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| UTH'S BAT PRACT ‘BABE'S TWO HOMERS IN FINAL ‘WITH IOWANS DECIDE * Home Run King’s Great Stickwork Enables Hugmen to Emerge on Long End of 8-7 Score in Most Bitterly Fought Game Played Here This Season, Incidentally Virtually Eliminating Cleveland as a Pennant Contender. By Robert Boyd. | TANDING in deep right centre field Tris Speaker followed the fight of two batted balls by Babe Ruth that went beyond the grand stand for homers. With these /two tremendous hits the gray-halred ‘Texan saw his pennant chances pass inte obitvion. The World's Champions fought gs lantly all through the fourth game of “The Little World's Series." The score of 8 to 7 revenis in the final a bitter struggie, but no team could stem the onslaughts of the great Ruth and therest of the Yankee hitters. Ruth's fitty-seventh homer, hit off Stanley Coveleskic, and his fitty- eighth, off “Sandlot” Uhle, smasied his own and all existing records for home run hitting in the major leagues. With Ruth's savage hitting went “The Little World's Series" to the Yankees, giving them a two game and @ fraction lead over the Indians in the desperate race at the finish of he American League seasan. ‘The Indians left for Chicago last et to finish their season in the indy City with a four-game series with the White Sox. To the Yankees there are still crit! eal times ahead. To-day they will be confronted with their pitch! nx and nemesis of the season, ean Shocker of the St, Louis Browns; and when th's troublesome baseball pitch. er works against the Hugmen they forget how ito hit the ball. If the Yanks tefeat Shooker to-day the outlook wil: assume a more prom- teing aspect. They will then have one more game with the Red Sox, in which they will probably be opposed to Sam Jones, and three more with Connie Mack's Athletics. ‘The Cleveland club will have to win all four games with the White Sox, while the Yankeea can drop the oe to both the Browns and the Sox before the Forest City cham- plong of last year can recover the they lost in the series at Now Figuring that the Yankees win four out of the five remaining scheduled wemes, and the Indians take three safe lead to bring them across the fininghing line a winner in the Amer- | fean League race, | ‘The game yesterday was, perhaps, the closest and hardest fought battle witnessed at the Polo Grounds this | season, With it was conceded tho! American League, flag and both | teama fought as if the pennant actu- | ally swayed tn the balance, ponker came back with Coveleskie, | and with two out In the inning Ruth broke the veteran's heart by. crashing a homer over a corner of | the right fleld grand stand. “Covey” was no good after that. | A double by Ruth in the third and singles by both Meusel and Pipp saw the Ainieh of the veteran apitballer | at the Polo Grounds for of 1021. Bpeaker waved tho low out and rent in young from the sandlots of Cleveland, | hSpeaker figured that since Uhie held | the Yanks safe last Saturday ho might repeat. But it was not Uhle'’s day to win. A homer by Ruth in the fifth and another by Schang tn the sixth tore the heart out of the young- ster just as it did out of his veteran team mate, and he retired in the eighth In favor of Morton. Huggins, judging trom the manner in which he selected his moundsman | to pitch in the fourth game of the sertes, did not look upon it seriously. | He selected Jack Quinn. He gambled with the game, intending to hold Waite Hoyt to try and beat Shocker to-day. He erred, for the veteran Quinn was bombarded off the mound in the firet inning and Huggins re- sorted to what should have been his choice to take the series—Hoyt, who te the Indians back last Fri- lay. Hoyt twirled the Yankees from be- hind a@ three run lead and ultimately won the game. He retired in the eighth after he hurt his pitching band trying to stop a liner. Mays took up the burden and held the world’s champions safe, In the eighth, Speaker saw his last ray of hope vanish in the smoky at- mosphere ‘that blew across the Har- lem River, The Indians, always dangerous, had ® golden opportunity to score In the ninth with Sewell and Burns on the bases, but O'Neill brought the