Imperial Valley press., 1923-10-11
SCORE a TO 2
AS BABE GETS
UP REAL STEAM
10000 Spectators See
Transformed Yanks
Give. Beating
Pennock's Pitching, With
Ruth's Batting, Two
Factors

POLO GROUNDS, NEW YORK,
October Lied by the unstop-
pable Babe Ruth, who crashed out
two home runs, the Yankees charg-
ed over the Giants and won the
second game of the world S series
here this afternoon by q score of 4
to- 2.
Ruth s two homers into the right
field stands and one into the left
field stands by Erin Ward, gave
: the Yankees enough runs to beat
the Giants and get back on even
terms in the race for the world s
championship.
Forty thousand fans saw trans
formed Yankee team outhit aud
outplay the Giants while the Ma
tional league champions were be-
ing held completely in control of
: Herb Pennock, the former Red Sox
southpaw.
Showing no signs of their disas
trous defeat yesterday the Yanks
went to work on Hugh McQuillan.
,aMcGraw s surprise selection and
piled up three runs before the for
mer Brave right -hander was beat
en- to the showers in the fourth in
ming. Erin Ward, the flashy Yam
kee second baseman counted the
first run in the second inning when
he connected with slow bail 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 another run behind Ruth.
In the fifth inning the great
Babe added another run when he
smashed his second homer into the
lower tier of tie right field stands.
The Yankees attack, which netted
ten hits, was scattered over. SIX
innings but the concentration came
in three big punches. In their half
of the second inning the Giants tied
the score when Irish Meusel drove
a home run INTO the same spot
which Ward had previously located.
1t was the nearest the Giants came
to winning the game. In the sixth
the champions scored their second
run on successive singles by Groh,
Frisch and Young with none out
but the Yankee defense tightencd
and stopped the rally.
Pennock S P-scning Great
Pennock s superb pitching and
the batting of Ruth which inspired
the whole team, were the big factors
in the defeat of the Giants. Pen
mock was in wonderful form and he
had to be, as the Giants made him
work every inch of tAe way. On
orders from the bench ;he Giants
refused to swirg at anything but
good balls and the rather weird Of
ficiating of Umpire HANK . Day
made Pennock work for every out.
The Yank sDuthpaw was in real
Caneer only twice when his defense
saved him in the sixth inning and
once again in the eighth when his
own cunning forced the pinch hit
ting Hank Gowdy to, fly out for
the thild out with two on base.
The crowd was, estimated Mt about
10000. There were many seats
vacant in the far corners of the up
per stands and it was apparent that
1he 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 to pitch in
the first or second game, no doubt
will be McGraw s selection, and
Miller higgins probably will send
sam Jones out Tor the Yankees.