The Washington herald., 1920-05-07
AL SCHACHT'S CURVES ARE PUZZLE
TO YANKS AND GRIFF'S TRIBE WINS
By vANN NESS.


They ustehed Bobe Rsih for q
hosss-rrs elost; they sruitsd-bst
all On v1is. The mighty infant
trries filed out; one hit rpds his
Only gois. Seh6es had q cork
screy bead on top, the Yonks
tired three on the psoEHd. But
fonr to one tieked over the NAP
Gsd WashisgtoH tDos the round.
The primary department met In
a special session yesterday after
noon Just before the striped dan-
nels went forth into the diamond
dust-and with good results. Grin's
children all received stars on their
papers in the test that followed.
Washington had everything Its own
way to a to 1 victory.
New York even had considerable
trouble in getting any OF their rep
resentatives more than few inches
past second base Ruel did manage
to get to third on his own scream
ing three-bagger, but there ne
stayed And Pratt. the only other
visitor to pass the midway station,
started around the circuit on Shan
mons error at short Pratt ac-
counted for New York's lone score
in the seventh, when he Jumped
over to third on Bodies drive 20
right and scored when Harris was
throwing out Ruel.
One BLOW for Babe.
Schacht had q happy afternoon
Babe Ruth didn't get q home run or
a triple on HMM fact. In four
times up Ruth only knocked him for
a single, which ought to make any
ball player contented to q certain
degree And then, with the excep-
ton Of a couple of double-jointed
spots in the afternoons scramble,
his support was as much an i'm
provement over that handed John
son on the previous day as taxicabs
are over stills.
1t was Schacht's corkscrew ball
that had the Ruth swinging in pain
Babe stepped up on 'em and missed
EN- And when he did ask for a
long-distance call. on two different
occasions Sam Rice gave him i'm
mediate connections-with his glove.
Sam buried two OF Babes powerful
drives.
Pull New Forced Play.
In0 AIIeTnOOu WAS dAcO liC OSSo-
sion of something new in baseball
At least Connolly. in twenty-seven
years of II, admitted II was a new
one on him. so 1t was fairly fresh
with most of the bugs. In the eighth
the Nationals had started out after
what proved to be its final run
Harris beat out a hit to Peckin-
pauEh, who, in his effort to get the
runner at first, threw over Pipp' s
head, and Stan took second
E1Ierbe singled him to third and
Charity shot another single out to
right. scoring Harris ThSn Schacht
hit a short fly to right that Ruth
nabbed and then dropped. Ellerbe
played safe and stuck. on second.
Charity, when he saw Ruth muh
the ball, dug for second, but Babe
threw to Pratt In time to get Char
rfty. ETlerbe in the meantime,
romped for third where the ball was
thrown, and Ward. thinking the
play was a force. stepped on third
and threw the ball to the ground be-
lieving the inning over,
Peck On the job.
Peckinpaugh. the first to realize
what had happened. knew Ellerbe
had not been forced. and he scooped
up the ball and ran to third. FL
lerbe, thinking the play had been
completed. had walked on third. and
Peck dashed over and touched him
for the last out The play was ac-
cornpanied by much confusion and
the fans were up in the air for sew
eral minutes. until It dawned what
had happened.
Washington started out after its
runs soon after the battle was
opened. Joe Judge went out, Pratt
to Pipp. but Milan shot a single
to center that Bodie fumbled, en-
ablIng Clyde to take second Rice
drove a stiff one at Shawkeys head.
The pitcher messed 1t up for a sec
ond and then fired to third, but
Milan had already docked. Rice
stole second and after Roth flied
out to Ruel, Harris waloped a
timely rap that brought both men
in
In the second after two were out
Schacht walked and went to second
when Judge singled to right Both
Milan and Rice worked the pitcher
for. walks Rice forcing in Schacht.
After that Shawkey had two more
innings and Collins and Mogridge
each had a pair in which to show
their goods
That's one apiece for Washington
and New York
Today's the DAY