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Show If SIDELIGHTS ON THE SERIES BH 111 r ; x I III NEW YORK. Oct r, Christy Mathewson. ("Dig Six"), perhaps the greatest and best loveil 1 pitcher In baseball, was at the opening world's scries ftamc Ills great, slow moving frame nhook with exeltemont during the tense movements of the game. It was Ms first glimpse of ft world 'g series se-ries since ho went to Saranuc Lake. N Y . several years ago to I fight for his life. Matty ap-lirnred ap-lirnred well. He Maid he felt' fin. E6VetVl rows behind Mathcwson sat Jock Dempscy, world's hey-welght hey-welght boxing champion Jack Is somewhat of a fan. He enjoyed the game "but was disappointed when Ruth failed to get a homo I like to see Babe clout 'em." aid Jack. "Cloutln" Is my business busi-ness too, you know" An hour before the game time a woman of some 275 pounds , avoirdupois sqtieozed through a ' crowded aisle to a seat she bad reserved Arrived there, she be-famo be-famo Indignant. "Why on earth." she asked, "didn't they fix this seat for mo as they do every year"" Have I the. bead usher come Immedlatf- The head usher romp, recognized recog-nized the lady, and ordered on I of the arms of the scat removed. hereupon the lady smiled, sat down and bought a sack of peanut. pea-nut. The band played on. Besides the 36,000 odd person I who paid to see the game. i. were 3000 who did not puy "Jieadheads" Include newspaper men photographers, soda water and "hot dog" venders, policemen, police-men, firemen, musicians, messengers, messen-gers, telegraph operators ana j.ark attendants. So about 40.-000 40.-000 persons actually were in the stadium Ruth swung viciously thrice in the first Inning and never toucn-ed toucn-ed the ball, but for all that he demonstrated that bis intention, are not altogether to hit home runs. With the outfleldort playing play-ing back against the bleach) rs. there was a big hole bi I w een the Inner and outer defense and Ruth probably realized this twice choking his bat in an attempt to chop the ball into the vacant area. Heinle Groh had a perft i I 3 at bat. The Giant third Backer playing In his first serl. ? with the McGraw clan, singled in the first Inning, tripled In the third, walked In the sixth and sin ri d during the winning rally In the eighth. Frlsch. Kelly and Irish Meusel. with two blngles aplem, were the only others to connect with more than one safe blow. Ontside of the first baseman Aaron Ward the Yankees' second sacker, handled the most chances nine Casey Stengel puller down four hoists to center field, one, more than the combined total of all the other outer gardeners , T of both tennis. Young, Ruth and Wltl each had one put out while the Meusel brothers. Bob and rcmll did nothing but stop base hits Bob Meusel Of the Yankees bettered bet-tered his brother. Kmll. of the fllants two lilts to one, but Mc-;rmv's Mc-;rmv's Meusel pot his one hit crhen one hit meant two runs anl o tied score It put the finish fin-ish to Bush's efforts to stop the Giants and made It easy for them to win the jfme a moment later With a sacrifice fly. N'ehf mixing his slow ball with his speedier service In a baffling medley, had the Yankees falrlv well subjugated until Witt broke through with his triple sfcQraw removed him In the seventh for s pin-h hitter Karl smith, who went to bat after tho Giants, with one out, had filled the bases on consecutive singles by Kelly, Stengel Sten-gel and Snyder At tills point came one of the big moments of the game. Smith, crouching down like a golfer about to ptttt, bided his time un-tll un-tll the eount stood three ball" and two strikes'. The illants were two runs b-lilnd Hush filing the next ball straight nir. Smith hit to Scott at short, who threw to sec-und. sec-und. starting a double play that once more smothered a Giant assault. as-sault. It wa-s from this setback ihni sfcOraw's men Bancroft Gron. Frlsch, Meusel and Young came back in the eighth inning and pounded out the hits and B 10-riflce 10-riflce fly that brought victory. In the field the Yanks played perfectly from start to finish. In a smooth, stendy manner. Tho Giants were different Their de-t-nsc was mado up of flashes and flaws alike. Young made two er- - -. . , v, I. . 1 ,, r,!?o won the cheers of the crowd for ills catch and throw of Scott's hard liner that came in the fifth Inning with Yanks on flrat and second Young Slid to the. ground as he caught tho drive fit his sho tops, but rising quickly, he threw it to second, where a touch of Trisch's foot to the bag was enough to complete a double play as Bob Meusel, thinking Scott's blow a clean hit, had never Stopped racing toward home after leaving second. Bancroft, too. was a hero In the field In the third he ran Into center field and with his back to the diamond, gathered In I fly from Bush's bat Later, after WIU'S triple, be stopped a hard blow from Dugan and b a quick return to the plate, enable-1 tli Giant catcher and third baseman to trap Witt. In the nlrth another fine firs i by the Giants' defense sank the last hope of the Yanks. Plpp had started a comeback rally with a single Meusel sliced a hard one toward right field but Frlsch. wit), a fast hop and leap, grubbed 11 and doubled Plpp at first. Sehang was an easy infield out, and the came was over. |