greal- out of four from Gleason's White fom, the Yankecs will still have a By Ieaac Shuman. NB word describes it—THRIL- LER! We refer, of course, to the final Yamkee-Indian game, the one yester- @ay—the third which the Yanks took of the four Tris Speaker came to town ‘te play—the game which places the Yanks two games and a fraction of another in the lead in the American League pennant race, Te was the game which virtually oinches the flag for the Yanks and clinches both ends of the World's Series for Harlem—Giante ve. Yanks. But % was not until Steve O'Netll had been retired in the Indians’ half of the ninth that anything was even virtually assured, of game, a THRE: Yanks, 8; Indians, Tt It was that kind ‘Three home runs! Nos. 57 and 88 for George Herman} Ruth, and then a homer, for Walford Schang. It was a peach of a day for all the home fi The weather was perfect, and 85,000 men, women and prospec- tive voters came out to enjoy it all. John Quinn started for the Yanks, but found the going too hard from the start. He permitted three runs to come across in the first, and Waite Hoyt succeeded him. Waite retired the Indians by fan- ning Coveleski, and the crowd Imme- diately became cheerful. Three runs are not many to a team which scored twenty-one the day before. ‘The Babe started it tn the first. No, 67 soared high over the corner of the second tier of the grand stand and .anded somewhere tn Eighth Avenre. Wate got in solid with the specta. tors in the second by fanning Jamie- gon, Wambsganss and Speaker. Then the third great inning. Peck was walked by Covey. The 35,000 set up a foar of expectancy, pleading suppl.cution and invitation as the Babe took his stance — The Babe hit the first one to the deft feild fence. Peck cantered home es George Herman took second, Fewster ran out to run for him, but the Babe waved him away. There ‘was more work to be done, Meuse hit sharply for a st) to Sewell. The Babe took third, mia: w the crowd was registering maDiacy of the raving type. Pipp made ‘em wilder by singling to Fight, scoring Kuth and sending Bob to third, ‘The score was tied, Notes of “‘Little’’ World’s Series ries of the American League to clone by striking out. RUTH HAS FIVE MORE CHANCES IN WilIGH TO REACH SIXTY HOME RUNS. “BABE” RUTH Net alone No. 57 shot off the bat of Babe Ruth yesterday, but No. 58 also. ¢ one off Stanley Coveleskle a one off George Uhic, and feeln that he's given the Indians something to re~ member him by- Babe has made two tn a day before this. On Sept. 27, 11 off Ed Rommel ta Philadelphia, They were Nos. 52 and 53, No. 54 came on Sept. 20 lust year, Me still has five games In which to grab two homers and reach the wixty mark, If he meets the ball as he did yesterday he'll do It, cold hand Wamby in short centre scored Meuse! Ward's sacrifice fly and the mad crowd immediately imagined jtself at the World's Series, “Let's get all we can,” cried some- one in the fifth as the Bambino limped to the plate just after Peck had eingled to left. Babe was thinking just that No. 58 found its exit from the P. G. between the second poles over the right field stands and landed somewhere east of Juarez, where @ man can quench a thirst It was nothing that the crowd lost its calm, but it's worth recording that Eddie Bennett, the Yanks’ mascot, jumped astride the Babe's back as he crossed the plate with the Yanks’ sixth run and rode to the bench in triumph. However, when the Yanks came to bat again In the sixth McNally sin- gled to Jeft and then Sc’ homer into the right fleld stands, was sweet and high. It RAGE ICALLY CLI So YOURE GOING TO CHUCK ME FoR HAT WITH THE FIN Copyright, 1921. by the Press Publishing do worse. ee ity WANS = LIVE WIRES BY NEAL R. O'HARA. NES, Ln eOIne THE BIG E\TY- (Ve ALANS BEEN ary TO SER ore, STATUE THE oF UBERTY- CONNIPTION ENTITLED “OH, How | MISS YOU DEAR OLD PAL oF MING” Co, (The New Tork Evening World), Bul Killifer will manage the Cuve again, on the theory that he can't TIC NCHES HEAP BIG CHIEF--BLOOEY! Copyright, 1931, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World), XTop price for World's Series seats in Pittsburgh was set at §5 as against $6 at the Polo Grounds, ®hould have made it §2, Barney. It