New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-20
Yankees Lose to White
Sox, 8-5s After Winning
-. the First Game by 3D.

into the lower right field grandstand.
Once more Ruth trotted around the
:. base paths with the same broad. boyish
smile, 'doffing his cap little self-con-
s.~sciously as he crossed from the plate
: to the Yankee dugout. The first home
run meant 100000 to Babe Ruth. who
not very many years ago was a gawky
boy in can institution" in Baltimore.
=. He came to the institution without
dime, and the future of little. George
{" Herman Ruth was something of prob
lem to the good fathers who cared for
him.
a,At It is no problem to George Herman
Ruth at the present writing. He draws
a salary of $4,000 a year, and the
first home run of yesterday brought
him a contract of 100000 to go into
the movies. The story of Ruth. the
idol of the male American. reads in
- life more like romance than any of
the Horatio Alger stories of Ragged
:, Dick" and "Tattered Tom"
-. The career of George Herman Ruth
eais offered in evidence that it is no ham
..dieap to be born left-handed and to
nsrefuse to take life too seriously at an
early age if one can hit And Babe
a Ruth can hit Even before the achieve
'@ment Of yesterday the oldtimers. even
the Old Orioles, the famous players
of the national game for all time, adj
seYnitted that Ruth could hit them harder
and oftener than all who had gone be-
fore.
worlds record that he himself had es-
2tablished the Yankees divided the
double-header with the White Sox.
Ruth's teammates won the first game,
where he got no home runs. by the
Bcore Of to 2, but they lost the sec
ond, despite Ruth's home runs. by the
score of to 5. There were other home
runs during the two games. Roger
sPeckinpaugh got one and so did Ping
Bodie, the Wonderful Wop, who holds
the record for home runs in the minor
leagues.
May Make 50 Homers
But the home runs of Ruth were his
toric, epic. And Ruth has not yet
reached the climax of his swatsome
career for this season; 1t is now just
past mid-season and Ruth, with thirty
one home runs already to his credit,
might, within the probabilities of
mathematics, reach the utterly ah1az-
Ing total Of fifty home runs for the
season, a mark never even dreamed of
before the advent OF Ruth.
The first game, which will not figure
to any great extent in baseball history,
was interrupted by the rain for nearly
half an hour. 1t marked the return Of
the Yankee pitching ace, Bob Shawkey,
who has oeen nursing a sore back for
several weeks, and Bob the Cob won
his game. Ping Bodie. the Wonderful
Hand on the White Sox on the previous
day, contributed home run into the
left field bleachers during this pre-
liminary skirmish.
The Yanks got busy in the first inn
ing of this game. Peckinpaugh nicked
Wilkinson for single and scored on
triple by Pipp. With Pratt out, Ruth
got base on balls and Meusel struck
out. But the Wonderful Wop con-
trbuted single that brought home
Ruth.
In the second inning Wilkinson came
~ In for some more harsh treatment by
the assassins of Murderers' Row. Ruel
and shawkey singled. With Pipp out,
Pratt cracked a two-bagger that scored
Shawkey. To the disgust of those who
had visited the grounds to see the
home run record splntered into small
bits. Ruth was passed again, and the
Infant Swatigy was trifle peevish
about it. Meusel forced Ruth with a
poke to the infeld and Peckinpaugh
scored. Pratt scored on a perfectly
manipulated double steal, worked in
a-collusion with Meusel.
Wonderful Wop Scores
In the fifth inning Ruth's bat met the
ball solidly enough, but it was not the
thirtieth home run. The multitudes
CRASHED their teeth impatiently. 1t
was mere two-bageer. Then came
Ping Bodie the Wonderful Wop, and
cracked a home run into the right field
bleachers, scoring himself and Ruth.
-~Signor Pizzola seemed to think highly
--of his homer and dotted his cap with
II the native Rock Roller grace as he
4, crossed the plate.
!, The Sox got one run in the sixth.
Weaver singled and went to second
, when Jackson reached first on Peckin--
paugh's error Felsch singled and
y Weaver scored on sacrifice fly by
John Shane Collins. Up to that time
Shawkey seemed to be toying with the
+ Sox.
- In the ninth the Sox got one more
!, run. Ray Schalk started it with hit
! and stole second. Jordan, a pincher,
I was tossed out. Leibold cracked out
= long hit and scored the Sox catcher.
4 In the second game our young Mr..
X Thormahlen wilted in the humidity
toward the end of the game. and some
Z reliable Truck Hannah did the rest.
s, Though the game was a personal tri-
umph for Babe Ruth, it was in the
+, nature of hunk of cheese to the
, Yanks, for they emerged from the his
4, toric event at the short end of an
d s to score
Il The Sox got their start when Shoe
less Joseph Jackson, who is the nearest
thing that the Sox have toward some
Il thing remotely resembling Babe Ruth
cracked the ball into the right field
stands for home run. This made
some OF the spectators little i'm
patient; They began to inquire when
4 the Babe would give them home run
for their price Of admission.
~ They did not have long to wait, only
until the fourth inning, when Walter
pipp cracked out a single and the Babe
IS make history. His thirtieth home run
brought in himself and Walter Pipp.
i That put the Yanks in the lead again
Rnh1 Psi, NJ