Evening star., 1925-08-25

"ICIkCu.
. The inner works cracked in the fifth.
An infield fly went for sacrifice as
Cuyler stole home while Jackson held
the ball. Three errors were made on
easy chances. Their disorganized
aspect indicated the resignation of
the four-time title holders to the pass
ing of the pennant from the masthead
at the Polo Grounds.
Reds Close OH Giants.
AS Pittsburgh retired. the Giants
looked down the standing and saw
Cincinnati coming along only two
and one-half games behind. The Reds
lost an opportunity TO gain more
ground yesterday by whiting before
the brilliant pitching of Graham at
Boston, to ?.
Washington and Philadelphia, sep
arated by only a game at the top of
the American League standing, both
were beIted in the West yesterday.
Manager Eddie Collins, on crutches
as the result of a strained ligament,
directed the White Sox to a 3-to-1
victory over the Macks, who made
only four hits off Blankenship.
Babe Ruth's third home run in as
many days failed to rouse the limp
ing Yankees, who lost their fifth
straight to Cleveland, 5 to /. Van
Glider blanked the Boston Red SoX,
4 to 0, for the Browns, allowing only
six hits.
ST. Louis Cardinals, smothering the
Phillies under a blanket of 20 hits
to win twice, IA to and 6 to 4,
tightened their grip on fourth place
in the National as the Robins split
even with the Cubs. Chicago lost
the opener, 6 to 13, in spite of
shower of II hits, but with Is bingles
won the second, II to 6.
Have Punch i'm Pinch.
Outbatted by the Giants in the
five-game series. the Pirates over
whelmed their rivals by producing
that highly essential asset for a sue
cessfuI pennant drive, the punch in
the pinch.
A review of the crucial series shows
that the McKechnie club in every
game evidenced ability to cluster most
of its hits in one or two innings for
staggering totals, which the Giants
were unable to level.
In spite of the fact that Pittsburgh
batted only Pas against New York's
mark of .259, the Pirate team was
able to gather just twice as many runs
as the champions during the series.
The totals were 26 for Pittsburgh and
13 for New York
Rawlings i'm Limelight.
The base ball fate which shaped
hero's role for Johnny Rawlings as a
Giant during the sensational world
series of 1921 brought him back to the
Polo Grounds to play the same part
for Pittsburgh.
Rawlings, looked upon as the weak
link in the New York team four years
ago, was not only a batting star Of
that eight-gam struggle with the
Yankees, he was a fielding marvel as
well. His miraculous stop in the
ninth inning of the final contest on
Bakers smashing drive, when he
saved the game for the Giants and
brought them the world championship
by hurling himself headlong at the
ball and throwing out the runner
while still on the ground, was the
fielding gem of the series.
Absence of Moore and Carey be-
cause of injuries gave Rawlings his
opportunity TO get into the Pittsburgh
lineup on the series which closed yes
terday after he had warmed the bench
for many weeks. Back at the bag
which saw so much of him four years
ago, he played under the inspiration
of a brilliant past, topping his smart
fielding with the best batting average
among Pirate players who played all
five games. His mark was .304.
The only other player to bat over
800 on the Pittsburgh team was
Moore, who appeared in three con-
tests. His average was an even .400.
Ross Young led the Giants in hit
ting, with an average of $50. while
Terry and Hartley also batted better
than 800.
The Giants, whose infield has been
juggled considerably since the Wash
ington series of last October, were
outfielded by Pittsburgh. Ten errors
gave the champions the low defensive
average of .949, against 1856 for the
Pirates.