The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-26
GIANTS CLINCH
MA TIONAL FLAG
New York Yahkees Need One More
Victory to Avoid q Tie With
Cardinals.

Chicago, Sept. 26.-(By The As
sociated Press. THE New York
Giants today are champions of the
National league for the tenth time
in their career. Eight of these tri-
umphs have occurred since 1904
under the leadership of John Joseph
"Muggsy" McGraw, and this year.
victory came afte ra typical Nc
Graw finish-a battling drive in
, which the club landed on top de-
spite the loss of its star twirier,
Phil Douglas; the collapse of the
rest of its mound staff, and in the
face of an eleventh hour menace in
the form of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Long George Kelly dashed out the
hit that scored Frank Frisch with
the winning run in the tenth in
ming of tense struggle with the
St. Louis Cardinals, and removed
all trace of mathematical uncer-
tainty in the pennant chase. The
final score was 5 to 4, and Bill
! Ryan. who relieved McQuillan in
the tenth, received credit flor the
victory.
The Yankees, leading the St.
Louis Browns by three and half
games and needing only one more
victory to clinch the American
league title, cannot settle the is
sue before Thursday. when they
open a three-game series in Bos-
ton. They have one more game
after that, with Washington. The
Browns will complete their season
with three-game series with the
Chicago White SoX. beginning Fri
day. The best the Browns could
obtain is a tie, which would result
only if they win all of their remain
ing games while the Yankees drop
all of theirs.
! With the worlds series thus a
practical certainty as an all-New
York affair, plans for the annual
classic cal for it's opening on
Wednesday, Oct. 4, with the Giants
as the home club" Games will be
played On successive days, unless a
seventh game is necessary to de,
eide the championship. In that
event, lapse of a day would occur
between the sixth and seventh con.
tests.
/ In the only other major league
game played Yesterday, Cincinnati
trounced Philadelphia, 10 to 3, anC
climbed to within a fraction of {
percentage point of the Cardinals
in the battle for third pltce.
The Cincinnati Reds went on Z
batting rampage against the Phil
lies and helped Eppa Rixey to turf
in his 23rd victory of the season
The veteran Jake Daubert starred
with the hickory, driving out three
hits in FIVE times at bat. One Of
his drives was a four-bagger.
Ty Cobb and his Detroit Tiger:
journeyed over to the lair of th,
Pirates and handed the Nationa
leagHers, 5 to / trimming in theil
exhibition game.
| Pitcher Oldham of the Tigers, lie
the Pittsburgh Nationals down witt
two hits in five innings, and Hollo
way "A recruit who replaced him
did not allow safety.
/ Bob Veach, the smuggling outfeid
er of the Tigers, showed the Pirate.
some heavy hitting by cracking on
three hits. one a triple and another
a homer. A spectacular catch pre-
; vented him from making a secon,
fourbagger
! George Kelly, Businessman O
: the Giants, aud nephew of the fam
!, Gus Bill Lange, of the old-tim
Cubs, helped nail the final spike il
the National league pennant b,
driving in the tying run against tn
Cardinals with a homer in the sixth
, inning, and then finished the job b,
sending Frisch home with the win
ming marker in the tenth innin,
with single.
Casey Stengel, the Giants vet
: eran center-felder, strained a le
muscle going after a fly and had t
retire from the game.