The New York herald., 1921-04-01
PIPP'S BAD EYE Is
FATAL TO YANKS
Fails to See Bowman Stealing
Home i'm Eleventh and
Gassers Win.
HUGMEN LOSE CHANCES
Have Bases Filled in Tenth
With No One Out, but Fail
to Score.
HUGMEN LOSE CHANCES
BY WILLIAM d. HANNA.

Special Despatch to THE NEW YoRK HERALD
SHREVEPORT, La. March 31.--Wal.er
Pipp's failure to keep one eve on a base
runner in the eleventh inning OF to-day 5
game caused the only defeat the YAM
KEGS have suffered In combat with the
home outfit. The score was TO 2.
Pipp's play was not the only instance
OF ineptitude on the part of the Yankees
nor the worst one. The attack of the
New Workers was both Ineffective and
cispirited.
There were two on bases in the
eleventh with nobody out when Eibel
grounded to F'ewster Fewster ran
jackson back toward first. didn't catch
him, but did throw to first In time to
retire the batter Then Pipp started on
a second pursuit OF Jackson. and so In
tent was he on catching the latter that
he didn't watch Bowman. heavy footed
man. who had been on second. turn
third and pound for the plate. BY the
time Pipp caught his quarry Bowman
was within a step of the plate and he
made sure to take that step.
The Yankees hit poorly all through
and they lost rich chances in the ninth
end tenth to win. They lost through
hitting with men on bases which bor-
Gered on the puerile Baker opened the
ninth inning with single and reached
eecond on Storey's tumble. Peck sac
rificed, but Hofmann, whose recent work
has lacked alertness and quick grasp or
situations, poked a had one and hit to
Ewoldt, who threw Baker out at the
plate.
Crockett Outwits Ynnks.
In the tenth Fewster's single, jack
sons muff on Meusel and Hawks
bunt filled the bases with nobody out.
Then the Shreveport pitcher. Crockett,
set to work to outwit the Yankee bat
ters and did so. Pipp hit to Eibel. who
threw Fewster out at the plate. Bodie.
who previously had played line fly
poorly and let 1t become a home run.
also lunged at a bad one, hit to Eibei
and Meuse was thrown out at the
plate. Baker drove savage one, but
Eibel knocked it down and beat Baker
to first. Baker was the only one of
the three emergency hitters who met
the ball with any conviction or conf-
dence.
Mays pitched ten innings. a long dis
tance for a pitcher to go at this time
of year. For the most part he was In
fine form. Hits were punched on him
In the eighth, home run. two Dagger
and a single, and they tied the score.
Had Bodie started back sooner on
Storey's hit he might have caught it or
held it to fewer bases. Mays pitched
two more innings after this damaging
uprising and again was invulnerablc.
Peck hit three ground balls and loafed
on them in that exasperating way he
has of loafing. His fielding was fine.
but his practice Of jogging to first on
ground balls Is really more blame
worthy than Pipps mental remssness.
Pipp at least was trying his hardest.
Ruth Plays Awhile.
The great Ruth played a while with
out doing much. then fitted His tend
ground ball to second base sent Fewstcr
In from third In the first inning.
Fewster's walk and Mcusels two bag
ger on a hit and run play scored Fewster
in the sixth. This was an isolated In
stance. on New York's part, of clever
and spirited work on attack. Mays
tripled in the second inning with one out
and was left at third base.
The Yankees have hit in difficulty ever
since the Brooklyns left the village The
Brooklyn pitchers were soft. but the
Gasser fingers have had the Yanks'
winging. Red Wingo undertook to de-
bate a question of law or baseball or
competence or something with Moriarty.
the umpire. AS the lordly lump" or
dered him out OF the game he was vi
disadvantage from the outset at drfvtng
home his points. One can talk con-
vincinply from so far. The score: