New-York tribune., 1921-09-12

1t was 81 bluff" for the Babe did
nothing Of the sort. The pitching of
Bullet Joe Bush in the first encounter
was of uch a weird variety that the
Sultan had no real chance to swing
properly, but the Babes batting stand
ard suffered not a bit, as he walked
three times and beat out an infield hit.
In the second conflict, with Benny
Karr as the Boston pitcher, the
mightiest slugger of them all singled
once and walked once in four oppor-
tunties.
With the activities Of Ruth disposed
Of, it might be mentioned here that the
pennant chasing Yanks broke even in
their double bill with the employees Of
Harry Frazee. The Red Sox took the
first game by score Of 3 to I and lost
the second by tally of to 1. The
aged Bush was invncible in the open
ing encounter, and Benny Karr was 60
ing along with all cylinders working
until the slumbering Yanks shook off
their somrambulism in the eighth and
won the game.
Perform Poorly at Home
The Yanks always play true to form.
Give them big home crowd and they
seem to forget all the baseball they
have learned on foreign soil. They
suddenly show themselves to be weak
in fielding and hitting, just when the
the wires from abroad to the effect
that the Yankee batsmen are sweeping
the ways for pennant by their slug
ging and defensive play.
The first game at the Polo Grounds
yesterday was very much to the Bush"
Kid Waite Hoyt, from Flatbush, the
Yank pitcher, was good, but old Joe
was better Then, too, it must be
noted that the support accorded Kid
Hoyt was not of the rosiest. A bungle
by Peckinpaugh in the very first inning
and subsequent blunders by Pipp and
Meusel in the fourth made easy picking
for Bush, who chalked up his seventh
straight game on the right side of the
ledger
The Red Sox won the first contro-
versy for Bush in the first inning.
Leibold opened with safe dash to first
on tumble by Peckinpaugh Foster
walked and Menoskey advanced the
runners with sacrifice, third to first
Del Pratt, former Yank, smashed 9
double to left, which scored Leibold
and Foster
A gentle rain fell at this time and
the Yanks revived to the extent of
getting one of the runs charged against
them back in their half of the first.
With two out, Babe Ruth responded to
the acclaim of the populace by worm
ing pass out of Bush. The Babe stole
second and tailed on MeusePs single to
right, the hit and run play working
perfectly.
Red Sox Score in Fourth
But this was the last spasm of the
pennant chasers, Joe Bush holding them
In check until the Stevens peanuts and
frankfurters were being absorbed hy
the disGruntled fans and the Red Sox
had brought across another wholly un-
necessary run. This counter came in
tho fourth, sluggish support on the
part of the Yankee intield being re-
sponslOle. Pratt was safe when Pipp
dropped Wards high toss of Pratt's
grounder. McInnis sacrificed and Shane
Collins flied to Meusel, Pratt going to
third and scoring on Meusel's wild
throw to the infield
Joe Bush was there all the way and
the Yanks never had chance to break
through
The second spasm of the afternoon
saw Bill Piercy and Benny Karr as the
opposing boXmen. 1t looked Ike a
queer move on the part of Manager
Hugglns, his starting Of Picrcy, but
things turned out all right when Bob
sew
enth, when the count was 1 to 0 in
favor of the other fellows. A home
run by Scott was the only tally made
off Piercy.
The Yankee swatters shook off their
lethargy in the eighth, and a real har-
vest of runs resulted. Miller singled
to center as an eye-opener. Peckin-
paugh followed with q safety to right.
Miller pulling up at third Ruth banged ID
q hit over second and scored Miller, and
then Bob Meusel knocked out his TWEEN
tieth home run of the season.. the ball
sailing into the lower tier Of the right
field stand. The run total for the Yanks
was now fixed at five, and that turned
out to be all and more than enough.
Meet White Sox To-morrcw
The Yanks will rest up to-day but on
the morrow the jinx White Sox will ap-
pear at the Polo Grounds firmly conf
dent that they will perform true to
form and put big crimp in the pen
nant aspirations of the Colonels min
ions.
1t is presumed that Hackensack Harry
} Harper will be sent against the jinxers
The Gleasonites have not had a look at
Wild Harry this year Maybe the ster.
ling Urban Faber will be the Chicago
pitcher.
The scores:
FIRST GAME
BOSTON .b "a \ IL L, !. NEW YORK q :. l.,
Fsssd Fssss ss sf 80 At,ls5 rsesi .s
Menosky, IT, . 90 0lRuth lf III