The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-06
WORCESTERSHIRE
TODAYWAS3IO3
Game Called AT End
of Tenth Inning Ac-
count of Darkness
IAssociated Press Dispatch.l

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the Giants, and Shawkey and
Schane for the Yankees.
Today the Yankees were home
bodies. Giants sit in the visit
ors' dugout. The batting order:
NationaIs-Bancroft, SIS; Groh
3b; Frisch, 2b; {. MeuseI. II;
Young, ri; Kelly, ID; stenaei.
Scott, SIS; Shawkey, p.
Americans-Witt, CT; Dusan.
3b; Ruth IT; Pipp, Id; r. Meus-
ell, II; Schang, c; Ward, 2b;
Scott, SIS; ShaWkey, p. VI
Umpires HiIdebrand (A) at
plate; Mccormick M first base
Owens az second base; Klein
(N) third base.
Polo Grounds, October 5.-Robert
Shawkey- Yclept Bob the Cob"
and curve ball finger extraordinary
OF the New York Yankees faced
the Giants this afternoon In the sec
ond game of the worlds series tour
nament. The National Leaguers
having won the initial tilt, Manager
I4ugglns sent Shawkey to the pitch !
-ng mound to battle the Giants with
nls Elystifying hooks and fast ball
Gess barnes stood ready to take w
&c -l4-.LS burden in the box.
lii ulauLS coming on the field
IL u-.~-AJun as the visiting club
Du4lcrG tuey nave the series as good
els won. we have the Indian sign on
the tnkees, said Frank Fiisch,
Giants middle sacker. land ! thinK
the Yankees are beginning to think
so. They have never won a series
from the Giants. You know psychol-s
ogy plays an important part In the
old game"
Yankees Throw OF Gloom
The Yankees threw of the gloom
OF their first defeat this afternoo<'
s aaa hoped z s9srgs , fsenz 3
since the beginning Of the last five!
games of the American League sea-
son.
"Old man psychology amt playing
in this SERIES" said Babe Ruth,
talking in the clubhouse about In
dian signs. When / see him pinch
hitting for me or out there sending
them past the batters I'll give him a
tumble. Anyhow his name isn't in
the list of eligible players"
Giants First In Fired Practice
Some thirty odd thousand folk
came out to see the show bat the
early rush for the unreserved sec
tons was missing.
Nick Altrock and AL Schaacht,
buffoons of baseball, amused the
early corners with their antics while
a brass band whiled away the min
The Giants were the first to take
fielding practice and executed some
lightning fast double plays with
fancy stops and throws.
The, Yankees also gave brilliant
exhibition in fielding practices both
Dugan and Scott making pretty one
hand stabs and quick throws.
The upper stands were filled at
one fifty p. m. and the reserved sec
tons were filling fast.
The four umpires lined up at the
plate and were duly photographed
in the approved fashion. Captain
Bancroft went over the ground
rules with Umpire Hildebrand while
the Yankees prepared to take the
field.
First Inning
First Inning, Giants-Sam Jones
and Carl Mays went down into the
bull pen to get into condition in
case they should be called upon.
Bancroft up. Strike one. Ball one.
Foul strike two. Foul. Foul. Ward
tossed out bancroft, going far to
his left to take the bounder. Groh
up, Strike one. Foul strike two.
over second. Frisch up. It was
Groh's fourth hit in the series.
Frisch up. Foul strike one. Foul
strike two. Frisch got a Texas
Lacquer into left field which Scott
could not quite reach. Groh went
to second. Meusel up. Foul strike
one. Strike two. Ball one. Meusel
hit a home run into the left field
stand, scoring Groh and Frisch
ahead of him Young up. Foul
strike one Ball one. Ball two.
Strike two. Young flied out to Witt |
Kelly up. Kelly fouled out to
Schang. Three runs, three hits, no
errors.
: First Inning, Yankees-Witt up. |
Ball one. Foul strike one. Foul |
strike two. Witt hunted but the
I srew F0 o9t w ffl D Bgl w up f Foa
strike one. Ball one. Ball two. |
Bancroft took Dugan's grounder
and threw to the grand stand, Du-
gan going to second. Ruth up. Ruth |
went out at first, Kelly unassisted |
Ball one. Dugan scored when Pipp |
got single of Kelly's glove. Meu-
sci up. Ball one. Ball two. Strike |
one. Strike two. Meusel flied out |
10 Young. One run, one hit, one err
ror.
Second Inning
Second Inning, Giants Stengeil
Up. Ball one. Strike one. Foul
strike two. Stengei beat out an
nfield hit Snyder up. Ball one. |
Snyder got single over Pipp's |
head, Stengel going to second. !
Stengel hurt his leg in going to sec
ond and Cunningham ran for him. |
Barnes up. Ball one. Ball two. |
Foul strike one. Strike two. Barnes |
nit into double play. Scott to
Ward to Pipp, Cunningham going 70 |
bird. Bancroft up. Strike one. |
Foul strike two Ball one. Bancroft |
flied out to Ruth who took the |
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