Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-07
CAST-OFF PITCHER
BATTLES YANKEES,
AND GIANT rs WIN
Jack Scott's Mastcrly Hurl.
ing Gives McCraw's Team
3.to-0 Victory.
WAS LAST-MINUTE
CHOICE OF MUCCSY
Little Napoleon Switches
From McQuillan Shortly
Before Time TO Start.
hhLows OPPONENTS Foun HITS
American L-nEucr>' ~uurderers'
hou" Completely Subdaed Mt
Tlmea
WAS LAST-MINUTE.
CHOICE OF MUCCSY
,hLo"s OPPONENTS -FOUR HITS
American L~nEucr>, SSTurderrr,'
Ho~" Completely subdued Mt
All Times.
tBy Associated Pres..1

Nh" YORK, Oct "a li;tle moro
than thrc. months ago, John william
scot; dropped ont Of the baseball box
score and n" tcars-save. possibly,
his own we're shed. Ja.l: rad never
ranked with those whose names are
passed on. hard WORKING plodde-
had Just worn out. and was expected
10 fade away. Tonight. he is TIA"
inost.taihcd- man IN the United
states. and h!s name viii live.
iin transformed himself today and
became AN identity by pitching ii2
balls that resulted In his team. the
New York Giants, defeating the Sew
York YANKEES. , 10 Q, In the third
Eiue .: the worlds series aEi sup
piled h!s club win a two- gam" lead
~ the class!r. an advantagr ;ha; has
been ovcEcniHc only once In history
Reds Shunt-d Him out.
Nearer 20 having beer a never
was" than Il has been" IN cold fact.
discard cEst-on. a useless ball
piaye:. j.. K Scott was shantcI GU.
: ot ~. baseball world hy the Gin
'luat c!ub last July. ~, had gone
TO Cincinnati. 1t, "A trade with Boston,
las' December. nut didn't mrHc lvoi.
ilis arm was dead. He was through.
y crcniiabic story tray.lc'. .iDuus
i'tr 3s,o2u fans WHO occupied every
possible h.t %: space nt tho To!o
Grounds ioiay. that Scott. after his
cincinnati Itsmissal. sought cnaucG
wi'h Sfarngc' McGraN. wh" needed
pi,chcrn mor' than any man in tho
basebaii world. But he needed Coon
onca According TO hts story. Me
Grsw. desperate. took :. chance aud
had SCOTS, arm treated by a special
~ oil
Sc"tt won eight out "f ten games.
but s:ill n" was rated low.
To-Day John .ios'rh ~ ,';raw. famed
FOR his d'risivnucsu. Instantaneous
and permanent. led ais team out on
Tho field with his mind open >nd
anxious to hc closed. Mc,;raw was in
distrcrs. Ills face betrayed his an1-
jejy ,s d. wntched his men go
through their practice. Their faces.
too. mlrrorcd their managers feel
sng cam" the tirla or Ne pitchers
10 got rnady-tor some orr. any ono.
10 warm M"
SIN McGraw ponGcrcd. with the
Guai ;imc for 4 decision arprourh!ne
krrously near. tho Ma polcou
baseball" Nodded silently to Hugh
NIcCuillan 10 warm up." word was
sent 10 the press boz that the as
rignnent had been made and III"
wir.s blurred. Temporarily relieved.
. tho manager watched mis- selection
twiri few balls But only for mo-
ment.
Scott Replaces McQuilinn.
McGraw DIDN'T like McQu,ilan's
form. He turned 10 Scott. sitting on
tho bench. and with the air of man
who is resting all his hopes or
broken reed. ordered him 10 replace
NcQui!lan. |, was almost mnrece-
. nted tor n manager to chang. his
choice III 30 important a matter at
such a time.
Every one knew that Waite Hoyt
,he boy wonder" who won two out
OF three games from tho Giants in
=. the 1921 series. striking out eighteen
men. allowing only eighteen hits and
yielding only two runs. both un-
earned. was TO pitch for the Yankees
One fan remarked that McGrsw vir-
tualS was concedinR .he game be-
leving Hoyt unbeatable. and had de-
cided not 10 throw away a man who
might win tomorrow.
Jack Scotts record Is In tho books
row. 1t says there that the cast offs
pitching was so marvellous that tho
Giant outfefders made only six put
omts--that tho Yankees were so
thoroughly subdued that eighteen out
Of their twenty-four outs were of the
easy inheld variety. Only four hits
were made by the Yankees, with
their touted "murderers' row" and
only ak times did they get man OH
FIRST.
On the mound. facing 10000 pairs
of critical eyes, listening to the
blasts OF the mighty shouts. Scott
was the Incarnation of earnestness.
faith and hope. but he never smiled.
1Ie remained inscrutably calm and
cool.
Pitchers Control Excellent.
Jack Scott combined his head and
followed orders. Earl Smith. the
catcher. said aftcrward that every
time he called for r. high pitch, a
high one came. Not once, he said.
die Scott fall He used only a curve.
tslut he had such remarkable control
that always 1t went whore Smith,
whose knowledge OF the Yankee bat
ters and discerning Judgment cannot
be overloaded. ordered.
McGraw was voluhie In his praise
OF Scott and Miller Higgins. the
beaten and crestfallon mentor Of the
yanks. was not remiss.
Though Scott's marvellous pitching
stood out today--as only the victory
OF the under dog" can--two other
incidents furnished material for the
crowd. better tempered and more
appreciatlve gathering than yester-
day.
Baba Ruth. from whom 30 much
is oxnected and so little comes, al
most got into the headlines through
"a tilt with Heinie Groh. the Giants
third baseman. In play In the
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