Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-27
BETTER BRAND
OF BALL IN The
WORLDS SERIES
Games Expected to Be Fea-
tured as Pitching
Duels. Z

New York. Sept. 27.-Baseball fans
expect a better brand Of playing in
the worlds series than is displayed
throughout the seaso and as a gen
eral rule their anticipations are real
lied, excepting the freak incidents
that develop a few marvellous plays
ana a few incredible naisplays.
Alright pitching is expected Of the
pitchers. They are supposed to give
few bases on bans, to have absolute
control Of the bali, ana to pitch a
,masteSfuI "heady" game. The hitting
is supposed III advance to be sharp
and devastating when a battery of
swattersr come up-but above all the
fielding is expected to. be fawless.
Last year there was an average Of
only one apd three-eighths errors q
game7-nve- eights for the New York
Nationals, who won, and three-fourths
Of one error 8. game for the Yankees,
who lost-which is very close to per-
feet baseball. Yet the series was de-
cided BY misplays on the defense: the
Giants won the last two games on err
'rors.
The Giants offended in only three
games and the Yankees IN Ave Of the
eight. three players on each team ac-
counting for all the errors. : Frank
= 1ASSll, IlS IldlI SCCO1iO Od6ClIloH,
made the majority Of the Nationals
misplays-three out Of the Ave, and
Earl Smith, a catcher, and Arthur
Nehf, a pitcher, each made n OF the
other two. Frisch's errors were dis
tributed over three days.
Mike Mentally, Yankee third base
man, made as many errors as Frisch,
though as the series was summed UP,
both were bulwarks for their teams.
Like the Giant second-sacker his three
Irnissteps were spread over three days.
Aaron Ward, the Yankee second base
man. made wv errors in w days
and Roger Peckinpaugh, who played
shortstop, accounted for the other.
The third vas the only game Of the
series in which neither side was cred
tied with an error.
Fatal Misplay.'
Ward made a fatal misplaN for the
! Yankees in the crucial seventh game
| after both teams had won three games
each. It was in the fourth inning when
the score was tied and the worlds
championship was still reposipg in the
palm OF the gods. The. play was not
(. credited as an official error u the
chance for an assist -no .putout was
50. palpably easy that virtually every
description Of the game classif1ed~the
play as Wards failure.
Frisch. the first man up, was out
easily at frstts Young hit e hard ball
toward fight held. It appeared that
the play would he ar easy one for
Ward but he juggfed the BAH. permit
ted it. to roll about his arm. and
Young was safe. stealing SECOND a mo-
ment later. Kelly~fanned but Emil
Irish Meussl came through with the
hit that meant a run. ta
Decides Championship.
It was a similar incident that final
ly decided the championship in the
next game, which was won and lost
in the first half OF the hrst inning, the
first IS minutes of play. Burns. lead
off man Of the Giants. was easy pick
Ing. but Bancroft and Young were
walked, the latter against the .protes,
Of Hoyt who claimed the last ball he
pitched was a strike-and many
agreed with him.
At any rate kelly sent an easy
:. grounder to Roger Peckinpaugh, the
Yankee shortstop and captain wht
permitted the ball to wriggle through
his legs and then became so concerned
by his own errors that he did not 81
after the ball quickly and the fleet
footed Bancroft scored. Young nearl,
scored from first.
Despite those two bases on balls F.;