ain't going to cost you anything. \ . . The football stara hop from one college to another, just like vaudeville stare. The only reason they don't play aplit weeks is that games are only scheduled for Saturdays. Giants should worry because they finish the season away from Didn't they come back before they went on the road? ee e@ home. Tho football experts, as usual, are the guys that tell you just who will win, provided there are no upsets, accidents, errors, floods, droughts, earth- THE PENNANT FOR YANKEES LO, THE POOR INDIAN | Giants on Way Home Virtually Champions | Of the National League}... ————— * e New Yorkers Only Need One More Victory to Clinch the Pennant. HB Giants are on their way back to New York to-day, four full T same Giants at the Polo Grounds not so long ago with four scattered hits. Giants were a day, and Rickey withdrew Pertica from the ‘mound after the fifth inning. single and a three-bagger. young Mr. Pertica shut out the |and But the far different team, to- ‘The Glants made eleven hits off Per- tlca, “Dixie Walker ana Jeff Pfeffer. Frank Frisch made a double and a pair Bancroft a@ Bancroft's of singles and “Beauty” . + By Thornton Fisher nee Me Eo clan me . po, | Sina » York 93 57 .620/B'kiyn. 497| The Ford! aay Bieneih 85 bo ESRIGINRIT, 68 Oo ase he Fordham football squad after @_ St.Louis 84 65 .564/Chic'go 61 87 417 Boston. 78 71 .522|Phila.. 50101 .331 Brooklyn at Clube, = w. and third flag- | * quakes, cloudbursts or riots, is a pleasure to know that one eet of licket scalpers, even though it’ Btatistice: Three hundred reporte! 500 actors will cover the press seat_. . blow by blow, Yank and Indian managements doth printed World's Series tickets. It ducats won't fall into the hands of the wrong set. . rs will cover the World's Series, but Special squad of experts will be present to cover Babe Ruth's hitting, YANKEE-INDIAN SERIES BROKE ALL RECORDS FOR FOUR DAYS, 141,000. ‘The New York-Cleveland “Little World's Series" broke all attendance records for fonr consecutive games of baneball, When E4 Barrow, business manager of the Yankees, totalled up last night he found that 141,000 persons had Posed the turnstiles in the four days, Friday, Snturday, Sanday and Monday. Roughly, there were 32,000 present on Friday, 38,000 on Saturday, 41,000 on Sunday, and 80,000 yesterday, Add to these 1,500 “deadheads” per day and the total swells to 147,000, ‘The best record In a World's Series for four consecutive games was made in the New York Glants-Boston Red Sox closh of 1012. ‘Tho first four games totalled 136,906, ‘The best record made by the Yankees for four games Inst year was 118,000. ‘The dost record by the Giants for four days was with Pittsburgh this year, In which five games'wore played before 124,000, Not a bit of Interest tn baseball in this own! not Elmer Miller made a wonderful throw from centre, where Burns had singled, and cut down Sewell at third for the tinal out. The score now was 8 to 7, and the crowd, though cheerful, was anxious, Graney, batting for Uhle, drew a base on balls off Hoyt after O'Neill had flied to Meusel in the elghth, Waite gave Jamieson two balls and there was conference. Hoyt walked to the bench amid cheers and cries of “You're a good boy, anyway.” Charlie O'Leary rushed from the dugout and Waite, who headed back for box, and the crowd roared its ap- proval, But Waite had weakened Jamieson filed to Miller, who made a great catch, but then Wamby dou- Died off Meusel'’s shin and Waite had to leave the box for good. Carl Mays came in. Evans, running fo tomicson, was on third. Two men were down, Two men were out and ‘Tris Speaker was at the bat. It was a breathless moment for the fans. A single meant two runs, Then Elmer Miller saved the day But the Indians continued to refuse Tris sent Covey to the bench and hailed George Uble for help. But Unie sound he'd been dealt o to acknowledge defeat. scored two more in the seventh, when Wa'l walked a couple of men and yielded two hits. They might have made more bad shadows of doubt in the hearts of all Yank rooters, Sewell was on second and Burns on rat. Steve O'Neill, a wicked batter, was up. All of the 35,000 were standing, cheering, yelllng and