The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-13
Play By Play
First Inninx-Giants,

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 Bancroft flied to Meusel near the 1 foul line- Groh reached first when Scott fumbled his drive It was an error for Scott. Frisch flied to Witt, l who ran in for the catch. Young 1 flied tC Witt. who came In fast for nice running catch. N No runs, no hits, one error. First Inning-Yanks.
 Witt out Frisch to Kelly, on a hard grounder, the first ball pitched It was a fast play. ~Dugan out, Ban croft to Kelly. Ruth singled to cen- ter. It was a hard drive through the box. Meusel flied to E. Meusel who ran clear to the wall for the catch.
 No runs. one hit. nc errors.
 Nehf made Ruth miss mile on two low curves, but the Babe caught his third attempt and drove 1t hotly to center The crowd gave him a big hand.
 Second Inning-Giants.
 E. Meusel flied to R. Meusel, who ran back into the center for a nice catch Stengel flied to Witt, who ran In for another nice catch. Kelly flied to Scott. whC ran back in short left for the catch.
 No runs. no hits. no errors.
 Jones worked nicely and had the Giants hitting in the air. The Giants were still refusing toAhit at anything but good balls.
 Second InninE-yanks.
 Plpp fouled to Kelly in front of the dugout. Ward popped to Snyder near the beg. Schang flied to Ban croft.
 No runs, no hits, no errors.
 Nehf was wobbly and unsteady. He got in the hole on every batter but the Tanks kept popping In the air. Third Inning-Giants.
 Snyder out, Scott to Pipp. on an easy play. Nehf out on strikes. Ban croft out, Ward to Pipp on a fast play. 4s
 Nc runs. no hits no errors.
 Jones got by easy in this inning. The Giants were still unable to con meet solidly with his curve ball. They were waiting him out Third Inning-Yanks.
 Scott out, Bancroft to Kelly. Ban croft went back in the field to make the stop and throw Jones out on strikes. Witt famed.
 No runs, no hits. no errCrs.
 Nehf became steadier In this in- ming and used a wide sweeping curve, The Tanks could hardly see the ball.
 Fourth Inning-Giants.
 Groh out, Scott to P,pp. Scott made a nice stop of bad bounding hall. Frisch beat out a bunt in front of his throw was slow to the bag. It was the first Giant hit. Young filed to Ruth who ran. far over into cen ter and almost collided with Witt. Meusel flied to Ruth. No runs, one hit, no errors. O o O
 Fourth Inning-Yanks.
 Dugan doubled to center on the first ball pitched, making the bag in a beautiful slide. The stands went crazy when Ruth walked and the crowds booed. Dugan callde from the pair his trousers. Meusel hit into double play, Bancroft to Frisch to Kelly. Dugan stopping at third. It was a brilliant play by the Giant in- field. Pipp out, Frisch to Kelly. on the first ball pitched. It was fast play
 No runs, no hits. no errors. Sparkling work by the Giant in- field pulled Nehf out of a very bad hole The Giant pitcher did not pass Ruth intentionally but worked hard on him.
 
 Fifth Inning-Giants. Stengel walked. Kelly hit into double play, Jones to Scott to Pipp. Snyder out, Scott to Pipp,
 No runs, no hits, no errors.
 Jones started bad by passing the first man, his first base on balls, but got himself out of the hole by starting a fast double play on Kelly Fifth Inning-Yanks.
 Ward singled past Groh. Schang forced Ward at second, Groh to Ban first. Scott beat out an infield hit It was a slow bounder that bounded off Nehfs glove and Bancroft couldn't third. but Pipp was an easy victim for Frisch and Kelly for the third.
 Again in the eighth, with two cut and Dugan on first. by virtue of a force-out of Whitey Witt. Ruth was walked and again, with two men on base, Meusel failed. This time he flied out to Stengel to end the in hing.
 The inning before. the seventh, saw the most dangerous rally of the Yam kees, sortie that was checked by a sparkling play by Heinie Groh the most brilliant bit of defensive work of the game. With Meusel out. Pipp walked, but on Wards shot to Ban hn Ire only