Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1927-10-07


George PipgraS
home run stride but that is about
the only feature of their batting al
TACK that has been missing so far
Ruth and Gehrig, Zig guns yesterday,
had meager day at bat this after
noon but the other Yankees, especially
Koenig, Meusel and Lazzeri, figured
heavily in the collective attacks on
AIdridge
Earl Combs, the Kentucky colonel
started the third inning drive with
sharp single to right and raced
all the way home on Koenig's SINGLE
which Lloyd Waner missed and per-
mltted to roll through him. The
Yankee shortstop got to third and
! scored when Ruth hoisted towering
7 fly thu Lloyd Waner caught back
up against the right center stands.
Gehrig's double against the right field
wall, Meusel's scratch single and
Lazzeri's sacrifice fly to Paul Waner
produced the third run.
Settling down, Aldridge permitted
only two hits, both in the sixth and
no runs through. four straight innings
but blew up with a loud report In.
the eighth. The Yankees batted
completely around in this inning and
the bases seemed to be full every
time Pirate tWirler looked around
Meusel singled through Grantham
to start the final sortie and dashed
to third on pretty bit and run
play as Lazzeri poked single through
wide gap between first and second.
MeuSel scored on a wild pitch but
Lazzeri was thrown out at third on
Dugans bunt to Gooch Aldridge
completed his ascension by walking
Bengough and Pipgras. filling the
bases.
I Cvengros, in a relief role, hit the
tirSt batsman to face him, Combs,
and forced in Dugan Koenig'S single
brought in Bengough. With the bags
still fully populated, the crowd lost
sufficient faith in the Pirate cause
at this juncture to yell for a homer
by Ruth but the Babes best was a
grounder to Grantham, who threw
out Pipgras at the plate. Gehrigs
bounder to Traynor forced Koenig
and ended the carnage.
Where yesterdays Yankee victory
was won in q "battle of errors
tnday's came in a battle of flies,''
all twirlers involved forcing em up
to such an extent that the outfielders,
all told, had % putouts.
FOR BES FIELD, Oct. 6 R.-
Pinned for a battle of riglt-hand
pitchers, George Pipgras for the Yam
KEGS and Vic Aldridge for the Pirates,
New York and Pittsburgh today en-
tered their second world series game
Two other right handers, Wait e
Hoyt and Ray Kremer, yesterday
started something they couldn't finish
when the Yankees won by making less
errors than the Pirates.
The conteSting clubs made a clean
sweep of the batteries, catchers being
switched with the pitchers. Benny
| Bengough went in to catch his first
world series game for the Yanks.
| The attendance was estimated at
around 10000, a few hundred below
| yesterday.
The following descriptive is by Carl
S. Brandebury, Associated Press sports
writer.
The band played the Star Spangled
Banner and the crowd rose while the
American flag was raised to the
masthead.
First Inning
YankeeS-Combs up. Strike one,
called. Aldridge used a curve on the
inside. Ball one outside. Combs sent
up fly to Barnhart who took the
ball near the scoreboard. Koenig up.
Ball one, high. Koenig singled past
Grantham into centerfield. Ruth up.
Strike one, called Ball one, inside.
Foul, strike two. This was roller
along the right field foul line. Ruth
struck out and the crowd howled. He
swung for third strike. 1t was a
low curve on the outside. Gehrig up.
Foul, strike one. So far Aldridge had
thrown nothing but curve balls. Ball
one, high. Ball two, inside. Ball
| three, high Gehrig got base on
balls, the fourth ball being inside,
high. Meusel up. Ball one, high
outside. Ball two, outside. Strike
one, called This curve cut the, in
side corner Strike two, swung. This
was another curve, but on the out
side. Aldridge threw out Meusel at
first No runs, one hit, no errors.
Pirates Pipgras warmed up as L.
Waner came to the plate. l.. Waner
up. Ball one, inside. Strike one,