praying. ‘Two men were out. One strike on Steve. One ball. Two strikes, Steve swung at the next one, “You're out!” yelled Dineen, “We're off," roared the 86,000, Going home on the “L” they were picking Hoyt and Nehf to pitch the first one in the big series. SE BOTH NEW YORK CLUBS PRACTICALLY HAVE FLAGS CLINCHED FOR THIS YEAR. The Yankees, , by defeating Cleveland in the final game of the series, and the Giants by beating the Cardinals yesterday gave both New York Clubs a firmer grip on the respective Amerioan and Na- tional League pennants. The Yankees have five more games to play. One to-day with the Browns, three with the Ath- letios Thursday, Friday and Sat- urday and one with the Red Sox on Sunday. The game that was supposed to be played with Wash- ington le off. The Indians have four more games to play with the Chicago White Sox. If they win all four games and the Yankees drop two of the five scheduled the bitter American League rivals will be on close terms again, If the Indians lose one game to the White Sox, the Yanks oan drop two and still win. The Glante have one more game to play with Boston, two with Philadelphia and one with Brooklyn, The Pirates, losing to the lowly Phillies yesterday, aro till further back io the race as the Giants to-day have a four-game lead over the Smoke Eaters Pittebuugh will have to take the remaining four games that are scheduled with the Cardinals and with a wonderful running catch of ‘Tris's Texas Leaguer, taking the ball from his shoe strings for the final out des of eve were falling when the dans cain atin the nintit, Als Bloom of eight end gradually the Giants will have to lo: theirs for the two teams to even terms, If the Giants win an- other game or the Pirat drop one the National League pennant will come te New York triple was a telling blow and really laid the foundation for the Giants’ victory. It came in the third Inning. After Cj Hornsby threw out Nehf, George Burns poked a single to left. Bancroft smashed a drive down the left foul line for three bases, Burns scoring. Pertica _un- covered a wild pitch, Hancroft crossin; games ahead of the Pirates with only four more games to play. One victory ts all they need now to clinch the pennant and become the champions of the National League. N. York 94 54 .635|Beston. ie 74 493 St.Loui In their final game with the Cardinals at St. Louis yesterday tha Giants played the sort of ball which has car- ried them from the almost hopeless position they occupied a few weeks ago to the virtual championship of the league, Arthur Neht has seldom in his career twirled a better game, letting off the hardest slugging team in the circult with five hits, all of which were made in the first five innings of the game. After that Hornsby and his mates were retired in order, The score was 4 to 1. Behind Nehf the Gtants played a dashing game, and gave him an early lead by punching the offerings of Bill Pertica for two runs in the third in- ning and another in the fourth. This ‘Tex Rickard to-day completed his | card of bouts for his next boxing show at Madison Square Garden on Friday night. Willie Jackson meets Pete Hartley, the “Durable Dane,” In the. main go of fiften rounds; Leach Crees tackles Bert Spencer in the semt-final ot eight rounds; Marty Cross vs. Marty Summers for eight rounds, and Jimmy Sullivan of Greenwich Village va. Morris Lux of Kansas.City In the opening bout of eight rounds. Tommy MoGinty, the fight promoter of Crere- land who camo here severst days ago for the pur- pose of stgning up Pote Herman for = battle with Jack Wolfe af Cleveland, has dropped slerman and has offered Johnny Buff, the champion fir- | weight and bantamweight, ® guarantes of 625,00 to fight Wolfe tn @ twelve-round bout at Cieve- fa given two days tow. As Attorney General MoCrane of New Jersey hes already declared that the Boxing Commission ot Now Jersey + $37,500 which ¢ get for Bip twelve-round go with Bryan vownry at Jersey City on Labor Day, it fe certain tow that Wlson will get bis money as tt ts sald tet the Attorney General will order the commission this week to pay It to Wilson. Ralph Brady, the crack lshtwetght of Byraoase, has arrived back tn the city after @ long rest tn