Evening star., 1922-10-06

of which of his remaining fingers
McGraw essayed to use.
Yankees Prove Gameness.
The Hugmen demonstrated yester
day by pulling up to even terms after
the Giants had been spotted a three
run lead in the first inning that they
are fully as game club as their
antagonists. and the fact that Shaw
kfy hurled Shut-out ball for the
length of a full game after a horse
shoe homerun had cost three runs at
the outset augurs well for his chances
in a future start.
1t was feared of the former sailor
that the memory of the two drub-
bings handed him last fall by the
Giants would fatally affect his ef
fectiveneSS. And so 1t seemed at the
start-off. when the National Leaguers
combed him for five hits in the first
two rounds. but the ex-Gob got his
bearings thereafter and yielded but
three scattered singles in the last
eight frames.
His showing in this respect was bet
ter than that of Jess Barnes, al
though the Oklahoman is due a full
need of credit for the fact that. al
though he was solved for a pair of
doubles that tied the score in the
eighth. andsEielded another brace of
bingles in the ninth. his courage was
not shaken. as his tenth inning feat
of disposing of Ruth. Pipp and Meusel.
the most dangerous batSmen possess
ed by the Yankees. attests.
The contest yesterday was as thrill
ing as could have been ordered and
despite the fact that it consumed
more than two and half hours. in
terest never Jagged. for there always
was threat that something would
happen. and some of the something's
did happen. as witness the home runs
of Irish Meusel and Aaron Ward.
Ruths sensa tional attempt to steal
home. and then the premature and
the contest on the grounds that it was
too dark to warrant continuance of
play.
Emil Meusels bat Tells.
The confidence ACQUIRING 70 the
Giants from twice routing ShaWkey
in the series last fall was apparent
in the determined manner they went
after him in the opening round. and
the savagery of their attack resulted
in the attainment of as many runs in
the very first inning as they contrived
to register during the entire contest
in winning the day before. 1t WAS
Emil Meusel whose timely safety
proved the greatest factor in the win
ming rally staged by the Giants in
the initial combat Wednesday. who
was on the producing end OF this sor-
tie with swat for the circuit.
through an easy roller to Ward. Groh
continued his sensational hittini, by
cracking a single to center, his fourth
consecutive safety of the series. and
Frisch got lucky bingle when his
Texas Lacquer to snort left center
fell untouched between Scott and Bob
Meusel. The latter should have ken
the ball. but pulled up. apparently
fearful he would crash into Scott
Then up came the National League
ant a va of 20
and after missing two ami taking Il
couple he crashed high to left. His
brother Bob ran over as far as he
could in quest of the sailing sphere,
but was compelled to pull up abrupt
ly as theAbarricade loomel ahead and
helplessly watch the ball sail over the
barrier to net three runs, where on a
field of anything but box-like propor- }
tions he could have camped under the |
ball. Shawkey then got rid Of Young
and Kelly with no difficulty.
Pipp Drives in Tally.
A slip by the sensational but some
what erratic Bancroft enabled the
Yankees to get one of these tallies
back in their half. Witt had been set
down on a scrambling play by Groh,
when Bancroft seized Dugan's roller
and fired high over the lofty Kelly's
swung at the first ball pitched by Jess
Barnes. a slow one. and rolled harm
lessly to Kelly. Pfpp's nasty wallop |.
in the same direction struck Kelly on
Dugan scoring on the bingle. Bob
Meusel then lofted to Young. ,
1t looked for a time in the second !
that the Giants would pick up where !
they. left off in the opener. Stengel /
beating out slow roller to Scott and !
taking second on Snyder's singing !!
single to right. McGraw withdrew !
the heavy-footed Stengel at this juno |
ture and put in the more fleet Cum |
ningham to run for him. The menace !
and a double play ensued, with Ward |
and Ptpp also figuring, for Bancroft |
left Cunningham on third when he |,
flied to Ruth. !
The lower end of the Yankee bat
ting array failed to get a ball past !
the Giants inner Gordon in the sec
ond, when Frisch pulled a marvellous I
stop at the expense Of Scott.
Groh's 1000 batting average was !;
preserved when he worked Shawkey !
for pass in the third. Another free |
ticket. this one to Young, after a pair |
of Giants had died aerially, got Shaw
key In something of a hole. but he |
emerged right side up by whiting the |
strike-out king Of latter-day world |
series-George Kelly. |
Ruth's Pass Aneers Fans, !
With two gone In the latter part of |
See cohorts by connecting for the
first real hit off Barnes. a double |
down the left field line. Barnes pitch |
ed carefully, very carefully to Ruth. |
He fed him nothing but slow balls, |
only one Of which he got over the |
plate. and the Giant hurler was nois- |
lily razzed for the seemingly inten-
tional passing of the former monarch !
of sluggers. 1t proved good strategy,
however, for Pipp. who followed, |
rolled harmlessly to the box.
Cunningham, Snyder and Barnes |
proved easy for Shawkey in the ]
fourth. as did Bob Meusel and Schang I
for Barnes. but Ward brought the |
Hugmen up to within ono marker of |
their rivals whom he collided solidly
with a hook straight through the
middle and sent 1t soaring to left for
a round trip of the bases. This was
real. homeric clott. clearing the
high fence in back Of the serried
rows of bleacherites. Frisch then
ended the round with an acrobatic
catch of Scott's Texas Lacquer
IA tendency to wildness by Shawkey
developed in the hfth, when. with