The New York herald., 1921-06-17
NARY HOMER AS
YANKS RAVEL SOX
Meusel's Triple Closest Thing
to Tt, While New Yorks
Win, Z to 3.
by DANIEL.


What has baseball come to. anyway
Not single home run was hit at the
Polo Grounds yesterday afternoon! For
he second day In succession the Big
Siege Gun failed to find the range OF
the various stands and bleachers. and
ror the time being the epidemic OF cir
cult clouting. which had become. rs
prevalent cs wood ticks at picnic, was
stemmed.
True. there was entertainment aplenty
and Joy unhounded for the 10000 fans
who saw the Yankees turn the tables on
the White Sox and wallop them by 7
to 3. But there was no salt in the
soup--no paprika in the goulash, no
dressing for the salad. A game without
a home run--particuIarly homer by
the ranmlng Ruth--has become about
as satisfying as call on your best girl
with the folks glued around.
Not that the game did not come within
an ace or n cats whisker of producing
the daily dish. Bob Meusel had very
keen race to the plate with a ball In
the seventh inning and was nipped by
just about as much as it takes to nip
anybody. 1T looked like dead heat
It's Only Triple!
Meusel gave the ''jackrabbit'' u long
ride to right centre--about as far as it
could be driven inside the grounds
and scored Ruth, who had singled, in
front OF him, Homer! Homer!" the
assembled fans shouted as they thought
they scented one of the well known spe-
cies on the wind. But it was nothing
more than a measy three bagger. And
what Is triple these days?
Ill.
ord for distance. but he made one for
altitude Leave 1t to the Babe to do
something each day. In the third inning
the Siege Gun caught low ball with
the tip OF his bat and gave It q whackk
which sent It so high 1t nearly hit the
sky. Up, up it shot into the ambient
as thousands of necks got cricks in
them and perhaps a few watches were
lifted by accommodating neighbors.
Looking for Venus or It's dancing part
ner, the well known comet was child's
play compared with following the flight
OF that bail.
Finally il became evident that the
meteor would fall somewhere near short
field Mcclellan set himself for the
catch. while the Babe meandered to first
and then on to second. AS the ball
neared the earth II was caught in air
swirls. and Mcclellan began to move
about like dancing dervish. He skipped
here and he skipped there-and when
that ball lit, why Mcclellan wasn't there
Thus the Babe gotta double on a fly TO
short--but it was an altitudinous home
run II ever there was one at the Harlem
park. 1t probably was the highest hit
ball in the history of the grounds.
The Babe Fans Twice.
Taken all in all, Ruth did not have so
successful day. He was up five times,
got double and a single as well as
pass. but--the Babe was famed twice
by Roy Wilkinson, who went the route
for the clean Sox. And, Joy of joys for
Roy--horror OF horrors for the Babe
on both occasions the Babe was retired
on three pitched balisl
In the first IL was strike one. called ::
strike two. called again: strike three
and out as Ruth took mighty swing
and missed In the eighth II was strike
one, called strike two as the Babe fou'ed
one, and strike three. "Y're out!" as
once more he famed the ozone. willlin-
sons feats stand alone in this season of
pitching.
The Yankees won because they hit
Wilkinson hard. and the White Sox lost
because they could not do much with
Bob Shawkey. The Yanl right handler
turned in one of his best games OF the
season. He allowed seven hits, but three
of these came in the ninth. when Bob
let up and, with n lead of TO 1. d'd-'t
care what the visitors did to a couple
of balls. One hit in the second. two In
the fourth, owe in the fifth--no more
for the Chicagos
New York broke into the. scoring with
two In the third. Hofmanr 'sinoled went
to second on Shawkey's So crifice, TO third
on Roth's infield out, and home whey
Mcclellan made a bad throw to first or
Pecl<'s bounder. Ruth's skier for two
bases put Peck on third. He should have
scored but stood transhxed while he
gazed at the meteor. Pipp singled and
Peck came home.
In the seventh n double by Roth. sin
giles by Peck and Ruth. P'pps sacrifice
and Mcusels triple sent In three runs.
Singles by Shawkev and Peck and pipp's
double, together with Roth's ground sac
rihce. accounted for two more in the
eighth.
A pass to Hooper and hits by Falk and
Strunk won a run for Chicago in the
Fourth. In the ninth Hoorer's double
started things. Falk singled and scored
him. Fa'ls ran to second unmolested,
went 10 third on strunk's infeld out and
came home on Sheely's sacrifice fly to
Ruth. The score:
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