New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-09
By r. J. Kelly

The Yankees again dropped back in
to second place in the hectic pennant
race by losing the second game Of
double header with the White Sox
at the Polo Grounds yesterday after
noon, after gaining a shutout victory
in the first contest. AS the Indians
trounced the Athletics in both ends of
a double bill, the champions once
more went into the lead and are now
leading the pack by game and
half
The Yankees won the first tilt from
Kid Gleasons outfit by a score of
to and lost the second by to A.
Little Dick Kerr, who has been quite
an obstacle in the path of the Yankees
this season. was credited with the vic
tory over the Hugmen, although he re-
tired in the seventh inning in favor of
Urban Faber. Kerr withdrew because
Of a sore arm which had been bother
ING him from the start Of the game
Faber held the home players hitless
during his short regime. although he
found himself in a rather ticklish sit
uation in the ninth inning when his
opponents filled the bases on two bases
on balls and q hit batsman after the
first two batters had been retired.
Bambino Behind Record
Babe Ruth just about clinched the
first game when he slammed a home
run against the facade above the upper
tier of the right field stands in the
third inning<after young Mr. Wieneke
who was pitching for the visitors, had
given Peckinpaugh a base on balls
The Babe also contributed d homer in
the second game, when he smashed a
tremendous wallop into the right field
bleachers.
This second circuit blow came in the
first inning and it was his forty-frst
of the present season. The Bambino
is now two days behind his record of
last year, but he has until August IA
to catch up with it again, as he did not
punch out his forty second homer last
year until that date.
Bob Shawkey was in rare form in the
first game and let the White Sox down
with four hits. All Of them were
many innings.
The Yankees started we'll in this
contest and scored run across in the
first inning on two bases on balls and
q single by Baker. They added three
more in the third on base on balls.
Ruth's first homer and another circuit
clout by Baker. Wieneke made his
exit after Bakers wallop and Hodge
took up the pitching burden for the
Sox. The Yanks added another run in
the fourth on base on balls, a passed
ball an inield hit and a sacrifice fly.
They also scored once in the seventh
and again in the eighth.
Loose Playing by Locals
Aided by some loose playing on the
mart of the Yanks the visitors jumped
on Waite Hovt for thrce-run lead in
the first inning of the second game
Peckinpaugh made great stop Of
grounder By Johnson, but he let loose
with a bad throw and the runner was
safe. Mulligan forced Johnson at sec
ond on a grounder to Baker and Multi
oan was also cut down at the midway
when Eddie Collins rolled one down to
Pinn. Strunk walked, moving Collins
IN second. Falk singled to left and
when Ruth let the ball roll to tho
fence Collins and Strunk scored. Falk
snrinted all the way to third on the
error and tailed on Sheeley's single.
The White Sox jammed another run
across in the third on double by Coz
Inns, sacrifice by Strunk and single
h t'D''' Mostil. A single by Hoyt and a
Dy -hageer bv Miller gave the Yanks
their second run in their half of the
s sfrt They came within run Of
ZINC in the fourth, when Meusel made
ne e"t circuit on his own double, an in
field out and schangs infeld single 10
>, inc y;n oon run run in the eighth on a
base fas " on balls, an infeld out and +, a
single by Lees The home crew also
scored in The eighth on another her base a,,e
on balls, passed ball, an inteid out
and an error by Johnson. In the nlnth
two out. He took second on passed
BAH, and Peckinpaugh walked on four
successive balls Ruth was purposely
nassed, filing the bases, but Mays, bat
ting in place of Mike McNally' who re- re.
placed Baker in the sixth inning, went
out on a grounder to Johnson
The scores:
FIRST GAME