The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-03
THOUSANDS SEE
BABE RUTH BAT
18Th HOME run
Record Crowd Sees ATArxan. Boost
Mark OF Williams Of Sox.
Tanks Winning, 20.

Chicago, July 3.-Chicago's rec
ord Monday baseball gathering
turned out yesterday to see Babe
Ruth and the New York Yankees
humiiinate the White Sox, to 0.
Over 10000 persons paid to walk
through the turnstiles, which were
busy clicking from noon until
game time
The great crowd saw Babe Ruth
make his 3Sth home run Of the sea-
son, SO nobody was disappointed.
He hit the ball on a line into the
right field bleachers in the fourth
inning and scored one man in front
Of him.
Here is what the wonderful slug
ger did besides hitting that home
run and breaking his own worlds
record again: He scored three
runs himself and drove in two
more. He poled a screeching two
Dagger in the sixth inning and the
| smash scored a run. His home run
occurred in the fourth inning. In
the first and third innings Ruth was
walked, and in the eighth he hit
the tallest fly ball that Swede Ris-
berg ever caught, The ball went
so high it looked like golf sphere,
and Risberg had to wait long time
before it came down. Then he
sQuatted on his knees to brace for
the impact. The ball hit in his
glove with a resounding smack. 1t
took strong bird to hold that one.
Quinn Checks Sox.
| Jack Quinn, one of the best right
handlers in the American league,
pitched for the Yankees. Claude
Williams, Gleason's often reliable
left-hander, tried to twirl for the
Hose. Claude lasted only five in
nings, was pounded merrily, and
gave way to Pinch Hitter Eddie
Murphy in the fifth. While he was
in the contest the Yanks made
Claude look dizzy with long
smashes.
Roy Wilkinson pitched the con-
Guiding innings for the Sox and the
visitors scored one run at his ex.
pense Ruth's aforementioned ter.
rife two-bagger to right center in
the sixth resulted in the solitary
tally made while Wilkinson was
performing.
The Yankees scored in the frs
round. Peck walked and Pipp sac
rificed. Pratt struck out. Ruth wa:
Intentionally passed. Meusel ant
Bodie got singles. Two runs.
Ruth was first up in the thirt
session and Williams passed him
& The next two batters were easy TO
Claude, but Ward stepped up ant
socked a home run into the lief
| field seats. 1t was liner AM
every bit as pretty a hit as Rutl
got later on.
4 Keeps Promise.
Pratt busted a single after tw
| out in the fourth. Ruth stepped u
: and the bugs pleaded for HON
, run. The Babe had promised tn
! scribes before the game that b
would make his 3Sth home. He di
that very thing, his drive sailin
into the right field seats on lint
| There is nothing fiukish abou
Ruth's homer. Any time he get
hold of the baseball it's going OF
Of the park, no matter whether
be in New York, Chicago, San Fran
cisco, Augusta, Ga, or La Sale, Ii
1 Wilkinson walked Peck, first ba
I ter in the sixth. Pipp singles
. Pratt hit into a double play, bt
> Ruth followed with his two-hagge
n and one more run was in. That wa
/ the end of the scoring for the af
3 ernoon.
a. The Sox never really had
1 chance. They pounded the ba
I hard enough, but Quinn manage
q to keep their nine hits well sea
0 tered.
II Joe Jackson got a triple with OF
: out in the sixth, but the gener
9 died on third. John Collins al
, Swede Risberg, the first two 81
n batters to face Quinn in the mint
. got clean singles, but Lynn, StruI
= and Leibold were easy outs and Il
: Yanks scooted off the field a to
= winner. The Sox had three on
q one round but could not get an
! body over.
. Over 10000 people have paid
q see the Yanks and White Sox
n two days. AS the New Workers a
n here two more days the indication
n are the series will draw close
q 100000 fans.