Evening star., 1922-10-08
McGraw's Men Have Title in
Grasp After Bitter Up
hill Victory.
OVERCOME TWO.RUN LEAD
BY SNAPPY STICKWORK
Hugmen's Chance for Series Fades
Almost to Vanishing
Point.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

NEW YORK, October 7-Displaying
and almost uncanny in the manner
of its concentration. the Giants to-
day battered their way to a third
victory in the series for the base ball
championship of the world and caused
the hopes of the Yankees, with only
draw to their credit in the four
games played. to fade practically to
the point OF extinction.
The score. 4 to 3, fails adequately
to indicate the margin of superiority
shown by the National leaguers in
attaining a position where one addi-
tional triumph will assure them of
the diamond title for the second year
in succession.
The victors outbatted, outf1elded
and out-gamed their opponents. What
is more they outlucked them, but they
deserved to do SO, for it Is an un-
varying rule in this, as we'll as other
sports, that winners make their own
breaks. and the Giants today took ad-
vantage of those which came their
way In characteristic fashion.
Dreary Setting for Fight.
Less auspicious weather for base
ball than that prevailing today
hardly could be imagined. The
grounds were slow from early morn
ing showers anu above a canopy of
dark. gray. forbidding-looking clouds
exuded moisture in varying degrees
throughout the afternoon and threat
ened at any moment to halt the pro-
ceedings with a downpour. This was
the drear. dismal setting for the
fourth struggle of the annual classic,
but although the actors in the dia-
mond drama and a majority of the
spectators suffered as a result, en-
thusiasm and interest was dampened
not one whit, the close to capacity
throng, resorting to whatever means
OF fmprovised protection were avail
able, remaining until the final out
had been recorded
Given a two-run lead at the start
when his mates dubbed Hugh Nc
Qutllan with unmerciful vigor. Carl
Mays, one Of the most successful of
the Yankee pitchers last season and
q tower Of strength to them in the
1921 series. turned the Giants back
with machine-like precision for four
innings, allowing but a pair Of
singles in this period. 1t appeared
chat here, at last. was a hurler
capable of subjugating the Giants
and furnishing corroborative evil
dence Of the Yankees superiority in
pitching SO widely heralded in the
pre-series representations. But like
Bush. shawkey and Hoyt, who pre-
ceded him. the famous exponent of
the underhand delivery was unequal
to the task he essayed, his aspira-
tions being blasted in the fifth in
ming when seven Giants faced him.
Five of them propelled balls he de-
livered to unguarded spots and four
completed the circuit of the bases.
Yanks Dropped Chances.
Mays had a lot OF what in base hall
parlance is termed stuff" He Dos
sessed-as much of it in the round
that proved his undoing as he did
in the four innings prior to his
Waterloo and the four which follow
ed. during which his opponents again
were limited to two scattered hits,
but he failed to employ it to the best
advantage, and when in addition
the breaks went against him his
cause was lost.
The four runs obtained off Mays in
the fifth should not have spelled dis
aster for the Yanks, and would not,
had they been as capable Of diagnos-
ing SITUATIONS and taking advantage
of them as the Giants. This was DEM
onstrated in an emphatic manner in
the ninth. for a homo run drive by
Ward with the bases unoccupied in
the seventh had enabled tho Yanks to
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