Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-09
Hugmcn Forced to Swal-
low Bitter Pill at Hands
of Nationals. a.
MIGRANTS MEN STAGE
GREAT UPHILL BATTLE
Overcome Lead Twice by Get.
ling to Bush in Eighth
Frame. ,ss
lEv Assnriated Prcss.l

BY Associated Prcss1
NEN YORK. Cci. s.--The New York
Giants once mere arc baseball cham
pions Of the world. They reached
! that pinnacle of success for the see
| ond consecutive year in furious
uphill rush this afternoon that flung
| the Yankees TO defeat, 5 TO J. and
| crushed a disGustcd pitcher, Bullet
Joe" Hush
Ii was tho second successive time
the Yankees have buck.i the Giants
in a worlds series and failed. This
year thsy went down ingloricuSly.
without the soiace OF having cap
turcd even one OF the five games that
comprised the battle for tho title.
The best the Yankees could do was
to tic the second game Of the series.
The Giants won the other four.
In all the annals Of the game only
two clubs ever triumphed in a worlds
series In such a decisive fashion. In
1907 the Chicago Nationals won four
straight victories over the Detroit
Americans after lighting a twelve
inning first game tie al 3-5 In runs.
Seven years later the Boston Braves
surprised the fans OF the entire ma
ton by wreckinS Connie Mack's su-
pero Athletics four games in a row
| Bush Becomes fliicd.
Tho final downfall Of the Yanks
was that of a house momcntsrily Iii
vided. Miller HueSins. the head OF
| the household which was then on
7oyinE a 3-to-2 lead over the Giants.
| differed with his pitcher. Joe bush.
! in his strategic problem for block
ing the onslaught of the champions
in the eighth inning. Bush became
angry, and before he could caim
himself. long George Kelly had
smackcd one OF his curves 50 hard
and so fast that one Giant raced
across the plate with tn. run thnt
tied tho Yankees, and another Giant
trotted in with the score that beat
them.
The Yankees enjoyed the prospect
OF victory for only fifteen min
ntos. When they came 10 bat in the
seventh the sccra was dcadlocked ut
two all. They made n run on Meu-
sels scratch hit. Schans's sacrifice
Wild pitch by Art Nehf. the Giants
Southpaw. and short sacrifice fiv
TO center field from the bat or
Everett Scott. The throw in of thi.
fly almost caught Mousel as he slid
for homo. II seemed the Yankees
barely had squeezed out a victory
And then i'm The eighth the ecu.
raScous Giants flung out their Chal-
man. halted them for moment hv
stopping Baacrofrs hard blow back
of iirst base and lcaping to tile ba.
Just in time TO beat The runner Eut
the iightinS Giants would not be de-
MED victory quick and sure. Groh
cut the diamond sQuarclv in half with
single that ripped along the turt
into center field. FriSch hit a liner
that bounded to Mcmillan in center
Held. who tugGlcd il. and the batter
was credited with a two.barrer
while Groh went on to third Irish
Meusel shot roller TO short, Scott
hurting the bali home so fast that
Groh could not safely reach the
plate He started TO return &c. third
hut was run down by Schang.
Young Ordered Walked.
When the ball was thrown back
to the box. BIsh found himself in
trouble. Frisch. the fastest runner
on either team. stood perchcd on third
hasc and Irish Meusel was on sec
ohh' NJ the plate. swinging his bat
Ittt handed. stood Young. who usual
~ drops his hits in right field. AZ
this moment there popped into the
mind of Miller iiuggius the thought
ihat The best way out of tho dim
Guilty would be to let Young wats
10 hrSt. hlltnS the bases so tina, q
force cut would be facilitated. lie
was Wiling 10 take a chance that
Nci!y. who mas been weak I'm his rr-
cent batting, would continue To ho
weak. So he ordered Bush TO walk
J ioung. Later both Giant and YAM
kec players said IL was splendid
example OF real inside baseball STRAIT
esE, The break OF the game ruined
II. nevertheless.
The sudden command plainly dis
p!eased Bush. He wanted 10 work
things out in his own way. He
"ar'aed up his tongue with a couple
Of hot words and then shouted at
Huggins. Let's play baseball" Hug
gins was insistent. and repeated his
signal TO pass Young. Rush obeyed.
His face showed his DISGUST at cac-i
OF the four vide throws he hurled
to the catcher.
And then Kelly, who bats rixi.t.
handed. appeared at the plate Bush's
hrst ritch 20 him was ball Thc
mex; was a speedy curve. II cracked
off kcllvs bat and into center nclr
at fas; clip. scoring Friscli and
Mcusel. Huggius had guessed
wrong. Bush perhaps had won a
moral vie'orss but everything else
sun apparently bereft OF his tenn.
per. Bush iobscd lazy throw up 80
tho plate and King Killed n, bur
the ball fc!l foul near the left reid
hleachcrs. He swung eaicr tho next
time and dropped Texas lensuer
back OF short. scoring Young,
II.