The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-10-08
GIANTS TRAMP
ONPOOR YANKS
IN 4TH GAME
McQuillan Wins the Battle
! From Mays By Score of
a to 3: Played on a
Mud Field.
YANkS PLAYED LIKE
THEY WERE DOPED
Rain Drops and Brain Flops
Responsible for Defeat Of
Higgins Men in Satur-
day Contest.

NEW OItk KAN drops and bra in
flops sent The New York Americans
down to another defeat Saturday in
their almost hopeless fight with the To-
cal National Leaguers for the baseball
championship of the world
The Giants made four runs, barely
enough TO win, because they were
bright boys and fast on the muddy base
plates, pelted with rain during every
minute Of the battle. The Yanks got
only three runs because they thought
and moved slowly or not at all. In the
high moments of their attack
Such breaks in luck as could be hlam
ed upon the sloppy weather favored
the Giants, who took quick advantage
of them In sudden fifth inning rally
and produced all their runs. But the
Yankees could have won the game in
spite Of the adverse fortunes had they
made use of their legs and heuds with
a. much vigor as they put into swing.
ing their heavy bats.
Last nigh. he national league pen
nanr winners needed only one more VIC.
7 Tory 10 renew their 1921 lease on the
title OF worlds baseball champions. The
depressed Hanks find themselves up
against u barrier that few think they
can surmount. They must win four
games in succession. to escape another
dow nfall a. the hands OF the McGraw
men.
The Yankees started Off with a rush
and q furious pounding Of the ball in
the Srst inning and gave their under
hand pitcher, Carl Mays. Two run
lead. In ihe fifth the Giants began II
hin and ruE attack. Helped along by
freakish bounds OF the muddy ball, this
rally sent four runs across the plate.
Aaron Ward, the Yankees second
baseman, got mis- second home run OF
the series ~ the seventh, but there was
no ouv on base, rs there would have
bcen had Bob Meusel used better dis
erection IN running TO first a moment
before. and the Giants remained in the
lead. Once more the Yankees were able
to hit Hugh McQuillan hard enough to
warrant score. but they went down
without one because OF faulty base run.
ning.
Fate stuck out mean, wet and slip.
perry finger at Carl Mays In the NTH
innms and marked him for defeat. Had
the day been. dry and the infield soil
Trustworthy the underhand twirler
would probably have shut the Giants out
iu that inning, as he did In all the
rest.
Luck Against Him
rut luck turned against him from the
. NcrN start ot the inning. Synder. the
fits. Giant at bat. sent roller " short
stop. Touching the mud the ball took
uuvcr bound and Scott could only knock
80 uown giving snyder an inpeld hit
MeQu!liau thcn snacNSd two bagger
in,0 ieft leld. Bancroft. the next hat.
ter h., a short bouuder toward Ward
who raced In 50 that 1t seemed synder
would surely be thrown out at the plate
Eu; this ball, too. hoped in an un-
usual manrer and went over Wards
head. 80 that both Snyder and McQuil.
lnn reached home.
The score had been tied and there
was no one out. Mays began pitching
hard TO Groh. ON ;he third pitch. Groh
also hit light infield bounder that
looked sure to be u putout. but the ball
glanced off the pitchers glove for AN.
other scratch hit. Frisch then sacrificed
Bancroft to third aud Groh TO second.
Irish Meusel. the next batter. slapped
the ball toward second. An ordinary
bounce would have permitted try for
putout at the plate. but the ball
jumped high into the air aud by the
time II came down into Wards glove
it was too late to do anything but snuff
out the batter at first, Bancroft already
having reached home. Next came n
clean single to left from the bat OF
Pep Young, scoring Groh. The rally
ended when Young was nipped off first.
The yanks might have scored three
runs In the first inning instead OF two
with a little more aldUci,y Ia going
around the diamond.
Started OF Well
They started off as though they had
found their long lost hitting punch Witt
hit single straight through the dn.
mond into center field and Dugan
quickly followed with single 10 left
Babe Ruth took a mighty swat at the
ball aud drove one NJ the longest flys
that ever dropped into an outfieldcr's
glove. Cunningham caught II In deep
center field Just step or two from the
bluachor fence and the force of The
bali's descent knocked him against the
Loatd, He was so far away from the
pl1tn that there seemed to he plenty
of lime for witt to come home. from