The New York herald., 1921-05-30
RUTH WHACKS ONE
OVER GRAND STAND
Babes Fourteenth Homer Is
Made While Yanks Are
Beating Athletics.
SHEEHAN GOOD IN PINCH
Free With Passes, but Effec-
tive Relief Pitcher-ScOre
Is 8 to A.
SHEEHAN GOOD IN PINCH
BY WILLIAM b. HANNA.

Babe Ruth made the fourteenth of his
seasons outlay of home runs yesterday.
1t was thunderbolt of a drive, the sort
only Vulcan and Ruth can forge. though
the attending talley was just one of
numerous tallies made by the Yankees
in an easy victory over the Athletics
The score was 9 to 4. and Ruths drilling
much annihilation OF the agate which
enlivened a game mechanical and atomic
otherwise.
Ruth tore his homer loose from Keefe's
delivery and hit the ball over the right
field roof Of the grandstand close to the
foul line 1t was leaving a smoke trail
rs it disappeared, bound south. The
Babe made 1t In the third inning. The
Athletics made two for the grand tour
Joe Dugan stung one of Ferguson in
the fifth inning and Cy Perkins one of
Sheehan In the ninth. Both went into
the left field bleacher bailiwick. Perkins
was shooting for a homer all afternoon
and was due for one.
Another lad who did some Stating
worthy of honorable mention and who Is
fast playing himself into the role Of
popular favorite is Huggins's latest
centre fielder. Chicken Hawks The
Chicken Hawk hit safely every time
four times-and the way he burns the
road has made big hit with the patrons
Yankees Bunch Their Hits.
The Yankees punched hits on Young
Keefe, who was effective between
punches. Alex Ferguson, the silent man.
hadn't enough stun to warrant his stay
ing In the box. If his screw ball was
working 1t worked no damage to the
Athletics, and, rather than flrt with de-
feat, Higgins shelved Ferguson while
the margin of safety was yet sizable.
Tom Sheehan, another youngster. sue
ceeded Ferguson, and had a great deal
more on the ball. His tro',ble was
wildness, though he wasn't missing the
corners far. In hitting wav off
Sheehan the AS were pretty we'll
stopped. They visited bases often by
walks, but sheehan did noticeably ster-
ling work in pinches. The way he
pitched himself out OF peril in the sew
enth was classic. He filled the bases
with one out. He was in the hole at
three and nothing on Perkins, but he
bore down right there. put over two
called strikes and made Perkins fan at
the last one
Here was the break or the game, lot
a hit by Perkins would have meant a
deuce Of a mess. Sheehan did a good
deal bigger thing and one OF vastly
more bearing on the outcome In striking
out Perkins at that critical moment
than Perkins did in making home run
off Sheehan in the ninth.
Early Lead for Yanks.
The Yanks stacked up a five run lead
In the first inning. Peck walked. Nc
Nally singled-hit and run--Ruth
walked, Pipp singled, Hawks tripled and
scored on an infield out. Hawks made
a mistake Of judgment In the second.
due to inexperience. With Welsh on
first and one out Perkins singled to
centre, and Hawks fielded the ball to
third. The thing to do at that moment
was to never mind Welsh. but throw 70
second and hold Perkins at first. Hawks
iisked giving the AS two runs instead
OF one.
Welsh scored in the fourth on his
own single and Dykess double Pipps
effort to stop Dykes's double was not
convincing. Looked as IL Walters back
was troubling him. Tho way he played
the ball had the appearance Of the
"how dye do?" Ruth made a fine run
ming catch in the fifth---went out full
speed and reached the orb in the glove
overhead.
McNally scored In the seventh on
Dykess poor throw. a wild pitch and
Pipp's fly to Witt. Schang cracked
Keefe's shins with a base hit in the
eighth advanced on Sheehan's sacrifice
md McNally batted him In. The score: