Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-13
RUTH HITS Z HOME
RUNS; WARD AND
MEUSEL GET ONE

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Oct. Lied by Babe Ruth who
crashed out two homers, the Yanks
charged over the Giants and won
the second game Of the world series
here this afternoon by score Of
four to two.
Ruth's two homers into the right
field stands and one into the left
field stand by Erin Ward gave the
Yanks enough runs to beat the
Giants and get back on even terms
in the race for the worlds champion.
ship.
Fcrty thousand fans saw a trans
formed Yankee team outhit and out
play the Giants while the National
league champions were being held
completely in the control of Herb
Pennock, the former Red Sox south.
paw.
Showing no signs of thir disas
trous defeat yesterday, the Yanks
went to work on High McQuillan,
McGraw's surprise selection in the
fourth INNING.
Erin Ward, the flashy Yank sec.
ond baseman, counted the first run
/. in the second inning when he con.
nected with a slow ball and dropped
it in the upper tier of the left field
stand.
In the second inning Ruth, first up,
drove a smashing homer into the
upper right field stands and three
singles by Pipp, Schang and Scott
put Pipp across the plate with an.
other run behind Ruth
In the fifth inning the great Babe
added another run when he smashed
his second homer into the lower tier
of the right field stands.
The Yank attack, which netted
ten hits, was scattered over six in
nings, but the concentration came
in three big punches.
In their half of the second inning
the Giants tied the score when Irish
spot which Ward had previously
located. It was the nearest that the
Giants came to winning the game
In the sixth the champions scored
their second run on successive sill
giles by Groh. F'risch and Young,
with none out, but the Yankee de
tense frightened and stopped tbs
rally. o.
Pennock's superb pitching and
the batting Of Ruth which inspired
the whole team, were the big fac
tors in the defeat Of the Giants,
Pennock was in wonderful form and
be had to be as the Giants made
him work every inch of the game.
On orders from the bench the
champions refused to swing at any.
thing but good balls and the rather
weird officiating OF Umpire HANK
O'Day made Pennock work hard for
every out. 49,
The Yankee southpaw was In re4lf
danger only twice when his defense
saved him in the sixth inning and
once again in the eighth when his
own cunning forced the pinchhit
ting Hank Gowdy to fly out for tho
third out with two on base.
The crowd was estimated at about
10000. There were many seats va
can't in the far corners of the upper
stands and it was apparent that the
weather which threatened rain
throughout, had scared away many
customers.
The two teams return to the yam.
kee stadium for the third game to-
morrow. Arthur Nehf, the Giant
southpaw who had been expected tc
pitch in the first Or second game
no doubt will be McGraw's selec-
ton and Miller Higgins probabl3
will send Sam Jones out for the
Yankees.
YANKEES THROW AWAY
FIRST GAME OF SERIES
NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-The Giants
won the first game of the world
series here this afternoon by the
score of to because of the
wretched base running and general
ly poor playing of the Yankees.
The veteran outfielder Casey STEM
gel, was the hero of the battle, driv'
ing out home run in the ninth in
ming which gave victory to his team.