, 1923-10-16

They overcome u three run iehu 10
win tho game. G to 4. and the series.
four games to two.
The Yankees. bnffled through the
carly innings by this pitching wiz
ard, Nehf. entered the eighth three
runs behind. and II seemed certain
that the Giants would win the game.
square tho series and necessitate a
seventh game to decide the cham
pionship. Aaron Ward. the Yankee
second baseman whose bat has been
busiest of all during the series, was
first at bat in that inning.
He hit a high one that was gath
cred in by first bnseman Kelly and
Nehf still appeared strong. Only
txvo hits made off his delivery then,
one of them Ruth's home run in the
first inning. Then Schang went to
hat. hit the first ball pitched to left
for n safety. Everett Scott next-
not a dangerous batter. yet he hit
a single down first base line.
schang went to third. Miller Hug
gins brain began TO work. Hot
mann was sent to pinch hit for Pen
mock. the pitcher. On four straisnl
halls Holman walked. Bases fun,
Joe Bush went to bat, pinch hitting
for Witt. Four straight balls. all
inside; one run forced In.
Nehf. head bowed, saw the hand OF
John McGraw flash from the aug
out. A tragic figure. he stuffed his
greasy glove into his hip pocket n
strobe from the box. Rosy" Ryan
nitching. Dugan. the Yankee third
baseman. up. Dugan walked, again
on four straight balls. Another run
forced in. Yankees one run behind.
A long series of cheers and shouts
from the stands-Babe Ruth at Dat.
The crowd calling for a home run
n single. anything for that one run
to tie. But the Babe, the mightlest
batter Of them all. struck out. A
moan from the stands. Bob Meusel
at bat, two out. the bases still fuiL
Meusel's bat cracked tho ball to cen
terrified for a single. Two runs
crossed the plate. Cunningham. re-
triveing the ball, threw wildly to
third and another run counted
The scoring ended there and so did
the series.
.John McGraw's great baseball ma
chine was broken down by the sus-
tained attack Of the Yankee men.
Every pitcher on McGraw's stan
tried and failed to check the batting
streak Of the American league cham
MONS. In the very first game John
Watson was batted from the box
nv the Yankee sluggers. The Giants
won that game, however, partly
through bad luck experienced by
Waite Hoyt, the youthful Finger,
of the Yankees and n surprise home
run by Casey Stengel in the ninth
The score was 5 to 4. Stengeis hom-
err providing the margin of victory.
The second game. won by the
Yankees. 4 to 2, saw another Giant
pitcher Hugh McQuillan. put to rout.
Pennock pitched that game for the
Yankees, Arthur Nehf o the
third game. defeating Sad Sam
Jones OF the Yankees by virtue OF
Casey Stengel's second home run.
the only score of the game. Casey
thus hnd won almost singlehanded
two games for the Giants.
TIL fourth game Bob Shawkey won
for the Yankees, 8 to 4. In this
contest the Yankees knocked out
John Scott, routed McQuillan for
the recon I1ntf anu b1NNto 80
other Giant twirlers. In h NTH
game, another Yankee victory by :
to 1, Jack Bentley, the nouthpew
bought from Baltimore for a prince
" sum. felt the sting Of Yankee
blows and had to be relieved. Scott,
Virgil Barnes and Jonnard were
used after Rentiey's departure And
yesterday Nehf. tho only pitcher de
pondable as a hurler of the staff,
succeeded for seven and one'third in
nings, only TO go the way OF his
mates in the end.
Ryan got credit for winning the
first game for the Giants and n de
feat was chalked against Joe Bush,
who had relieved Hoyt and off whose
delivery Stengel hit his homer. Pen
mock o the second. Mcouillan be
ing the loser: Nehf won the third
game from Jones; Shawkey won the
fourth game from John Scott; Bush
took the fifth from Bentley and
Pennock the deciding contest from
Nehf.
In the six games the Giants, 2oz
times at bat, scored II runs off Al
hits, of which five were home runs
tnftt lnIto bdao hAeHs oA1 WV "
baggers. Their batting average was
.2ss. Tho Yankees, eos times at bat
made 80 runs. 60 hits. including
eight two baggers. four three bag
gers and five home runs for a total
batting average OF .2es. The Yam
KEGS drew twenty bases on balls. the
Giants only IL.
Babe Ruth scored the most run
in the series, eight. The Babe made
seven hits in 10 times at bat. was
walked eight times, struck out six
times and batted in three runs. His
batting average was 1868. Aaron
Ward of the Yankees and Frank
Frisch of the Giants. rival second
basemen, collected the most hits. get
ting ten each. One OF Frisch's blows
was a three Dagger n n OF
Wards n homer.
Tho total attendance for the siz
games of the series, 301 ,430. eclipsec
by moro than 10000 the previous at
tendance record set in the worlds
series OF 1921 between the same
teams. The receipts for the six
games also set a new record. being