The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-12
BABE RUTH'S TWO MIGHTY CRASHES AND MEUSEL'S HIT RUIN PLANS OF JOHN M'GRAW
Hugh Mc((uiIIan Is Sent ToI Showers And Jack Bentley
 Takes Up Pitching Duties

I been arred to him for two years.
 Driving out two laundering home runs in successive innings, a feat unparan eled in championship baseball history, Ruth was the dynamo in the powerful a tack that enabled the New York Yankees to turn the tables on the Giants. capture the second game of the series by a score of to and square the count with the World s title holders in the 1923 struggle for diamond supremacy.
 First up in the bol uth inning with the score tied at ore-all, the great slugger put the YaIkeses into the lead with a terrific. towering blow that landed a top the econd tier of the right field grands'tand and started the downfall of Hugh McQuillan, Giant ace Another run was scored in at bat in the fifth the Babe crashed one of Jack BendleYs southpaw slants into the loaver right field stands That blow was the climax of the game; Yanl see victory was t.linched then and the e.vefore it proved merely a formality to' carry on the Finish.
 , l. was a spectacular' triumph for 1he Yankees whose pu nch mastered John McGraw's strategy and gave them the first Worlds series victory they have known since he fifth game pf the 1921 champion ship-a span over which eight defeats and one lie have been the disastrous portion pf the American league cha mpions. It .vas a brilliant day for sterb Pen hock fragile left handler, who tWirled the Giants into subjecdon m master 1ul fashion; and Joe Duagan' fleet footed third sacker whose marvellous defensive play brought him repeated ly into the limelGht.
 But, over and above the mere out tome of the game, the brilliant cogs that fitted into the winning Yankee machine. it was the day oI days for Ruth, baseball's star of stars, who had come into his own, and found the end of the rainbow of Worlds series fame, for which he had sought before in vain True, Ruth earned his spurs as a pitcher, hanging up record of 2g scoreless innings in champion ship play that still stands, but it was batting laurels that the greatest home hitter of all time was seeking And he gained them today. No matter what he does the rest of the series; his place among series imnnorals Is Sure.
 for Ruth than for the Yankees; the Ascendency of brute force, the power bf the wallop over the tactical genius of John McGraw, baseballs master mind"
 For behind struggle from has been the greatest drama of all, the match ing of Ruth's dynamic individuality against the strategy of the gray haired. silent leader of the Giants. \ Two years ago, Ruth was handi- capped in the series by injuries; last Year he was q bust, outgue ssed baffled by the tactics of the little Napoleon" But tonight he Is tri- nmphant figure, a vital force that upset with sheer might the best lald Calculations of his opponent And Knowing the confidence that his great achievement today has inspired, he may prove the deciding factor in 4he outcome of the third straight battle between Gotham's rival clubs and spoil McGraw's goal of third Successive championship.
 Ruth's feat of two home runs in a single worlds series game has been done thrice before in two decades of Championship history. but in none of these instances were the circuit blows in successive innings and sue cessive times at bat. F. II. Dough erty of the Boston Americans was dhe first to accomplish the trick' Tn lsO3. 1t was duplicated in 1915, by Harry Hooper, also of the Boston Americans, who drove out home runs Sn the third and ninth innings of the difth game of the series with the Philadelphia Nationals and again In 19lI by Benny hdull oI 'ue NAah 70 who hit for circuit clouts in the Fourth and eighth innings of the Fourth game of the series with the ChicagC White Sox.
 Yesterday the story of victory was one of Giant smartness alertness and Seneralship. plus the decisive nlntn- tinning home run of Casey Stengel Ioday the situation was reversed and At was punch, typified by Ruth, that decided the issue. And the Yankees avon, because they carried their Drains in their bats.
 Yesterday it was the Yankees who Knocked at, but could not open, the xiosr of opportunity; today it was a tale of missed chances by the Giants Enough they were fewer than their opponents had in the opening game.
 Except for two innings, Pennock, . the southpaw star Of Miller Hugglhs Staff had the Giants at his mercy 1wirling with consummatc, invincible skill and backed up by defense lthat at times was spectacular. Op- posed to the frail-looking but superbly confident lefthander were rwo of McGraw's hound string. Me Muillan, who bombarded into retire nncnt in the fourth inning, and Jack HBentley, port-sider, who, except for Euths second circuit clout, pitched tcapabiy for the rest of the game. ' Pennocks' victorious performance iwas all the more remarkable in the s1ace of an accident In the fourth in ,ning when he was struck on the side land painfully hurt by the first bal 1Ditched by Bentley. Pennock fell te ihe ground, writhing in agony, and lit required several minutes work upon 11im before he was able to walk to dirst base.
 lessen in the least his effectiveness dor he retired the Giants in order in sfhe next two innings.
 The Yankees gathered 10 hits off sMcQuillan and Bently. only one more fhan the Giants collected off Pen nnock, but the blows of the American 1eaguers were of more solid variety Both clubs hit hard snoradically and
 Ruth was not the only one to gain shomerun glory.
 Aaron Ward. black-haired second 16acker, who played an excellent all ground game, scored the first run in .the second inning with booming sclout to the upper tier of the left 4field grandstand. In the Giants hali fof the inning, Irish Meusel tied the lscore with duplicate smash. VI Ruins first monumental crash Sopened the fourth inning, but the Yankees increased their advantage to two runs when Pipp singled, went to sthird as Pep Young juggled lSchang's smash and scored on Scotts 5drive to center. That blow ended Me sQuillan's stay on the mound. As zsuming the rescue role. Bentley filled sthe bases by hitting Pennock. but ssthen settled down to retire the side 1T t1orcing Witt to fly out
 After Ruth's second homer in tho 1fifth--a clout that brought the Bab, aone of the most thunderous ovation! she has ever been accorded. Bot ,Aeusel got to second when Young L t. TR..