New-York tribune., 1920-09-26
Young Pitcher
Gains Victory
~w. l.
Over Stlawkey
Courtney Also Contribuse.
Home Rum and Spiritless
Hugmen Lose by S tn =
BY r. I. Kellv


For the second time ir two davs m.
three games Clark Griffith and h.
Washington team made the erstrh;,.
proud and chesty Yankees look ~.
and sick and sad-the Yankees Of mia
season form of the old days bsfo,.
ehere were any. Babe Ruths rustiest.
ing in our midst. Twenty thoussns
giotSons 1or punishment were out fos
the official obsequies to Yankee honss rss
OF 1920 pennant and slept throusSs
the CLOSING rounds as the Senatcss
oreezed nome TO to 8 victory.
Miller Huggins, our midget mans,..
is evidently resigned to fate sssss' ana sna
ious to have that fate overtake A. h,s.
as speedily as possible. He cs,.,as L.s
a woe begone, forlorn countenansa
thither and yon with about as nonss
pep as---well, as the Yankees thew
selves displayed. The metamorrhoai.
! OF our Yankees, since they bumnsd
head-on into a ton of INT in Chicsso
last week, cannot possibly be pictnrsd
in English language of the parior tyne
The Yankees are going nowhere nov
and they do not seem to care baro
who knows it. They cannot irnnrovs
third place worlds series recommends
such as they drew down after jersi
fight last year; neither can they loss
| that crunb of consolation. And 40 lifs
to them is just one ball game after
another, the passing of which means
step nearer the oblivion of the on
season.
Fighting Spirit Absent
Yesterday y'sbattle under the shsdows
nf NJ w hoI
of ball game for a short time oply.
When, in the third inning. with ss' ivy
out, Courtney. the Washington pitcher
cracked the bali into the lower right
field stand, much of the starch oozed
right out of our home troop. II il
true that the Yankees tied the count
in their fourth, but they never got
back into the battle with charasterie
spirit at all.
1t was reported from the West that
Bob Shawkey's arm had gone back in
the big crisis. The gossips had it that
Bob the Cob strained the old soup bons
as a result of overwork in the bull
pen. Shawkey's arm seemed to have
lost little Of it's cunning yesterday IN.
( til the team pulled up behind him.
| Bob started off b. tanning about half
Of the Senators that opposed him in the
carly rounds. He could scarcely bs
blamed for emulating the general spirit
of his cast before the end. An inkling
of the spirit of the Yankees was re.
fected in the fact that they hit into
four double plays, one or more Of them
very sluggish, not to say nonsensical.
Wick, who supplanted Meusel, hit into
the first double play in the second
inning, following clean single by
Peckinpaugh.
Gift Proves Jinx
Washington scored first in the third
inning. O'Rourke was presented with
q purse of 5000 in gold by Elizabeth.
N. j., admirers. AS per custom, be
promptly struck out. Charity fol-
lowed suit for Shawkcy's fourth vie.
tim. Courtney, however, slapped one
into the lower right field stand-a blow
that appeared to dcmoralize our boys
bevond repair.
The heavy artillery of the Yankees
made a feint in the fourth that tied
the score at the expense of heavy
casualties. Pipp opened with single
to right. Babe Ruth ratified wicked
single off the right field wall that
sent Pipp to third. Pratt hit straight
at O'Rourke and into the second
double play Pipp scoring during the
execution of the double killing. Duffy
Lewis wormcd base out of Courtney,
but Peck tapped straight at Judge.
Truck Hannah qualified for the
brown derby in the fifth. After Rice
had robbed Wick Of Texas leaguer
by a fine running catch, his Trucklen
singled to center Shawkcy hit "
Harris. Hannah pulled up so that the
second bascman could not tag him and
forced Harris to make the play st
first base But then Truck Hannah
loafed in going on to second and was
tagged out on Judges quick relay, @
he numbered toward the midway.
Senators Break Tie
The Senators broke the tie in the
sixth. Shawkey struck out Judge, bus
handed a pass to Harris. Rice hit 70
Ward. Aaron shot the ball to Pratt ID
plenty Of time to start n double play'
but Derrill muffed ignobly and noooey
was retired. Roth walke9. filling tae
bases. EIlerbe popped to Peckinpaugh,'
but Shawkey lost Shanks's also. ahc M
this pass forced home Harris with the
run. Shawkey threw out O'Rourke ,
Ward doubled to start the sixth aha
Pipp sacrificed. Ruth was purposeIy
passed, but Pratt for the second time
hit into double play. 90.
! The Senators tied it up in the eigata'
Harris walked and scored ahead OF kie'
when Wick let Sammy's single roll De-
tween his legs and on to the renee
Roth fouled to Pipp and Ellerbe mes ss
to Wick. Shanks then walked, but w
was forced by O'Rourke.