Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-05

three one -baggers in a row and still
couldn't score. They went back in
the eighth inning and kept pounding
out one-baggers until it was impos-
sible for the stubborn Yankee defense
to prevent them from crossing the
plate.
Babe Ruth. the celebrated home run
swatter, swung violently at the ball
all afternoon Nothing that gave the
| impression that he could hit a home
run came from his heavy bat, but he
did bang out a single that broke
; through the monotony of the early
scoreless innings. which Nehf and
| Eush imposed upon the batters.
! Ruth's timely clout came in the
sixth inning. Whitley Witt, the
Yankees center fielder. had slammed
run down when he tried for home on
J il blow to short from the bat of ole
| DuSan. AS Witt lost out in his chase
to the plate, Dugan galloped on to
second base, and from there he was
sent in with the first run of the series
i'when Ruth punched a short single
into right field.
In the next inning the Yankees got
their second run. Bob Meusel sim
gled past Heinie Groh, the Giants
! third baseban. Wallie Schang laid
| down bunt to push Meusel along to
second, but before the Giants got
through playing with the bunt, he
! had reached third.
in,
that Schang laid in front Of the
plate, decided to try to catch Meusel
at second instead Of being satisfied
with the out at first. He threw wild
and the ball went into right field.
| There it was fumbled by Young. This
lapse permitted Schang to reach sec
end, while Meusel went to third.
Aaron Ward then lifted a fly almost
to the center field bleachers and
| Meusel trotted home.
Neither Nehf nor Bush was able to
finish. Each was suffering from a
stone brulse on the heel. For six in :
nlnss 1t appeared that, like Achilles,
they had only this one vulnerable
SPOT. But these appearances did not
deceive the men hired to hit for John
McGraw and Miller Higgins. man
ayers of the Giants and Yankees.
Nehf, mixing his slow ball with
his speedier service in a battling med
ley. had the Yankees pretty well sub
jugated until Witt broke through
with his triple. McGraw removed
him in the seventh for a pinch hit
ter. Earl Smith, who went to bat
after the Giants, with one out had
filled the bases on successive singles
by Kelly, Stengel and Synder.
Smith bided his time until the
count stood three balls and two
strikes. The Giants We're two runs
behind. Bush put the next one
straight over the plate. Smith hit
to Scott at short, who threw to sec
ond starting a double play that once
more smothered Giant assault, 1t
was from this setback that McGraw's
men-Bancroft, Groh. Frisch. Meusel
and Young-came back III the eighth
inning and pounded out the hits and
sacrifice fly that brought victory
In the field. the lanks played
smoothly and steadily. The Giants
We're different. Their defense was
brilliant but unsteady. Young made
two errors. one of them costly, but
he also heard the cheers of the
crowd for his play on Scots hard
liner that came in the fifth inning
with Yankees on first and second.
Young slid to the ground as he
caught the drive at his shoe tops
but. rising quickly, he threw to sec
ond where n mere touch of F'risch' S
foot to the bag was enough to COM
plctc 4 double play, as Bob Meusel.
thinking SCOTS blow a clean hit. had
never stopped running toward homo
after leaving second.
Bancroft. too, was A hero in tho
ana. with his back to the diamond,
gathered in fly from Bush's bat
Later. after Wits triple. he stopped
hard blow from Dugan and. by
a quick return to the plate. enabled
Synder and Groh to trap Witt.
In the ninth another fine flash by
the Giants defense sank the last
hope Of the fanks. Pipp had start
cd a rally with a single. Meusel
sliced hard one toward right field.
but trisch, with a quick leap. grab
bed it and doubled Pipp at first.
Schang was an easy inield out, and
| the game was over.
! The Polo Grounds were packed. AT
| noon. most of the unreservcd seats
had been filled. In the last nour
came the reserved ticket holders.
among them many nota bles. Christy
Mathewson was one whose entrance
| thrilled the crowd. Cheers heralded
| his walk to his seat in the press
stands A moment before they had
| sgnalled the arrival of General
Pershing and Baseball Commissioner
lands.
| The day was fair and so warm
that many in the bleachers sat N
| shirt sleeves.
Today's paid attendance-36,o14-
was greater than that al any one of
| the eight games which the Giants
and Yankees fought out at the Polo
| Grounds last year for the world title.
Last Year 80 DOB fans looked on at
| the first game and the high mark
was reached in the third game which
, Sc 500 paid TO see. The receipts to-
| day amounted to S119.036 of which
the players will share in $50. 1OS.36.