The sun., 1919-04-05
Special DespatoA 10 THE sus


TAMPA. Fla. April <.--Babe Ruth. the
famous Red sox thumper. stili is at his
old tricks. Ed Barrow's frolicsome in
FAINT started tho Giants on their way to
their frst defeat OF tho year 1919 here
to-day with homo run smash that
made Tampa history. He turned the
trick at tho start Of the second inning.
Ruth took hold OF one of George Smiths
benders and lifted II over a distant race
track fence for the longest hit ever seen
In Hillshorough county. Florida, or other
counties here. ...
Later on Babe smote in another Bos-
ton run with single which helped de-
feat the Giants by O score of to 3. 1t
was the first time the Giants and Red
Sox have met since the historic World 8
Series Of 1912, which the Bostonians won
In the eleventh inning of the eighth and
deciding game through Fred Snodgrass's
muff
Judging from to-day's contest the
teams. we're well matched. Tho Giants
had many chances TO win. McGraw' $
team had ten men left on bases. Benny
Kauff left three men stranded In the
ninth, when he hit the first ball TO Dave
Shean and expired on an easy roller.
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encouraging feature OF the game was
the splendid playing OF Lieut.. Jesse
Winters, the best OF McGraws. new
pitchers. II was the first time that
Winters has pitched against q rival
major league team. Prior to to-day his
only experience against big league hit
tiers was acquired while pitching against
Giant batsnen in the interclub games
at Marlin last spring and recently At
Gainesville
Winters took hold for New York In
the fourth inning and In the next 1--WE
innings the worlds champions got to
him for only four hits. He was caught
In q Jam as soon>as he started pitching
as the Sox filled the bases on him in
the fourth inning with none out. but
Jesse worked out OF the hole with only
one run scored against him. The FIRST
time he faced Ruth he struck out the
mighty Boston slugger on a beautiful
drop ball. With two out in the seventh.
Ruth hit the former officer for a single
driving In Shean.
Carl Maya, exponent Of the submarine
pitching service, and Herb Pennock. the
slim left handler. who pitched before the
King OF England In London last July 4,
divided the pitching burden for Barrow
The Giants maced tho pair for nine hits,
but they couldn't bunch them. There Is
no pitcher in the National League with
Mays's peculiar pitching service and the
Giants got to Carl for only three hits
In Ave Innings.
The Giants had plenty of chances to
score on the stocky Bostonian. They
had runners on first and second in the
first inning with none out and on third
and second with one out In the third
and squeezed a run out Of II.
In the fourth Carl started of by
walking Doyle and Zimm and only one
run resulted Of it.
Ruth Hits for Circuit.
The Reds got of TO a good start in
the second inning. when they scored
block of three runs. With the count
three balls and one strike on Ruth Hail
Columbia" Smith sent over pitch
shoulder high. Young turned his back
as soon as he Heard the crash OF the
ball, but 1t was useless chase. Pep
would have needed an airplane to get
that one. He cleared a racetrack fence
In deep right,
Ruth has hit three over there during
the Boston practice games. but none as
deep as to-day's wallop. which Is the
longest hit ever made here. Smith go
rid OF the next two and then no go
into a mess OF trouble. Scott singled
and In trying to catch Everett off flrst