The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-07-15
YANKS DO POORLY;
II ! LOSE TO BROWNS
Quinn Knocked Out, but Ruth
/ Makes His Twenty-eighth
lEoMe Run.
nv WILLIAM n. HANNA.

The Yankees are not thriving. Their
y,idsumner campaign is humping along,
losing opportunities and occasionally
Yesterday for instance-losinS ground
They were beaten, Z to 3, by the Browns
and with the Clevelands 1t was the
usual story-some team almost beat
,hcm The Yanks lost and the Cleve-
lands won and the Yanks as result OF
the DAVIS endeavorsy widened BY tuil
game the gap between them ana ilrst
place ,,,. Lo0oh-
man Yesterday Babe Ruth made his
twenty-eighth home run and Is but one
behind his record, but what the Browns
did 10 the Yankees later took most OF
the gilt Of enjoyment off the home run
gingerbread.
Ruth lost a fly In the seventh inning
I'm a manner TO indicate the sun was 10
blame. which maybe II was, though II
wasn't strong sun. and right there
occurred the break Of the game. HAD
Ruth caught that fly the whole aspect
OF the afternoon would have been
changed, but as II was the Browns Kept
right on. knocked Quinn out OF the box
and made five runs, all after Ruth's ina
biity to grapple with an ordinarily easy
fly.
Facing Dixie Davis. who beat them in
st. Louis, the Yankees prolonged their
batting slump. They made but five hits.
They've slowed up a good deal this
month, but up to yesterday we're fighting
hard as ever They didn't fight well
yesterday. They were listless. dispir-
ited-demeanor which won't do II they
are to keep in the pennant hunt.
The Browns made but one hit in their
first six innings, then popped out with
lot OF them, The Yankees weren't
revelIng in hits themselves in that
time They made three, and the only
one that amounted to anything was
Ruth's shot into the lower grand stand
In the second inning, with nobody on.
The Babe did not receive the tribute
of the fans with his customary smiling
front He didn't look up and he didn't
lift his cap. little courtesy which
wouldn't have hurt him, which was the
fans due. and which he'll never be big
enough TO be above. He was boorish
about 1t and he wasn't the only one.
Wards manner Of receiving home run
applause in the eighth inning also was
that Of the boor. The fans have taken
the reverses of the last two days with
better grace than the players
Ward unlocked a triple in the fifth
with two out, and Pipp, who never hit
the ball past the infield, bounced to
Davis. Ruth tried to steal In the sixth
with nobody out. Davis wouldn't give
the Babe much of chance TO hit after
the homo run. The farce OF walking
this great batter went right on, and
some day the rule makers will come TO
n full realization of the fact that the
practice is in great disfavor with the
ipublic. As one baseball patron sanely
remarks: 1T may be good inside stuff.
but the fans don't put down their little
iron men to see inside baseball"
With Ruth's homer as velvet AZ went
tlngling and merry with the Ianks until
Sisler Ied off with a single in the sew
enth Jacobson raised G fly to left and
that's where Ruth lost the decision In
his solar bout. He took Il somewhat
similar fly in the next inning, held It.
but made a good deal of fuss, more than
seemed necessary, over it,
With two men on and nobody out,
Quinn lost all he had. He passed Will
Jams, then came singles by Smith and
Gerber. the removal OF Quinn. a hit by
SEVERED off Shore and a sacrifice fly
by Tobin. When Gedeou came to bat In
this inning he was Kissed, The inning
before he drove a liner to Quinn and
was thrown out. He petulantly threw
his bat at the ball. lie wasn't trying to
hit Quinn, but nevertheless it was a
thoughtless, senseless thing to do, and
some show of regret on Gedeon's part
would have set better on him than the
grinning he did when the people were
showing their disapproval. a clean
player Gedeon, but what he did on this
occasion was stupid.
Two runs galliyanted homo in the
eighth when Wick became a colander for
a single with two on bases. The Yanks
made two in the eighth on a home run
BY Ward into the left field gallery, a
pass to Ruth. a pitched ball which hit
Wick on the head and did no more than
muss his hair. and single by Bodie.
The score:.