New-York tribune., 1920-08-23

It doesn't take second sight and a.
newly oiled ouija board to arrive Mt
the conclusion that unless the Ianks
start pennant drive in the very near
future thew might as we'll put 1T OFT
until next season, when they may feel
rested up. Also unless the machine IS
reasscmbled in short order the junk
man is going to drive up to the rear
entrance Of the Polo Grounds and drive
away with the team. and nobooy would
be able to blame the junk man for
natural mstake-least of all the owners,
who have been reduced to very morbid
state of mind.
The Yanks did wake up once yester-
day in the eighth inning, but they
yawned and rolled over under the covers
started with the Tigers leading by
the score of 10 to 5 and finished by
cutting the lead down to 10 to 9.
This was the only thrill that the
SO 900 customers got during the after
noon, for Babe Ruth did not get his
forty-fourth home run, nor did he
come anywhere close to getting it.
Meusel Gets Scratch Hit
Ehmke. who has been rather glory
ing in the monicker of Nemesis of the
Yanks, went limp with the humidity in
that eighth and parade Of snoring
Yanks went asleep walking around the
bases. Ward and Ruel chopped a
couple of singles to start with. Lank
Bob Meusel tossed away his crutches
and, selling bat, scratched hit, to
short, filing the bases, while Chick
Fewster took his place on the bag.
Peckinpaugh got base on balls and
forced in one Of the runs. This called
l. ! not 40 I'd Of
strategy, which pronounced Ehmke null
and void for the rest of the afternoon.
Red Oldham, the veteran portslder,
took the helm for little while, but
the Yanks kept coming. With Plpp
out Ruth got his base on balls and
Ruel scored Pratt slammed one that
was juggled by Bush and Fewster
scored.
This brought about another field
consultation, the verdict being that
Red Oldham never should have been
taken out of dry dock, and Ayers was
sent in to wind the thing up. Lewis
forced Ruth at third and Peckinpaugh
scored. This brought up Ping Bodie.
the hitherto Wonderful Wop, with tho
chance to tie even to win right then
and there. The naughty Signor Pizzola
pranced up eating tobacco and breath
ing defiance, but shortly after he skunk
to the dug-out, his spirit utterly
crushed. for there in the pinch with
the multitudes clamoring for hit the
Wonderful Wop struck out.
Right then and there the chances
of the Yanks petered out and afar in
the distance one could almost hear
the grim and ghostly pealing of the
junk mans bell. "GiddaD," it seemed
to say "Another load of junk"
IL, 81 ~
in another run and made the thing
official and conclusive. Ping Pinelli,
the Wistful Wop of Detroit, slipped a
hit through Bob The Cob Shawkey's
mitt. Ayers got after Bob The Cob
hard with two-base hit to left CEN
ter that scored the wop of Detroit
The same Mr.. Ayers blocked anything
like rally on the part of the Yanks
in the ninth, if the Yanks were dis
posed to rally.
Great Afternoon for Tyrus
1t was a great afternoon for Tyrus
Raymond Cobb, who hit with vehe-
mence and when hits counted. The
Polo Grounds multitude having been
informed that Cobb disclaimed any
part in the campaign against Carl
Mays, gave Cobb more kindly greet
ing. But greetings, whether they be
brickbats or bouquets, do not discon-
cert the Georgian to any marked ex-
tent
r. Raymond drove in the first run
with a base on balls and went to sec
ond on Bushs sacrifice. Cobb's first
hit was chopped over Wards head and
brought in the opening run. The
Yanks got two in their half of the
first inning. Peckinr Ugh drew base
on balls, Pipp plastered hit to left
center and Ruth got a base on balls
filling the intield with Yanks. Pratt
raised fly to right and Peckinpaugh
scored. ,pipp scored on a rather
scratchy hit past third by Ward.
The Tiges tied it up again in the
second, and then they started to forge
ahead. Shorten opened the second with
a two-bagger and scored when John
Picus Quinn picked up Jones's bunt
and threw it away. In the third the
Tiges got couple more runs. Bush
and Cobb started with singles. Veach
forced Cobb and Bush scored. Singles
by Heilman and Jones sent Veach home
In the fourth the Tiges chased Mr
John Picus Quinn out of the place He
was yanked after being nicked by Young
and Bush. Young Herbert ThormahleI
was dragged in for the slaughterinp
and was greeted by Ty Cobb's third hi
for the afternoon. The smash scored
one run. With Veach out on a long fly
Heilman hit and scored Bush, Will,
Cobb dashed to third. Flagstcad wen
in to bat for Shorten and drew bas,
on balls, filling the corners, while tn,
multitude wept.
At this point of the pastime Mile,
Huggins, scanning the bull pen, saw
the lean figure of Long Ernie Shore
Who is that big guy?' he demanded
That's Shore, a pitcher" somebody
told him.
Hale Hits in Pinch
"Well, if he's pitcher and workin,
for US, send him in,' HucEins is sait
to have ordered. Whereupon Lon.
Ernie. little self-conscious over tn,
TACT that his trousers had been wor,
thin to the point of transparency from
sitting on the Yankee bench, went ou
to plug the leak in the dixie with hi
digits. He faced Hale, pinch hitter
and Hale lifted a Texas Lacquer be
hind second that scored Cobb and He'll
man.
The Yanks got run apiece in tb
fourth and fifth. In the fourth Pin,
Bodie whaled mighty triple to cente