New-York tribune., 1920-05-07
Schacht Fools
Hugs Slugggers;
Shawkey Wild
Single by Harris in Open
ing Frame Gives Griffith
Men Lead They Hold

| Especial Correspondence to The Trtbune)
WASHINGTON, May 6.-Ever hear
of the guy who swallowed the OK only
| to choke on its tail? Well, the allegory
is neat word picture of Miller Hug
gins's 1920 Yankees. One day they lool.
like stake horses; the next like crippled
platers.
Yesterday they simply annihlated the
great and only Walter Johnson; to-day
AL Schacht made them look like bunch
of sand lotters. Maybe the boys regaled
themselves too spiritedy over the over
throw of Johnson. Nothing else could
explain the 4 to / pasting Schacht
handed them.
The fact that Higgins nominated Bob
Shawkey pitching ace, but
touch luck champ to date--so scared Old
Fox Griffith he tried his best to sur
render quickly In other words, he de-
cided to keep the main powder magazine
dry and to gamble on some flares. One
would think Schacht would have about
as much chance with yesterdays mur-
derers as a tethered goat in the cage of
a famished lion.
Six Scattered Blows
How feeting fame! Bob Shawkey
and his cast were the goats. They
hadn't bleak left tonight. Schacht
held the reputed sluggers to six scat
tered blows He played all sorts of
mesmeric stunts with them in the
pinches. Altogether the Yankees re-
sembled that dark brown taste of the
morning after.
Even Bob the Cob deserves little
sympathy, for he was away off color
He was wild as a hawk to start with
and forced home one of the three runs
scored off him by handing out a pass
while the bases were filed. Finally
shawkey dropped out to let Frank
O'Doul bat for him. O'Doul drew a
pass In pinch to no avail.
Rip Collins, who took up Shawkey's s
burden and conducted himself like a
real master for two innings. dropped
out of the box score to permit Frank
Gleich to put on his speciality of strik-
ing out in the pinch. George Mogridge,
who pitched the last two, innings,
would have been murdered in the
eighth but for a peculiar play that
retired the side with one run
Schacht got the Yankees in order in
the first inning. tanning Ward and
Pipp. In Washington's half the fun
started. With one out Milan singled
Bodie fumbled, giving, him second
Shawkey knocked down a hard liner
from Rice and threw to Ward, but
Milan hooked under Aaron to safety
Roth fouled out to Ruel, but Rice stole
second clean as whistle. Harris sin
gled, scoring Milan and Rice.
Lewls's grounder took a lucky bound
over Shannon's head for a single with
only one out in the second. Pratt
fouled and Bodie forced Duffy. In the
second half. with two out, Schacht and
Judge singled. Shawkey then handed
out passes to both Milan and Rice
forcing home another run.
Ruth's Single Wasted
Ruth singled in the fourth. But two
!, were down and Lewis hit weakly tc
Ellerbe. Schacht walked to start
Washington's half. Judge sacrificed
saved Shawkey with a fine stop off
Rice, after which he smothered Schacht
, at the plate. Roth flied to Ruth
With two gone in the fifth Ruel hit
to right center field for three bases
O'Doul, batting for Shawkey, walked
Before Frank had chance to show his
speed Ward flied out to Rice.
Shannon muffed Peck's line drive te
start the sixth. But the Yankees were
turned back without getting as far as
second. Pratt bounced a single of
Shannons shins in the seventh. Pe
raced to third on Bodies single. Ruel's
out tailed Pratt and put Bodie on sec
ond. Gleich batted for Collins an,
famed. Aaron Ward ditto.
Mogridge got the Senators in order ir
the seventh. In the eighth he got into
a peck of trouble, but luckily emerged
at the expense of run. Harris
scratched an intield hit to Peckinpaugf
and took an extra base when Roger
threw high. Ellerbe followed with E
single. Shannon popped to Peck, but
Charity singled, scoring Harris. Ruth
dropped Schacht's fly, but blundered into
a very peculiar double play that saved
him an error. He quickly threw tc
Pratt, forcing Charity at second anc
Pratt relayed the ball to Peckinpaugh
who tagged Elerbe as ne slid for third
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