New Britain herald., 1922-10-05
BELLY EVANS TELLS
 ABOUT FIRST GAME
Famous Umpire Gives Herald Readers His Personal Views
Especial to The Heraid). (By Billy Evans).

Polo Grounds, N. r., Oct. 5.-The
 Yankees defied baseball tradition in the opening game of the world series and lost. In the ninth inning with the stage set for chance to tie, tho
 Tanks elected to play to win, A double play resulted erasing the final chance
 With the score standing 3 to ? in favor of the Giants. Pipp opened the ninth with single. Straight base ball called for Meusel to sacrifice.
 What would the Yankees do in the big pinch of the day? I figured Meu- sel would move Pipp to second and set the table for schang or Ward to tie up the ball game.
 On the first ball pitched Meusel tipped off his intention. He started to take lunge at the ball, but it was outside, and he managed to hold back.
 The next pitch was perfect, Meusel took long driving swing. A line drive to right on which Frisch made a pretty play retiring Long Bob" It was an easy matter to double Pipp at first as he was of with the pitch. That one play spelled slow music for the Tanks. Huggins gambled with fate, played to win and failed. A play up in the fourth inning really was a key to the Yankee system. It forecasted the events that took place in the ninth.
 For three innings the two teams had been held scoreless. Dugan started the fourth with safe drive to left. Would the Tanks play for a run? With Ruth Up, the sacrifice was passed up for the hit and run. Ruth tapped to Frisch and Dugan was forced at second
 Defeats can usually be charged to some. slip in the play. The opening game proved no exception to the rule. The defeat of the Tanks and the pass ing of Bush can be attributed to slip on the part of the Tanks pitcher.
 It was a physical not mental er- TOT. For six innings Bush had pitched wonderful ball. When the Yankees gave him a margin Of one run in the sixth, and added another in the sev- enth the game seemed sewed up.
 With one down in the seventh Kelly tapped weakly to the left of Bush. Just as he handled the ball he slipped to the ground. Kelly who would have been retired by 15 feet was safe at first, credited with a shabby hit.
 Stenge and Snyder followed with hits filling the bases. It was trying situation that Bush faced. A base hit meant two runs tying up the game.
 c,,he ifI,fo oA r>ir hitter flor Nehf. Bush pitched his heart out working on Smith. Then he got a break, Smith hitting into a double play. retiring the side and end nE the Giants rally.
 When Bush slipped fielding Kellys tap he dug hole for himself that caused him to spend his ebbing ener- gy in order to get out. He went to he firing line in the eighth with grim determination but lacked his stuff.
 The first four men to face him hit safely, two runs were over and men on first ard third when Hoyt was ,alled to the rescue. In this inning 5ush with the bases filled, failed to handle the ball that Emil Meusel hit lirectly at him. Good fielding offered l force at the plate, and a possible ,lay at first. The ball bounded off 3ushs glove into center field
 The courage of the Giants was the outstanding feature of the National play. McGraw's team sim ,ly refused to be denied.
 The unusual feature Of the three un rally in the eighth was the hit ing of the first ball by the Giants,
 custom not in favor with McGrAw.