Evening star., 1923-10-15

But should a wholly unexpected
ana highly improbable Giant victory
Inaterialize in the sixth game Ii does
.S no. seem within the pale of reason
stave OF the inevitable. The pitch
ing ammunition boasted by the Yanks
IN the persons of Jones, Pennock and
Hoyt is so far superior to that in the
magazine of the Giants, where Nehf
alone represents the only projectile
not already proved a dud. that moth
ing short of cataclysm can enable
McGTAw to achieve the record of
plIVdng three winners in successive
wars again and again euchre Hug
Gins out of the honor that eluded him
last fall as it did the year before.
Appear in Poor Light.
At no time since the titular tussles
first became intracity affairs here in
1921 have the Giants been shown in
such a poor light as at Ruppert's
rendezvous on the Sabbath. j. Leslie
Bush was the imm ediate cause. This
veteran of more than decade in the
majors, a factor in the winning OF
league banners and world titles for
both the Athletics and Red Sox be-
fore being grabbed in Gotham, turned
in the most effective exhibition of
fiinging yet seen in the current con-
clave by limiting the Giants to ex-
actly three bingles.
Z. Meusel alone Of McGraw's maui
the right handler, and as the rules do
not countenance an athlete batting
more than once in each rotation of nine
men TO a team, the blows necessarily
were unbunched. Irish contributed
triple, a double and single in success
sive appearances The longest Of these,
followed by an infield death, saved the
Giants from the humiliation of shut
out. The two-bagger was evolved IN
the wake of one of the pair OF passes
L,,s Iat TnA of
juncture easily disposed of Stengel,
whose home runs gave the Giants their
winning margin in the first and third
games. And on the only other occa sion
the Giants threatened Bush foiled Hank
Gowdy with mates on second and hrst.
The other side of the picture en-
compasses a slaughter of Giant pitch
ers comparable only with the fate that
befell them the day before. Jack Bent
ley suffered the greatest damage. being
hammered for six runs on half
dozen hits before two innings had been
enacted. The Yanks could have quit
then without giving any attention to
the offerings of Scott, Barnes and JON
nard, who followed.
Yanks Waste No Time.
No time was wasted by the Yankees
In getting under way. Bentley being
combed for a trio of tallies right at
the outset on solid slugging. Witt
but Dugan lined clean single to right,
Ruth waited for a walk and both gal
loped plateward when Bob Meusel lined
TO the limits in left center for three
third with a long drive to right that
Young had to leap for. Ward then
shunted a safety to left and cleverly
pilfered second, where he was left when
Schang took a third strike.
This served to spur the Giants into
haan e.
tired in order in the opener, they
hung up a marker in the second. Irish
Meusel made the tally possible by
cloutinG to the same sector previously
picked by Bob, after Young had been
retired. and counted while Pipp and
Bush were hustling to efface Stengel
Kelly sktcd 10 Witt to end it.
The Hugmen in the second returned
to the attack and registered another
flock of runs. Joe Dugan proving the
fair haired boy with a round-trip
wallop, produced with a pair of mates
on the runways. Bentley fell in the
assault and the Yanks carried on
against Jack Scott, his successor, for
of tallies to seven. With Scott gone,
Bush raised his high sticking average
for the series by plunking a safety to
center. Witt fiddled around and was
rewarded with a free ticket, where
upon Dugan did his stuff.
Was a Regular Clout.
It was a bruising bust to right CEN
ter that neither Stengel nor Young
could reach, the pill hitting the
ground in front of them and boundin g
on to the outer expanse. Joe easily
completed the circuit before the ball
could be retrieved and relayed In
Bush and Witt scoring ahead OF him.
Kelly then messed up Ruth's hot
smash and McGraw decided Bentley
had had enough Scott ascended the
hill to be greeted by Bob Meusel with
d one-base jolt to right that sent
Ruth to third, the Babe going into