New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
Ruth Fiftieth
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Clinches Game
Babes Drive in Third Scores
Two Ahead and Over
comes Washington Lead

season started the Yankees on the way
toward their sixth consecutive victory
ever the Senators at the Polo Ground
yesterday afternoon The score was 9
to 8. This particular circuit crash
could not compare with many the Babe
has hit as far as might gees, but It
was allsufacient just the same.
Al Schacht was the Washington
pitcher at the time and he figured on
fooling the Swat Sultan by tossing up
q slow one somewhat wide Of the plate
But the Babe was ready and, reaching
far out, lifted the ball into the upper
tier Of the right field stand There
were two men on base when the Babe
struck his half-century blow, so three
runs were chalked up right then and
there.
Inasmuch as the champion Indians
once more bowed to Ty Cobb's Tigers.
the Yanks are now leading in the pen
nant race BY margin Of two games.
Carl Mays was the Yankee pitcher
yesterday and. although he had had his
started of in rather Indifferent fash
ion Bush, the first man to face him,
drew a pass and raced TO third when
Milan singled TO right On the hit ard
run signal. Judge popped 20 Peckin-
paugh, but Rice sent sacrifice fly to
Miller, scoring Bush.
Ward Starts Double Play
In the second inning Carl was still
unsteady and Harris. the first batter,
singled TO center, and, taking q daring
chance, went all the way to third
while Peckinpaugh was throwing out
Shanks- Charity then hit safely over
third, tallying Harris. Courtney
dashed the hopes CT Manager Mcbride
for q real harvest Of runs by hitting
into double play, Ward To Peckin-
paugh TO Pipp-
The Yankees drew their first scoring
blood in their half Of the second Bob
Meusel walked and went to second or
pipp's infeld out. Lanky Bob then
amazed the customers by stealing third
clearly as Ward drew 2 pass. While
Courtney was tossing out McNally.
Meusel crossed the plate.
The game was won by the Yanks IN
the third, which Mays, suddenly
aroused from his lethargy, opened
with q triple, which hit the right field
wall. Elmer Miller walked and
Peckinpaugh singled TO left, scoring
Mays. Handsome Harry Courtney. who
hal been doing the Washington pitch
in favor of Al Schacht, of the Brorx.
Babe Ruth decided this to be the
proper time and place to insert his
fsh Stieth," and did do as related. Meusel
popped to Harris and Pipp grounded
out to Judge.
Ward walked for the second time
and McNally singled off the right foot
Of Shanks. Devormer followed with a
drive that hit the left field wall, Ward
and McNally tallying. Devormer failed
to touch first and had 20 go back.
otherwise he could Lave made at least
two bases on his smash Mays. up q
second time, fled out TO deep right
Miller Connects for Triple
The Yankees added another run in
the sixth as the result OF q base on
balls to Mays and Elmer Miller's triple
TO the exit gate in right center which
Elmer vainly tried to stretch into g
home run. The final Yank tally trick
led over the rubber in the eighth
through singles by McNally. Devormer
and Mays
With two men out in the ninth
Howard Shanks gathered in another
ard drove the ball into the lower right
field stand for four bases.
Aaron Ward gave q brilliant exhibi-
ton of fielding, handling ten chances,
many of them hard ones, without the
semblance of an error.
AL Devorrner continued to star be-
hind the bat, his catch Of Birg Miller's
foul in the sixth being a wonder
Devor1ner ran to the Yankee dugout TO
nab the ball Needless OF the warning
of Higgins to ''let it go" The recruit
catcher also made two hits IN four
times st bat
Babe Ruth's high fly 10 short right
N the first had both Harris and Milan
guessing Harris missed the ball en-
tirely when 1t finally came back toward
earth, but Milan by sudden leap man
aged to nab IT,