the mountains aid fa neeking matches with much boys,as Johuny Dundes, Willle Jackson, Lew fend: ler and other Wp notch Lightweignts, Brady ie now under the tanagement of Jack Hogan af No. 200 Kast Sch Street, f Ritokte Mitchell, who broke his hand im two places in bie fight with Ernie Rice, use Ynaliah fighter, at Milwaukee last week, will be out of the game for several months Benny Valger, the loos) fighter, and Jowany Mendelaohn, the Lightweight of Milwaukee, have tum been signed up for @ ten-round bout io he staged at Milwaukee on the night of Oot, 7, Mendelsohn t ope of the best fighters produced tn the Wost in year, and on that sccount Valawr will have to be im Als best fighting form to our- point mim. Young Pulton, the ning # come-back in Mghtwelght, ts pia . ing to-day at CFistic News 822% and Gossip) Stillman's gym. He 19 old rival Leach Cron. | dohnny Buff of Jerey City, who Is now he | Bout between George Ward, of Ellzabeth, N. ¢.. and hotter of tw he fywelal ; Yon Jack Hritton. If the promoters give Dan | wetamt, tay mad of mones since he unt he demands for Hriton s ent won the fh honor, Me reoetved oltnehe 1 slows to hook up with Lis run. atrikin lowed .with a clean in the plate with the second New Yor! The Giants got another run in the third Inning. And it came after two were out. Kelly began the round by out. Hornsby threw out Meu- sel Rawlings singled to centre and when Mann ted the ball, the batter reached second. Frank Snyder fol- hit and home trotted Rawlings. Lavan rammed a hit off Nehf's rove St. Wash'n' 76 72 St4/Phitass 82 96 358 ash'n 4 ila... GAMES YESTERDAY. I AS' ig itd! SF dital | [OF AUTUMN RACING AT i: Columbia Eleven In Final Drill ca) For First Gamé Columbia's football squad wemhy through a three-hour workout, 4 first since returning from Camp Vafi~ Little Silver, N. J., yesterday after noon on South Field. The training quarters at the Gould boat house used last spring by the crew have been take taken over by the football staff and about thirty of the more then forty candidates are now quartered. there. A training table has also been = rs established at the boat house. The South Field gridiron has been put in shape by the ground keepers and ts rn in first class condition for the open#” =" ing clash of thg season with Amt @ herst Saturday.” bas ead Coach O'Neill yesterday divided the squad into two sections, One hé “* kept under his own tutelage, giving” ”"* the men, mostly backfield candidates, ” a long session of forward passing and open field running, while the other “~~ was taken in charge by Joe Brooks °*~ and Tom Thorpe for a period ef ~ gruelling line-bucking practice. Later—~ O'Neill picked four teams and had-—“* them run through signal practice but ** did not stage a scrimmage. gage’ The first team which he put on the? “4 field gives a fair indication of the: men who will get the call in Saturyxsse day's contest, He placed Pulleyn ap@o:ege Brodil at the end positions, Callow, and Meyers at tackle and Scovil ata °** Walder at guards. Fargo went to=a7w centre in preference to Price, “Buck! :¥ Freeman piloted the team at Oe quarter position, while Thorntob, - Koppisch and Moszezenski constituted? the rest of the backfield. sq, The relegation of Forsyth, Mods’ ociz relll, Miller and Burtt to the scrubs» comes as a surprise, for all these men. are veterans of at least one year's experience. Appelbaum, another ol@“** timer, was also on the field, but an tm» injury to his knee while at camp has s« prevented him from playing. ecgeeete — STANDING OF THE CLUBS NATIONAL LEAGUE, Pe FORDHAM FOOTBALL SQUAD”... RESUMES PRACTICE. “: day's layoff again started training for, future contests. The men were given ~ the time off due to the strenuous game ~ against the Maine eleven, which the New York boys won, Eiven though the team came through with a victory, Head Coach Joe Du Moe was far trom satisfied with the work of the team. He found fault with the way the boys tackled and gave a lecture to the backs who took care of the kicking end of the contest. The poor work is expected to be overcome, however, and the team has buckled down to hard practice. One casualty was reported in the Maine game. Tracey, one of*7* the tackles, broke