Evening star., 1923-10-13

cult clout Ill the lucky seventh prov
tense and hard fought pitching du,
Stengefs swat was one of a puny
total of but four that the Giants
were able to collect off Sam Jones,
but it was an even more impressive
poke than his earlier effort, carrying
on the fly into the densely massed
fans in the distant right-fi bleach
ers of the spacious American League
Park and completely setting at
naught the clever and courageous
efforts of the right-handed ace of the
Yankees pitching corps.
Jones Deserved Better Fate.
Jones really deserved kindlier
fate, for he otherwise outpitched his
1eft-handed mound rival. Artie Nehf.
In addition to yielding but three
other blows, all singles, Jones issued
but two walks. against three for
Nehf, and on only one occasion per-
mitted Giant to get as far as Sec
ond base. In contrast the Yankees
collected half a dozen bingles off
Nehf, including double, got rum
ner to third on one occasion and at
various times had four other repre-
sentatives perched on second await
ing a timely tap. The fact that none
materialized is, of course, tribute
to the pitching prowess of Nehf, who
deserves only the highest praise for
his work, and to the sturdy backing
accorded him by his mates, particu-
larly Heinie Groh, who in a highly
spectacular manner snuffed the hopes
of the Yanks when they put on
rally in the round that boosted Stem
gel toward the pinnacle of all world
series heroes. Jones was just out of
luck. that's all
Babe Ruth. whose pair of homers
provided the winning margin for
the Yanks and made him the out
standing figure of the day before,
deserves no criticism for his failure
to contribute more than one single
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yesterday. for he was given little
chance to hit on the two occasions
he came up with runners on ahead of
him. and there were grounds for de-
bate as to the legality of the strike
called on him to end his term at bat
another time.
McGraw's promise that he would
have his hurlers pitch to the Bam-
bino on all occasions was not full
filled. when Nehf was directed to
avoid tampering with dynamite in
the fourth and eighth rounds. and al
though the Babes average for the
series jumped 16 points to .444, as a
result of the two walks handed him
the Giant chieftain had the salts
faction of seeing his strategy vindi-
Gated by the outcome.
Bob MeuseI Fails.
1t was Bob Meusel, who proved the
fiat tire of the machine from an Of
fensive standpoint. On all but one of
the three appearances at the plate
Meusel had a chance to prove a scor-
ing factor, but three flies and a rap
into d double play was the sum to-
tai of his efforts.
Scott's tumble of Groh's roller
gave the Giants an opening in the
first inning that came to nothing, as
FriSch and Young died aerially, as
had Bancroft. Witt and Dugan both
failed to get the ball out. of the in
field and Ruth, who Shunted a safety
to center off Nehf, was left, when
Irish Meusel raced close to the bar
rier for brother Bob's long drive.
After the initial frame not another
player reached the runways until the
fourth, when Frisch registered the
first Giant hit by laying a perfect tap
few feet from the plate and beating
Jones toss to Pipp. Ruth then went
over into right center to take Young's
fly away from Witt, a collision being
narrowly averted, and when Irish
Meusel walloped far and high the
Babe sped back and up the embank-
ment to haul it in.
The first scoring opportunity devel-
oped in the fag-end of this. frame
when the Yanks reused their sup
porters to a frenzy of expectations
led with double to right center.
Nehf was exceedingly chary about
giving Ruth anything good to look
at and served four wide ones. 1t
pass, but was so construed by the
crowd. which gave Nehf the razz.
Bob Meusel sent a sharp crack to
Bancroft on which Frisch and Kelly
completed double play by a mar
row margin, both the keystone guar
lians hesitating just a trifie with
their their h5 throws p This put Pngan ipn Sn on
proved unequal to the emergency
when he rolled to Frisch.
Jones Helps Himself.
Jones started a dual killing on his
own hook after issuing his first walk
TO Stengel in the fifth. jumping for
who did the pivoting. Still another
twin demise snuffed the hopes of the
Tanks in their half. which Ward
Schang's effort to sacrifice resulted in
too forceful bunt that Groh ferried
TO Bancroft to force Ward at Sec
pnd. Scott's hot shot bounced off
Nehf's upstretched glove for an in
field bingle that put Schang on the
Keystone sack. Jones then rolled to
Frisch who started the double play,
Bancroft and Kelly being accessories.
With Nehf gone in the sixth Jones
~avered slightly. He passed Bancroft
and the first thing he knew was In
ticklish sport. for. although Groh
fouled to Dugan. Frisch frisked hot
smash past Pipp. Respect for Ruth.s
throwing prowess. caused Bancroft
to pull up at second. The CROWDED
stands were In dn upTOdI io oohcS
attempted to make Young bite at bad
balls and got into hole on MIN. sam
then sneaked over a couple OF strikes
before Young connected The pan
was hit hard and solidly, But directly
at Ward, who gathered It In ana
tossed for the third out.
StengeI Hits Homer.
What may prove to have as I'M
portant a bearing on the outcome oI
the serise as StengePs seventh-inning
home run occurred IN the rear end OF
the session when Pipp injured that
ailing ankle OF his. Wally drew a
free ticket with one gone and was
forced on a roller to Bancroft oy
Ward. Pipp's leg caved on him as ne
went into second, and after the In
iured limb was bandaged limped on
the field with his prospects for see
ing further service very dim. Schang
Iooped a single to left which moved
Ward up a notch and Heinie Groh
then covered himself with glory by
knocking down Scott's bid for a dou-
BILE and tagging Ward as he slid into
the sack 1t was a truly brilliant bit
of work. The ball was travelling IKE
a. rifle shot and Groh had to dive
headlong to intercept 1t.
Ruth was brought In from right
field OF play first base, and Htnky
Haines took his place in right
when the Giants came to bat
in the eighth. Nehf, weak hitter.
promptly sliced single to left, and
1t seemed that Jones had been upset
by the frowns Of fate, but he rapidly
dissipated any such notion by striking
out Bancroft and Groh in succession
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