| OCR Text |
Show ERRORS ARE DISASTROUS TO PIRATES nlRBES FIEU), riTTSRrilGII, Pj, Oct. 5 The New York Yiinkeoi -ut' the jump ' th0 World Series t 197 by 'i""i"K tlie IK'lling !'sme"from the llttsburi?U Pirates ',v the score of 5 to 4. ''it was a loosely-played game In Mcb neither of the starting liitch-rI liitch-rI Waite Hoyt and Kay Krenir, .,,'rvived the action of the early innings. trrors Toss Came I'lrnte errors tossed the victory i ibis nil-important first game into the hips of the American league rhampions. . Tlie vaunted sluggers of New York mo not able to do any home run Utling today and the victors made i total of only six hits, three of which were contributed by Babe lll,,b- ,. , . Wiley Moore, who relieved Ilot In the eighth, stood off a late rirate raltv, while John Miljus was doing rtfective work on the hill for Pittsburgh. Pitts-burgh. Hustling out the Yankees away In front in the first inning when Both singled to right with two out mil scored on a triple by Gehrig id the same field. Gehrig's triple as an ordinary pop. fly that fell il in front of Paul Waner as he irtal to make a diving catch and iiisse'l. Botli.RlUh and Gehrig ran for all ; bey were worth and made the most j f their opportunity. The Pirates came right back in ihcir half of the first and tied it up. L Waner opened the attack by being ;razeu by a pitched ball, lie reach-l reach-l third "on a double to right by his Hotter Paul, and scored on a long fly to combs by Wright. Pirate nervousness came to the surface in the third when the Yankees forged ahead with three runs, all unearned. With one out Grantham made a ii.mplete mess of Koenig's grounder licking it to the field boxes back f first. Kuth poked single past Oramhnm into right and Krenier ton walked both Gehrig and Men-id, Men-id, forcing Koenig home, r.az.eri hrccd Meusel nt second, allowing Until to score and Gehrig soon fol-Imveil fol-Imveil him home with a gift run. Smith's Fatal Bobble Lnzzeri and Gehrig started a ilmilile steal that Smith stopped cold ly tin-owing to Traynor but with Gehrig caught dead between third and home Smith muffed Traynor's Warn and let Gehrig score and I.ii7.7.eri go to third. I'illshurgh scored in the third, and after Koenig's' double in the fifth resulted in another Yank run, the Unites got another, and in the Htlith drove lloyt from the slab, llwire halting the rally with the Mug and winning Pirate runs on . In the ninth, the Corsairs "rat out one, two, three, and the rane wns New York's. Tlie work of Miljus, who relieved Krenier after Lazzeri had doubled the sixth, was a feature. |
