New York, Oct. 8.
New York Yankees, world champions, scored their third straight victory in this year's world series over the New York Giants, 5 to 1, to-day at the Polo grounds and now require only one more triumph to capture the series and retain their title.
While it took six' games before a decision was reached last year in the world series between the Yankees and the Giants, the Yanks, are expected to win to-morrow and thus make it four straight.
1f the Yankees win to-morrow they will become the only team in the majors eyer to have won the world series on three occasions in four straight games. In 1927 they beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-0, and the following year they whipped the St. Louis Cardinals in similar manner, Only five world series have so far been won on the 4-0 basis.
Gehrig fied out to Joe Moore, but Rolfe came in for the fourth marker.
George Selkirk tapped out a ground det in the fifth, John McCarthy made an error by fumbling, and he made another miscue due to a wild throw which allowed Selkirk to advance to second base. Hoag singled and Selkirk scored when Lou Chiozza madè a bobble by throwing wild.
Giants Solitary Run Pearson Hurls to Victory The Giants scored their one and Monte Pearson, exponent of a fast giily run in the seventh. Jimmy ball with a sharp breaking curve, Ripple singled and then came in over hurled. the Yankees to victory tothe plate when John McCarthy day. The former Cleveland twirler doubled.
To-morrow the fourth game of the of the present series in allowing only the acafah pitching exhibition series is to be played at the Polo nye feeble hits, He was hitless Grounds, home diamond of the New until the fifth, when Lou Chiozza York Giants. besmirched the record with a bunt Announcements as to the pitchers But Monte Pearson failed to last for to-morrow's game have already the whole game. He gave evidence been made by the respective manag-of cracking up in' the final ers. Billy Terry said that he would minutes. In the ninth "he "blew-use Car! Hubbell, star southpaw hur-up" He threw bay and ler of the Giants. Manager Joe widely, giving away eight straight McCarthy said that Irving Hadly balls, which resulted in the bases Be-would represent the Yankees on the coming 168464. John Murphy was mound. Hadley is a right-handed rushed out to replace him. Murphy pitcher.—United Press. retired the side without any display of fireworks. 4 The Box Score It was also in the ninth that Harry The official box score of the same Danning had a chance to. cover him-is as follows: self with glory and earn! a page for
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himself as a hero in the record Book.
Crosetti, shortstop c Hero for a Honger Rolfe, 3rd base DiMaggio, centre field 0 Gehrig, Ist, base Ў 1 With only one man down and the y, catcher 1 bases loaded, Harry Datning had a right field 2 golden opportunity. A dine run was Hoag, lett field 9 Lazzeri, ind base required which would it in a tie.
And the crowd looked to Pearson. pitcher o furphy, who replaced Pearson in 9th o Mighty Good Weather
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