The Washington herald., 1920-07-05
Record Crowd Watches Shaw
Hurl Gri1men to Victory
Ooer Huggin's Mighty Yanks
BY JACK NYE.

proud Yankees, the lighting Ma
tionals thrilled the largest crowd
that ever gathered within the Geor-
gia avenue park yesterday by TAX
Ing the first game of the series by a
score of to 2. The victory jolted
the Yanks right out of first place in
the league standing.
James Aloysius Shaw, who was
bounded without mercy when he last
faced the New York delegation at
the Polo Grounds, took sweet re-
venge by letting the enemy down
with eight hits, among which there
wasn't a sign of a home run.
Not even Babe" Ruth, the peer
less slugger, was able to jolt the
ball heavily. His only hit of the
afternoon was a high one to CEN
ter. which fell safe because Sam
Rice was playing back near the flag
pole to snag anything he might pro-
pei in that direction.
Tho GriffS were unawed by the
offerings of John Picus Quinn, who
held them to three hits in New
York. and batted him for nine hits
including triple and three doubles.
Record Crowd is Seen.
The combination of the Glorious
Fourth and the Yankees brought the
bugs out in droves. They started
early and packed the seating capac-
tty OF the stands by the time the
game started. the overflow of 500
or more packing the space between
the boxes and the foul line on both
sides of the field. The actual num-
bef of paid admissions was 16,0O1.
according to the announcement of
Secretary Eddie Eyron.
James Aloysius worked exceeding
" well and allowed the foe to dent
the plate only in the seventh, when
short flies by Ruth and Hannah fell
safe for two baggers-
-. The Washington Apollo had the
bid curve ball working, striking out
40 less than eight of the aspiring
Gothamites. including the Baltimo'
Bambino- In fact the Colossus OF
Clout had quite a hard time of it
He couldn't connect with anything
that looked dangerous at all be-
cause Shaw was playing him ac-
cording to instructions. True, in
the eighth, with Gleich on. Babe
was walked, after he had gotten
Jim in a hole, but 1t proved the
best of strategy.
Roth Hammers Triple.
Bobby Roth was a thorn in the
side of Mr.. Quinn. driving in the
irst run in the opening round with
4 whale OF triple to left 1t was
the first big thrill. The ball cleared
Ruth's head and hit the jury box on
he bound, SO you can figure for
yourself how long it was. Bobby
al 1t Ga
eighth, driving in his second run
while Stanley Harris grabbed off
three singles which were respon-
sible for two more OF the tallies.
Lessons in up-to-date base rum
ming wre furnished free of charge
by Zeb Milan. whose daring was
responsible for the second National
score. He dropped a Texas Lacquer
into right in the sixth and surprised
young Gleich by proceeding to sec
.ond without hesitation. beating the
peg easily. An infield out put Zeb
on third. and he caused Quinn so
much uneasiness by his threats to
Proceed homeward that Bobby Roth
drew a base on balls. Hannah de-
eided that a double steal was COM
ing, and he was right. Instead OF
throwing the ball to second, Truck
heaved it to Meusel. having Milan
caught off many yards. But here
was where Zeb fooled 'em by MAX
Ing n break for home. sliding
around the bulky catcher, who
made frantic efforts to find him.
The stands roared when he was de-
Glared safe, and Truck wore n puz-
zled expression.
-: Sam Rice also trif1ed with Han
.nah's whip, making a clean steal of
second in the first round and reg
istering his thirty-second theft Of
the season.
Yanks Protest Decisions.
Ruth and others had quite a ses>
sian with Umpire Moriarty on two
occasions. when they disagreed with
his decisions. In the eighth Babe
insisted that he had beaten O'NeilTs
peg to second on a forced play
though he was ruled out. He tossed
his cap a mile high and otherwise
registered anguish and grief. Later
when Harris was caught off first,
but scrambled back past the wait
ing Pipp, Moriarty allowed that he
hadn't been tagged and was safe
Again the New Yorers protested.
The excitement finally quieted down
and the game proceeded.
: Shaw opened auspiciously when he
famed Ruth for the third out in the
first. after Pipp had walked. With
the count three and two. Pipp start
ed down. but Jim grooved the ball
on Babe. and he didn't even swing
at it.
Griffs Score in First.
The Griffs didn't waste any time
getting their first score. After
Judge had popped to Quinn, Milan
singled past Pratt, and was forced
on Rice's rap to Meusel. Sam then
stole and trotted in when Roth un-
:orked his triple to left.
Hits by Meusel and Hannah put
Shaw In a hole in the second, but
he famed Quinn in the emergency
Thereafter he allowed not hit un-
til the seventh, of which more will
be said anon.
In the sixth, the Griffs rang up
two more by timely hitting and
clever work on the sacks. Judge
had been retired. when Milan
dropped a fly into right for two
sacks. Rice was tossed out by Pratt
and Zeb took third. proceeding at
once to worry the pitcher. He was
almost caught off once by Hannah,