The New York herald., 1922-10-05


ball game
VI McGraw's winning change in gen.
eralship took the form of hitting the
first pitch All through the game the
Giants had been content TO let most
of the first balls go by. To open the
victors' half of the eighth Davy Ban
croft permitted Bush to whizz one
right by him. and Bill KLEIN very
properly called it strike. With the
count two and two Bancroft lit on a
fast ball and sent it over Aaron
Wards head for a single.
Then came the sudden strategic move.
A hit and run was ordered and the
astonishing Heinie Groh. who had got
single. triple and a pass. smashed
the first pitch into right field for
another hit. Frankie Frisch could not
get to the first ball because it was so
wide, but the next one was grooved-
another fast ball-which Frisch drove
INTO left for a base. to fill the bags
with Giants and send the thousands OF
onlookers into pandemonium.
MeuseI MauIs First One.
Now came the big break Of the game.
Having noted the shift of the Giants
to first ball hitting, Bush should have
worked on Irish Meusel, the most dan
gerous mauler of the lot. But here Bush
made the biggest mistake of the day.
He sent one his bullet balls right oVct
the pan and Meusel soaked that first
pitch right on the nose for single 10
center. which drove in two runs and
tie. put Frisch on third. and Bush right
out of the picture.
Bush, with his back to the wall. for
got that 1t was a change of pace more
than his speed which had got him out
of one tight place after another. he
allowed himself to forget what he knew
before the game opened-that fast ball
pitching alone could not stop the Ma
tional ALeaguers. With his lead In
danger Bush called on the one big
asset, which had stood him in good
stead in winning twenty-seven games
during the American League campaign.
He turned to his speed-and Waterloo!
After three hits had been made in
POW and the bases filled with nobody
out it might have been good baseball
on the part Of Miller Higgins to remove
Bush in favor of Waite Hoyt and his
curve ball. Speed had failed-and Bush
had tired badly. Huggins waited just
tied it up and put the winning tally
on third.
Hoyt came in with a world OF stuff.
He looked calm and collected, and
worked as carefully and craftily on
Young as Bush should have worked on
Irish. The first pitch was a pall-too
high. The second was foul strike OFT
a bad curve and then came. Ball Two
too low. The next was Ball Three-too
fold that Young
was a sucker" for a low curve and he
was feeding Ross nothing but the ap-
proved menu.
"CrippIeo Brings the Run.
Having failed to draw Young into
trouble-Young. and McGraw, tco-for
Ross was taking his orders on every
pitch, direct from the Giants dugout.
Hoyt had to toss in a cripple, which
Young sent to Whitley Witt for the
sacrifice fly on which Frisch came in
with the run which beat the Yankees.
That was mighty fine catch Of Wits,
too.
Hoyt famed Kelly and then spun
over enough strikes to have Casey
Stengel called out. The rally was over
but the game was in. Hoyt and his
curve ball had prevailed where Bush
and his fast one had dropped in the big
pinch.
What looked like the break of the
game in favor of the Yankees came in
the seventh after three hits in 2 row
had been made off Bush. That on
slaught should have warned Higgins
after three more hits had been collected
In the next frame. After singles by
Kelly, Stcngel and Snyder had filled the
bases with only one out in the seventh,
Earl Smith was called in as a pinch
hitter vice Arthur Nehf. With the
count three and two the left handed
batter rammed fast ball to Deacon
Scotland the double play which en-
sued drove the Yankee fans into ecstacy
and apparently put the Giants down to
stay down.
YounG's Startling Catch.
The big break against the Yankees in
the field came through the brilliant ef
forts of Young in the fifth inning. With
Yankees on first and second and only one
out---Bob Meusel having singled and
gone TO second on a sacrifice bunt by
Wallie Schang and Ward having walked
Deacon Scott drove a liner into short
right. Young raced like mad. made
remarkable catch at his shoetops, fell
over. but clutched the ball and then
came through with a fine throw to Frisch
TO double Bob Meusel off second.
That defensive feat by Young killed
off two bagger killed off one run and
perhaps more than that. stopped the
Yankees short just when II looked as II
they had solved Nehf and were on their
way IL was PLAY which had a trc-
mendous psychological effect on the
Giants. They bristled with fight. but the
Yankees kept after them
Another defensive gem which stood
out In the throbbing battle went to the
credit OF Frisch. IT was a feat me-
chanicaly and II was n feat mentally.
for Frisch did some tail thinking In
pinch land some tall hustlng. too
Frisch's play broke the back OF the
Yankee attack and lifted BIZ Ryan out
OF troublesome situation.
TO open the ninth wallie Pipp singled
10 center. Meusel--tie Bob half Of the
Brotherly Duo--then sent "a smashing
move with the crack OF the bat, came up
in the nick of time TO make a sensa-
tionai catch and then threw to Kelly to
double Pipp. Schang then grounded TO
Trisch and the first game OF the nine
teenth world series was over.
Unusual Event for McGraw.
That triumph for the McGraw forces
was the first victory scored by the
Giants IN the opening game OF a world
series since 1911. In four previous base
ball classics they had dropped the open
ing battle. I'm 1905 they beat the Ath-
ictlcs by 3 10 0 in the first game, the
great Matty. who watched tie contest
Yesterday making The Athletics look