New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-20

NINNiiOS ySStSi Qeay, anu pei SoioA'S -
out Babe" Ruth, even when aided
by Ping Bodie, the Wonderful Wop,
out on the short end of 3 to 2 sc
series by two games to one.
J. Franklin Baker, the former home
run king, sat secluded in box and
listened to the call of the game. He
saw his successor, the inimitable Babe,
Eft the ball out of the lot, and his eye
kindled as the eye of an old cavalry
horse kindles when he hears Boots
and Saddles" again. Anybody who
watched Baker for any length of time
yesterday would know that he would
come back to the game.
Only Five Hits OF Ray
Ray Caldwell, the eX-Yank, sold
down the river to Cleveland, had his
former teammates at his mercy with
the exception of Ruth and Ping Bodie
lust five hits were made off him and
Ruth and Bodie made two apiece, one
Of Bodies being a triple to the right
center corner.
The forty-third home run naturally
excited the customers, but it was not
the sensation OF the afternoon, by any
means. The incident that brought
about the most pronounced evidence of
g penumbral condition of the beans of
the fans present was a catch made by
Ping Bodie the Wonderful Wop.
1t happened in the seventh inning.
Jameson drove a terrific smash to deep
center far over Ping Bodies head, and
it looked like cinch for three-base
hit. On his own admission the rotund
Signor P.zgola is built more for COM
fort than fer speed and carries more
lead in his keel than any player in the
big leagues
But Ping went after the ball and
made fl leap, spearng the sphere
with enc hand. He hit the Ground
with a thump that left an indelble
dent il the ouJfield and caused him to
emit sound like the boom of war
drum in ths African forests. But,
though every breath in his body was
Knocked out, Ping's prehensile spa
ghe1ti hooks held the ball.
In the fourth inning the Wonderful
Nop cracked q triple to right center,
the ball rolling % the fence. The Signor
T.zzola suffered great mental and physi-
cal anguish as lie scurried around the
bag 10 third. When he arrived there
Re he. 20 resort to thc subterfuge of
shoe lace tying to get a well merited
rest and breathing spell.
Ping Enyious of Ruth
y wish that | could lift them out Of
the lot like Ruth" moaned Bodie, when
he got little Of his breath back. ITS
pretty soft for him. He puts them out
bat have TO run, and, gosh, how
decd it." Though Bodie got his three
bacser with nobody out the Yanks
sould not muster the power to drive
aim nome safely. Smiling Ray Cald-
vel was getting even and he won the
pi,ohing duel with our Mr.. Bob the
COB Shawkey
TIE Indians got two on Robert the
Colbert in the first inning. Graney
drew base on balls and Wambsganss
sent him t. second with sacrifice
J9mieson raped the Cob for three
basger that scored Graney. Jameson
scored on Smiths out
Babe Ruth crossed the entire Indian
outiicl3 81 his first time at bat The
Babe Inevitable clouts them TO right
fed ana the Indian retrievers were all
ho~4ed toward the threatened flank
y nereapon the Babe plastered one into
left field and it went for a base
hit. But there were two out when it
came. and the Babe was left at the
second sack.
thc fourth inning, with nobody on
Caldwell started to pitch wide and the
multitude began TO moan bit. Cald-
wei grlnned and sent one a little fur
Their in. J he Babe hoisted it and it
few oyer the top Of the stands into
Manhattan Field, and then some. 1t
wasn't the hardest paste that the Babe
has ever made, but it caused j. Frank
lin Baker to look upward and marvel
greatly. 1t was Ruth who introduced
the novelty of knocking home runs COM
pletely out Of the lot.
Smiths Clout Decisive
Elmer Smith, the home run hitter of
the nd ans, lifted home run into the
right field stands jusa inside the lines
in the si.Sth. 1t was just common or
garden variety of home run. but it
was q home run, and Just enough as it
turned out, to WIN the ball game
In he Yankee half of the sixth
BABE Auth conducted tie second run
across. lie started in the conventional
way 0y Getting himself base on balls.
Pratt jammod a hit past third and sent
the Babe 70 third. Duffy Lewis was
thrown out by Wambsganss, and Ruth
dashed home on the play
despite the fact that Ruth put an
Other notch on the home run bat, the
honor5 OF the afternoon seemed to 90
y Ping Rodie, the Wonderful Wop.
When Ping came in from making his
catch the customers got reckless with
their straw kellys and gave him a vo-
ciferous greeting, which Ping received
rather calmly, knowing that in an
other day or SO the same delegation
might he demanding that he be dumped
outside the three mile limit with the
rest Of he debris
nevertheless, it was great day for
the Reformed Rock Roller of Tele-
graph AN. San Francisco. Ping seems
10 scent the worlds series dough in
the ofing. 1t would be a good thing if
the rest Of the Yanks had the same
keen scent and would act accordingly.
The score:
CLEVELAND ds G. = ~, l., NEW YORK a. L.