Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-05
LITTLE MAN
HERO OF FIRST SERIES CLASH
Heinie Croh Given Palm for Work in Opening Came
Against Yankccs-'Rosy' Ryan Docs Good
Work in Box in Final Inning
by Damon Itun,on.

legged little man. with bottle
SNAPPED bat and bot,ied-up BtyIe Of
battinR. along with a bottled-up sort
day.
Not prepossessing figure as we
present MN, you may say. certainly
hGprinE Interest 10 3'.cso stanhattan
Islanders who saw him play a large
a. phr, in the Giants winning OF
from tn" Yankees this afternoon.
The bu,,le-legged little man is
ieinie Gr"h. and his bot,le-shaped
| mt Into the proceedings OF the eighth
/ inning a, the POLO Grounds tina,
seemed TO smother the bnrrage OF
/ ,Hul!"t joe" Bush's pitching. which
/ had been gradually dying down from
| the inning before.
Hnlf-AccIdrntni Hit.
! II Was on" OF those half accidental
/ Looking hits, Il sort of Jah in hchhd
/ an opening blow by "iIcauty" ban
| croft Of tn" Giants. hut on top Of
/ !! came II rushing attack from Nc
! two-run lead for "Rull"t Joe" and
/ with IL Bullet Joe" himself.
1t vas ii.inic Groh's third hit Of
N" day Win that bottle shaped ba,
that M"Graw paid FOR Groh 10 get,
him lack from Cincinnati.
/ Ing pair az rcd nannci sleeves a,
/ the Giants and shooting from under
/ mat scarlet cover roiieys Of be
/ ."Ilh"rinr speed. held tho National
! L"aIu"rs In check. Cheat to clrat
| With him swung Arthur Nrhf tho
/ l"n ,hhnd"r 1f tn" Giants. II was
I pitchers battle. tedious. monotrnous
| with all TIA" interest hung on that
| one hri"f moment when the inevitable
or"aE must come one Nay or the
other.
nu,h s~rp, First Run In.
,,"Rull"t Joe" for sn innings had
an thc better, 81 III" hattie" In. tn"
! for the Yankees AND IA" most opii-
! mystic Giant rcoters IN the crowd fclt
! ,ha; II was AL over. They d!d not
( helI"ve tn" Giants could get past
huIlet Jr.'s' barrier Of speed.
, Long and long ago some philo-
! s"rhicai hailpiay"r laid down an
as,om: You can, hi, en- when
=. and for, sh innings ,oday the
| Giants couldn't SIC en-" AZ III. bal
i"f; tho hand OF "nulle, Joe" moy-
! IN" plate, until finally IL wen, swish
! Ing past their chests IKE IN.
| v"ri'abIc bullets.
Another run in tn. seventh made
/ American I.ehgU" champions, and tn.
! hopes "t the Giants fans wcr. at
! ,,.w water when IN" eighth came on.
! E"ior" ~" end Of thnt inning bullet
Z joe had gone. Walt" Hoyt was pitch
inE for The Yankees. and all the so
/ called 'd"p"' on tn. series had been
Yankee ni.n.rr nrIrr.
u Is brief ,h!c-,h" tale OF the
! aux. disaster Singl". hy ban
'r"ii IN" tott.c-l"gr"d Groh. frisrh
ana "iri Sh" N.uSol ANA a sacrifice
/ - by Ross Young a,cnuut.d for
,hr"c runs and the victory for the
may s,rike thc casual reader a.
h@ttlc- Legged Groh's nit. the second
81 ih" inninr. as the heavy blow
tut that !s The way u appeared to
gr"at many other than this writer.
j. was lucky sort az ii Hex per
/ maps the very luck nf tn" hing com
/ ms AFTER all the great pitching dis
I h"hfi"n"H Hullet joe tribe. II
was "ir!sh" Meuscl, brother OF tn.
Ruil"t Joe"
If "" were selecting an under
( 6r"h. W would select william Ryan.
D called Rosy by his associates FOR
. som" reason not cntiroiy clear. Base
na!l Mlck n"m"s arc rarely clear.
! vim IN" Chants Il couple OF Years and
When n" relieved Art N"hf. after
. Nrhi had been taken Oh, for a pinch
hitter, Rosy" Ryan pitched H1ndcr-
/ fui b.il. H., had to face tn. heaviest
singers OF the Yankees. including
"a" great BABE Ruth he fann.d
Ku'h. II" held the other In hand as
sisted I" n" small degree by a ninth
inning piay by frankie Frisch.
'ucki sort 81 play for the Giants.
Giants Game Lot.
~" Ni'lonal l.caEu"rS proved they
are gam" lot They kept trying
"h"n IL seemed useless for them 10
! Try any longer.
sitting haci, on tho bench ~ Tho
GIANTS. long tho stormy pcrr.i Of tn.
C"dc ming lines. as in hy-Edne wears Of
World series. but a secluded ana dig
McGraw had a big par; in INC maj
drive. II" had his men switch their
mitnSk to hitting a. IN" nrst hall
they had been attempting to val,
I BULLET Joe out. The advantage was
! constantly with tho pitcher. McGraw
S"nsrd the slowing up OF "iiulie, Joe
IN Inc seventh when the Giants had
The bases fun ana could not score.
IN N" press stand sat man
watching the twist and turns Of base.
must have had thousand memories
as he looked on. This man was
Ihristy understanding Six"-just
OF the valley OF the shadow.
Back in 1919 Mathewson was with
Giant club that fought against
a long time in baseball and msny
things have happened since that dsv
witt First Man III.
II is always in order TO iell in de-
tail. what happened 10 the first man
| up, which in this case was Iawron
WIZ. cal led Whitley. because OF his
luton colored mar. The first bali
that Nchf twisted at Witt was called
q ball by KLEIN, the umpire in chief:
The second was called strike tho
Ihird ne fouled OF. ON the mex;
StenEei.
Joey Dugan. making his first ar.
pcarance In world scrIcs. hit the
nrst ball pitched to him for an easy
nounder 10 Groh. This brought the
mishtN Ruth to bat and tho crowd
hahoied wildly. Ruth's appearance
AZ the plate always produces
stranGe inurmur from the stands.
murmur of expectation. on the firsi
pitch. sweeping curve. Babe took
one or his celebrated lunRes and
missed. He lunGed at the next one.
announcer curve and again missed
Ihen Nehf swished a ball so low that
Ruth did not offer to hit at II. The
next pitch was still another round
house curve and Babe swung wildly
ana futilely for the third ont whiie
the crowd shieked e
Groh Gets First Hit.
Heinie Groh got the FIRST hin ~
the game in the Giants battinr side
Or the hrst inning. Ward tossed ont
hancr1ft on gentle hopper. and
then Heinie dropped one of those
short files known as a Texas Learuer
In left field. his hottie-shaped hat