The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-07-22
YANKEES DRUBBED
BY INDIANS, II TO 8
The Clevelands Pound -Four
Pitchers and Recover
First Place.
RUTH HURT, QUITS GAME
Gotham Team Bats Justify,
but Poor Twirling Is Insur-
mountable Handicap.
BY WILLIAM h. HANNA.

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BY WILLIAM II. HANNA.
Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. July 21.-One thing
the Cleveland ball team does well is to
recover quickly from a drubbing. The
comeback habit is right well developed
In the Cleveland club. That aggrega-
ton recovered quickly from the drub-
bling administered by the Yankees yes
terday and to-day drubbed the Yanks
and regained first place. The extent
of the retaliatory drubbing was II to 8.
The Yankees lost through poor pitch
ing. The Indians made twenty-five hits
off the four pitchers presented by Miller
Higgins. The Yanks, who made better
fight In defeat to-day than the Indians
did yesterday, were not idle with the
wand. They knocked Caldwell out of
the box and made sixteen hits of their
own. The two teams combined made
sixteen two base hits. and it looked as
IL the game never would be finished.
1t was loose and hammer and tongs
affair.
The Yanks didn't lose until they had
won nine straight. They have done ex-
ceedingly well. are full of fight and
have to lose once in while. Higgins
used eighteen players to-day. Using all
of those men is the only complaint dis
cernible of the spirit of the Yankee en-
tourage. II makes it look as If you
concede defeat when you throw in a
raft Of subs. The team kept battling
all the way, but it would have looked
more as If they still expected to win by
keeping the regulars in.
The New York pitchers called on were
Mays, Quinn, Ferguson and Collins in
that order. Not one delivered effective
pitching. Collins did the best, although
q sick man. He can't he blamed much
for what he didn't do in holding the
outraged Indians. Nor can Mays. Mays
was called on to pitch out Of turn after
pitching only. last Monday. He has had
styera' extra burdens to shoulder on
this trip.
Quinn Hurried to Box.
Quinn went to the box after a hur-
-ied warm up. In the writer's judg-
Inent. even IL it is second guess, 1t
would have been better to gamble with
Quinn as the opening pitcher and not
disturb the regular order of the pitchers.
quinn likely would have done better
had he started the game. Anyway. the
race Is not so far along or in such
critical state as to mako a departure at
this stage from the regular programme
Urgent Mays can go In again this Sc
res, but with his toll to-day not increas-
Ing his chances Of success
But what's done Is done and no In
durable harm done. The batting of little
Mr. Sewell was a robust and illuminating
feature also his fielding He poled three
doubles and two singles. Peck played a
splendid game at short and partook OF
a triple and double. Ruth turned his
ankle getting away from the plate in
the first inning and also has bruised
leg where he stopped pitched ball yes
terday. He battled long enough though
to make base hit.
A spectacular jumping catch by Peck
inpaugh saved Mays IN the first inning.
Peck was moving to cover second on
hit and run play, and Smith lined the
ball to where he was. or rather above
where he was, for he had to spring high
FOR the speeding missile. Baker had
walked and stolen second In the second
inning before anybody was out.
Caldwell had a jump on his fast one
and Meusel popped lamely, but Pipp.
after two swings at speed, prodded
curve to left and scored Baker. Ward
also singled. but Schang and Mays
flied out Eewster tapped a perfect bunt
to the third base line in the third. 1t
settled fair and never did roll foul, yet
the Indians assembled around Evans and
protested about something. Peck tried
twice to bunt, then tripled to left. or
course Fswster counted. A walk for
Ruth, a pop fly from Baker. Meusel took
a beautiful strike without swinging, then
hit like a hungry fish at two curves-if
fish bite at curves. AS timely hitter
Meusel leaves much to be desired. Pipp
landed hard but Sewell was going over
to cover and stopped the ball back OF
second base. Therefore. Peck on third,
with nobody out. didn't score. Good
pitching by Caldwell.
A Groggy Inning.
Mays had a groggy third inning and
his support was groggy with him. Cald-
we'll singled and was forced by Jameson.
Wambsganss drew pass and Mays was
was In the hole with Speaker at bat.
He put the next over, and Speaker
whaled n single to the wall. The hit
scored Jameson and when Ward booted
Meusels throw-in and then failed to see
where the ball went, Wamby picked HIM
self up from third and scrambled home.
The Indians then followed with a proper
knocked him out of the box and made
seven runs. One of the hits was made
off Quinn and drove In a run, and ono
run was due TO passed ball and Quinn's
slowness in putting the ball on the
runner.
Quinn in the fourth suffered from a
base on balls and three hits, netting
three runs. Fine plays by Peck and
Pipp kept the score down.
Ruth made his exit in the fifth after
the single which drove in Peck He
hobbled TO first. lame from the effects
OF being hit by a pitched ball yesterday.
Bodie ran for him and had all he could
do TO stagger home when Baker sent a
long two Dagger over Speakers head.
Caldwell was peppered for four hits
in row. but sluggish base running by
Baker and dazzling grab by little
sewell for double play held the runs
90 two.
Ferguson appeared on the mound for
New York in the fifth and held the In
dams in spite OF walk and n hit bats
man. Bodie doubled 10 tho wall In the
sixth and batted In Schang. who had
doubled. and Peck, who had walked.
His 1ff ffnishod CaldwaIi Cpaafrar