New-York tribune., 1919-04-05
Red Sox Beat
McCraw' Men
At Baseball
s.Rabe'' Ruth Will Be Fac
tor in Coming World
Series Contest
Bv w. ]. Macbeth

TAMPA, Fla, April 4.-The world
.Aamn;on Boston Red Sox tossed our
c;,rts for q loss in the inaugural COL
,;s;on of spring series that VIII
..rrv the opponents through seven
h..+les Gf the weather is propitlous)
.na divers cities of great and small
Sorrse between this favored spot and
ths ballowed homo of the bivalvc. The
!. ..ors was 5 TO and everything but |
| .hs score was satisfactory to John
/ McGraw and entourage-
/ Of course, McGraw couldn't be ex-
,scfed exactly to sit up and vent three
irstv cheers for the performances OF
Il h;s ninions. Our kinsmen from the
Il ,ovn where life is worth living were
II very much the Jersey City this after
Il noon, if you get what we mean II
1 there is one major league club more
II than another that the Little Corporal
1 ,oves to trim it is this same carmine
II bose band commanded by Monster
Il barrow, of Canada and parts. Rather,
II 4 is an ambition instead of a passion
L with McGraw. He hasn't accomplished
fhe feat as yet and the memory OF
that memorable world series tilt of
1912, fought out and kicked away by
both sides to eight hair rnising esca-
pades is still fresh in his memory
But, heigho! Tomorrow is another
day again
Guess Coming to Mac
Seems Mac will have to fall back
IL on his 1917 dope to circumvent the
II Sox He got best results that pennant
lgear by eventually flinging his port
Eiders into the firing pit Left handlers
automatically mean the elimination OF
Babe Ruth from the Hub cast, save on
( such days the embryo heavyweight
champion happens to be IN line ,or
rife duty himself. If that pervcrse MIR.
Ruth ever packed crouch against
battling Kid Frazec, Monsieur Barrow
seems to have talked it all out of him.
Notice is hereby served on all Amer
Jean League clubs that they will do we'll
10 ask for an injunction against Babe
under the Sherman law.
4 he is an octopus in restraint of the
1 trade of pitching if ever there was one.
4 | BE spread ruin and desolation through
] the verdant sward Of New York's hopes
y Just as q new mower mows through
field of timothy. 1t can hardly be
said that Ruth beat the Giants single
handed. The Giants had q big hand in
beating themselves. But he did enough
to qualify for full union day, with
plenty of overtime on the side.
To begin with, this boy behemoth
showed Columbia George Smith what
lucky guy he really is in not having
drawn an American League billet. Babe
was the first to face Smithy in the sec
ond inning after Georges experience
| with the top end of the batting order
] Aad raised visions OF a shut-out With
the count two and two on him Mr..
| Ruth leaned against one of Mr.. Smiths
hest behaving, breast-high curves, and
propelled it far beyond the confines of
| the right-field paling and away over
| the racetrack. That ball went so high
4 it came down coated with ice, but
travelled so fast and far Dep Young
] couldn't have intercepted it with d
Y motorcycle. 1t was such clout as
would have ratified off the clubhouse
i roof back home at the Polo Ground.
The Oldest inhabitant declared no bail
i before had ever been hit to the fence
R | of that particular spot, let alone over
3 it. Ruth not only hit it over, but q
q good, long look beyond. Later, in the
81 eighth inning, after Jess Winters had
H once famed him, the Babe delivered a
n pinch poke that gave Boston it's last
"a run and cinched the pastime beyond
q challenge.
81 AS Willie KceIer Says
II In the words of Wee Willie Kecler
"a lpur Giants played a lot of "shoemaker"
y v<peseball, which is brand smelling
strongly of the sticks. They not only
nslped Boston build high the barri-
icades but repeatedly slammed and
Ibelted the doors in the face Of Dame
opportunity. Dean Sam Crane gave
Fsnt from time to time to moaning
,A FAINT Of reproof and reproach that
n III not bear repetition and which
n must have shocked Billy Sunday if
as heard it. And Billy must have
nsard 1t. He was somewhere around
the premises among the 5000 odd that
4 made the heart of John B. Foster
4 bound aa the roe
IN spite of their many shortcomings
l'ne Giants lived up TO the most an
n proved traditions for gamcness and
went down with colors flying. Indeed,
tne end found them only two runs
pehlnd, with the bases filed and the
8 heaviest artillery in the offing.
Had the Giant defence risen to par
q New York could scarce have got worse
n ma man draw, so far as the game vent.
i lhey outhlt the Sox nine to seven and
a nsd quite that same ratio the better OF
Il opportunity But "bone' on the defence
q cropped out at the most UNEXPECTED
moments and in the most u ulexpected
4 yaarters Boston's defence was as
d ught as the proverbial drum from
esart to finish, and Boston initiative
il pscsed away at every loopholc pre-
No Good in Pinchcs
q New York simply couldn't deliver in
sae pIncnes. Ten stranded base run.
IaerS testify 70 the fact. Carl Mays, OF
y NE submarine delivery, is tough
N PRO ior any club to tackle the frs
ID 'ine; He was so puzzling he had I'm
NJ lptre BIZ Brennan fooled about half III,
4 s'me, but so Mild the Giants should
E ssve taken him for triple or quadrupl'
3 :ae solitary run nc yielded in five inn
B ,ngs Pennock a lefthander, had
& g'eas turn oF speed and Il hin,
II IsAange 81 pace, not TO mention swell
lneok, and though ne was often in no
I,ns.sr he vas lucky enough 70 draw
'e''handed hittera in the pinches.
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