The New York herald., 1921-03-31
BAKER PLAYS FINE
GAME; WARD SPIKED
Former Home Run King Sets
Pace for Yanks In Defeat
ing Gassers, 3 to z.
ny WILLIAM n. HANNA.

Special Despatch 10 THe NFw yoRE IifsstD.
SHsEvErosT. La, March 3o.--Mosi o.
to-days ball game between the Yankees
and Gassers was played In The rain and
good deal of IL was that kind or a
ball game. The Yankees outgarned the
Gassers again and for the second dav
In succession pulled out OF the wet u
game which the home club had won.
Eiass told. Notwithstanding that the
Tanks played an uneven game and are
in batting slump. The big leagIers
oyercame a four run lead and won by
score Of s TO Z.
Just before the game, while the Yam
KEGS were practising plays TO beat the
double steal--practice they could stand
more OF than they've had-Ward was
spikad on the knee by Connolly. Ward
hriped TO the club house, had the cash
dressed and will be out OF the. lineup
several days The great Ruth's wrist IL
still ailing and third cripple is Bobby
Roth. with water on the knee.
The injury 10 Ward, however, served
to show the reserve strength OF the
Yankees Frank Baker jumped into the
vacant place at third base and played
in his best form at the field and at the
bat He hadn't deteriorated an inch,
judging by the way be went at 1t to-day.
His fielding was good, his batting clean
and hard. He drove the ball with the
same old momentum. and he ran out his
slarns with an earnestness which som
of his fellows could pattern to their
benefit No ioafing with him on bate !
balls
The Shreveporters made four runs off
Quinn in the first two innings by excel
ler- hitting. Each time with two out
and somebody on bases viciously hit
hit cleaned the bases. They just
slammed Quinn, that's all, though he
checked them FOR the rest OF the tim
he pitched.
Fewster Fans Five Times.
Fewster gave a grand exhibition Of
hitting He struck out Ave times. The
law doesn't allow many moie than that,
so once ne walked. He barked ~ TIE
umpire, who seemed to be doing his
work much better than Fewster did
his. The Jump on one occasion threat
ened TO clean out the Yanll bench.
Pipp's batting helped the Yanks ma
ter.ally. The slim first baseman
cracked out three singles and a double
and batted in two runs, The Yanks
ran the, bases well.
Peek stretched a hit into three
bagger By taking advantage OF mo-
mentary slothfulness in the Shreveport
Flgnt Neiu.
The first Shreveport pitcher. Red Bird.
had the New York sluggers guessing
and cropping but Gleason didn't keep up
the work. An error by Hollahan. Pipp's
single, a sacrifice fiy and wild pitch
tied the score in the seventh. Pipp in
the fifth having batted In Connolly. who
had walked
Two bases orfs bels and hits In sue
cession by Pipp Meusel and Baker SEM
four man flock or Yankees to the home
roost In the eighth. The most influen-
tial hit OF the three was Meuseie. 1t
was single which bounced off his bat
when he wasn't trying to hit the ball
lucky liner over short
Hoyt. whom the t;aevo-e co'.1da't
touch when he was of mind 10 shoot
his speed at them. fooled around Iii tae
dreary and dripping ninth until two
singles. hit batter and two Dagger
BY Hack Eibel had sent three runs in
and LETT the tieing run on second base
with two outs. Whereupon Hoyt let out
link and Hollahan followed with a
fly to Meusel The score: