New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-12
Yankees Fight
Gamely; Beat
Indians i'm 10th
Overcome Four-Run Lead of
Speakers Pacemakers-
Babe To Be Out a Week
Bv w. O. McCeehan
BY w. Q. Mcclellan

definite period to-day with a dislo-
Gated knee in the first inning. but the
Yankees, with real fight in them, came
the tenth inning for final score of
! to A. The Yanks finished battling
while the leaders seemed to crack.
Carl Mays, after the one bad inning
where he, packed the bases and allowed
them to be cleared with home run by
Elmer Smith, pitched great baseball
and led the rally in the tenth with
two bagger that knocked the invincibe
Bagby loose from his slippers. Lark
Bob Meuscl, who replaced Ruth, was
there with hit in the pinch and his
fire fielding helped to hold the Indians
safe.
in a week but the seriousness of his
injury will not be really known for a
day or two. The hard luck of the
Yanks that used to be pounding them
when Wild Bill Donovan had the team
seems to have come back, but the
Yanks are fighting now. The team
never looked better than it did this
afternoon.
There was a worlds series tinge to
the game to-day and a crowd of $4,000
with a band and organized rooters
The crowd got "a thrill when Smith
cleared the bags. but was a quiet null
titude in the tenth when the Yanks
beat their way through.
Ruth Hurt in First Inning
Ruth threw his right knee out of
dashing back to second, after Pratt
raised foul which O'Neill let slip
through his fingers. Babe stayed in
the game until the end of the inning,
then had to be carried off the field
by two of his teammates.
There were two out in the first when
Ruth cracked a single to center
Speaker juggled the ball and Babe
made dash for second Speaker saw
that caromed up Wambsganss' leg, and
Ruth slid into second. Pratt lifted
high foul right behind the plate
O'Neill had it, but lost it, and Ruth
skidded as he went back for the bag.
His knee twisted as he slipped and
seemed TO cause him intense pain. 1t
had been thrown out and Babe tried
to thump 1t back into position, using
his own fists in some very crude
surgery But the knee would not sin
back into position, and after Pratt was
thrown out by Chapman Ruth lay down
on the path between second and third
end had to be carried out of the park.
Aeusel was sent in to take the Babes
pace in right.
Elmer Smith cleared the packed
Hses with home run that just cleared
ne rght-tield wall in the Indians half
IT the third and scored four runs.
pNrill started the inning bv liftine a
se'as Lacquer over second Bagby
;o'ued off two trying to sacrifice, then
zee a good one go by. Jameson got a
base on balls and Chapman hoisted one
70 Meusel. Speaker was creased bv
pitched ball and the bases were filled,
1hen came Elmer Smith with the home
run over the right-ield wall The pop
ulace of Cleveland got reckless with |
Its headgear and the straw hats start
ed to come out of the stands into the |
field. ''''
Batter Bagby in Fifth
The Yanks started an onslaught on
Sergeant Jim Bagby in the fifth. Lewis |
lifted one that Jameson got lust at
the edge OF the crowd in left Pipp |
plastered Il hit over second into center. |
Ping bodie. the Wonderful Wop. spat- |
tered two-bagger against the center
held wall and scored Pipp Ruel raised |
IeXas Lacquer to right and was safe !
when Nambsganss and Smith collided |
Mays shot ground rule two Dagger |
into sprinkling of the populace in {,
right field and Bodie scored. Ward |
raped light one down to Chapman
and was thrown out, but Ruel scored |
on the play.
Sergeant jim Bagby seemed to mis-
take Meusel for Ruth in the sixth. ANY
how he gave Bob base on balls. Pratt |
cracked a single to left and sent
Meusel to third Duffy Lewis, who has
been lnfallible in the pinches since he |
came back, singled to left and Meuse |
scored with the run that tied. This |
started the Indians to holding an in
stay Pip hunted down toward third |
and Pratt was forced out. Bodie |
ended the rally abruptly by cracking
into double play
1t looked as though the Yanks might
punch ore over in the seventh when
Aaron Ward, with two out, lifted the
ball into the crowd in left field for a
ground rule two Dagger. Peckinpaugh |
bounced one off Bagby's mitt but Chan
a. HuiNh tSSRNcIy ana tossed
the Iank captain out at first.
Gardner Honored With Pass
With Chapman out in the seventh or
a nice bit of fielding by Lewis, iris |
Speaker drove q double along the left |
field line. Smith cracked one against
Mayss mitt and was thrown out. After !
consultation of the Yankee board of
strategy Larry Gardner was given an
intentional base on balls. This natur-
ally displeased the inmates as much as
the passing of Babe Ruth in other To-
cahties. Wambsganss lined one straight
to Peckinpaugh, and the side was out.
The indians cracked in the tenth. MAYS |
opened the drive with long two-bag-
ger to deep center Ward laid down
punt and the whole Indian infeld
started after it. Nobody got it, and
Ward was safe at first and Mays at
third. Peckinpaugh lifted one to snort
left, but Higgins wisely held Mays at
third.
Lark Bob Meusel came back. after
his long session on the bench, and
cracked a single to left that scored |
Mays. Pratt shot one to Chapman. |
who passed it TO Wambsganss for
double. Meusel was forced out, but
Wambsganss made a wild throw to
first, and Pratt was safe, while Ward |
scored. Lewis drove a hit past third
and Pratt scored
Gardner led off the tenth for tha In