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PENNOCK SCUTTLES PIRATES' 8IG SHIPThree Hits All Heavy-hitting Bucs Can Get.RUTH SUPPLIES DRAMANew York, Oct. 9 The Yankae* tornado. iteadily gathering force and fury in Its awcep to tbe worM’a base lab championship, skirled about tup Pimtea Friday. and all but blew th*m from the eerie® Behind the .-tlmnst flawless niching of Herb TennocU, n-uthpaw *tar. and witti a eroding attack hroug) U a climax by Babe KnrfT’* first home run of the *eri**. the American league champions non their third straight game from Pitts burgh's crippled and wobbly crew, * to 1. pfille more than ftO.Oftft howl;-fan* looked on.The Yankees need only one nt-re victory to clinch the serlee and bafo-baU'a 1027 crown. At tbe pace they traveled P/iday behind Pennock’s darling twirling, they ecom altogether likely to end the battle todny. The Pirate#, outclassed s.i far by a wide margin, must win four straight to win It would he tf-o biggest kind of a baseball mlrm I# If they did I*For seven Innings Friday the PI rates were held In the hollow -f Per nook'# marreloua left band, b“ wildered. baffled and Impotent before the sharp breaking curves and pur. gling change of jump of a veteran, who was a ripple nlth a badly hurt knee only three day* ago Through this stretch not a Pirate got the eem Nance of a bit, nor did a ivrwlr foot tread first base safely by any route as the Yankees gave their atar brilliant support.Series Record In Sight.With a no-hit game and a world’s series record In sight »a the crowd lt;t cored bim on, tbo Blende southpaw weakened » bit In the eighth. Toon ty-two of the Bueeaneers had walked the plank In a row when He Tray nor, their captain, broke through the Infield defense witti a aingle to left and scored tbe one and only Pirate run on a double by Clyde Barnhart Fennock was nicked for tbe last hit In the ninth, a sernteh single by Lloyd Waner, but in thus letting the Corsair* down with only three aofe blows, tbe Yankee veteran furnished one of the greatest world series twirl ing performances of all time This was Pen nock's fifth series triumph without a single defeat to mar uls wonderful reeord, thus tying the Ions: standing mark of a great rlghfhand er. John Wesley Combs, wbo scored four victories for Connie Mack** Athletic# tn 1010-11. and another for Brooklyn in 101«. All of rennoek's victories have been made in a Yankee uniform, two others over the Giant* In 1923 and another pair last Fall against tbe Cardinals.rennoek’s performance wa* all ttie more remarkable because he had been limping in pain for three days as « result of being hit and severely bruised above the left knee In prac ; tloe laat Tuesday.Pennock's mound work added luster to tbe Yankee triumph, but the Am erican Leaguers, outplaying their rivals once more in every department of the game, didn’t need any perfect pitching feat to accomplish the down fall of tbe Buccaneer* for the third time In a row.Tbe Yankee hattlug avalanche, pr duciog two runs in the first inning to give enough margin for victory, I swept over tbe prostrate Pirates in j the seventh with a terrific era«4i. sis i runs being piled up aa I*e Meadow*, i bespectacled righthander, was driven ! from the mound and Mike Cvengiv* little southpaw, greeted by Ruth's bonier with two runners on the pat heRuth'a smash, a tremendous drive that landed fair up in his favorite sector of the rlghtfleld bleachers, was a fitting final touch to the Yankee victory.Ruth Supplies Drama.The vast crowd, Jamming tbe big park, had witnessed and cheered Pennock’s work, the slanting defense of the Yankees and tbe sustained tufting power thHt already had plied up a commanding lead. But the one big act was missing from the drama un til Rutb. with the count two and two, lashed Into a slow curve and hoisted It far out of the playing fieldIt was tiie first borne run of the eerie* and since it was made by the champion ciouter of all. It a roused a tremendous din, a sw irling shower of papers and a demonstration that continued for sereral minutes as the Bambino, his fnc® wreathed In emiles, trotted out in front of his own |mr tleular crowd, the rlghtfleld bleacher fan*.Meadow* exploded in tbie beetle Yankee seventh inning with a report that was even louder than that of the previous two Pirate stars, that had been shelled off the mound in two previous days, Kremer and Aldridge But up until that fateful seventh, Ic came do*# to holding hi* own with Tennoek.Spotted Support.•iff to a bad start In the first Inning when single# by Coml# and Koenig followed by Gehrig's triple, produced two Yankee run*. Meadows settled down to keep cion- pace with bis Yankee pitching rival As a matter of fact, Meadow« might have escaped leg* damage than he did in the first Inning had Ha! Rhyne, substituting for the Injure*] George Grantham, or Clyde Barnhart, fielded a little more smartlyThird game; Attendance, 00.085, receipt*. $208,663: player*’ pool,$106,929 15; advisory round $31.-4487V eaoR club* share $17.$21 .Vi; ea. h league's share. SIT.kL'l 53Three game total* Attendance. 14 196: receipt,., $ .75 120: play* t pee) $203,311 2»»; ad visor i • omicli, $$0,20$: each clubs abate $4S,*$3pij 5gch le.i.-H c -- i:c, $4' - • -fO*YjThc bowler who makes 12 | j strikes has rVOO CWKt’f CHFU)A R05QU(7 R'Tfit Tb ero TMUoPiTAVfA, fgxPlttaburgh.ABRH.O.AF,L. Waner, of.____ 40111ftKbyne, 2b ----.... 400ft«ftP. Waner, rf.....400ftftftWright, as.%0032ftTray nor. 3b ...... 811ft31Barnhart, If. ..... B01ftftftHarris, lbS00Itft0Gooch, e. .....0ft8ftftSpencer, e. ....... 10ft0ftftMeadows, p. ,,.... 20ftfttftrvengroe. p ,00ftftft0♦Groh ............ i0ftftft0Total* .....132413tNew York.AB.RHO.AK»Vtmbs, ef, ....422fiftftKoenig, ae. .... . 422I20Rutb. tf41i1ftftGob rig, lb ...0212ftftMeuse). If ....... 40ft2ftftf assert, 2b ...____ 41117ftDugan, 3b ____.... 311i2ftGrabowski, c. ..... 2008ftftR.‘t!ffougb c. ..... 10ftftftftPennock. p. ,..... 41ftI1ft•Durst .......0ftftft0Total* .....n827120* Batted for Cvengro*•Ratted for Grabowski.Score By Innings.Pittsburgh .....0 0000 00 1 0 1New York .....2 ft 0 0 0 0 fi 0 i~8I lt;hlta Barn hart, K.*enIs, Gehrig Three-base bit -Gehrig Home run Ruth, Stolen basen--Jj. Waner. Sacrifice hits -Imgnn. Rase* on ba 11a—Off Mpnd-owa, 1 ; Pennork, 0. Struck out—By Meadows, 6; Pennock, 1; Cvengros. 2 Fmplre* -Nallln, Ormsby (A.); Quigley. Moran (N.)
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