New-York tribune., 1918-05-05

!. h;ttsr end. Some Of them thought
IN of leaving along about the lucky
NJ '.s.rth but changed their minds after
81 decided upon staging a personal
si;b;ti sss;b;tion that will live long in the
| sssaIs Of personal athletic accom-
rs H. mighty good thing for Rus
a there weren't two Ruths under
81 Parrows's tent. This husky, big
.;ssybeeler proved whole ball club
: - himself once he got started. He
=. slow warming up; but, man, how
IL did finish! His teammates fell
isvp on the assignment of furnishing
lin runs, so Babe went out a-gun-
,inr for Russell after he had wasted
saout half of a fine afternoon.
Ruth didn't get to bat till one was
AZ. in the third inning. His adversary
1, this time was breezing along in hit
less style. So Babe had no reason for
DIFFERENTIATION when he was called
On. or strikes. When Babe came to
lat the second time there was a differ
en-. complexion to the situation. Bos-
ton was trailing, it is true-trailing by
TO !. Dut lilc i>tu 1loSS IldO pTOk0n
through Russell's defence and run
ner was on, with two down.
Mr.. Ruth then decided to give a DEM
ons!ration of why opposing pitchers
consider him the king of the Ruth less
matting clan. He eased one of Allan
lussell's best into the upper right
asnd stier of the grandstand that
curved out the last few feet and lit
foul by inches only. 1t was a swat
hat shot out in white streak and put
he fear Of the Lord into the Higgins
clan.
Russell then fddled around with
Babe till he carried him to a count of
aid 2. He realized plainly that he
MS in the hole for the old "groover,"
bot put everything he had on a splitter
snd trusted to the god of battles. Ruth
took him out and slammed the spit
Dsll fair on the trade mark 1t hurtled
INTO the upper deck of the right field
Hand just about twice as fast as the
preceding foul and fair by as far as YOU
could throw stone.
Luckily for the Yanks, they picked up
another run in the eighth. The mur-
derer Ruth ;Tas to be heard from again.
Agnew doubled far over Bodies head
with two out in tie ninth.
russell put everything he had on
everything he offered Ruth this time.
ne was particular not to lay the bali
:snywhere near the proximity orthodox
h!sters are expected to bite. But these
'easers didn't phase Mr.. Ruth. Babe
plucked one right of his left ear some
where and sect it whistlinc far over
ne match OF Armando Marsans, the
lsgress!ve cuban, VINO broke into the
ngai he!d pasture with loud hurrah.
but Tor the fact that the entire out
aeld had backed up almost against the
lNing, this damaging swat would have
lsd tie score at least. 1t hit the right
y stld exit on q short skip. BY hustling.
aafsans was enabled to keep the blow
\ \ double, and the agony ended when
a,Iy Hooper grounded weakly to Rus
Hitting Honors Co to-Ruth
, hooper and Ruth, by the way, were
Goat the only visitors who seriously
ssseatened the repose of Allan Russell.
M lssa Of them collected two hits and
assh scored q run.
sush carried off the hitting honors,
le drove home two runs besides the
q ne tailed. Aside from the hits
alue by this pair, the Sox had to be
sa.ent with two additional safe blows.
soss, VINO scored ahead of Ruth's
wv, sas IN the seventh, scratched a lucky
noDler through the box. Agnew
supisd with two out in the ninth, as
= : already been recounted..
DsioIe he got sore on Russell this
sne = ruth gave a pretty good imita-
- - " great pitcher making things
" for the home team before a Satur-
Il. y crowd; Babe is usually pretty
sas - N gathering bunts, but yesterday
y 'aea var an oii day for him. The infeld
II Il oit heavy and the big fellows
asy slmply refused to anchor him.
y sss,as,s men soon got jerry to the
3; mat Babes traction was poor. and
i! ~ !. ne miserable by laying down the
= 4 y all manner of mean places.
- 1act, 1t looked like a runaway for
\ Yankees at the start, for thew
~ ~ aooard the long end of a hitless
' - NJ 10 U. at the end Of three inn
3 a. e lney picked up one in each of
i W.. alst and second and doubled the
'sht IN the third.
- satssfsans, who replaced Gilhoolev in
,sna5 @ Ssvause OF the presence of Ruth,
4 ~ ~ New fork's attack with a clean
slss,. Hgnt. Peckinpaugh sacrificed.
hsn.s out put Marsans on third,
as,s % ne scored on Pratt's clean
so ieit. Plpp forced Pratt.
!, Bcdie Doubles and Scores
.sss sSale opened the second with
lsst;. sts W ieit, hooking around Shean
M Miller sacrificed. Hooper
M 81, wonderful barehanded spear
nS;. aHieo of an extra-base knock.
Ns,.O ,.Ogeing home after the catch.
lird cans singled again, starting the
rts feckinpaugh bunted again.
M Va TINS occasion slipped as he
~ = y pick up the ball and cyery ono
pntas 'e on a scratch hit. Baker
a. zoe: Again Ruth slipped and
81 &, : half sitting posture a,temnted ted
s. 4sampossible play at first. Ap'eo
ann out momentariiy and
lssssns s INTO deep right field. Mar
- 1p leck both tailed on the
Il i =. FRANKLIN, however, was un-
noss.sss ssau himself Of the miscue.
hen broke the ice in the sixth
Il Al -, Snso,oper tripled to right with on.
~ w was the first hit off Russell.
n SSallied when Peckinpaugh lug
sst.hoS ho1ean's easy roller. Scott
n aso a hit off Mogridge's glove
"a one out in the seventh. Miller
I way back almost to the fence
~ eaews wicked low liner. But Ruth
~, sstoss ssf for himself with the
ss,. y referred to above.
lss;ss scratched hit to McInnis
n ,,. me eighth. Stuffy made great
IA sus !. "a 2 vide throw on Pipp's bunt.
sscf,ilccd, and Pratt scored from
~ ~ Miller's line drive. which
Isassn y nailea in front of the "Buil."
~ doubled with two out In the
Aetn tried hard. but failed to
= SIS ball far enough into right
lIls Aa ~ Pad TO be content with
Ais time Hooper wasn't up
wv. n nit that would have knot