The New York herald., 1921-08-27
Yanks Crush Tigers, lO-2;
Ehn1ke q Puzzle to Ruth
Stops Babe Who Had Hit
Safely in 26 Consecu-
tive Games.
ny WILLIAM b. HANNA.

by WILLIAM b. HANNA.
Special Despatch to THE New York HmRAID
DETROIT, Aug. 26.-Everybody in the
Yankee battle line to-day took slice
out of Ehmke's pitching except Babe
Ruth, and no hits by him were needed.
The Yankees won an easy and placid
game by big score. Ten to was
the size OF their victory and they are
still neck and neck with Cleveland. This
race for first place looks like the base
ball battle of the century.
The Tigers were as kittens under the
disarming spell of Mayss pitching. They
came out of their docility In the sixth
inning long enough to create stir and
a faint home hope OF victory, but quell-
Ing plays by Miller and McNally sup
rally. Mays took them In hand again
and their attack dropped to nothing.
Ruth was at the plate five times and
reached first base once. That was on
four balls. He got in one good lick,
long high fly, caught near the bleachers
by Heilmann. He did not pick out the
good ones as well as he has been doing
lately, and though he had lot of pep in
the field he showed no great zest for his
batting. He had hit safely In twenty
six consecutive games up to to-day
twelve at home and fourteen on the
road.
The Yankees had luck with them In
getting away with several scratch hits.
but made more Of the hard and clean
and long kind Their defence was strong
and consistently maintained. 1t was
stepped In quality, well distributed, but
with fireworks and frills very scarce.
Peck singled in the first inning and
Ruth struck out like the veriest duffer
Meusel got a smash on the hand from
a pitched ball and four balls to Pipp
filled the bases and set the stage for
Ward, but his sense of the dramatic was
deficient, and he took third strike with
no more expenditure OF effort than to
growl at Hildebrand. They're all balls
that are pitched to Ward, never strikes.
Ruth Catches Low Fly.
Peck's muff Of Schangs perfect throw
gave the Tigers a run in the first 1t
allowed Cobb to reach second with two
out, and then Veach hit a. two bagger
The Yanks peopled the bases with a
sequence of scratch hits in the second
and also worked a double steal per
McNally and Schang. Millers f1uke fly
pushed McNally home and Peck's fly to
Veach did the same for Schang
Ruth may be a weak hitter-and even
that Is open to debate--but as a fielder
he is a curly wolf. az he showed in the
second. He pitched forward and
absorbed low line fly in his capacious
glove
Schang was passed in the fourth and
Mays singled to Cobb. Schang went to
third. Miller polSed into an easy double
play on which Schang sifted home. II
wouldn't have been difficult to throw him
out at the plate, but the Tigers pre-
ferred the double rcpulse.
Meusel poled a bullet drive to the
scoreboard in the fifth inning after Ruth
had sauntered on four. Cobb fielded the
ball spryly and held Ruth at third.
Veach, however, played Pipps high fy
a hesitating way. He stopped and
let it fall and It bounced away from
him. 1t bounced into a two bagger and
scored two Yanks. Schang drilled the
diamond with a single and scored a
third.
Elmer Miller shot home run over
the left field fence in the sixth inning
his first big league home run this yea
He is still forty-seven behind Ru. !
Cobb shot home run past Miller in -,
sixth and a beauty II was. badly III -
~ Miller. but going like lightning. 80
was over the plate with the ball 81 a., -,
in the purlieus. The swat di ,,.,,rns
Mays and his control lost its Fl li',S oe
Veach and Heimann singled. 80 rs,,'
had Mays in the hole. He liz 81 ~ ). aI,,
Ter. whose fine return to $ .oo.s ~ W. ~,
Veach getting back, but w 80 s.-..a
the throw. Evans had cal, n VAac,, ~,
but had to reverse his mar 5a+a
McNally saved Mays ~, ,,~,,.,,.
down Flagsteads liner v,itb one banf
Close call for Navs WI ~ n,,, lNr.
ing up in the offlng. sJcNaiin,s 80 20 : !
Ehmke and bit by yshang which wa
a hit because nobody oovarel a,.st Ia !,
filied the canvas. Outs bv Mavs an
Miller ana single by Peek fetched IA
wayfarers home. -
Wants PT so4c.t Ar,a,v,,.
IN the matt' r. Of the Cleveland pro
ss. s, - thc 5kee victory over the In
eIa,s slna ~ Z, score last "Wednesday
sl 81 riuf p ms to-day received n wir
,ioi'i ban ohnson telling him to sen
re n.s nelsioh OF the alleged interference
by Peckin' > ,ueh. on which the CIeve
ltnus pas their protest, and an ahl
u'trtt IT. Peck giving his version.
; prepared his papers and sen
i sleli : = night to the American Leagu
presio n t. Johnson asked that the docu
llielUI reach his Office in Chicago &c
inoii O ", and the question is aslSe
WI Ter in the unusual and unliSel
eve a OF his sustaining the protest tn
ss rde would be ordered replayed
t1veland next Monday.
Just what course the Yankees woul
y Ike IN that event remains to be seer
they have no desire to anticipate an
J action Of Johnson's and are awaiting hi
decision. Hc seldom, II ever, has faile
to back ~ his umpires in all protests.
Tonight Huggins was In commun
cation by long distance phone with Co
Huston, who is In New York. Protest
to have any weight" said Hug this ev.
ming, must involve question OF inter