Evening star., 1923-10-14
Heavy SIugging in Opening
Innings Drives Four Foe
Pitchers From Mound.
McGRAWMEN MAKE GAME
FIGHT DESPITE DEFEAT
Ruth Performance Ordinary; {;
Young Contributes Homer
in Ninth Inning.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

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NEW YORK, October 13-Yankees.
s; Giants, T.. Confronted with the ne
cessity of winning today or having
their hopes for the highest honors in
baseball reduced to practically the
point of extinction, the American
League contenders in the fratricidal
strife with their two time conquerors
this afternoon fairly blasted their
way to victory before a close-to-ca-
pacity throng at the Polo Grounds,
the stronghold of the enemy.
Unlimbering a murderous assault
that for pure power seldom has been
witnessed in titular struggle the
Hugmen in one inning, the second
amassed more than enough runs to
decide the issue and in so doing
spiked pair of McGraw's big mound
guns and again pulled up to even
terms with the National Leaguers in
the world series. which now shows
two triumphs for each club in the
four games played.
Before the cannonading for the day
had ceased and the rival generals
d
tion of hostilities at the Yankee
stadium tomorrow. the historic bat
tletield in the shadow of Coogan's
Bluff had witnessed in action on the
firing line no fewer than seven
pitchers, five of them Giants-and
heard the echo of twenty-six evenly
divided bingles. including all of the
ri hat
an aggregate of thirty-four bases
Despite the two-to-one ratio in
runs by which the Yankees prevailed
the struggle was not a one-sided af-
fair. for although the Giants were
trailing far in the rear from early
in the contest, they constantly made
menacing motions calculated to cause
uneasiness in the ranks of Yank ad-
herents, and when they finally broke
through the guard of Bob Shawkey,
after seven scoreless' sessions, and
ing of apprehension changed to down.
right alarm, for the fans are only too
we'll acquainted with the powerful
punching prowess of the Giant ma
chine in full momentum.
Pennock Saves Day.
Herb Pennock was flung into the
breach by Miller Higgins when it
seemed the enemy might achieve the
miraculous, and although he checked
the counter attack, the frail-looking
left-hander was solved by Young in
the final frame for a round-trip wal
lop that boded evil, and the Amer
lean League sympathizers refrained
from any feeling of exuItation until
the last Giant had been disposed Of.
Jack Scott, hero of the 1922 series
when the Giants repeated their tri-
umph of the year before. but in an
even more impressive manner, was
the first of McGraw's fingers to fall
by the wayside today. He was rout-
ed before the second inning was more
than a few minutes old, and Bill
Ryan, another heretofore successful
workman against the Tanks, failed
to last much longer. Hugh McQuil-
len succeeding him. The latter ap-
piled the brakes momentarily, but he
also was nicked in the two subse-
quent innings; and when McGraw ul-
timately drew on reserves for pinch
hitting and running to the extent of
eighteen athletes-sufficient for two
complete teams-young Claude JON
nard and Virgil Barnes also saw
service.
Giants Fight GameIy.
The Giants fought in characteristic
fashion, never relaxing their efforts
for a second, even when the odds
seemed hopelessly against them and
by so doing made contest Of what
otherwise would have been a hollow
walkaway. Their never-say-die at
titude is indicative of what may be
expected in the remainder of the
championship series, which cannot
be decided until one of the contenders
has won two additional games.
With the count of three and two on
him Witt opened the battle with a
clean punch to center. Dugan's effort
to sacrifice resulted in little pop
that Snyder reached in a desperate
effort on foul territory. Jack Scott
completely outguessed Ruth by slip
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