Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-10-08
GIANTS LAND ON
MAYS IN FIT TIL;
GET 4 RUNS AND
DEFEAT YANKEES
Hugmen Suffer Another Re-
verse in Their Almost
Hopeless Fight for the
Baseball Championship.
RAIN FALLS EVERY
MINUTE OF BATTLE
National League Pennant
Winners in 1921 Need
But One More Victory to
Win Flag Again This Year

Win Flag Again This Year
New York, Oct. (by the As
ISOLATED Press. Rain drops and
brain flops sent the New York
Americans down to another defeat
today I'm their almost hopeless fight
with the local National ieaguers for
the baseball championch'1 Of the
world.
The Giants made four runs
barely enough to win, because they
were bright boys and fast on the
muddy base paths. pelted with rain
during every minute of the battle.
The YANKEES got only three runs be-
cause they thought and moved
slowly, or not at all. in the high
moments of their attacks.
Such breaks in luck as could be
blamed upon the sloppy weather
favored the Giants. who took quick
advantage OF them in sudden fifth
inning squirt, and produced all of
their runs. But the Yankees could
have won the game in spite of the
adverse fortune had they made use
Of their legs and heads with az
much vigor as they put into swing
ing their heavy bats.
Yankees Are Depressed.
Tonight the National league PEN
nant winners need only one more
victory to renew their 1921 lease
upon the title of worlds baseball
champions. The depressed Yankees
find themselves up against n bar
rier that few think they can sur
mount. They must win four games
in succession TO escape another
downfall at the hands of the Nc
| Graw men.
The Yankees started off with a
rush and a furious pounding of the
ball in the first inning and gave
their underhand pitcher Carl
| Mays, n two-run lead. In the fifth
| the Giants began a hit and run
attack. Helped along by freakisll
bounds of the muddy ball, this
rally sent four runs across the
plate.
| Wards Second Homer.
Aaron Ward, the Yankees Sec
ond baseman, got his second homo
run of the series in the seventh
| but there was no one on base as
/ there would have been had Bob
MeGsel used better discretion in
| running to first a moment before
and the Giants remained in the
| lead, once more In the ninth the
/ Yankees were able to hit Hugh
( McQuillan hard enough to warrant
a score but they went down with
out one because Of faulty base run
ming.
Fate stuck out mean. wet and
! slippery finger at Carl Mays in the
fifth inning anG marked him for
defeat. Had the day been dry and
the infield soil trustworthy the I'm
derhand twirler would probably
have shut out the Giants in tina.
inning. as he did in all the rest.
Luck Against Mays.
But luck turned against him
from the very start of the inning.
Snyder, the first Giant at bat. sent
a roller to shortstop. Touching the
mud, the ball took a queer bound
and Scott could only knock it down,
giving Snyder an infield hit. Nc
Quillan then struck two-bagger
into left field. Bancroft. the next
batter hit a short bounder toward
Ward, who raced In so that it
seemed Snyder would surely be
thrown out at the plate. But this
ball too, hoped in an unusual man
ner and went over Wards head, so
tina both Spyder and McQuillan
reached home.
The score had been tied and
there was no one out. Mays began
pitching hard to Groh On the third
pitch Groh also hit q light infield
bounder that looked sure to be
put out, but the ball glanced off the
pitchers glove for another
scratch hit. F'risch then sacrificed
Bancroft 20 third and Groh to Sec
ond
Young Nipped OFF First
Irish Meusel, the next batter,
slapped the ball toward second. An,
ordinary bounce would have per-
mitted a try for a put-out at the
plate but the ball jumped high into
the air and by the time 1t came
down into Wards glove it was too
late to do anything but snuff out
the batter at first base, Bancroft
already having reached home. Next
came a clean single TO left field
from the bat Of Pep Young. scorir~
Groh. The rally ended when Young
was nipped off first.
The Giants got only two hits
after that, and never threatened
to score again. Right after the
Giants made their cluster of scores
the Yankees slapped the ball upon
the infield turf. but as luck would
have it. all the blows bounced IN
the orthodox way. and the batters
were thrown out.
The Yanke $ we're always max
ing opportunities for themselves
only to turn them down in some
careless. manner. They might have
scored three runs in the first inning
instead of two with little more
audacity in going around the dla-
mond.
First Inning, Giants.
Bancroft up. Strike one. Ball
one. Bancroft got single off
Mays glove. Groh up. Foul.
strike one. Mays threw out Groh
at first, Bancroft going to second.
no sacrifice. Frisch up. Ball one,
Frisch sent out a liner to Meusel
Meusel up. Bah one. Strike one.
Scott threw out Meusel at first.
No runs, one hit, no eT-ers.
Yankees.
Witt up, EalI one. Witt stung
a sharp single to center field. Dn-
gan UP. Strike one. Foul strike
two. Ball one. Dugan singled into
left, Witt going TO second. Ruth
up. Ball one Strike one. Bah
two. Ruth flied out to Cunning
ham in center field. who took the
bali against the fence. Witt went