The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-08
NATIONALS NEED ONLY
ONE MORE VICTORY TO
WIN THE BIG SERIES
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the plate that there seemed to be
plenty of time for Witt to come home
from second. But Manager Higgins,
who was coaching at third, stopped
him there. He scored later On
Pipp's single.
Pipp tried to run too far rather
than not far enough, and was caught
at second. Meusel sent Dugan home
with a fierce liner to right, then
der's wild throw to catch him at the
midway sack. Schang ended the Of
fensive by striking out.
Meusel Loafs
Bob Meusel began the Yankees
seventh turn at bat with roller that
Groh had trouble in handling. On the
way to first Meusel slowed down,
seemingly with the thought that It
was no use to run. Otherwise he
void have got there safely, for Groh' s
throw was bad and Kelly dropped IL
and had to step off the bag to pick
1t out of the mud. As it was the
play was close. It was only few
second later that Ward bombarded
the bleachers with his home run,
making a goat of Meusel.
Then came the last chance in the
ninth and tho reckless disregard of
the first pitched ball down the left
field line for two bases. He was
trapped off second on Meusel's poke
to Groh. Yankee hopes began to
expire, but they flared up i'm
mediately when Schang got long
single into left. There was only one
out and Meusel had gone to third so
that 1t was expected that Schang
would be satisfied with one base on
the hit. But he wasn't. He tried to
reach second and failed. Ward ended
the game with a fly to Meusel. Had
Schang been willing to leave we'll
enough alone when he reached first,
Bob Meusel could probably have
scored after his brother caught
Wards fly.
A sloppy Affair
Even leaving the Yank's base run
ming out Of the game would rank
as one of the sloppiest in the his
tory OF the world SERIES The rain
was never weary. 1t began in the
morning as a gentle mist. Little
drops began to fall during batting
practice. They were coming down
steadily as the first inning began,
and the fans in the bleachers covered
themselves with umbrellas and news
papers. Not even the most profound
editorial page was heavy enough to
keep the rooters dry after the fourth
inning. From then on the rain fell
with increasing wetness. SO that the
bleachers seemed a blur to those in
the grandstand.
Detailed analysis of the pitching
shows that McQuillan and Mays
worked on practically even terms.
Each had one bad inning. McQuillan
la the first when the Yanks punched
four of their eight hits for two
runs. and Mays in the fifth when the
Giants registered five of their nine
hits and four runs. McQuillan held
the Yankees hitless from the first to
the seventh. while Mays allowed no
more than one hit in any inning out
side of the fifth.
McQuillan pitched 113 times, AZ of
which were balls and 26 strikes. Mays
| tossed to the plate los times in eight
| innings, and Jones, who worked in
the ninth pitched but seven times. all
three men facing him going out on
| flies. Seventeen foul strikes and 10
| fouls were nicked off Mays delivery
| fouls off McQuillan.
| The attendance for today's game
| was 36,242, the lowest total for any
| game so far. and receipts aggregated
| s11S,SS4. making the total for the
| four games as follows:
Attendance 1896; receipts $780,.
| 32S. The money for today's game
was divided as follows: Players
share $60,375.S4; each clubs share
$2o125.26; commissioners share s17S
| 1880