The New York herald., 1921-06-26
ruth HITS HIS 18TH
HOMER; YANKS LOSE
Weird First Inning Brings
Five Runs and Victory
for Senators.
JOHNSON BATTLES LOCALS
Has All the Better Of Erring
Shawkey and Triumphs
by 6 to A..
by DANIEL.


1t mattered not to Walter Johnson
and the rest Of the Senators that Babe
Ruth hit his twenty-sixth home run
against them at the Polo Grounds yes
terday afternoon. The Big Siege Guns
slam into the lower tier of the right
field stand with Chick Fewster on base
in the fifth inning made it a little
closer-that's all. The Washingtons
already had won the game, for their
five runs in the first inning and an
other in the third proved enough to
outscore the New YorlSs by to 4.
Taken all In all. ii was not the sort
of game which either Bob Shawkey, who
went the route. or most of his support
ing cast. including the great Ruth. would
want to talk about at any length. or
write about home. That opening round
which saw the preparation Of six Yankee
errors, three of them by Shawleey. was
about the weirdest spell of baseball that
has been seen in these dlggings even in
this weird season of wild and woolly play.
Ruth, Meusel and Schang were Shaw
keys copartners In erring-and what a
job the bunch made of it
During that ridiculous session the
Senators got to Shawkey for three sin
giles and a double, all in succession.
Sandwiched I'm between the hits and
stuck on after them were errors-inept
efforts, butter fingered pursuit of the
lively pill-groggy baseball. Shawkey
stood out in the box as If he were in a
ho Ia
of those old fashioned cigar store IN
dians-he was bound to topple over
The ErrinG Ia On!
Judge started the attack on Shawkey
with single to right, and when Meusel
played the ball off the wall as If he
were indulging in a little parchesi, Judge
ambled to second. Harris banged a
single to left. Ruth nibbled at the ball
like a mouse after a bit of cheese In a
| trap. He nibbled long enough to send
Judge homo and Harris to second.
Rice then took a hand in the chastise-
ment of Shawkey with a double to left
centre and scored Harris. A wild pitch
put Rice on third, which he left for home
when Brewer slashed a single to right.
With three runs in the Senators sud
denly changed their attack. They dropped
the triphammer for the bastinado. Smitf
the same old Smith who played out &
long sentence with the Browns-tried tc
sacrifice. Shawkey fell all over himself
In trying TO field the ball. and Smitf
was on first. Shanls tried TO sacrifice
too-or maybe he was trying to take ad
vantage of Shawkeys disposition.
At any rate, Shanks prodded the bal
right at Bob. and again the pitcher
stubbed both toes. barked two shins
shmmied his length on the turf-ano
the bases were full.
shawIxey Gets the I'Razzberry.
BY this time the crowd. which had
| come TO see a ball game, got the I'M
preston that Shawkey was trying tc
! fill in for Nick Altrock, who was de
| tanned In Washington. and It showed
! that 1t did not crave buffoonery at that
particular time. In short Bob was
given the order of the Rawzberry. The
old time call of "rake him out T. with
the innocuous bum" here and there
substituted for the pronoun, filled the
air.
| Well, when we digressed. the bases
were full. or filled. just as you like
| They still were full. Picinich grounded
| TO Peckinpaugh, who with distinct
alertness threw 10 the plate and forceC
Brewer Schang. intent on double
| play. made a terrific peg TO first and
/ caught Piclnch plumb in the back
| Smith scoring and Shanks reaching
| third A very interesting inning sc
| far-for Washington.
| I.amotte, the Senator'S new incum
| bent at short. shot the ball 10 the same
old Shawkey, and Bob shot the leather
right into centre field. It was rumorec
| that he had intended 20 get Picinich
| but this was not verified AS the bal
winged its way out toward Fewster
| Shanks scored the fifth run and tho
| Rawzberry boys were In full cry. John
son famed and Judge lined to Meuse
70 end the nasty inning
Another for Senators.
AS the Admiral said the other day
! the beans had been spilled. Also the
| goose had been cooked. In the third
! Shanks singled and Ruth came through
with another boot. Picinlch sacrificed
via tho ground and Lamotte sacrificed
| via the air. scoring Shanks.
| Then shawkey found himself and the
! Yankees began TO play ball and hit
| Johnson just n little bit. The locals
| lone dangerous attack on the great
| Walter punctuated the fourth inning
/ They got 10 the speed king. who still car
speed them in for four hits In a row
and all they got was a lone, measly run
Ruth. Baker, Meusel and Pipp did the
successive slamming of singles.
In the ffth Fewster walked. went tc
second on Peck's inheld out and scored
ahead Of Ruth on the Babes homer
| Ruth had another chance I'm the seventh
when he found Fewstor. who had dou.
bled, on third. But the Babe rolled e
| Harris.
New York came through with some
thing OF rally IN the ninth. Ward got
a hit TO centre 20 start the shindig. and
great was the popular ado thcrcover
Schang lifted 20 Lamotte, but Hawkes.
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