The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-07
SIashing Game of New
Workers Sinks Pirate
Ship Early.
PIPGRAs GOES GREAT
Higgins Varies Attack and
Gets Results.
By BILLY EVANS

jc3 sports EdltOr
PITTSBURGH, Oct. Pitching
plus power decided the second game
of the world series. The Yankees
possessed both and won as they
pleased. Lady Luck stood out in
the New York lineup in the opener,
the breaks deciding the issue.
Miller Higgins, feeling the fair
dame might be missing In the second
clash, decided it was time for his
sluggers to lrn loose their guns and
scuttle the Pirates ship. They
obeyed their mite manager in a very
convincing manner.
The Yankees, behind well-nigh per-
feet pitching by Pipgras, played sty-
fish, smart baseball The Pirates
were sluggish. mentally and ply
sically.
Overcomes Early Lead
Despite the fact Pittsburgh got
away to one-run lead in the first
session, New York elected to play a
slashing game rather than safety
first. Such a system soon overcame
the early margin of the Pirates and
gave New York three runs in the
third, eventually enough to win.
Daring baseball, rather than the
stereotyped one-run stuff that
usually features world series games,
seemed to take the fight out of the
Pirates.
In the eighth inning. when the
Yankees added three more runs to
sew the game up tight, Higgins
varied his style and again got good
results.
Meusel opened this inning with a
base hit. Leading 81 at the time,
proper baseball called for the Yanks
to play for a run, in an attempt to
strengthen that lead.
Upsets Corsairs
Lazzeri, in attempting to bunt the
first pitch, fouled it off, AS he
dried his perspiring hands on his
uniform, there came a glance in
the direction of the New York
bench. A signal from Higgins
called for a shift in style. On the
next pitch, as the Pirate infield
dashed in, expecting bunt, Lazzeri
hit to right, just out of the reach
of any Pittsburgh player.
With runners on first and third,
New York was again in a big scor-
ing position. Two bases on balls,
wild pitch, a hit by pitcher and
single followed, three runs re-
sulting.
Were it not for a lucky break that
Pittsburgh had in this inning on
poorly executed play, there is no
telling how many runs the Yanks
would have made. With two runs
in, no one out and Lazzeri on Sec
ond, Dugan laid down a perfect
bunt. With no chance for play
at third, Gooch threw to that bag.
Lazzeri beat the play a yard, but
overslid and was touched out. That
break spoiled what might have been
a Pirate debacle, but it was bad
enough. q
Mixed EN- Up
Pipgras pitched a beautiful ball
game. The possession of a great
fast ball, no pitcher in the Ameri-
can League has a better one, and
a deceptive curve, he pitched a
smart game. Apparently we'll in
formed as to the strength and
weakness of the Pirate batters, he
fed curves to those who liked speed
and speed to those who preferred
hooks.
1.-THE Pirates staggered lnLo pen
nant and they are now staggering
out of a world SERIES" is the way q
National League manager character
lied the play of the Pittsburgh club
in the first two games: That may
be rather unkind.
The Yanks are now riding Ii;gh
with Herb Pennock, southpaw ace
and undefeated world series pitcher
IN, yncnrue