New-York tribune., 1918-06-28
Ping Bodies Homer
Ends Red S0,c Lem
Hugginss Men Come F,o.
Rear and Win Big Victory
Over Rivals
By Charles A. Tavlo,

@''eih noon after a stubborn b.s,.
mat kept ten thousand of tn. s.;.s
1ui In a continual state Of s,..~
Coogan's Cliff has reechoed II 49,.
tumultous cheers, but never b.s..
have the caves and caverns ov.,,a.a
ing the Polo Grounds b..,
disturbed and shaken By the ro,.s
exudlng from the throats Of fan.s.
fandom.
There was no rest for the tbr,.s,
or Tor the caves and caverns from ~.
time George Mogridge hurled the Az.
ball of the game until Ray Calav.n
hurled the last one which f.n,.s
Whiteman while the tying and v;rs
ning runs were on second and thirs
Ping Raises Big Din
The biggest din Of the afterno..
vas raised in the sixth, when pins
bodie lifted homer into the unn.,
tier of the right field stand and uut H.
Yanks on the highway to victorv.
There is no need to remind the fst.
! lowers of the national pastime thst
the pace making Red Soy were IL
opponents of the Higgins men. Tbs
series between the two teams stncS
two TO one in favor of the Yanks vks
needed this last game to push to Il.
front. The push was made by ths
score of to after a contest thst
taxed every nerve Of player and fan'
even the dyedin-th -woolers Of the
last named being on the verge of eol.
lapse early and often and almost all
the time
Miller Higgins selected George No
gridge to pitch his men to the ton. but
George was attacked SO savageiy by
the Bostonians that he was removed
from the mound dizzy, staggering
wabbly. and in fact an utter wreck Be.
fore the eighth frame ended. The
wonder is that George stood up undo,
the fire as long as he did
Ray Caldwell, who had been doins
Just about as much twirling down IN
the pen as his pal who occupied the
mound on the diamond, also was sub
Jected to the supreme test, but RAY
pulled through by tanning two of bis
face him in the ninth had banged the
ball safely and were more than ready
to dash across the plate with the
least bit of assistance
Ray was of verify cool, calm and
collected, and even q questionable
decision or so on balls and strikes
rendered by George Moriarity failed
to ruffle Rays GOODNESS and calm.
Bang, Bang, Bang.
The battle opened. with bang and
it was bang, bang until the finish.
The Red Sox banged out seventeen
hits and the Yanks nine. Bang is the
right word in the right place, for il
was bang-up game.
In the first inning Harry Hooper
first of the foe to face Mogridge, con-
nected for a two-bagger to centre
Dave Shean clouted one past Baker
that put Hooper on third. Schang
singled to left. scoring Hooper, and Ray
Caldwell began to pitch his game out
in the pen.
: Then occurred lull which erased
the gloom which was beclouding the
face OF every occupant of the stands
and press box, not excepting Sir Will
lam Fleischmann. The lull was fur
nished by the redoubtable Babe Ruth,
who swung madly but not we'll at the
slants Of Mogridge and walked discon-
solate to the bench
1t was to be expected the lull would
/ be followed by storm, and such was
the case. The fans raved and ragged
in the widest glee, but the end was not
yet for the Yankee pitcher.
I Stutfy McInnis returned to the attack
with vim and shot a single to left
which Tailed Shean. Whteman hit to
Mogridge and McInnis was sauelched
at third. Scott flied to Peck.
, Yankees Tie Score
The Yankees tied the score in their
half, thanks to two scratch hits and
an error. Gilhooley bunted safely, only
! to be forced at second by Peck. Baker
beat out hit to Schang and went to
second on the latter's wild throw to
first, Peck scooting to third. Shesn
tossed out Pratt and Peck scored on
the. play. Pipp singled to deep shot
and Baker counted. 1t didn't look %
bad then.
The Red sox kept plugging away 81
Mogridge in the second and another
run resulted. Agnew hit safely to left
and went to third on Hooper's drive
over the infield, which caused general
mlX-up out in centre. Shean brought
the run over with q sacrifice fly to
Bodie
! In the fifth the aggressive visitors
picked up their fourth tally. and Y
looked dubious-oh, so dubious! A
, base on balls to Chang, Ruth's single
to right, and long fly to Bodie from
/ the bat of McInnis delivered the score.
That the Yanks are there with the
cid fighting spirit was shown in their
half Of the fifth when they reduced the
lead of the Sox to one run. With two
men out, Gilhooley was safe on smash
that went through Sheau, and took sec
ond on Hooper's wild throw to catch
him off first. Peck singled to centra
and Gil registered.
Up until this point the Yanks had
been pecking away at the bullets being
served by Joe Bush. but had really
done little damage, the runs they had
gathered not being Joe's fault, bus
rather the outcome of the shaky sup
port he was receiving.
Bush Gets Hammeriny
In the sixth. however, Huggins Dc
clded to make things just as rnisersoM
for Bush as the Sox were making then
for Mogridge. A real hammering iol-
lowed, which changed the entire com
plexion of affairs, as well as the com,
plexions worn by the inhabitants o.
Rooterville. Most florid were ths''
hues and great their hue and cry.
over second. This brought to the psase
the man that struck the blow that ss-
molished the fine house Joe Bush vas
building. Ping Bodie was the man. he
missed the first one, but how he Glo
hit the second ball sent his way: Ins ss
pellet sailed up against seat IN sss
fourth row Of the upper right nesa
stand and then bounded down near sns
exit gate.
Ovation is a term too weak TO oes.
~~.l h. AL.