his wrist and will ser probably be out of the game the rej mainder of the season. GAMES YESTERDAY. ‘snd’ Snyder; ‘Clemons. GAMES TO-DAY. Boston (two games). it Chi go. Pittsburgh. AMERICAN LEAGUE. L Clubs, OW. Le PO. ~~ PC.) 93 57 .620|Detroi ‘1 80 .470 ies Hoyt, Mays and Schang. falladelpii 00008 0120 AQUEDUCT TO-MORROW (Wed.) $6,500 Roslyn Handicap A 2-Mile Steeplechase 00 x— 2 ‘Moore, Harris GAMES TO-DAYS Louis at New York. Boston at Philadelphia. the third, but Rawlings pounced upon Ainsmith's grounder and a toubie play followed. In the fourth with two out, Stock singled, Hornsby grounded Harmonicon Handicap AND 8 OTHER SPIRITED CONTESTS FIRST RACE AT 2.15 P.M. SPECIAL RACK TRA RUNS FOR WEEK NATIONAL LEAGUE. to Frisch and when the “Fordham Flash" threw. over wild, Hornsby reached second. But Stock tried to score on the error and was out at the plate, Kelly to Bancroft to Snyder. leave Penn. Station, 42d Stre ve., also from Flatbush Av Brook 15 and at int ‘St lyn, "at 1 ervale wy 1.40 P.M Ladies ‘on Fulton St, GRAND STAND, 83.85,-Including Tas, LEAGUE. winning the Dantamweight honors, This makes $1.,570.70 Buff imade for Ris two important vie- tories. Tis MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, FRIDAY, SEPT. 30 WILLIE TWITIFIS ee err Herman Taylor, matchmaker of the Olyinpte JACKSON owt A. A. of Philadelphia, ts negotiating with Jimmy é' tnds Rethwell for Atickey Donley, the Newark ‘zhi LEY. ea weight, to box Lew Tendler, and Barney Snyder, the erask Boston flywelght, to box either Johany Butt or Abe Goldstein. Sammy Lagonia, the former national amateur middleweight champlon who retired from the Fire Department s few months ago to follow up the profewstonal fighting game, will appear in another battle to-night at the Queensberry A. C. of Long Island City, He wtll take on Jack Tomashek in the feature g> of twelve rounds M cut day As Harry Greb injured bis hand while in trein- ing for bouts, his manager, George Engel, has series Southern League to one game by winning yester- man, pitching for the locals, was steady throughout, while Wachtel was hit hard fn four innings. Pere H ART Sa a Memphis Beats Fort Worth. 15 ROU eva Ent BMPHIS, Tenn. Sept. 24.—Memphis| MOMS LUX Vs. JI Fort Worth’s lead in the post-seasoy between the champions of the Association and the Texas *s contest by a score of 6 to To-Night--Palace of Joy Coney ", . Eddie Andersos deen compelled to cancel Greb's bout with Jeff Smith at the Toe Palace of Philadelphia on Wed nesday night and Frank Moran at Pittsburgh on Oct. 6. These two contests would have brought tm over $10,000 to Greb, Raéitte Anderson of Wyoming mecta Abe Gh'4- mein, the Harlem bantamwetght contender, in -be fowure bout of twelve rounds at the Palace of Joy Bporuing Club, Coney Island, to-night. Billy Shade, the California champion, who won several titles while ho was in Australie, will be seen th action for the first tlme in this city tn a fifteen- round battle with Fay Kelser, the light hearywelaht of Cumberland, Md., at Madison Square Garden, Tex Rickard signed te mon up to-day. Mike MoCabe, the fighting Irishman of Harlem, and K. 0. Phil Delmont of the east side were matched to-day to meet In the feature bout of twelve rounds at the Comvaonwealth Sporting Club of Har lem eat Saturday night. Johnny McGann, boxing promoter of Boston, will ean open alr boxing show at Braves Field in Boston on the afternoon of Columbus Day, Oct. 12. He expects to sign up Battling Levinsky and Harry Greb of Pittsburgh for the main go of ten rounds, Mickey Walker, the Elfzabeth welterw {» suffering from blo 4 polsoning which due to @ carbuncle, will not be able to fight,again for at Toast (wo months, ‘Terry McHluwh, the fast Allentown bantam, kas been matched for tance boute by Al Lippe, Mo- Hugh boxes Eddie Walker in Philadripbla Sept 28, Frankie Net! at Wilkes-Barre Sept, 30, and Joe Lynch at Philadelphia Oct, 8. ‘An effort 1s being made by # syndicate of sorting men of Newark, Nod, {0 arrange a twelve-round will be ep fe bout wil be yeees ot the armory is eve os On, 10 Their Quality has wiped out price distinction in cigarettes BEECH NUT CIGARETTES You cart help but like them! 20 for I5¢ Tovillandt CG,