The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-10-04
NATIONALS TAKE y
YANKEE CREW To !
CAMP IN OPENER
"Jawn" Mooraw's Outfit Too strong
for Huoolns' Clan az Classic
Starts; Both Use Extra !
Pitchers.
FIRST BLOOD IS DRAWN :.
BY YANKEES IN SIXTH
Nehf Taken Out In Seventh Tor
Pinch Hitter: Bases Full but
Double Play; Bush to
Showers In Eighth. =. Z

Polo Grounds. New York. Oct. A.
Full OF tho McGraw spirit OF fight.
tho New York Giants battcd from
behind here this afternoon and took
tho first game OF tho series from
the Yanks. to 2.
After pecking away at the fast
ball OF Joe Bush. tho bullet huriing
ace of the American League cham
pions for seven innings without
much luck, the Giants hopped on
him in the eighth inning. drove him
out OF the box and won the game
with three runs.
Successive singles IN the eighth
inning by Bancroft. Croh. Frisch
and Meusel tied the score and
youngs sacrifice fly off Holt. who
was rushed TO the rescue, scored
Frisch with the winning run.
The Yanks had plenty OF trouble
with the southpaw slants of Arthur
Nehf until the sixth inning when
they scored their first run and took
the lead on single by the great
Babe Ruth. Again in the seventh
the Yanks tailed on Bob Meusels
single and two errors by the Giant
defense.
Bush started off badly and was
not in his usual form. He could
not get his curve ball working and
being forced to serve them down tho
middle he was finally found by thu
vicious swinging attack OF McGraws-
men.
Nehf. who started the game for
the Giants. pitched superbly. He
was in iliiant form and he gor
himself !. fouble only by his own
fielding slips. -
The opening game OF the series
was witnessed by a capacity crowd
of 10000.
Bob Shawkey Is expected to pitch
the second game tomorrow for the
Yanks and either Scott or McQuii-
Ian is expected to work for the
FIRST lNNlNb.
Yanks: Witt up. Ball 1; strike
called; foul strike 2; Witt flied
to Stengal. 1t was a line drive into
the center fielders hands. Dugan
up. Strike called; Dugan out
Groh to Kelly. Ruth up. Strike
swung; strike 2 swung; ball /; Ruth
famed, swinging hard.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
Nehf had his curve ball working
over the corners. Ruth missed
three times by matter Of feet on
curves right in the middle.
Giants: Bancroft up. Strike 1
called; ball /; Bancroft out, Ward
to Pipp. 1t was an easy bounded.
Groh up. Ball i; strike called;
ball Q; foul, strike q Groh singled
to left. 1t was q Texas Lacquer In
front Of Meusel. F'risch up. Foul
strike Il; Frisch single to left, Groh
at second. 1t was dupli.
cation of Grohs hit. Il. Meusel up.
Strike 1, swung; foul strike 2; ball
;Groh and Frisch advanced ON
passed ball. Meusel fouled out to
Schang, back of the plate on high
one. Young up. Ball 1; foul, strike
l. strike swung; ball 2; Young
popped to Pipp.
No runs, two hits. no errors.
Bush was unable to find the corn
ers and started out so wobbly that
Mays warmed up in the bull pen.
He found himself however, and re.
tired the side.
SECOND INNING.
Yanks: Pipp up. Ball /; strike
| swung; Pipp grounded to Kelly.
R. Meusel up. Strike called.
strike 2, swung; ball i; Meusel
swinging at wide curve.
Schang UP. Strike ! called; ball /;
ball q; strike 2 called; Schang
singled to left on line drive. Ward
up. Strike / called; ball /; 1;Ward
out, Groh to Kelly.
No runs, one hit, no errors.
Nehf continued to work curved
ball beautifully and had the Yank
batters baffled.