The New York herald., 1921-06-15

RUTH LARRUPS OUT
TWO MORE HOMERS
Beings Seasons Total to 23 as
Yankees Trounce Tigers
by 8 to 8.
IN CENTRE BLEACHERS
Other Slam Clears the Left
Field Stand; Baker Also
Gets One.
\ CENTRE BLEACHERS
BY DANIEL.

BY DANIEL.
This morning we strum our either
again about the one and only. rampage
Gus Ruth. Once more do we yodle the
praises of this battering ram in
baseball uniform. And II the Babe is
human, then Adam started something
which deserves FAR wider publicity and
greater credit. If this crashing Titan
truly Is human, we have arrived at the
physical superman, and Ruth is writing
a remarkable postscript to Genesis.
Chalk up two more home runs for this
revelling Ruth. He made them yester-
day at the Polo Grounds. Chalk up %
homers for this season Of hitting hilar-
ity, the astounding feat of tilting seven
homers in five successive games. and
the record breaking total of 136 for the
Babes major league career. Mark down
another Ruth home run drive of 43O
feet into the centre Held bleachers.
which no man had attained with bat
ted ball until the Babe turned the trick
himself, on Monday, Mark down, too,
Ruth slam of $50 feet over the left
field fence which made the ball ignore
the upstretched hands of sun worship
pers and crash its way into car stalled
ON the elevated structure.
And while summing up the doings OF an
afternoon at the Harlem park, let us not
belittle the fact that the Yankees handed
to the anaesthetized Tigers their fourth
trouncing in succession, this time by
to 8. Proudly Tyrus Cobb and his
henchmen marched into the Polo
Grounds last Saturday. full Of pep and
as blithesome as a feline in bed OF
catnip.
Cobb Leaves With Headache.
Supinely the manicured Bengals took
their final parting yesterday and stole
out of this inhospitable burg as silently
as the famous Arab. but with lot more
speed. Cobb and his men have about as
much use for the Polo Grounds as a
gnowball has for an electric toaster. Cobb
rushed into this CITY with Wild pennant
hopes. He left here with headache.
Really, it's too bad that Cobb could
not stay here another few days. We are
quite certain that II he remained while
and gave the Babe the benefit of his en-
couragins. rousing, zest sharpening pres
ence Ruth would at least tie the Lowe
and Delehanty mark of hitting four
home runs In one game. We are certain
3at the Babe would slam the ball
through some window In The Bronx.
over on the far side Of the Harlem.
For. take.it from us. Cobb is RESPONSE
ble for the batting deeds Of derring-do
which Ruth accomplished all through the
series with the Tigers. Ruth makes no
bones about not liking Cobb, and Cobb
makes no bones about not being In love
Nth the Babe. Before Ruth came along
it was Cobb the Magnificent. Nowv the
Babe monopolizes the limelight. The
great Tyrus Is an "also ran" In the race
for the Wild hurrahs Of the crowd.
Babe Exacts Heavy Toll.
All through the series Cobb had been
riding Ruth with words which lacked
honeyed syllables or sweet meaning. And
all through the series the Babe exacted
a heavy toll of revenge for this irritat-
ing, ragging prose. In the four contests
with the Tigers Ruth hit six home runs.
Taking in the last game with the Cleve-
lands, he lashed out seven homers-an-
other record. When the season opened
men speculated whether Ruth could ap-
proach his 1920 mark Of fifty-eour home
runs. This morning they are wondering
where the pattering ram Win stop.
What's his limit?
Every time Ruth came to bat yester-
day he looked out toward centre field.
fence. Every time the Babe laughed as
Cobb's pitcher. Dauss. the non-deceiving.
tried TO BATTLE him. Once Dauss did
stop Babe. Ruth topped the ball and
was an infield out. That was in his third
time UP.
But when the Babe appeared at the
plate for the last time. in the seventh.
with menacins mace In hand. and that
same old smile directed toward centre
field. there came an order from the
mandarin, pass him." Dauss's expert
ences have not been entirely happy
against Ruth. The Babe has hit him for
ten home runs-harder than he has hit
any other pitcher. Last season. too.
Ruth got to Dauss for two homers in one
game.
And the Babe "Bites."
It was in the first inning that Ruth sent
the ball sailing over the leTt field fence.
and scored Peck ahead II him. The
shortstop had singled. Duuss evidently
was trying to get the b.. be TO bite at a
wide outcurve. And the Babe bit" He
lunged forward with that long bat OF his.
caught the curve before 1t broke and
hit his first homer over the left field
bieachers. He has forsaken the right
field stand. It's too easy
In the third inning Ruth got his tre-
mendous home run into the centre field
bleachers, again with man on base
Peck walked. and along came Ruth.
Dauss pitched strike. and then threw
two balls. He threw n third ball, but
once more the Babe would not have II
thus. Once more he took a terrific wal
lop at a wide one. and again 1t travelled
43o feet into the tenth row OF the bleach
ers.
Ruth was not the only home run maker
Of the day. Frank Poker got a mighty
important one In the seventh. which ac-
counted for three runs.
Cobb lift n homer. too. into the alley
between the right field stand and the
centre field bleachers---a sweet wallop. let
us say. But II was his only hit In fve
times up.