The Washington times., 1922-10-05
RUTH OP|NES
! GIANTS HAVE
! NO PITCHERS
Yankees, However, Can Come
Back With Three HurIers
Equal Of Bush in Box.
By BABE RUTH.

By BABE RUTH.
NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-The
Giants got all the luck and most
Of the hits and so the Yankees
lost the game. That's all I can
say about 1t.
But as there were many thou
sands Of baseball fans not able
to. soc the game they may be
Interested in knowing how it all
looked from the outfield and the
Yankee bench.
the opening game is of no more i'm
portance than losing the opening
game last week at Boston. There a
pennant was at stake, and the game
at the Polo Grounds was merely a
feeling-out process, and every last
one Of the American League players
beSieVe we have seen the Giants at
their best.
The prize pitcher Of both cham
pion clubs started and was driven
out of the box. Such things are
liable to happen in any ball game,
but the very important considera-
ton in this case is the fact that the
Yankees can come back with three
more pitchers practically the equal
OF Joe, Bush. And Joe Bush will win
his next game. The records and the
dope show that the Giants haven't
got much left in the pitching line.
:, For seven long innings the
:, Giants got on base and died in
their tracks. In the first three in
nings they. reached third base
three times and lacked the punch
to put over a run. Then look at
the seventh inning. which would
have been disastrous to our club
II the Giants had showed the
punch.
Just as the eighth inning was
the blow-off for the Giants I think
the seventh inning was the tip-off
for the Yankees. Four solid smsshes
in q row off Bush put three run.
ners across in the eighth. Bush
was taken out and Waite Hoyt
got busy in the box. After Young
popped a fly to center field. Kelly
and Stengel. McGraw's best hitters.
struck out.
The Giants were stopped, but
the blow-off was enough to win
the game.
Look what happend in the sew
kenth inning with the Giants at
bat. Inning after inning both clubs
spared for an opening. The Giants
certainly got It in the seventh
when Kelly, Stengel and Snyder
choked the bases with only one
out.
The fans thought IT funny that
there wasn't stir out in the
Yankee bull pen, the sparring was
getting into close quarters and Nc
Graw apparently figured 1t was
time to put over the big wallop.
Earl Smith. tho heavy.hitting
Of Nehf. From his first motion
II was pretty clear what the chief
had told him to do. Bush wound
up and Smith crouched to rattle
him. HuSgins realized what was
doing and l saw him try to put
Bush wise with a high sign from
the bench.
Smith wanted to walk. Those
were undoubtedly his instructions.
Higgins sat tight and Smith.
after passing up several good
balls, hit a bad one into a double
play. Had the Giants sized up
Bush correctly. Smith would have
very likely swung at the firSt
good ball and the game would
have been all over.
The tip-off on the seventh inning
TO me Is that the Giants, using all
their punch and strategy, were un-
able to break through the Huggins
line.
I will say this much. Art Nehf
lspitched great ball and had the Yam.
KEGS completely fooled with his
slow-breaking curve. Until he final
" crashed we looked rather feeble
at the hat. The baseball averages
will probably not show 1t, but the
Yankee players consider the game
q victory for Nehf.
My efforts in the game, as It
turned out, were Of very little con-
sequence, and the box score tells
the story in a better way than I
can.
AS for the breaks. everything
seemed to be made to order for the
Giants. But this is not meant as
an alibi. because the Yanks may
have the luck today.