New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-10
Ruth Hits His 47tF1 Home Run
But Hugmen Are Slaughtered
Quinn Driven From Box
in 5th, While Mogridge
Meets Same Fate i'm 9th
BY w. O. Mcclellan

. CLEVELAND, Sept. s.-The Yanks
lost the first game of this highly
"croocial" series to the Cleveland in
dians here to-day, slumping into third
place with hollow thud. The score
of the nightmare was 10 to q. Ruth
got his forty-seventh legal home run
for the season, sending the ball out of
the lot in the third inning, but there
was nobody on.
John Picus Quinn, the Polish Hiber-
MAN, started, and made room for Col
Inns in the fifth. Rip went out for Mog-
ridge. and Mogridge was plastered
until he reeled out in the eighth, leav-
ing young Bob McGraw to finish the
game. The Indians piled up fourteen
hits, while the best that the Yankee
sluggers could pile up was six.
Until the fifth inning it looked as
though the Yankees had something of
n chance, but after that the New York
ers looked more like the load OF junk
that the two colonies collected when
they went into the national pastime
than they ever have this season. They
were sluggish in the think tank, as
~ell as on their feet, outside of Ruth,
who contributed his homer and made
two brilliant catches in center field,
where ne mas Deen lOcaCeC since the
accident to Bodie.
Yanks Start Early
There were $4,000 of the hopeful
Indian hackers in Jim Dunn's despite
the fact that it rained most of the
morning and threatened to pour all
afternoon. The Yanks got a start in
the first inning that made the local
bugs turn pallid. Peckinpaugh got
base on balls and took second on
single to right and Pecki nepe h
.cored as O'Neill dropper the bail and
Ruth scooted to third. Meusel lifted
sacrifice fly and Ruth scored
In their half of the first inning the
Indians came back with one run.
Jameson lifted Texas Lacquer behind
second. Wambsgans dashed n hit be-
tween Ward and Peckingpaugh.
Speaker sent them both along with a
sacrifice. Jameson scored as Pratt
threw out Elmer Smith
The Indians had the score tied in
their half of the second inning. Steve
ONeill singled to right and went to
second when Hannah let one of Mr..
John Picus Quinn's moist shots slip
through his glove. Covelaskie, the
local Pole, drove 8 bounding hit to
Pratt. who made a wild heavc to Pipp
and O'Neill came home.
Babe Ruth put the Yankees in the
lead in the third with the forty seventh
home run. Coveleskie elected to pitch
to him this time and gave him q low
one trifis outside. The Babe con-
reeted with it and sent it soaring
fifsy feet over the right field fence.
1t hit the street pavement, then
bounded to the roof of q two.story
dwelling house.
Johnston on Batting Spree
Doe Johnston, who was on batting
bee at the expense Of the entire Yam
kee pitching staff, conducted a run
across in the fourth and tied up the
score again. The Doc slashed a pill
straight through center field for a
triple. He scored on O,Neill's secri-
ice fly TO Meusel. After that the
Yanks seemed TO 60 wild and the will
ing party was headed by Mr.. John
Pins Quinn.
There were two out inSthe fifth when
the veteran moist 1plli dispenser atarted
to 80, and he went with considerable
rapidly. Smith got base on balls
and stole second, Gardner plastered q
hard enc. TO left end Smith scored
when Mapnah dropped th@ throw try
4fS 10 houndsy to the piste before
ssa1sA st % through (.
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