New-York tribune., 1920-07-06
From a spectal CORRESPONDENT

Ping Bodie was the hero Of the
morning engagement-if a losing ball
club is entitled to a hero-and with
any sort of luck would have batted the
Yankees to victory. The Wonderful
Wop peeled off two hits in four times
at bat, drove in two runs and carried
another across and was robbed of an
extra base hit which would have given
the Yanks at least one counter in the
sixth when First Baseman Joe Judge
reached up, spearing sizzling liner
with one hand and stepped on first for
double play.
There were two out in the first when
Bodie stepped to the plate and found
all the bases occupied by virtue of a
pass to Wick, who was subsequently
forced by Ward, Pipp's single to right
on which Ward reached third and a
premeditated base on balls to Ruth.
Meusel had famed, but Bodie stepped
into one of Jezebel Tecumsah Zachary's
fast ones and slapped it to left for a
single, on which Ward and Pipp both
scored. Ruth tried to make third on
the blow, but was thrown out by Rice.
Pratt to Pipp combination held the
Senators to one run in each of the
first two innings. but with two down in
the third the home guard rode to the
front on a pass to Roth and pom
derous triple by Harris.
Two barren innings followed, but
with one out in the sixth O'Neill
tapped Shore for another extra base
wallop, this one a triple to right
center, and scored on the second of
Gharritys three singles.
Five Stitches Required
Charity was caught off first
moment later and in sliding into sec
ond tossed his spikes into Wards left
thigh, inflicting a wound about two
inches long and deep enough to bleed
profusely. Five stitches were required
to close it and it is likely that Ward
will be laid up for at least three weeks.
There was no further scoring until
the ninth, which Bodie opened for the
Yanks with a double to right Roth
muffed Pratt's easy fly to right, Bodie
going to third on the error and scor-
ing on Ruel's sacrifice fly to Milan. A
balk by Zachary put Pratt on second,
but Hannah, batting for Shore, fouled
to Charity and Wick was thrown out
by O'Neill.
Manager Miller Higgins picked Her
bert Thormahlen to pitch the after
noon engagement and soon regretted
his choice. This stately young south
paw never has pitched winning ball in
Washington. and to-day he was even
less effective than usual. Eight hits,
intermingled with three passes had
been combed off his delivery and the
Senators had scored six runs when he
was lifted in favor of Bob McGraw in
the fourth inning.
The Senators lost no time to getting
to Thormahlen. Joe Judge, the Wash
ington leadof man, drew pass in the
first, moved up a base on Milan's sac
rifice bunt and scored on Rice's single
to right. O'Neill's two-timer to left
and Gharrity's single to center ac-
counted for another hostile tally in the
second
The Yenkees got one of their own in
the fourth in which the Babe led off
single to center. Meusel followed with
a double into the crowd behind the
right field foul line, sending Ruth to
third. Bodie fouled out to Shanks, but
Pratt showed tricky grounder to deep
short and Ruth slipped home while
O'Neill was fielding it to first
Four Runs Finish Southpaw
Thormahlen got rid of O'Neill in the
Senator's half of this round and then
things started to happen. Charity
singled to left, Schacht walked, Judge
defeated an inheld hit, Milan doubled
over first and Rice singled to right,
four runs calvacading home before
Miller Higgins could derrick Thor
mahlen and rush McGraw into action.
McGraw walked Roth and hit Harris,
but retired the side without further
scoring.
Again in the sixth the Babe .socked
Schacht, this time for single to right.
Meusel forced him at second. Bodie
and Pratt came through with consecu-
tive singles, Meusel scoring. There
the rally petered out, Hannah going
out on foul to Charity and McGraw
on a missed third strike.
The Senators rounded out their total
by scoring three runs in the eighth.
Rice started the drive with a single to
center and took second on a passed
ball. Roth's infeld out put him on
third. where he fingered when Harris
walked. Ruth muffed Shank's easy fly,
Rice scoring, Harris going to third
and the batter to second. O'Neills in
field out brought Harris home and
Shanks scored on wild pitch. Pinch
hitter Sammy Wick doubled and paved
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