia Athletics when Collins
Barry. ct al. were playing for Conni'
Mack. and in facing the champion Ma
tional leaguers today. il was nothing
new to him, for in years gone by "Bul
let Joe has pitched against them ir
another world series.