The Washington herald., 1922-10-09
Three Rallies Fail to
Put Hugmen Across
In Final.
NEHF INVINCIBLE,
BUSH LOSES IND
Outcome of Contest
Greatest Surprise in
Baseball History
By GRANTLAND RICE.

NJ" iOhh. OcI e.-The body
was found near the pitchers box
just at sunset with its eyes gouged
out. its throat cut and nine ribs
srushreed in. mutilated beyond All
recognition.
The big crowd. on its way out
from the Polo Grounds. stopped
to gaze upon the mangled remains
with partially averted faces. IL
vas a terrible sight TO look al. ana
even strshg men shuddered anu
turned pale as they hurried for the
exits. Who could blame them2 For
here lay the huddled figure Of the
"dope'-buoyant happy dope that
no later than Wednesday morning
had figured the Yankees TO peat the
Giants.
Here lay. hushed forever. the
golden voice Of prophecy that had
picked the Yankees to win and O
my countrymen. what a fall there
was The Yankees picked By as
per cent Of the dope TO win The
big crown. failed to win a single
game. They got one tie before
they passed from the harvest FIELDS
into the fogs today. beaten by
ball club that simply rode then
into the dirt and then trar,7leo
their PROSTATE figures 20 death
kehf AEGaast lsu-A.
For the second time iu ;he series
Art Nehf the laft-handeE ro-se
in triumph above Bullet Joe Bush.
The Giants took the final game.
5 10 3, thus snneNing the cham
pionship.
Twice the aggressive Giants
came from behind to take the Ieaa.
once in the second inning and again
in the last " the eighth, wnen
their final assault broke down the
sole surviving Yankee rampant an
drove them into the sea. whipped
as completely as any ball club was
whipped in a championsh
The great crowd saw three sep
arate run-making Yankee rallies
whipped out by two slashing sor-
ties from the Giant dugout tnaI
were not to be thrown back by
anything Bullet Joe or the Naa-
KEGS had. IL was in the eiEhta
inning. with the Yankees stiu Lead
ing and the bases full. that Loag
George Kelly spread the clos ny
blanket over the fading Yankee
fame. There were two out when
Bush, using entirely correct judg-
menL passed Ross Young to get
a shot at Kelly. This save the
Yankees a play at every bag and
substituted a batter who had been
around eco for one whose mark
was IN 800 territory. II Kelly
failed with two out the Yankees.
still leading. were almost sure to
win with only an inning left. Ris-
ing to pinch hitting heights that
were even taller than his own sauut
frame, the big nrst base man
whipped a line single TO center,
and for the fourth and last time
the blighted Yankees sank beneath
the surf never to rise again.
This Was the Big Blow.
This was the big blow that sent
back SS4.0O9 to ticket holdings fans.
From the viewpoint Of the two club
owners IL was one OF the most costly
wailops in the history Of baseball.
shutting of another golden tide Of
$4,000 that should have flowed in
Monday afternoon. Including Thurs
$25O.oOO already at hand that will be
turned back TO charity and Tendon.
brought on by the umpires' haste
in cailinE a game before sunset and
the inability OF the Yankees TO win
solitary fight.
Where. oh. where were all those
shattered Pitching arms that were
TO leave the Giants helpless. ana
al
Yankee batting eyes The Giants.
facing Bush, Shawkey. Hoyt. Mays
and Jones, hammered the bail FOR
a collective average of 500. one Of
tho highest tabulations ever run up
the once smuggling Yankees. facing
in a post-season championship. And
Nehf, Ryan. Barnes and Scott and
WcQuillan. gathered the lean total
Of .2O3, and Babe Ruth finished one Of
the most demolished idols that ever
fell over IN. precipice TO the wait
ing rocks below This has been a
tough epoch for kings. but not even
those harassed crowned heads Of Eu-
rope ever ran into greater Sriet
than the once-reigning monarch OF
the mace.
Mighty Bnmbino's FsIl.
The holder of all home-run records
in 1920 and 1921 stalked to the plate
twenty-one times from "Wednesday
to Sunday afternoon. He hit tn.
ball out Of the infield just three
times. one single. one double sns
one outfield fly. He was walked but
twics. and during the remainder 4
the engagement he spent most Of
his afternoons tapping blows TO
pitcher or first. In his last twelve
times at bat the mighty Bambino
from Blooyland. with the Ions ex-
ception OF an outfield ny failed to hit
the ball hard enough TO dent the cuti-
c'eof a custard pie. He finished the
championship engagement with the
classic mark of lis. the most COM
Continued on Paoe SIR.