The Washington times., 1922-10-08
YANKS THROW
AWAY FOURTH
SERIES GAME
More sccrls,g IN First and lest
innlngs Would 6s Expsotsd
Of Good Ball Team. &

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CONTINUED From First sport PaseJ
ana finally everybody decided 70
take the wetting and ise Y 60 sf
Players Isssrs Rain. 81
The uinpires pulled their chins
into their coat collars and stood IN
their positions around the bases like
wet crows In q fisld. The playsrs,
paid little attention to the rain, but
HON Q distance II was difncuh 70
see the basehall hitting through the
water.shrouded Air:
ola Lady Luck Yet the Tanks 60
along with that two.run lead 70 the
NTH inning. when she began to take
Big Frank Snyder. the Gianta'
catcher. began the Gtapts hatting
side OF the fnning with q smash that
took 4 weird bound Oft Everett
SCOTS shins Tor single. ar.
That was item No, y. y
AZ a general proposition Scott
handles evsrything hit ct him. but
this drive seemed posssssed Of tas
Next McQuillan drove . hit down
the lsft-fisld foul line and the bali
struck the fence and ran snaktiy
away from the reaching fingers Of,
Bob Msussl, one of the greatest
throwers In the game. 80.
Ordinarily II would have been Just
back II up, but Il turned itself into
. two-bsgxer for Mcouilisa. snyder
S Nov csms the stranrest occur
renee Of al. n
bancroft hit bouncer at Ward,
IN Sasy. innocent-j looking bouncer
that appeared TO be going right into
Wards hands on the first bound ~
the Yank second bsseman set him.
seif for the catch.
Went Over WARDS Head. !,
He had . certain double play be-
fore him II the bali went where T.
appeared to be going. The ban
bounced. al right. a. L hit the
ground, but Il bounced Ia startling
fashion right over Wards head and
on into right field. -
Snyder and Mcouiiian scsrsd.
sweeping away the Yankee "a.
vantage. Then tho hottie legged
Heinie. Groh hit Q slow drive at
Carl Mays and the ball seemed to
skid Of Mays leg and to wiggla.
away toward Pipp. A Ptpp reached
for the ball Il took on more un-
canny wiGxle and eiudsd his fingers.
Orch oHsa.s vas as safe ans Bancroft was on
FRANKIE Frssch, the "Fordham
flash,s moved the runners up with
a deft sacrifice hunt. ard ythsn nniG
Meussl hit another bouncer 10 Ward.
The hall bounced 20 high and 50
slow that Bancroft was able 70
score. while Groh went to third.
Then, Ross Young produced the
fourth and. a. Il proved. the necss-
This succession Of weird events
was mighty dishsartening 10 the
Yanks. II looked ~ n everything
they did went wrong and that every
thing the Giants did went right. q.
However. there was not much
excuse for the American Lsaguers
In the ninth. when. with the vaip
falling heavily Waiter Ripp. the
long legged first baseman. doubled
70 right. the ball sliding aleng the
gross to the wall. =
Should Have Tie6 Cetpt.
The score was then a. It wound
up. 4 to ., q home run by Ward
having brought the Yankees up. And.
by the way, but Tor some poor base
running ahead Of Wards blow that
homer would have tied the count.
30 you see u wasn't al bad iuck
that beat the Yankees. ~
/ Wet newspapers began flying over
the bleachers like heavy winged birds
rs Pipp made his hit The Yankee
rooters were taking heart. Then Bob
Meusel hit TO Hsinie Groh. and Groh
turned and ran down Pipp. who had
left second base 'at the crsck ee ~
schans singled to center and Cum
ninsham got the bali and let 70 q
throw toward third 70, cut off the
nying Bob Meusei. who had round
cd second The throw probably
wonld not have beaten Bob. Ban
croft didn't think It would, ana IN
tercepted the throw at the short
field as he saw Schang trying TO
make sScond base. :;
A quick shot by Bancroft to Frisch.
nailed schang. II wa, raining
bucketsfuis now and the Yanlkes rect
ers who had been up and yelled sank
back soaked with water and depres-
eiOn. ward wa the last man 10,
face McQuillan, and the Astorisn put
everything he had Into his pitching
to Ward.
A strike. . bali. then Ward hit q
fly to Emil Msussl, who gathered the
ball In out OF the falling rain and
turned and ran toward the clubhouse, !,
followed by the rest Of the Giants
with victory In their grasp, cS
.. - "a
Carson Bigbee Leader i
With His Five Bingles
Nstional Leaguers secured i've
hits in one game Just nintsen times,
Carson Bigbee OF the Pirates being,
tho only player to turn this trick
| twice. =, tN.e,a
Getting four hits in one gams was
done dne hundred and forty-eight
times, with Rogers Hornsby, Jake
Daubsrt, Carson BiSb<s and Curtis
Walker the leaders. each setting
four hits Id ons game on 1--WE oc,
casions. ATG' "a
-Four players. Ross Youns. Rsb
Russell, Clifton Heathcote and Jim
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