The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-07-20
.YANKS MAKE QUICK
ATTACK ON TIGERS
Get Sir Hits and Five Runs
Befope Aauss Settles Down
and Win by 6 to 5.
By WILLIAM b. HANNA.

Special Despatch to THE New York HrEALp.
DETROIT, July 19.-Bunched hits In the
early stage of to-day's game proved In
valuable for the Yankees. They made
six hits and five runs before George
Dauss settled down to deadly pitching.
and the lead enabled them to win. The
score was 6 to s. and the victory COM
pleted clean UP of four games for the
Yankees in the stronghold of the con-
siderably cowed Tigers.
Dauss was just about an unhittable
pitcher after the third inning. The only
hit made off him or Holling in the last
six innings was by Ruth. That was an
Invaluable stroke, too, for Ruth backed
1t up with inspirational base running
and landed at the plate with a run
which broke tie and gave the Yankees
the margin needed to win.
Ruth poked single to centre with one
out and dashed as much as q man Of his
tonnage can dash to second when Shor-
ten fumbled, Rather the sight of him
ploughing to second caused Shorten to
tumble. He took lead off second and
drew a throw from Ainsmith. 1t was a
wild throw and Babe went pell NELL
around third on 1t. The plate was his
objective and he reached It, Ainsmith
couldn't hold the ball when he and Ruth
bumped and was knocked spinning In
the crash of gigantic bodies.
Otherwise Ruth was largely a bust on
offence, save a steal In the ninth. When
the mood is on he Is as great on attack
as Cobb ever was, but when he is swing
ing at bad balls and bent on hitting a
home run willy nilly he's awful-if he
doesn't land The fact Is three out OF
four games were won here without help
from Ruth's bat The others did the
hitting. The Yanks played well to-day.
but without the vigor and precision OF
other days.
Hoyt Has Two Bad Innings
Waite Hoyt, like Dauss, had two shaky
innings but was all wool and a yard
wide the others. The Tigers scratched
and goughed him in the sixth. but the
Hoyt chap came back like ton of brick
and had 'em popping and sidestepping
and fading out in the last three innings.
After he had been bastinadoed for four
slams and three tallies in the sixth he
allowed only one small, harmless and I'M
classified hit.
With two on base and nobody out In
the first inning, the Detroit policy OF
passing Ruth was altered. Dauss
pitched to Ruth and caught him off his
balance with a change of pace. How
ever, Ruth's little tap to the pitcher ad-
vanced the runners and Bakers fly to
Veach scored Fewster. Baker was the
only one of six to hit the ball hard. Hoyt
tried a slow ball on Shorten in the first
after he had passed Bush and had the
doubtful pleasure of seeing 1t poled to
So fetv In right field. Hoyt's control
was no good. but he made Veach hit and
Ward snapped UP the ball for double
play.
The Yankees had right thrifty time
in the second. They hit well and Few
eter and Peck worked a rafting good
play. Ward doubled. Schang singled
Hoyt sacrificed and Fewster doubled.
Then on a. bunt and run play Fewster
scored from second on an infield OUT,
Jones to Blue. Ruth, who Is pattins
like a decrepit octogeaarian notwitn-
standing an occasional home run, struch
out. The only hit he had made here IN
four games was his homer yesterday
Troubles for Hart.
The Yanks were hitting Dauss freely,
but were guilty or doitlsn pase funs
in the third and wasted chances. WaIo
singled and Meusel tripled before any
body became numbered among the oe-
funct. Yet with none out Meusei was
sent to the plate when Pipp grounded
to Bush. He was thrown out ana
Schang inserted two Dagger betore
the inning was over. A single, triple
and double netted one run through FOOL
hardy coaching. Ruth was the veriest
mark. He struck out again In tne
fourth. He swung at all manner OF
bad ones, as he has been doing.
Hoyt compounded trouble for him
self when he passed Shorten In the
fourth. The hard hitters were coming
up and two OF them, veach ana He'll
man. singled. Holman for the second
time hunted neatly and caught Baker
too far back. Two infleld outs relieved
the congestion of the bases by scoring