The New York herald., 1921-09-06

Special Despatch to THE NEW YoRK HERALD
BosToN, Sept. 5.-The Yankees win
ming streak was broken off at seven
straight to-day when they were beaten
S to 2, in the second game of their
double header with the Red Sox after
winning the opening engagement by
score Of to 0. Heavy hitting in con-
junction with brilliant pitching gave
them an easy triumph in the curtain
raiser, and sloppy pitching. coupled
with puny hitting. reversed this happy
result In the afterpiece.
Battling Bob Shawkey and School
master Sammy Jones were the oppos-
Ing mound workers in the first game
and the honors were all for the Yankee
sharpshooter. In the second game.
however, Rip Collins and Jack Quinn
were equally ineffective against the
knights of the crimson rose and were
hammered for total of thirteen hits.
while the Yankees were making only
four off the cunningly diversified de-
livery Of Bennie Karr.
One of the four was Babe Ruth's
fifty-first homer Of the season. tow
ering hoist which scattered the inmates
of the centre field bleachers In the
ninth inning, The bases were empty
at the time and inasmuch as the Red
Sox chances OF winning were not inn
periIled by the blow 1t received the
applause 1t deserved.
Mastery pitching by Shawkey and
collective hitting by Ruth. Meusel and
Hpp combined to carry the Yankees to
easy victory in the first game
wkey was at his scintillating beYs
and fully deserved the shutout ~
achieved. Wight hits we made by khe
Red Sox, biA. they wefN Nscattered6 6Over
six innings. with never moro THAI two
to any one round
Sox Threaten in Ninth.
The only inning In which the Fenway
Fusileers really threatened to score was
the ninth, in (which two singles and q
pass filled thet bases with only one out
At this more eor less critical juncture
Sammy Wick, a former Yankee. batted
for Sammy jonas and grounded to Peck
for a double blny which retired the
side and endedEthe game.
Jones was 4hawkeys opponent on
the mound and WAS tapped for total
of fourteen hits, five OF which were
made by Meusal in as many times at
bat. Three of Meusers wallops drove
In runs and the California clouter
scored three more on his own account
Ruth carved out two hits--one of them
tripie-and Pipp weighed In with
three timely blows, all OF which fig
ured in the scoring.
Ten Of the Yankees safeties were
crowded in to three productive innings
the first, the seventh and the ninth
In the opening frame pass to Peck
was followed by Singles by Ruth. Meu-
sci and Pipp. three runs resulting. Ward
then batted into double play and
there was no frrther scoring until the
seventh.
shawkey was the first man up in the
seventh and lined a single to centre.
Miller famed and fancy stop by Scott
converted Peck,s grounded over second
into forceout son Shawkey. With two
out the Babe uncorked a triple. Meusel
came through With a single and Pipp
walloped a double down the left field
line. three more runs sitting through.
Miller singled to right at the start Of
the ninth, moved around to third on
Peck's sacrifice and Ruth's long fly to
Shane Collins and scored on Meusers
fifth hit, line single to left. Pipp's
single to right sent Meusel to third
whence he scored moment later on an
attempted double steal. Pipp being run
down and retired between first and
second.