Evening star., 1923-10-16

'AN Spouy SNs WlINlIICI dS Oliy q
baltimore Orioles, a mere manager
earned the fame and wealth that bee
would have exceeded the fondest he
But McGraw is not an ordinary
human being. He had equaled the
feats of first Chance. then Mack and
finally Carrigan in plotting team
TO two successive world titles and
aspired to make it three. 1t was the
burning ambition of his always col
orful and frequently stormy career.
Victorious in 1922, as the year be-
fore. McGraw so skillfully maneuver-
cd an aggregation of pitchers admit
tedly lacking championship caliber
that he again won the National
League banner and reached the
threshold Of his life's aspiration.
Strives for the Honor.
Governing every movement of his
men in the field, every action sus-
ceptible to direction, the master
mind stroye to scheme his way to
the never yet attained honor with a
team sadly deficient in ono all-im-
portant department. He ordered
plays, evolved strategy and instilled
his own dauntless spirit into the
mannikins attached to the strings he
pulled, but he could not WELD bats
nor throw base balls for them and
he failed.
Gone now is the dream of dreams.
for the portiy. gray-hatred wizard of
hliS pdSScu lilO
fury mile stone in years and cannot
hope to again have the chnce that
went glimmering yesterdy when Bob
Meusel made the hit worth $4,000
$54,517.46. to be exact-thc difference
between the winning and losing
clubs share of the spoils.
The end of the greatest world
series in the matter OF attendance
receipts and artistic worth came with
the suddenness of a tropical storm
Aside from a home run by Ruth in
the first inning. Arthur Nehf had
pitched with such consummate skill
fants. while the Giants had pecx9d
away at Herb Pennock with such
good effect that they had four tallies
to their credit, one due to a blow by
Snyder that matched the Babes.
Decided In the Eighth.
Came then the eighth inning when
Schang got the first bingle obtained
hy the YankS since round when
Wally had drilled into a double play
following single by Ward. In fact,
the only other Hugman to reach the
runways, in that period was Ruth.
who walked in the fourth.
With fast ball that visibly hoped
and wide e-breaking curve Nehf was
proving again that he indeed had the
number of the Yanks and was con-
founding the critics who asserted
that an athlete of his frail build and
poor stamina could not hope to ac-
complish with only two days rest a
task he would not have undertaken
I'm the regular season without four or
five days for recuperation.
But the understood southpaw was
the last hope of the Giants. None
hetter than he realized this fact, and
lie subjugated the Yanks inning after
aiming on sheer grit until outraged
mature called a halt The spirit was
as willing as ever, but the flesh was
weak. His overtaxed muscles and
to- rya1 III -
were able to obey commands from the
brain. Nehf blew up.
Schang Starts the Rally.
Schangs swat-a clean blow to
Seft-came after Ward had died on a |
pop to Kelly. Scott sideswiped a sim !
gle to right that put Scharg on third. |
and with indications pointing to the !
collapse of Nehf, the ,throng wac in |
"a hubbub Hofmann was sent in to |
bat for Pennock, and the noise be-
came deafening when he walked on !
-FOUR consecutive pitches. Haines was |
delegated to run for Hofmann. The !
Enclosure assumed the aspects of a |
madhouse when Bush, picked to bat |
FOR Witt, also stroiled on four con- !
Becutive balls, and Nehf answered the |
beckoning finger of McGraw and |
slowly made his way to the bench as |
Schang was forced in with tally.
Ernie johnson was named to do the |,
leg work Tor Bush, and Joe Dugan, |
day before by decorating four clouts |
including one for the circuit, was up |
to face Wilfred Ryan, Summoned |
from the bull pen by that same beck !
pnrush of the Yanks. The Holy |
Cross graduate, apparently lacking |
adequate warming up forced in Scott |
with another run when he found the |
plate on swings, his four wide ones |
making total of twelve consecu- |
tive balls hurled to the Yanks.
Only one out, the corners crowded, |
the Hugmen but a single run to the |
rear and Babe Ruth at bat was the |
situation then. Frank Merriwell him |
self never was confronted with
more glorious opportunity. With one |
marathon maui already to his credit !
recorded opposite his name for the
series, the athlete generally admitted
to be the most valuable player In the
game today faced the greatest chance
of his lifetime.
The Crowd Is Stifled.
The dramatic aspect of the setting
seemed to paralyze the vocal chords
of the onlookers as the Banbino met
this test: muffied, inarticulate sounds
coming from throats that but mo-
seemed to absorb courage from the
supercharged atmosphere, and went
about his task as though seeking
merely existence, although his nerves
probably were taut to the breaking
point His first delivery cut the heart
of the plate--ignored by the mighty
inaceman. The second was a hook
that Ruth succeeded only in tapping
soul, and then. after wasting one
palpably high offering, Rosy Bill per-
formed the prodigious--he struck out
Ruth, who swung from his heels to
meet nothing more substantial than
thin air, as the populace, with min
t,Ied groans and signs OF relief, gave
vent to a gigantic gasp.
But Ryan and his mates We're not
vet out of the woods. The tall form
of Bob Meusel doomed at the plate as
a barrier and it proved insurmount-
ebie when the Coast League product
Socked q sizzler past the pitchers
ear to centerfleld, scoring Haines and
johnson with the tieing and winning
runs and sending Dugan to third,
from where he also tailed when
Etengers erratic heave bounded past
Iiroh to the stands. Meusel did not
stop until he reached the far corner.
and it mattered not that he was
anchored there when .Pipp poked to
Frisch to end the session, for Jones
held the Giants at bay for the re-
mainder of the route. Young alone
dented Sad Sans armor, when he
emitted q single after Frisch's death
in the eighth. but Ross was forced
by Emil Meusel, and Stengel, the
heroic Casey, succeeded merely in
Kelly. Snyder nor Bentley, the latter
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