New-York tribune., 1921-06-23

Quinn Pitches
I'm Fine Style
I'm First Game
Piercy Also Performs Well
in Second Contest, but
Blows Up in Eighth Inning

BOSTON, June 22.-The Yankees
divided honors in a double header with
the Red Sox here this afternoon, cap
turing the first game by wide margin,
but dipping their colors in the, second
game after fighting desperately for
seven innings. just as the Yankees did
| their best hitting in the pinches in the
first game, the Red Sox drove home the
telling strokes in the final battle. The
scores were 8 to and TO / respec-
lively.
Piercy pitched his second game after
a protracted lay-of due to a bad arm,
! ana was not in bad form by long shot.
He twirled far better game than he
did against the White Sox, but was not
! quite good onough-he blew up in the
| eighth inning. Allan Russell, a former
/ Yankee, pitched fine ball in the final
! battle.
Jack Quinn guided the Yankee craft
| Quinn OF old, allowing only half d
dozen hits, which he kept we'll scattered
until the came was definitely decided,
Meusel Connects for Double
Chick Hawks,l led off in the first
game with a tap down the third base
line, and beat it by fast running. Peck
struck out and Hawks was doubled
/ trying to steal second base. Ruth then
singled to center, and Baker walked
| Meusel's towering fly to left hit the
fence for two bases, but Ruth stopped
at third, and had to hurry to score
Baker, held up by the Babes slow
| thinking, remained at third. Pipp ended
the inning with pop foul.
With one out in the second inning
Schang doubled to center, and follow
ing Quinns demise Hawks walked
Reul then tried to pick Schang off sec
ond, but he threw wildly and by the
time Lebold was through kicking tbs
plate with Hawks on third. Ruel, how
ever threw to left, and Hawks stepped
home.
The row broke out again in the
fourth inning. Ward doubled to start
proceedings, and after Schang was out
| Quinn cleared the infeld with a droop.
ing fly that went for two bases. Ward
logged home Hawks grounded tt
Scott, who threw to third, getting
Quinn. On the next play Scott booted
Peck's grounder, Hawks racing to thirc
and scoring on a single by Ruth. Bake1
was tossed out by McInnis, Jones cover
ing the bag.
A scratch double by Meusel and two
outs, one by Pipp and the other BY
| Ward, scored a run for New York il
the fifth, and four hits were good fo1
two tallies in the seventh. In this
frame Schang hit Jones on the leg anC
sent him out of the box.
Devormer Helps Red Sox
1t was Boston which set the scoring
pace in the second battle, which proved
to be battle between Bill Piercy anl
Allan Russell. Al Devormer helped the
Boston men to their tally With twt
cut in the first Menosky walked anC
stole second. When Devormer made
bad throw Mike went on to third anC
tailed on Pratt's high bounder ovel
Piercy's head.
The Yankees tried hard not to score
in the fourth, but they had to do it
Peck opened with hit, but was forced
by Ruth. Baker then doubled on hit
and-run play and Ruth scored. Mouse
doubled but Baker stopped at third 70,
some reason or other. Pipp popped ou
and Ward famed.
The Red Sox sewed up the game quit
nicely in the eighth inning A pass t.
Witt, an infeld hit by Leibold and
pass to Menosky set the stage TO
Pratt Dell tripled, cleaning up, ant
then McInnis doubled to left, scorin,
the former Yankee