The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-05

among them many notahlcs. Chris,y
Mathcwson was one whose entrance
thrilled the crowd. Cheers hcraldcd
his walk t. his seat ia the press
stands as only Il m"mru, hct"r" they
had sjguallcd the arrival If General
PcrShius ami Baseball Commissioner
l.andls.
The day WAS far and So warm tha,
many IN ia" h!cacncrs sIt in shirts
sleeves.
ruGHE'S aad at,cudancc-S6.Il4-
WAS greater than that at any one OF
tho eight games which the Giants ANA
Yankees fought out at the Polo grounds
last year for the world title. Last
year S"."hS fans looked vn at the first
game. and the high mark was reached
in the third game which $500 paid TO
sct
Fusilade CT Hits.
The top end OF the Giants hattin,;
order which had been finding "Bul!e.'
Joe persistcntly before, but without re-
suits, started the cannOnadc that ba.-
tered down The Yankees apparently
Winning lead. Bancroft. Gr"h anJ
Frisch singled in rapid succession. bu:
smart iiclding by Ruth and Bob McuScl
held the runners Ia one base each ON
these blows. lriSi Mcusel's hit bounded
over second base and Bancroft and
Groh dashed across - tie the sCoc".
EuSh WAS waved from tho bon aud
Walt" i!oyt, pitching h"rn Of the series
4 year ago. face Ross Young. Tho
little rightaclder redeemed his previous
iapS"s in the ;:cld Icy driving Ia dC"p
lett center Wit mak.nrthc catch. whii"
Frisch scored easily wifi what proved
10 h" III" winning run. llnyt whiff"i
Kelly and Si"nscl III rapid succession %
retire The side.
Effective Pitching.
10th Bush and Ncht were effective
in the first Ave innings. although Bullet
Joe. was hit Il trifie harder than w1S
called on To cNtricatc himself several
light places. Both wcr2 backed up hX
good fielding. but while tho Yankees
were consistent onthc defense. the
GiGnts wavcrcd int" tho dnp;hs and
then rose To n" heights OF utmost brill
IL. nee At critical moments
,vrh and FriS"h whose bats were 90
~" most Of the afternoon. found Eu>i.
f"r ucreSsvc singles II tho first In
ming. with ono out. but neither irish
McuS"l u"r Rely could drive them
across
Again. in Tho th,r'l. Croh. vita two
left vncn rrisch shicd to War'l.
Nchf had tho Yankee SiuGg"r, bat
CIc,i. r,ranwhil". for nVc iurlnS%. hnir
three hits were collected off lis SOUTH
p.tN shots AMI each "t the three Big
Yankees guns. Ruth. Fob M"ur"! AMI
Tipp. we're picked Off nn strik"..
Ncusrl. VIII" singled through short IA
Tia" nc,h. ami advanced on S"hanr =
sacrifice. WIS u" first Iauhe" Z" reach
second Ward Walked hut Young dashed
~ t" make q ""usp'i"nal catch "r
SCOTS line d-Ivo and doubled Mcu"cl
off second.
After scoring in tn" sixth amds"Vcnih,
tn" Yankees w"ro hCld ~ check lay
K"Ssv Ryan. Nchf'S successor. IN III"
last Two Innings. Wit and Ruth tanned
IN tho eighth.
The Pitching Compared.
NchrH slight margin Of cffecttN"ncSs
over Bush IT, revealed In analysis Of the
il.rhi1g Besides allowing only six
hits 20 crcyrn gathered or his rival.
the Giants Houthpaw worked with less
effort. He pitched {" the plato 81
times in seven innings. Will" Flush made
l"GthruwS until h" was taken out n
the eighth. Nehf tw;rlcd 81 balls 10 80
for EuSh and shot over ~ strikes to %
for tho Yankee star. Outside Of base
hits. only one ball Off Bush reached
tho outneld. whilo four were gathered
in By Giant outer markers. Fourteen
foul strikes wcrN nicked off Bush:
twice the number off Nehf.
Uoyr rltch"d Il times in the single
Irnir3 >" worked wniic Ryan chaikcd
up - throws II tw" frames. The hoy
wonder" let loose seven balls and five
strikes while Ryan twirlcd eight balls
and nine strikes