The Washington herald., 1921-08-31
Peppery Hugmen Profit by
Poor Pitching and Fielding
Weird Misplays in First Inning Give Visitors
Big Start Ruth Hits No Homers;
Tries Bunting Instead.
ny JACK NYE.


pecting- a real fight on the part of
the Grins to maintain their hold on
third place in the opening clash with
the lordly Yanks were doomed to
bitter disappointment
Feeble pitching, feeble fielding
and the same kind of hitting against
the mysterious submarine shoots
of Carl Mays, Combined to give the
Hugmen an easy victory by a score
of 10 to J.
Not only did the visitors gain a
half game on the Indians. who were
idle for the day. but the men of Nc
Bride. losing their sixth straight en-
gagement, tumbled headlong out of
the berth they have held for the
greater part of the season. They
are now viewing the race from the
fourth place station, with the ram
pageous Browns up there on the
heels of the Yanks.
Babe il Bunting En- Now.
II the Yanks really had any
qualmS over the ultimate outcome
of this initial tilt. they were dis
PEELED in the first inning when the
GriffS committed several horrible
bIunders and practically presented
the foemeh with their first five runs.
After that il was 4 walkaway. with
little to stir the customers except
the hope that George Herman Ruth
would lambast one over the fence.
Asa matter of fact Babe swung
but oace in his usual vicious man
ner s0n that occasion. in the fourth
inning, the ball failed TO clear the
right field fence by a couple OF
al 81
for a double.
Something has happened to Babe
sinceslast he performed in the local
lot. Perhaps il is the lure of the
world series coin. Anyhow, he sur
prised, the bugs by laying down two
hunts with men on base. The first
time he seemed to have beaten
Gharrity's peg to first. but Billy
Evans couldn't see it shat way. In
the fifth he laid one down
with two out, thinking perhaps to
catch the defense nodding: He
didn't
Babe pulled up lame after his sec
ond bnnt and received permission to
beat il to the showers. His injury
was nothing to speak of, however,
and he is expected to be back on the
job today.
When Mr.. Ruth consents to bunt
IL is time to figure that the Yanks
are getting together and playing
the old inside" baseball in an eff
fort to grab that little piece of
bunting.
MeNaIIy whirIwind Mt Third.
Despite a trio of infeld errors.
the New York delegation looked
very much like a championship
team. The boys were swinging
their bludgeons with the same ef-
fectiYeness as of yore and there
was ;much sparkling infield work.
especially on the part of Mike Nc
Nally and Roger Peck. Mike. sub
bling for the incapacitated Frank
Baker at third, had all the earmarks
of a star. He cut off hits in bril-
liant. style, exhibiting a remarkable
pair of hands and a deadly whip.
Olaf Erickson started in the box
for the Griffs. but his own ineffec-
tive work and some decidedly sand
lot support gave the visitors four
runs Before a man was out. Acosta
relieved the Swede, but his foolers
weren't living up to their name and
he gave way to a pinch hitter in the
fourth, with the Yanks possessing
nine runs.
In the final FIVE frames only one
hostile, run crossed the platter. for
which, thanks is largely due to
Harry Courtney. The wiIlowy
southpaw gave up a mere two hits
during his tenure of office, which
was nothing short of marvellous.
Fourteen hits in all were CLEANED
by the Yanks off the three local
moundsmen, four of which were
contributed by Roger Peck, the
peerless shortstop. Peck had a
perfett day. drawing a base on
balls on his fifth expedition to the
pan.
Against Mr.. Mays the Nationals
failed to do so well. Their eight
blows were well scattered. In the
old plnchcs the undetermined gen.
tleman rad a lot of stuff, forcing
ten opponents to perish on the
sacks There was not an inning
that the Mats failed to get at least
one p1an on the cushions. but get
ting them around was a different
proposition.
First Round Nightmare.
That opening round started on,
like q tragedy. but evolved itself
into Somedy before it ended. Elmer
Millerir the new center fielder of
the NAnks, opened with a single or
the hrst pitched ball. Peck also
singlsd on a hopper which Shanks
should have nabbed, and Babe
walked. Bases full. Meusel lifted a
high 'hy to right center. Milan and
Rice Started for it, stopped, started
again. and then halted to confer.
By that time the pellet, yielding to
the laws of gravitation, had come
TO earth for a single. Miller scor-
ing. InAnothcr misplay followed
when Pipp lined to Rice in right
and ,Samyouell muffed the ball,
Peck scoring. Ward crashed a
single to center, counting Ruth and
MeuseE Exit Eriek. McNally greet
ed Aeosta with a single, bringing
Pip across the platter.
There were cheers when Charity
nabbsf Hofman's fly. and more of
them when Judge grabbed Mays
high one. As Joe speared the foul
McNally made a dash from first to
second, and Ward, on third. started
home, Then followed a compIi-
Gated, double play. Judge to Char
rity touHarris to Bush to Shanks to
Bush, getting Mr.. Ward as he tried
to return to third.
Griffs Get n Couple.
In ttheir half of the first the