The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-08-25
YANKEES ARE WEAK
Il. AS OPPORTUNISTS
Have Good Chances to Win,
but Tigers Beat Them
by 8 to 8.
ny WILLIAM n. HANNA.

ny WILLIAM II. HANNA.
One Of those ball games American
League style--2 hours and 20 minutes
with no good reason therefor-was
played at the Polo Grounds yesterday
That wouldn't have been so bad II the
Yankees hadn't lost, but as they did
lose Il was an unlnspiring afternoon
for everybody except the Tiger body
That feline band won. TO 3, through
no particular feroeIty or craft on their
part, but chiefly through bases on balls
S=i painful Yankee lack OF oppor-
tunlsm.
Ill-tlmed ventures ia base running,
VITA which either poorly planned or
spur Of the moment tactics went hand N
glove; the wildnesa In the early innings
OF ShaWkey. who was inyIncible from
tho fourth inning on. and repeated fall
ures 10 bring men IN after they had
reached the bases brought about the
defeat OF the Yankees In game In
which they doubled the Detroit base hit
output, The Yankees made ten hits,
the DotroIters five.
The Yankees through poor work OF
various kinds frittered the game away,
yet much credit Is due Doc Ayrcs Of
Detroit for the smart and stout hearted
game he pitched. lie made much
smarter use OF his speed and assort-
ment than the Yankees did In coping
with them. lie outgeneralled the home
batters, aided by the poor Judgment
tNlf ia t.N
and among those he outwitted were
Ruth and Rucl
The defeat brough; the New York per.
centage Of Victories since the fou-
straight IN Cleveland down 10 $50. three
Victories and six defents. Ruth has
retrograded in his hittlug-he IS being
lured by bad balls By the policy of all
pitchers who face Rim of mixing EN-
up-and the New York pitching Is un-
stable and below standard. These arc
the main reasons for the slump.
Bhawkey PetuInnt, UmplreS Fair.
Yet, though shawkey rid his system
u poor pitching In the first three in
nings yesterday. he worked into his
stride with the utmost gameness and
fis mates had all sorts Of fat chances IN
win out for him. He did some unjustI-
fable Grabbing at the umpires and was
cutie petulant, but nothing that either
Connolly or Nallln did contributed 10
the defeat. Their umplrlng was excel.
lent That's good deal more than II
has been numerous times In the past, but
this time Il was.
Shawkey. his control wayward, passed
Young and Bush in the first, and after
he had dispersed Cobb and Veach no !
vas unlucky In having Heilman make |
Mratch hit, which scored Young. This
was slow bounder, which Ward played |
poorly by not coming in for II. He
Ftood and waited.
Pratt reached first in the second on
Bush's tumble and reached third on
Lewis's hit 10 right The hit and run
! lay was tried right away again, with
Bodie up, but Bodie struck out and
LewR. drawing a throw to allow Pratt
to trek for the plate, was run down.
Pratt staggered in with run, but was
70 long making up his mind that 1t was
through no good work on his part that
be beat triple play. II Ainsmith hadn't
dropped Youngs throw 10 the plate
Pratt would have been the third de-
eeased In n triple killing.
Neach struck a powerful blow for the |
Detroit altars and fires in the third He
tripled after Young and Cobb had been
J assed. A high bounding ball by He'll |
man brought Veach in. Wllful waste |
makes woeful want. The Yankees waste |
was not wilful, but the want was woe !
full.
The third, for instance. Ruel opened |
With hit. Shawkey struck out, Peck |
scratched hit, Pipp popped out, Ruth !
was passed and Pratt lined to Hellman !
For the rest OF the time he stayed on |
the slope the Detrolts didn't reach first !
base on Shawkey.
In the fifth the Yankees scored ana !
fell short OF a tie, probably through poor !
base running. Shawkey walked with !
one out and Peek scratched another fly |
ball single. Plpp hit TO centre and sent !
in Shawkey, and toolS third himself on |
Ruth's single. This prod Of the Babes |
fell safe because Shorten was playing so !
far out. Shorten was hoist by his own /
guitar-or whatever II Is.