New-York tribune., 1920-08-10
Htaggnnen Drop
To Sd Place
Despite Win
Morton's Wildness Gives
New Workers Four Run
Lead in The First Inning
By w. O. McCeeban

into third place when the Senators lost
a double header to the Chicago White
Sox: Errors by the Indians and the
wildness of Morton in the first inning
gave the Yanks a start of four runs.
The final score was 6 to 3.
Bob Shawkey held the Indians fair
ly safe after the first inning. Elmer
Smith was the only one Of the Indians
that seemed able to clout him. Elmer
lifted one over the right field fence for
home run. Babe Ruth did not get hit
but his quick hitting and throwing
stopped what started like a b-lated
rally on the part of the Indians.
Morton was eventually yanked for
pinch hitter and the game was finished
by Bob Clark, youngster. Duffy Lewis
continued to demonstrate that he could
punch them in the pinches.
The game started in light drizzle
and was played on a muddy field
Elaborate plans had been made for the
opening game of this crucial series,
but the rain kept the attendance down
to about 1900 customers
Original Fans Present
This being the fiftieth anniversary
of the playing of the first professional
ball game in Cleveland, seventy-five Of
the original Cleveland fans who saw
of James G. Dunn. Each was given a
gilded league ball as a souvenir. Babe
Ruth was given gigantic floral base
ball bat and iris Speaker was pre-
sented with floral Indian head bv the
ancient fans.
The Yanks put four runs over in the
first inning. With Ward out. Peckin-
paugh drew base on balls and got to
third when Morton made a wild heave
over first The Babe got base on
pals at has first time up, and so did
Pratt, stutiing the cushions. Lewis
lifted fly to left and Peckinpaugh
scored. Pipp bounced two-bagger
against the right field wall and Ruth
scored. Ping Bodie, the Wonderful
Wop, cracked hit off Morton's mitt,
and both Pratt and Pipp scored when
Chapman threw wild to the bag.
The Indians cut into the lead in their
half of the first inning. Jameson shot
enc at Pratt and the pill took weird
bound for hit. Chapman singled to
right. With Speaker and Smith out
Gardner singled to right. and both
Jameson and Chapman scored while
Ruth skidded on the damp grass and sat
Gown with an abruptness that dented
the diamond.
Coming up in the second inning Ruth
hoisted foul over O'Neill's head,
which was caught. In the third Elmer
Smith lifted one over the right field
fence for home run. This paste put
the contest on a more nearly even
basis and the stick to- the-last delega-
ton became vociferous
Higgins Chased to Bench
Miller Iuggins and Charlie OIearv
we're chased to the bench in the third
Tor sQuawking on q strike called on
Walter Pipp. In the fourth, with two
out, Bob the Cob cracked a long one to
left field for two-bagger, but the swat
was wasted when Ward struck out.
Ruth personally conducted a run
across in the fifth. He got base on
second on Pratt's out. Morton tried TO
trap him off second and the Babe went
to third when the Indian pitcher
heaved the ball into center field George
Duffy Lewis, the Beau Brummel of the
Yanks, who has been almost infallble
in the pinches since he came back into
the lineup, scored the Babe with a
hard smash to short.
Pipp cracked a clean hit to left in
the Yankee half of the sixth. On the
hit and run play Ping Bodie, the Won
derful Wop, hurled his bat at the bail,
shooting the pill over to Doc johnson
and beating the hit to the bag. The
Indians claimed that Pings bat CON
stituted interference, but the argument
got them nothing but a hard look from
Umpire Chill.
Ruel laid down a sacrifice and ad-
vanced both of the runners. Shawkey
slashed one to Chapman. who pegged
Pipp out at the plate. Ward raped
one down to Chapman and the pill
slipped out of his hand, Bodie scoring
!
of the sixth with two-bagger to right
the pill skidding past Ruth to the
fence. Gardner popped out to Pipp.
Wambsganss raped one to Ward and
Smith was trapped between second and
third. Peckinpaugh finally ran him
down and Smith tried to hurdle,
scratching Peckinpaugh on the arm
with his spikes as they collided
Johnson raped one to Pipp and Shaw
key covered with q fine dash of speed
beating johnson to the bag.
Ruth Checks Rally
Ruth came up for the Yanks in the
seventh, but could not g# the ball past
Johnston. Ruth's quick eye and arm
stopped a rally of the Indians abruptly
in the seventh. O'Neill led off with
smash to center Joe Wood was sent
in to ran for him. Graney, pitching
The Babe picked it up on the bound
and, seeing that Wood had overrun
second, .pegged the pill 30 Peckinpaugh
and caught him out. Jameson lined
the ball to right and the Babe caught
it on the run, throwing to first and
doubling Graney Clark, one of the
Indians rookie pitchers, replaced Nor
ton, with Leslie Nunamaker, the former
Yank, behind the bat.
Ping Bodie opened for the Yanks in
the eighth with a single but tried to
steal second and blew up in the at
tempt Pings specially is not speed,
his breadth of beam and the large
amount of lead in his keel inter
fering somewhat with his navigation.
Ruth came up in the ninth fer the last
time with two out and drew another
base on balls. Jameson made a fine
running catch Of one that Pratt hoisted
in short left. He got it with the gloved
hand inst If was touc h ha