The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-09-01
Yankees ThrOW AWGy
NsGGme That They Should
yAo, Haze Won From BrOlUns
SSlps by Rip Collins, Muddy
'''''' Ruel and Aaron Ward
u3Utt. Coel XT;otN.,,
lsvtnt OOol NlSlOly.
BIZ Charles Son1erpilLe.

As IL young. energetic cloudburst
shf3shing upon the Polo Grounds Just
AAoit was time to start the contest
and floating the bags so that for IA
|, time II looked as II the game wouldn't
start at all wasn't enough, IL was fur
Their ordained that ere the day ended
the haloed spot must yet be- wet
sgain-thls time with our tears
Il was in evaporation that WE
bawled. We had as much right to lose
that game as mother 20 desert her
babe. And tCith the scorebodrd shoiC-
INC us a great opportunity, for the
White So1 tDere being Slam med and
Sptdirled all OUer the Red SOr pdUil-
lion IN BostoHtotcH And-look OUT
the indians tCith their tomGhdi0ks at
our backs stridinO fercely oUer the
fallen Senators!
the game away! Such was our giddy
performance combination Of err
rap filings by Rip Collins, unsteadi-
ne by Muddy" Ruel-and on his
,ofS rite track at that-and an attack
peeping sickness coming suddenly
t1Ion Ward at the very moment when
he should have been our bright eyed,
alert child, as usually Aaron is. II
gave the Browns a run they should
. not nohow never ouqhta had, and, as
" you will see, the game.
,,. This catastrophe biffed US in the
Stats in the fourth inning. 1t began
'"by Rip Collins swapping a wild low
lnshoot up on Sisters left big toe.
Jacobson, however, forced sis, with
8 rap TO Pratt. But Williams split the
plum for a baser to left sending
Jake to second. Smith sailed forth a
deep fly to centre. but the Bodie whip
worked with such speed and power
that neither Jake nor Williams dared
move off their bags after the catch
With two out, however, and Tobin up,
there came the Brown signal for a
double steal. Rip Collins threw a
pad but not wild one, anticipating
the strategy, and Muddy" picked II
mp and sailed II straight TO the third
bag. But Ward came out OF his
Siesta too late to cover his job, He
made a wild grab for "Muddy's'
Y shoot as 1t went past him INTO left.
Jake scored and Williams went to
ird. Rip passed Tobin. but Del
Pratt nailed Severeids slam and put
, II to Pipp.
ut was ragged work, but WE were
fully consoled in the sixth and saw
ourselves climbing the golden ladder
within two percentage points OF the
White Sox when WE came out OF this
session with two runs-big and i'm
portant runs they appeared, seeing
they topped the other guys and with
the game more than two-thirds
played. Capt Peck shattered the
bulb for two bags-a humdinger into
deep left. Pipp sacrificed Smith 70
Sister. the Cap'n moving to third.
% Big Bob Meusel numbered up and
lummed II handsomely for a left
double and went to third on will
iams's tumble. Del Pratt planted a
sacrifice fly into right field, scoring
Bob. Sammy Wick, who had replaced
Duffy Lewis in the batting order, all
but socked a homer straight into the
centre field bleachers. Jacobson had
C turn and run all the way to far
rear wall before he was under II. II
was, I'll say, a star catch by Jake.
{ The Browns banged 1t all out OF Us
-tps-.t the seventh. Pip inferred Tobir
unassfgted, but SEVERED snaked q
Yhirling double into left Rip walked
Davis. Then the Texas ranger put
over one Of his several wild pitches
= of the day II sent SEVERED to third
Gerber produced a sacrifice fly to 30.
m die, scoring SEVERED. and when Ge
uIdeon brought out savage double into
u left centre. scoring Davis, Majat