New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-14
Speaker Fans,
With Tying Run
On Second Base
Mays Refuses TO Pass Cleve~
land Leader and New
Workers Make 1t A i'm Row
From a Special Correspondent


CLEVELAND, Aug. 13.-The Yankees
move another full game closer to the
lead this afternoon by scoring their
fourth consecutive triumph over the
Indians. The score was to and Cleve-
land had the tying run on second base
in the ninth inning with iris Speaker
ct bat. No one could have questioned
Carl Mays's courage If he had passed
the Indian leader, but he elected to
pitch to him instead, and with the
game, and possibly the pennant, hang
ing in the balance, he famed the
American Leagues most prolific hitter.
Approximately 1900 customers were
present when hostilities started, with
Slim Ray Caldwell on the mound for
in unison when Ruth and Pratt both
singled after two were out in the first,
but Gained down again when Lewis
famed for the third out
Jameson Opens Fire
Higgins started Battling Bob Shawkey
in opposition to the Salamanca Silver
Jimmy" Jameson opened fire on the
ex-gob with an infield single, which
Derrill Pratt scoopcd up too late for
play at first. Chapman sacrificed and
Speaker walked.
Both runners moved up while Shaw
key was tossing Smiths tap to Pipp,
and with runners on second and third
and two out. Shawkey purposely passed
Larry Gardner to an accompaniment of
raspberres, freely interspersed with
the larger and more reverberating
loganberry. This bit of pitching STRAIT
egy brought Billy Wambsgans to bat,
and the official goat of the series end
ed the inning by grounding out to
Pratt.
Again in the second the Yankees
threatened and again they were turned
back runless. Wally Pipp opened the
inning with line single to right and
fingered on first while Ping Bodie
fame. Chapman grabbed Ruel's frisky
grounder in back of second and heaved
it to Wamby for force out on Pipp,
and moment later Chappy backed
out into short left to snag Bob Shaw
keys liner with one clutching paw.
A fine drizzle was falling at the
time, but the threatened storm had APP
parently passed over when Ruth came
to bat with two out in the third and
was more or less Intentionally passed,
Caldwell making no apparent effort to
get the ball over after the count had
reached three and two. Pratt came
through with a double to the right
field wall, and Ruth scored all the
way from first Lewiss long fly to
Jameson ended the inning.
The Indians made determined. bid
for run in their half but fell short.
With one out Ray Chapman banged a
vicious liner down the third base line,
which caromed off Aaron Wards ankle
for double. He advanced to third on
Speakers long fly to Ruth and was
left stranded there when Elmer Smith,
Shawkey's pet aversion, likewise
hoisted to the Babe
Speaker Makes Strenuous Kick
Larry Gardner walked in the Indians
half of the fourth and moved around
to third on successive infeld outs.
Shawkey's first pitch to O'Neil was
perfect strike, and as he wound up for
his next delivery the batter stepped
out of the box. Shawkey checked his
motion and Speaker came bouncing
out of the Cleveland dug out to claim
a balk He argued and fused and
held up the game for more than two
minutes. After the rumpus had sub
sided O'Neil flied to Peck for the
third out.
shawkey led off for the Yanks in
the fifth and slapped a long line single
into left. He advanced to second. on
Wards sacrifice and scored on Peckin-
paugh's triple to center. Ruth was
rurposely passed, but Caldwell pitched
to Pratt and struck him out This
brought Lewis to bat, and the old fox
cracked a double to right, chasing Peck
across. Ruth again tried to score from
first but he was caught at the plate
on Johnston's fine relay Of Elmer
Smiths throw.
With one down in the seventh in
ming, Caldwell drew a pass. Jameson
followed with a single to center, send
ing Caldwell to third whence he scored
on Chapman's sacrifice fly to Bodie.