New-York tribune., 1920-06-01

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= hind the Boston Red Sox. it begins 10
look as though George NJ Cohan, the
sweet singer of Forty-second Street and
Broadway, had chirped mouthful
when he warbled "The Yanks are COM
:ng." The scores were I to and 10
to Z, respectively.
To make it a perfect day with the
piece de resistance the happy ending
and all that sort of thing, Babe Ruth
got his twelfth home run of the season
in the eighth inning of the second game.
he plastered the ball against the freze
over the upper right field stands, scor-
ing couple of superfuous runs af-
ter Peckinpaugh and Meusel had won
the game by hitting Walter Johnson
for couple of triples. This makes
1T seventeen homers to go to the lasr
years record, and the season is still a
mere infant.
Speed King" Is Victim
The demonstration that followed will
make anything that the most powerful
lungs of the nat on may do at the Chi
cago convention sound like husky
whisper The wallop came just as the
pessimists were beginning to remark,
Ruth amt had home run all day"
AS matter of fact he hadn't and he
was getting peevsh about it until he
finally landed it against Walter John
son, who did not allow one homer last
year.
The games were both a trife loose,
but filled with melodrama The fact
that the Yanks won both after they
looked fairly we'll mussed up and much
depressed figures we'll for the future
of the team. They =, just naturally
clubbed their way out.s
Nearly everything that could hap
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pened out at the Polo Grounds yes
terday. The Yanks once had to use
couple of singles and double to
move the ponderous Truck Hannah
all the way around for a run. 1t the
first game Babe Ruth did some right
fielding that was more spectacular
than any homer when he ran for the
triple by Judge, catching the ball
over his shoulder Ping Bodie
shocked the stands into state of
insensibility by bunting and beating
the bunt.
But the sensation of the afternoon
was Rip Collins, former inmate of
Texas and late captain in the United
States Army. Oldest inhabitants say
that he is another Amos Rusie, and
this time the oldest inhabitants may
not be lying. He came in with the
game lost for the Yanks, with Thor
mahlen and Shore beaten to a frazzle,
and he stopped the Senators abruptly.
He was so calm and matter Of fact
about it all that he seemed to put
nerve into the whole Yankee team just
when they appeared to have shuddered
themselves right out of the ball game.
Three Homers in Morning
In the morning there were three
home runs, and Ruth was not among
! !
and Hannah got couple for the
Ianlss, starting little rally that just
naturally tired Pitcher Shaw of the
entire proceedings and caused him to
retire to the showers in an effort to
shake the. fit OF ennui. Picinich got
one in a ninth inning onslaught by the
Senators that almost cost George Mo-
pastors of the dav were Peckinpaugh
and Meusel. In the afternoon Peckn-
paugh got a single, two doubles and a
triple, which is considered a far af-
teruoon's work anywhere.
There were thousands turned away III
the afternoon, but the crowd was
handled in an admirable fashion by
Inspector Cornelius Cahalane, of the
Harlem district. There was not the
slightest confusion and every ticket
holder got into the grounds comfort
ably and got to his seat. When YOU
consider the fact that over 10000 were
trying to reach the entrances. it was
some feat.
In the morning game George Mog-
ridge kicked his jnx in the Stats again,
though one careless inning nearly cost
him the game and caused considerable
anxiety to the early risers at Coogans
Bluff. There were about $4,000 Of
these, which comes fairly close to
being record for a morning Polo
Grounds crowd for a ball game.
Peckinpaugh and Meusel started
their breaking into the extensive rash
of base hits in the first inning of the
matutinal game. Peckinpaugh shot q
double TO left field and scored on
MeusePs single to the same territory.
Pratt's Errors Costly
In the sixth the visiting Solons
started to come across. Shaw was
beaned by fast one and got his base.
Judge got a single and Milan shot one
down TO Pratt who made bad throw
TO pecknpaugh. The runner was safe
Shaw scored and Judge went to third.
A long fy by Rice scored Judge Roth
lifted double to left and scored
Milan.
The Yanks dubbed their way out Of
\ the hole in their half Of the same
inning and they dubbed with such
vehemence that Shaw probably never
will look the same. The inning started
very inausDiciously, for Ruth struck
out, but up came the reserves.
y Bodie forced Pratt, who singled, and
made il two out as the carnage started.
Duffy Lewis drove homer into tire
lef; field stands. 1t was so close to
the foul line That the Senator'S came in
70 debate the issue, but the nit was
homer and all protests were vetoed.
Immediately aftcrward Truck Hannah
crashed homer into the same stands
and there was no argument about this
one.
George Hogridge wanted to make it
certain and slammed a triple against
the right field wall Peckinpaugh
lashed hit past third, scoring Mog
ridge. Peck stole second. Meuscl
lifted a triple to left center, scoring
Pcckinpauyh and sending Shaw right
way from vicinity Of Coogan's Bluff.
Tie II Up in Ninth
II looked Ike a cinch for the Yanks
after that until the ninth, when .he
Senators came from under the pile and
tied IL up in a mclodramatic fashion.
Eilerbe got d base on balls and "Riyer"
Shannon just made one fow into right
for single Picinich then dug his toes
into the grit and swung. Thesball went
into the left field bleachers and the
score Mas tied.
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