New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-11
Rl1th's Homer.
His 18th --- Wins
In First Inning.
Shawkey Bags His Sixth
Triumph of Season Over
Cleveland Team, 6 to /
By w. O. Mcclellan


sent his forty-eighth home run hurt
ling out of the local park to-day, and
the Yankees. braced UP behind Bob
Shawkey, Bob the Cob. beat the Ind
ians in the second game OF this "croo-
cial" series by s to l. The forty
eighth homer scared over the right
field fence lofti'y and sluggishly, while
hush fell over the local multitude.
Here home run by Dabe Ruth excites
no glee and starts no cheering.
The local bugs have their minds on
their team and on the possible pen
nant. The fact that they are watching
baseball history being pounded against
the armament by the most sensational
figure in the national pastime excites
them mott only moves them to sit in
their seats and moan plaintively.
But the Babe did furnish little
/ glee for the populace when he struck
out twice with great force and effect
once against Uhle, who was thrown in
when "Sim" Caldwell was plastered
against the scenery by rush Of Yanks
into the hit column, and later by
"Duster" Mails, who is now working
for the Indians.
They will not converse about the
forty-eighth home run, but they will
| te!l the "orlu uuTl'g Ihe long, coiu
! winter that they were right in the
park when Babe Ruth struck out twice
before Indian pitchers. For such is the
way of local pride when it is heated to
high temperature.
Homer Nets Two Runs
The forty-eighth homer came right
! in the first inning. with Pipp on first,
| and it gave Bob the Cob Shawkey all
| that he needed to beat the Cleveland
team, for Robert the Colbert is by way
| Of being Nemesis to the Indians,
this making six out of seven that he
has won from them this season. They
got the lone run from him when Elmer
Smith bounced a freak three-bagger
off Duffy Lewis's shins and little
later Johnston connected for two
Dagger.
There were $4,000 in the park when
the st. Mary's Industrial School band
which 10 touring the circuit with Babe
Ruth, marched around the field. St
Mary's is the school at Baltimore from
which the Babe was graduated with
the degree of Master of Baseball.
The Yanks got their start with q
rush in the first inning. With Peckin-
paugh out, Caldwell presented Pipp
with base on balls, and set the stage
for the forty-eighth home run. The
slim one paved the dirt, then started
| TO pitch to the infant.
On the first slow one the Babe
crashed foul that knocked some of
the field customers out of their seats
The Babe hit nothing but the thin air
and the local bugs began to get hys-
terical over the prospect of seeing the
infant strike out. Then the slim one
tried to snake the third one over The
Babe swung, and the ball scared lazily
over the right field fence. The pill
dropped about into the same spot where
the forty home run fell, and
Ruth trotted around the bags, bringing
Plpp in ahead of him.
Shawkey Starts Drive
Bob the Cob led another drive
against Slim, the ex-Yank, in the third
He slashed a hit through the box, but
was forced by Pecknpaugh. Pipp drove
a hit to right center, which brought up
the Babe again. This time the Infant
lifted high fly to right and Peckin-
paugh and Pipp dashed for second and
third, respectively. They made their
bases, and Evans, shooting at second,
made high throw that gave Peckin-
paugh time to cross the plate
In the fourth inning the Yanks
chased their former bunkie, Slim Gald-
we'll, right out of the lot. With one
out, Duffy Lewis crashed hard one to
center. Ward beat a roller to Gardner.
Steve O'Neill tried to catch Ward
asleep and made wide throw that let
Lewis get to third. Truculent Truck
Hannah drove ground rule two-baggcr
into left and Lewis scored Shawkey
struck out Then Peckinpaugh singled
along the left field line and Ward and
Hannah scored.
Inc SIM one was not present all this
time. They gave him the air at the
earnest solicitation Of the local bugs
after Hannah's two-bagger. Two of the
three runs were off Uhle, who relieved
the slim one. Elmer stopped the drive
with sensational catch of a liner by
Wallie Pipp.
A little balm was poured into the
wounds of the populace and their
grief was somewhat tempered when
Babe Ruth struck out with three ear
nest, vehement swings in the fifth.
mere were no cheers for the forty
eighth home run, but there were plenty
Tor the strike-out. 1t was the t.rst
entertainment furnished for the 25,U0O
sufferers until the Babe booted one in
the sixth.
Babe Messes One Up
With two out in that inning Wambs-
ganss nit one to the Babe. Ruth tried
TO heid 1T too rapidly and it rolled by
the first Indian to get that far. Rnt
Speaker lifted one to the Babe, who
got under it after long chase. In
the seventh the Babe hoisted one out
toward the. scoreboard and Speaker.
pla ing far back for it, had to 20 some
to get it.
A mishap to Duffy Lewis started one
run across for the Indians in the
seventh. Smith drove hit to left and
| I)ntfV ha
on third. Gardner lifted a high one to
right, but Smith took no chance on
Meusel's throw, which came in like a
| bullet: He scored g moment later.
Johnston.
Mails. who used to dust them over
Flatbush way, went into work for the
Indians in the ninth. He struck ont
Ruth and went to the bench after the
performance with the air of q Roman
connqueror returning to the home folks.
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