New-York tribune., 1920-07-29
Shocker Again
Turns Back His
Former Mates
Pipp's Foolhardy Base Rum
ming Ruins Two Good
Chances to Win Came
From a Special Correspondent.

81. LOQlC, Juiy Zo.-W any fJpp
ran amuck on the base lines to-day
and as consequence the Yankees
were beaten, l to 0, in the opening
game of their series with the Browns.
Twice the Yankees appeared to be on
the verge Of rushing Urban Shocker
for mess of runs, and each time Pipp
ran blindly into an easy double play.
Shocker held the tourists to five
scattered hits, but wobbled badly in
the sixth and eighth innings and might
have been driven to cover in either of
strained his mad impulse to advance
on short outfeld flies.
Bob Shawkey pitched for Higgins
and deserved to win. He let the
Brownies down with seven hits, and
the only run scored against him was
due to a misunderstanding between
Bob Meusel and Ping Bodie which gave
George Sisler an undeserved single in
the third inning and scored Walter
Gerber from second. This was Shaw
keys first defeat since early in May
and terminated winning streak of
eleven straight.
Babe Ruth hit several "homers" to
the right field bleachers in the pre-
come through in the game. Shocker
passed him three times out of four.
The Babe has drawn seven bases on
balls in his last eight times at bat.
Ruel Fails in Pinch
Shocker faced the Babe for the first
time in the second inning and walked
him. Meusel chased Jacobson into
deep left center to drag down a tower
nd nHi
easy chance. Wards infeld single
put the Babe on third, where Ruels
failure to detect third strike left him
stranded
Baby Doll" Jacobson opened the
Browns half of the second with a sin
gle to center and Williams popped to
Ward. Earl Smith followed with
long fly down the left field foul line,
which Meusel misjudged. He thought
it was going foul and crossed the line
in pursuit of it and did not get back
INTO fair territory in time to prevent
it from falling safe for a double,
which put jacobson on third Austin
drlbbled an easy roller to Pratt, whose
peg to Ruel preciptated run up in
which jacobson and Smith came to-
gether at third the former being re-
tired. Shawkey then abated the rally
by tanning Severeid
Shocker famed to start the home
guards half of the third, after which
Gerber showed a double to deep right
center. Gedeon's hoist was easy for
Bodie, but neither Ping nor the slow
moving Meusel could get in touch with
Sisters lift to short left center and it
fell between them for a single, on
which Gerber scored. Meusel further
complicated matters by making a be-
lated throw to the plate, under cover
of which the alert Mr.. Sisler darted
down to second, but Bobbie squared
himself by mailing Jacobson's long
liner after hard run.
Shocker, meantime, had regained his
control and famed the Babe at the
start Of the fourth. The third strike
was wide and low and got away from
SEVERED, but the catcher made a quick
recovery and nipped the Babe at first
In the same inning Jacobson made
one-handed capture of Bodies long
lir er to left center, thereby depriving
the princely Pizzola of a possible
triple.
Aaron Wards line single to left was
wasted in the fifth and chance to
score large mess of runs was passed
up in the sixth. Pipp opened this
inning with an infield hit and Pratt
hunted down the first base line. Sisler
grabbed up the ball with the idea of
forcing Pipp at second, but pegged it
into center field and when it got back
again there were Yankees on second
and third and none out, with Babe Ruth
coming up.
Pass him!" cried the 5000 spectators,
and Shocker did, filling the bases.
Meusel then flied to Smith in short
right field and Pipp made an i'll ad-
vised attempt to score after the catch.
Smiths throw was wide and Severeid
was forced to leave the plate unguarded
to get it, but even so he was waiting
for Wally when the Yankee first base
man came wallowing in. A pass to
Bodie filled the bases again, but Ward,
who had previously peeled off two fine
singles, ended both the rally and the
inning by striking out.
Pipp blundered into another costly
double play in the eighth, which he
opened with a double to right. He tried
to reach third on Pratt's fly TO Will
Jams in short left center and was out
by ten feet or more. Ruth subsequently
drew his third pass, but was out trying
to steal second
The score:
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