New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-25
.es Are Crushed by Champion Indians 9 1
Cleueland's Sand-Lot Pitcher
Dnlls Ne'o York's Flag Hopes
George uhe Holds Yankees Helpless AS Harry
Harper Forces Home Needed Rum; shawkey
Hit Hard Series Now Even al One Each

rhat run alcrc was enough TO give
.As visitors the decision.
Harper had plenty of stuff and he
s..s out to do 1t. The trouble was he
..n,an4 find the plate. His pitching
w.s .he kind that is good one minute
~ awful the next. Harry's was
..<tlv awful. so far rs control was
concerned. He WAS succeeded by Bob
slswkev in the fourth inning after Joe
vans, playing the outfeld in place eff
JAMESON. had slammed double to the
s.- left corner of our Elysian ball field
chile the bases were full. This reg
;<tsred on the mentality Of Mr.. Hug
rms. and he recalled Harper and sent
shawkey to the pit
shawkey Blows in Sixth
poh stoned the slaughter in a prom
;.;no way and sailed through the fifth
.t,nSa without difficulty, but in the
s;~th he was the victim of two hits, an
s--or by BABE" Ruth and topped of
Ssse on balls with a wild pitch, all of
.Sb;ch resulted IL three runs. Bob may
s.ye been the victim of circumstances
- way. because the entire Yankee
.ssr, slowed down and almost stopped
~len Harper proved that he was not
equal tt the occasion
There we're two out in the third
:,niur and Harper seemed to be going
nicely VIXEN George Uhlc, the sand lot
I'D. came TO the bat with every appear
snce Of expecting TO be disposed of
immeciatniy. He was meek and docile.
Ee didn't have to be anything else, for
Harper quickly passed him.
Evans followed with smack to
center which Elmer Miller messed up
considerably and then threw Wild to
NcNally in an effort to get Jhle at
third. George simply cantered across
the plate and Evans wound up at Nc
Nallvis station. BAD business. That
un beat the Yarks. in that same
inning Harper passed Wambsganss and
Speaker before he managed to fan Joe
Wood Higgins couldn't see the light
and Harry returned for the fourth and
the slaughter.
The Hacken sack commuter began this
dolefui frame by passing Larry Gard
ner Joe Sewell lifted to Miller and
Burns came through with a two-base
wallop 20 Ruth's territory that sent
Gardner 10 third. Harper then walked
Steve Q'Neill ard Uhle, it being the
latter's second pass.
SLdgH Az set LOT Evans
This forced Gardner in and set the
stage for Evans and his aforementioned
two-base swat, which brought in Burns,
0Neill and Uhle.
Shawkey then took up the unpleasant
burden and went along we'll enough
until Burns, the first man up IN the
sixth, lifted an easy fly to Babe Ruth.
The Bambino was all set for it, and
the ball not only dropped right into
bis hands but right out of them.
0Neill then came through with sim
gle, the hit marking the thirteenth
,snsecutive game in which he has col
lgted safety. The hit put Burns on
bird
vhle, that same sand-lot kid. then
~ spell over Bob the Cob and drew
bis third walk in succession. This filled
tie bases. "Bushmills" Jameson, bat
ting for Evans, hit to Pipp and Burns
vas forced at the plate. Wambsganss
allowed with a single that scored
0'Neill and Uhe and put Jameson on
third. from whence he scored when
Shswkey unbuttoned the widest sort OF
wild pitch. Wamby WAS caught nap
ping of first moment later. Speaker
ended the inning by grounding TO Mike
AcNally.
CIevelands last run was scored in the
ninth inning, when Smoky Joe" Wood
dropped lucky hit in right, which went
for triple. He scored on Gardeners
sacrifce fly.
The Yankees are shouting for Mayor
Hylan to come up 10 the grounds this
afternoon. He was there on Friday
and the home club won handily.
The attendance yesterday was in the
neighborhood of $4,000 The bleachers,
which were partly empty on Friday.
we're filed or the second game and
two Of the curtains wers raised.
Ruth. in attempting to steal second
after he had singled in the sixth
inning, hurt his leg slightly and re-
tired from the game. Roth took his
place.
Reporters covering this series are
planning to see the remaining games
from the grandstand. There is no
room for them in the press box.
The opportunity of the day for the
Yankees came in the second inning
when, with one down, McNally singled
Schang walked and both moved up a
base on Harper's out Miller walked
but the rally collapsed when Peek
forced Elmer at second on tap TO
.Wamby.
Iris Speaker played the entire nine
innings in center field, and his limp
due to An injured knee, seemed to have
disappeared. lie was as feet as ever,