New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-04


rendered in Connie Mack's office, made
Mays eligible to pitch the opening en-
gagement and he celebrated his local
debut by holding the Mackmen to five
widely distributed hits, of which three
were unleashed by Amos Strunk Carl
enjoyed brilliant support, three double
plays being devised by the Yankee
infield
By way of making the task Of Mays
easier, the Yankees gave him three
run lead in the opening inning. Glcch
drew a pass, Ward defeated an infield
hit and Thomas's muT of Perry's throw
On Pipps easy roller filed the bases.
Gleich scored while Dugan and Witt
were forcing Pipp on Ruths puny tap,
and Ward sifted in when Wits throw
TO double Ruth at first went wild.
MeusePs double to left brought the
Babe across.
Perry for Safety First
The Yanks tapped Perry for two
solld hits IN each of the next two
innings, but did not score again until
the fourth. Muddy" Ruel led off with
a double to right center. Mayss splash
to Griffin put his battery mate on third,
whence he completed the circuit or
Wards two-timer to left.
Pipp showed single to left, sending
ward to third, and Safety First Perry
,lled the bases by passing the Babe
Meusel then gummed the rally by roll
Pratt's double, with one out in the
NTH, and Ruth's intield hit at the
start of the seventh were wasted eff
forts. In the eighth, however. Pratt
banged another extra wallop into left,
advanced to third on Ruel's sacrifcal
bunt, and skidded home on Mays's sac
rfice fly to Myatt
"Two-Gun" Rip Collins, ex-Texas
ranger, ex-army officer and ex-football
star, was named to pitch the afterpiece
Tor the Yankees, and drew Rollie Nay
side in order in the first three innings.
a pass to Strunk in the second being
carceled by lightning double play on
the succeeding batsman, and Naylor
was almost as effective.
In the fourth, however, Naylor
slipped cog and passed Wally Pipp.
Ruth chased the Michigan maulcr
around to third with a slashing line
single to center, and Wally scored
while Dugan was tossing Meusels tap
to Witt for force-out at second.
third, where Pratt's poke to Naylor left
him stranded.
Apathetics Easy Marks
The Apathetics were quite as easy in
the fourth and fifth as they had been
with two out in the sixth Naylor ruined
Collins's prospective mo hit" by cuff
ing a single to center. On the next
ball pitched, Whitley Witt shot a liner
over Pipp which landed less than six
inches outside the foul line. The fish
called to Whitley to "straighten it out"
and he responded to their pleas with q
puny tap to Ward, who tossed it to
Pratt for force-out on Naylor.
MAYORS blow seemed to shake the
Mack men out of their lethargy, and in
the following round they tied up the
score. Fred Thomas led the attack
and advanced to third on lilly Walkers
bunt. Dugan then hoisted a towering
fly to Gleich, and Thomas romped
home with the Macks' first run of the
day.
Neither side scored in the eighth,
but with two out in the ninth Ping
Bodie, the Wonderful Wop, slapped a
single into left. Derrill Pratt followed
with one to right, and Mayatt, with the
eyes Of more than 10000 fanatics glued
upon him, let it trikle through his legs
to the right field wall Bodie scoring
and Pratt going to third. Hannah
walked, and in an effort to catch him
off first Naylor baked, tactical blum
der which brought Pratt home and put
Hannah on second, whence he counted
the innings third run on Collins double
to left center.
Beaten but still fighting, the Macks
started a rally of their own in their
half, and scored one run on Pinch Hit
ter Bigbee's single to center and
Thomas's double to left. Before they
could 60 any further, however, Collins
bore down hard and got the next two
batsmen, Walker going out on strikes
and Dugan on line fly to Gleich.
The scores:
FIRST GAME
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