New-York tribune., 1920-03-12

one fell spasm, Miller Huggins's re
second team, by a score of 8 to 8, al
The seconds" were nosed out. but
not disgraced. They furnished more
than their share of the fireworks. They
battled bravely and gamely in the face
Of overwhelming defeat and so sue
cessfully that the midget manager
called time at the end of the sixth,
possibly to save the faces of his old
guard. For the sod busters were COM
ing strong at the end.
In the fifth inning the colts suffered
a slap of six runs, which put the
score to l against them But in their
half they came right back with seven
tallies. leaving the brave regulars
somewhat blown of wind from chasing
the ball all over the sun-baked lot.
Champions at Plate
The moral Of this story is: Always
eat your fill.
Higgins has two rockies with ap-
petites that are the envy of Ruth They
are Warren Collins, pitcher from
Texas, who modestly admits to several
drop kicks from the 70-yard line and
beyond on Texas gridrons. He is Grip"
Collins, who got a tumble out Of Wal
ter Camp once.
Collins is supposed to have the speed
of Walter Johnson. He has the speed
all right-at the plate, anyhow. His
mostly for vegetables This made Marie
de Vitalis, the Brown University
athlete, so sore that he ate up $410
worth of breakfast knick- k-knacks this
morning. And around the two appeti-
tes revolves the story.
Collins, still fresh from luncheon.
opened the battle in the box for the
regulars. He was all right in every
particular, carried Carl Mays over the
innings turned the game over to Bob
McGrew, to /, in his favor.
De Nitalis took on where Mays left
off. He was naturally hungry when
he started and fairly famished after
one innings effort. He got so ravenous
looking at the plate that he lost him
self completely and handed out three
passes These, punched with two
doubles and as many singles, gave five
runs to the regulars and an apparent
stranglehold of the argument
Even Bodie Steals Base.
Several times the grandstand man
ayers thought De. Vitalis about to eat
the ball. He fondled it so long and
pilfer both second and third and Ping
Bodie to steal the midway. The astute
Mr. Huggins, who is an expert dag
nostlcian, promised Mario quick relief
If he would only get that inning fin
ished, and dispatched Phil Schenck for
Il bushel of peanuts. This sustenance
revived De Vitalis sufficiently fer him
TO finish out strong sixth inning.
Judged by and large the game was
as close as the score indicates, though
scarcely so thrilling. Three of the
four pitchers were as wild as the pro-
verbal March hare. Mays, De Vitals
and McGraw all suffered one bad in
nlng, each handing out three bases on
balls: Mays's long experience stood
him in good stead, for, though he start
ed off by walking three, he was forced
to hit runner in order that the
regulars might score one run against
him.
This was freak inning. where only
one tally came from three passes a
passed ball, a hit batsman and a single.
Fewster, who led off with a single, was
trapped at second by Mays's snap throw
to Ward.
Mcusel Outplays Fewster
Fewster suffered in comparison to
Meusel on the days play. The big
fellow made couple of sensational
plays tnat smacked OF the born third
sacker and drove in two runs with a
long double. Twice, in the fifth in
ming, Fewster fooled easy chances,
which fact helped put McGra further
into difficulty.
AS first baseman "Truck" Hannah
is bum catcher. He fumbled two
easy throws from Biemiller and slob-
bered all over a grounder from the
bat of Ruth.
The fifth inning was game in itself.
The regulars batted completely around
and the colts went them one better,
sending no less than an even dozen
hitters against McGraw. Thirteen runs
were scored.
Ruth didn't get one safe hit, but he
reached first four times, twice by
errors and twice on passes. The Babe
is nursing a crouch. A consignment
OF his bats. which he expected to be
awaiting him here, never arrived. Ruth
ordered dozen of his specials from
Louisville. These were supposed to
have been shipped four days ago.
If those bats don't come soon I'll 90
daffy," declared Ruth to-day al SIM
ply can't use one of the Others"
The batting order, score by INNINGS
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