Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-15
GIANT PITCHERS BOMBARDED


N~S'et"AS1 .
memory of two bitter defeats at the
hands of the Giants. Behind the
wonderful box work of Bush, the
team displayed all the dash and
power of attack that carried 1t to
record breaking victory in the Am
erican League.
Strategy Overwhelmed
For two days, John McGraw, silent,
gray leader of the Giants, has thrown
in achievements without avail. Five
of his moundsmen we're bombarded
yesterday and four were rushed in
without effect today. He has found
that brilliant strategy. the general
ship of the master mind" cannot
Withstand, without effective pitch
ing. the onslaughts of brute force"
fortified on the other hand by ster-
ling sharpshooting. Today's triumph
must be set down to the credit of
brute force" but even so the theory
that this monumental classic of 1923
is struggle between power and tao
tics alone must now be cast aside.
shattered by the remorseless facts Of
For today the clan of Miller Hug
gins not only applied sufficient
brute force" to beat the Giants but
out-played and out-generalled the
champions at their own game. The
''smartest team in baseball was out
smarted; outplayed in the field and
out-thought in the pinches. The
mental lapses and mechanical de-
fects of the Giant machine today
played almost as great q part in its
downfall as the utter collapse of its
twirling staff.
Nehf Giants Hope
Tonight. only the slight. yet for
midable figure of Arthur Nehf. south
paw ace of MeGraw's club. stands in
the way of a smashing victory for
the Yankees, unless all the signs and
portents of the diamond are at fault
Nehf, who shut out the Yankees,
to O, in the third game of the series
is the only regular among the Giant
boXmen who has not been pounded
into submission. Alone he stands
out as the last hope of the cham
pions and McGraw will send him to
the ramparts tomorrow in a desper-
ate effort to stem the tide of the re-
morseless Yankee machine.
But even if Nehf is returned vic
torious in his second appearance. the
odds will be all in favor of the
American League champions. Nc
IIdW Will HAVE ITO RESOURCES lGll,
granting he wins with his ace. while
Higgins is strongly entrenched with
Sam Jones, who lost to Nehf al
though he out-pitched his rival:
Herb Pennock, southpaw star who
won the second game and saved yes
terday's when Shawkey weakened
and Waite Hoyt, victim of the Giants
in the first game. who is confident he
can come back and win.
Hurlers Peppered
Bush's performance today stood
out in high relief against the inef-
fectiveness OF McGraw's twirlers
who were bombarded from the hill
almost as quickly as they went in
Bullet Joe" had everything; blind
ing speed. deceptive curves and mar
vellous controy of his fork ball. Only
80 men faced him and except Meusel
none got the semblance of a hit. He
walked two, struck out three and
turned back his opposition in rapid.
fire order in six of the nine innings.
Meusel's triple and Casey Stengel's
out combined to give the Giants theil
only run in the second inning. In the
fourth. Young walked and Meuse
got his second hit, a double with two
out. but Stengel was easy for Bush
and Pipp. Meusel singled for his
third straight safe blow in the seven.
til and got to second when Kelly
walked. but Gowdy hit weakly tC
Frisch and Kelly was forced at sec
ond for the third out. Those few
sortes tell the story of the compile.
ment with which the Giants were
held in check.
Ovation for Bush
Bush seemed to grow stronger a.
the game progressed, or perhaps il
was that the Giants lost heart. ant
in the eighth Bullet Joe" received
an ovation when he struck out Jim
my O'Connell. $4,000 beauty. ant
Dave Bancroft in succession.
| Led by Jumping Joe" Dugan, who
added batting glory to his already
marvellous fielding record for the
series and Bob" Meusel, the Yam
! KEGS concentrated their attack in the
! first two innings. Thereafter, with 6
| formidable lead behind Bush, they le
! down in their offensive.
| Due gathered four hits. includ-
| ing a home run inside the park in the
second inning and scored three runs
! while Meusel slugged out three safe
! blows. including a triple. Fourteen
| safe hits in all were collected off the
Giant moundsmen and every player
except Pipp added to his batting rec,
ord.
Bentley Chased
Jack Bentley, $65,OOO southpaw
started the game for the Giants blu
was driven to cover under a fusilladt
| in the second inning. Jack Scott
| who had hoan Enoolad IN locs
than two innings yesterday, attempt
! ed comeback but lasted only unit
the fourth, when he was replaced by
Virgil Barnes. Barnes stopped fur.
| Their scoring but was relieved for &
| pinch hitter in the eighth and Claude
Jonnard retired the Yankees in ordel
| in their last time at bat.
Two hits, a base on balls and 6
! sacrifice fly, gave the Yankees theil
| initial trio Of runs. With Witt out
! Dugan singled to right and Ruth wa.
| walked. This strategy, which failed
! yesterday, went awry again today fol-
! Meusel dubbed out a three Dagger tt
left center, tallying Dugan and Ruth
Pipp drove a liner toward the righ
field bleachers that Young caugh
with jumping one hand stab after 6
h"i u VII OuI hSuSel lTOIIeu nome
after the catch. Young's brilliant
play, however, prevented possibly
! further damage, for Ward singled
| and stole second. but was stranded
when Schang struck out.
Three hits, another walk and two
errors gave the Yankees four more
runs in the second. Bush singled witt
one out. Witt walked and both scored
or Dugan's home run, drive thai
bounded between Stengel and Young
Bentley was waving distress signal.
but he was kept in until Ruth hit e
sharp grounder to Kelly that the frs
baseman failed to handle. The Babe
got to first on tho error opd Da,+1a,