Evening star., 1923-10-13

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StengelS swat was one of q puny
total of but four that the Giants
were able to collect off Sam Jones,
out 1t was an even more impressive
poke than his earlier effort, carrying
on the fly into the densely massed
fans in the distant right-fie1d 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 a 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
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 run
ner to third on one occasion and at
various times had four other repre-
sentatives perched on second await
Ing timely tap. The fact that none
materialfzed is, of course, a. 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
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
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
TO the attacking power of his club
yesterday, for he was given little
chance to hit on the two occasions
he came up with runners on ahead of
him, and there We're 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
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.
It 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
AeuSel had a chance to prove scor-
ing factor but three flies and a rap
into 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
q few feet from the plate and beating
Jones toss to Pipp. Ruth then went
over into right center to take Young's
narrowly averted, and when Irish
Meusei walloped far and high the
Babe sped back and up the embank-
ment to haul 1t 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
only to have them dashed. Dugan
led with double to right center.
Nehf was exceedingly chary about
giving Ruth anything good to look
at and served four wide ones. 1t
was not an out-and-out intentional
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 a double play by a mar
row margin, both the keystone guar
lians hesitating just a trifie with
their throws. This put Dugan on
third and the issue up to Pipp, who
proved unequal to the. emergency
when he rolled to Frisch.
Jones Helps Himself.
Jones started a dual killing on his