The New York herald., 1921-06-08
YANKS FIND 'COVEY'
AND INDIANS EASY
New Yorks Edge Up on the
Leaders by Beating Them
9 to 2.
ANOTHER JINX RIDDLED
Cleveland Star Knocked Out in
Fourth-Shawkey Once
More Supreme.
ANOTHER JINX RIDDLED
by DANIEL.

ny DANIEL.
Jinx met jinx at the polo grounds
yesterday afternoon-and the proper
jinx was the winner. Not even a fourth
of the fur which was expected to I'LL the
air in and about the Harlem park did
any flying. It was Bob Shawkey, who
beat the Indians six out of seven last
season, against Stanley Coveleskie, who
could sink the gaff into the Yanks about
sny old time he wanted to in his year of
glory. 1920. When il was all over Shaw
key, having yielded only five hits. once
more stood triumphant. while the Yanks
gloried in a victory by to 2 AS for
Coveleskie, he viewed the windIp from
the bullpen. He already was in his
street clothes.
1t took the New Yorks less than four
Innings to drive Coveleskie from the box
and establish a lead of six runs. There
It did not stop. Odenwald, a lefthander.
who took the Poles place, saw two more
Yankee talles cross the rubber and put
the game far beyond the reach Of the
famed Indians. Odenwald gave only
one hit in three and two-thirds innings.
Morton. who pitched the eighth. got
through without a scratch.
Indians Field Poorly.
! Not only did the Clevelands show
i some very poor pitching. but their work
( in the infieid was below par. Sewell
and Stephenson ffelded and threw the
I inoffensive pill as If they still were with
the University of Alabama-and old Ala
BAN has no place in the American
/ League standing. Gardner and Nuna-
maker, Night School 'O3, also were very
much off form. 1t was easy to see how
the Indians had dropped those three to
f, the Red Sox.
1t was a mighty poor day for the top
( sluggers of the league--the one and only
7 Babe Ruth and the mighty Iris Speaker
but let it not be understood that
there was no home running. That nee
; essary feature was attended to by Ward
and Sewell The Yankees rammed the
ball into the left field bleachers in the
(; fourth. with nobody on, while Sewell To-
Gated the right field stand in the ninth.
with no other Indian on base and two
strikes on the batter. Shawkey let up
and the ball went winging.
Gardner's Boot Costly.
la- A double by Peckinpaugh and boot
by Gardner were very costly for the In
dians in the opening round and figured
in the scoring OF three runs. That put
Ne great Pole on the skids. Coveleskie
opened with pass to Roth. who reached
third when Peck doubled to left. Ruth
was passed on purpose and the bases
were filled, with nobody out. What a
pip of chance for Pipp
Pnpp hit one at Gardner. who juggled
the ball and then let it jump away into
left. while Roth scored and everybody
else advanced base. Bodle hit into a
double play. which started with the null
lification of Peck at the plate. But old
Baker was right on the job. He poled
long single into left and scored Ruth
and Pipp. Quite start against Jinx
Covey.
schang opened the second with a hit
to Sewell AND got all the way TO third.
but there Peck left him. The spitball
without being nicked, but in the fouth
a ton of dornicks fell on his noble dome
and sent him TO the clubhouse.
Baker opened that inning innocently
enough. with a fly to Speaker. But
Ward Immediately put some jazz into
the situation with his home run. Cow
yeleslSie could not find the plate for Schang
land when Shawkey singled to centre
Old Man Trouble was looking Covey
square in the eye. The Pole was on his
tway--h the wrong direction.
Roth lifted the lid off the park with a
hit to left. which sent Schang home. and
when Peck rammed a single through
Sewell. who should have got the ball,
Shawkey wandered home. too. That
spelled Sufficiency for Coveleskie. and
tOdenwald waddled onto the scene. The
slefthander Immediately was christened
Overthewall, but nary Yank hit went
that way.