Evening star., 1922-10-09

safety to his credit early i'll the fin
faced Bush three times III the con
thing that resembled hit.
But whether Huggins was right or
wrong in the order he gave has small
bearing on the loss of the title by the
Yankees. for they were beaten before
yesterdays game ever got under way,
had beaten themselves by displaying
throughout a brand of base ball that
ranged from Indifferent and slothful
to downright bad, and was in marked
contrast to the alert, smart and well
conceived moves of the Giants.
Blow to Yankee Owners.
The better club won, which is as 1t
should be, but the sorry showing
made by the Yankees was a hard
blow TO the pride of American
League followers and the owners OF
the team. who not only gained prac-
tically nothing financially. but race
the cheerless prospect OF openlns
their costly new plant in the Bronx
next spring with an aggregation that
today is the laughing stock of the
sporting world.
One wiseheimer was heard to say:
1.-The Yankees would have been bet
ter off if Judge Lands had suspended
Ruth and Meusel for the entire sea-
son." and, considering their accom-
plishnents in the series. there is more
than a kernel Of truth in the remark
Certain il is that the league would
not have suffered so heavily in loss
of prestige had the Browns or some
other club represented it in the
classic and it is equally assured that,
as result of their sad nivverlng, some
drastic changes will be made in the
personnel of the Yanks. Whether this
will result in Higgins being included
of h.a g a N n
seen. but it will occasion no surprise
if the lightweight manager tenders
his resignation to Messrs Rupert and
Husron-and if it is accepted.
Final Is Like Opener.
The decisive contest yesterday was
a repetition of the opening engage
ment, in that Nehf and Bush We're
again the hurlers, with the former
outpitching his rival by a margin OF
two to one in hits. allowed and the
Giants once more coming from behind
with an eighth-inning rally that set
tied the issue.
The Yankees lost little time in get
In the opener that netted run.
With Witt set down on liner
straight 10 Bancroft. Dugan hoped
on cripple with the count three
and two and rammed a single to CEN
ter. Ruth neatly sacrificed him to
plate, and he Tailed on a clean wal
lop to the middle field by Pipp.
The Giants proverbial luck then
stood them in good stead. for when
Bob Meusel connected on the hit and
run with a rap squarely over the
keystone sack F'risch, who had gone
over to cover. was in position to
intercept the ball and tag the has
sock for a forceout Otherwise Pipp
would have been on third and Meu-
sci on first
After Dugan had handled Ban
crofts smoky smash Groh singled to
right. but was doubled up when Bush
grabbed Frisch's hounder and tossed
10 Scott, who completed a double play
by firing to Pipp
Giants Go to Front.
The Yanks were retired in order in
the second, but the Giants in their
half forged to the front with a ma
chlne-like assault on Bush that net
ted two runs on total of three hits,
TWO walks and a sacrifice. Irish
Meusel started by beating out lucky
swinging bunt to Dugan, Young walk
ed and Kelly neatly sacrificed. Bush
uncovered binding speed in pitching
to Cunning CHAM, but the youngster got
one to his liking and drilled it to CEN
ter field for a safety that cashed
Meusel and Young
Snyder also singled cleanly, and
when Nehf was lost" with four balls
Bush found himself in the pickle of
and the top of the Giants batting
order up. Banorofts bewhiskered
liner was grabbed in spectacular style
by Ward, but the very speed with
which it was hit proved detrimental
to the Yankees, for none of the
from base but that they could get
back before Ward could toss any
where for double play.
A smart shower started at this
1uncture, but Bush then demon
strated his mettle by whiting Groh
Of the called variety that caused
Heinie to kick Justify.
The Giants made no headway
against Bush in the third. and in the
following frame, after Kelly opened
with single to center, he was dou-
bled up when Cunningham bounded
to the box.
Yankees Knot the Count.
After being retired in order for
three rounds, Ward drew a pass with
one gone in the fifth which proved
the entering wedge for the run that
knotted the count, but the fact that
the Yankees registered but once in
was due to the same boneheaded
base running. which has been their
bane in the series, the most surpris-
ing feature being that it was Scott
captain of the Hugmen and credited
with being one of the brainiest play
ers in the game, who was the culprit
Wards walk was followed by
Scott's single to right, and when Bush
came through with a blow to center
Ward scored from second. Cunning
ham got the ball back to Frisch
quickly and what prompted Scott to
overrun third, with his manager
Miller Higgins, standing right there