Evening star., 1927-10-07
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.
Sports Editor. The Star.

VI suit of their second straight
4 defeat at the hands of the
Yankees in Pittsburgh yester
day, to .. the Pirates today pre-
pared to do battle at the home Of the
American Leaguers here in what was
adjudged by men base bali wise as an
all but hopeless effort to stave off
loss of the 1927 battle for the base
ball championship of the world.
To emerge victorious now it would
be necessary for the Buccaneers to
take four of the next five games
played, for the Hugmen need but two
additional triumphs to assure them
Of the title. and from what has been
shown in the two contests thus far
disposed Of there is little likelihood Of
this coming to pass.
1t was announced before the con.
tending teams left Pittsburgh last
night for this city that either Herb
Pennock, southpaw ace of the Yam
KEGS who has recovered rapidly from
the leg injury he suffered the day be-
fore the series opened. or Wiley Moore,
who proved effective as a relief pitcher
for Hoyt in the opening battle, would
do the fiinging for the Hugmen today,
with Grabowski back of the bat.
1t is hard to see where the Pirates
can be rated to make free with the
deliveries of either on the batting
ability they have displayed to date.
Meadows VIII Need Support.
1t was given out that Lee Meadows,
one of Manager DOME Bush's bespecta-
cled righ- handlers, would represent Pitts
burgh on the mound this afternoon
in preference to Carmen Hill, his four
eyed mate who was ranked in the pre-
game dope as the third best finger
among the Pirate crew. Meadows is
capable and experienced. but e n if
he furnishes an effective brand of
hurting he will need better support on
both attack and defense than his pred
ecessors have received in order to
gain decision.
In addition the Yankees will have
quits an edge in playing on the
grounds with which they are best
acquainted. while the Corsairs. on the
othe- hand. will be at considerable Of
a disadvantage in performing on a
field 10 which a great majority Of
them are wholly unfamiliar.
In the battle yesterday the Bucca-
neers showed to even poorer advantage
than they did in the opening contest,
when they We're nosed out by count
of to 4. Not only did their pitch
ing agatA appear weak in competition
with the brand offered by the Ameri-
can League contenders, but they
again displayed a weaker defense.
while they were outbatted, II hits to
z. Despite the one e-sidedness of the
score and the fact that it required 20
minutes longer than two hours to dis.
pose Of it, the game yesterday was far
more interesting to watch than its
predecessor, due to the fact that
there were a couple Of worthwhile
fielding plays. If for no other reason. |
The first Of these was furnished by
jumping Joe Dugan OF the Yankees,
in the fourth inning when, with Tray.
nor on second base by virtue OF a
double, he ran to, the, field boxes en-
croaching on foul territory and, lean.
ing far over the heads of the fans in
,e, tne front ron hsgS rev seasss speaTea the pan
The sec6nd ana ofis wfzsh was not
only more spectacular. l.btit> Of even
greater Importance developed in the
sixth session and was contributed by
Lloyd Waner. Dugan and Pipgras were |
on the runway at the time, due to |
singles, and there were two out when |
Combs blaZed away to right center |
for what some of the partisan Pitts |
burgh fans feared would prove at |
least triple if not a home-run. Start |
ing with the crack of hte bat, the |
younger of the two brothers, who |
have made base bali history with the |
Pirates this season, sprinted back and |
to his left and at just the proper mo- |
ment lifted his hand for as pretty an |
over-the-shoulder catch as a fan could |
wish to witness.
OF home-runs, which the modern |
base ball crowd fairly dotes on, there |
was none, but there were several wal |
lops for extra bases. a fair amount |
of base running, and the Pirates sue |
ceded in at least threatening to score
often enough to give the home town |
fans the hope that they might come
from behind to victory, until that sec.
ond rally in the eighth inning that /
laid the contest away in moth balls.
AS an added flip to the combat |
that proved SO discouraging to rabid |
iBuccaneer rooters, it was announced |
at the conclusion Of the Yankees final |
turn at bat that the Pirates had tied |
the low record number of assists es-
tablished at five by the Yankees in |
their October II game of the 1921 |
series with the Giants, and at the con-
clusion of the game 1t was discovered |
that the Yankees also had equalled |
that mark.
This game, which attracted a total
Vl 11suo1 SdSn NOStOiIICLot JOSb 1oa
more than witnessed the inaugural,
started as if it would prove real bat
tie, for the Pirates forged to the front
right at the outset with a tally earned
through the medium of a triple down
the left-field line by Lloyd Waner, fol-
lowed by Barnhart's sacrifice fly.
From then until the eighth inning,
however. the Corsairs were able to do
little with the offerings of George
Pipgras. the sturdy right handler OBJ
tanned by the Yankees from st. Paul.
In that frame they collected their sec