The New York herald., 1921-03-19
YANKEES WIN FROM
DODGERSIN THE nth
Clifford Takes Own Game by
"a After Gov. Parker
Pitches First Ball.
GRIFFITH MAKES 5 HITS
Steals the Thunder of Ruth
With Homer-Big Reception
to Huggins's Men.
ax WILLIAM n. HAMA.

BY WILLIAM II. HANNA.
Special Despatch to TIE NEW YonK HEaArD.
BATON ROGUE. La, March 1S.-The
Yankees are still 100 per cent. victorious
on their present scarlper through south
ern Louisiana playing high grass points
and others. They had q pleasant time
to-day. striking a prett.- city with a
good ball held, and they drubbed their
old foeman, the BROOKLYN Dodgers. Z to
in an eleven inning game. Bin KLEIN,
the renowned umpire, kept them going
eleven innings to do it.
Jack Clifford won his own game. He
delivered timely hit In the eleventh
inning. The former Rochester pitcher
has been going exceedingly Wen for the
Yankees. He not only delivered timely
hit In the eleventh but he pitched ctev-
eriy after relieving Jack Quinn.
In the eleventh with one out Ward
who swung a wicked war club for the
Yanks, made his third hit. He was
forced by Mitchell. Mitchell stole sec
ond and Hofmanr walked. MOZART, who
was weakening after doing capital work,
had a wild pitch. and Clifford hit liner
10 left, which scored Mitchell and Hot
mann. Fewster and Winzo followed
with hits, and In all four runs Tailed.
enough to hold the Dodgers safe.
Griffith Makes rive Hits.
Jack Quinn. making his first start,
found Tom Griffith such a troublesome
batter that the latter's fine hitting kept
the Dodgers in the game. Griffith
made five safeties, one OF them long
home run. He stole all the thunder
of Babe Ruth, who of late has hit
better at luncheons and receptions than
at the bat. The fans to-day were with
the Yankees strong ana didn't like It
a bit when Klein pus Roth out of the
game for kicking.
Before the game Ruth went through
various ceremonies in his honor. That
Is. the ceremonies were IN honor of the
whole visiting baseball entourage, but
the home folks seemed to think Ruth
the biggest figure in the party. Tho
special train bringing him and the rest
of the Yanks was met by a throng of
curious ones at suburban station and
they rode in an attached coach to the
main station, pleading the while for
the Babe to show himself
Citizens with a band met the party
at the main station. The Yanks were
taken to the Executive Mansion and
went to luncheon, where Gov. Parker.
Ruth. Wilbert Robinson and others
made speeches. all fittingly brief. Then
they went out and played a ball game.
Gov Parker pitched the first ball.
Cadore succeeded Governor Parker as
pitcher and Fewster stung him for hit.
So did Roth, which brcGght up Ruth,
who popped foul to Johnston. Pipp
promptly hit into double play and
away went fat Yankee chance to
score. Quinn gave the Dodgers a still
shorter tenure In their half.
KfIduH Robs schnng of Ht.
Kilduff stuck his hand down and
robbed Schwang of hit In the Yankee
third, and 1t was just as well for Brook
lyn he did, for Quinn singled on the frst
ball. He was left on flies by Fewster
and Roth.
Jimmy Johnston reached second In the
third on a walk and Schang's tardy
throw to stop his steal Quinn fooled
around with Griffith until the latter
drove single through Ruth and sent in
Johnston. Koney's single sent Griffith
to third and Honey took second on the
throw in. Bodie maed ueat catch Of
I.nmar's liner and beautiful line throw
TO Mitchell dorbled UP Honey Mt second
in the fourth Cadore disbursed four to
Pipp and Koney made Wild throw OF
Bodies force. Ward cleared the bases
with triple over I4amar's head, but
was thrown out at the plate on MitcheIrs
roller to Johnston.
Mitchell made a fine play in the firth.
With Sheehan, a fast man, on second
Mitchell ran In on Johnstons eromdcr
and threw out Sheehan at third. The
play did no good. however. as Griffith
hit home run into the centre field
bieachers. which again placed the Dodg-
ers In the lead.
Ruth Fans the Afr.
poor base running. He led Off with n
single. turned first reclSlessly and be-
fore he could get back was thrown out
by Neis. The latter outwitted Roth on
this play, following which Ruth took
three swings at Mohart's pitching and
hit nothing.
The Yankees had chance to score
in the seventh, but lost II by playing
right into Brooklyns hands. After
Meusel had struck out Ward singled and
went to third on a two bagger by Mitch
ell, hit which but for n ground rule
would have been a triple Hofmann was
purpose.y passed to fill the bases and
give n chance for a double play. A
double play resulted when Clifford
grounded 70 Kilduff. who touched Hof-
mann on the line and threw out Cliff
ford.
KLEIN called bad strike on Roth In
the eighth. and when Roth naturally
kicked. Klein replied. "Thatll be about
ALL" Kiduff missed Ruth's grounder
and Pipp scored Ruth with n triple
Ruth hit one so high In the tenth
that Kilduff missed Il and sat down
while he was doing 1t. A wide spreading
tree was partly to blame for Pete'a
acrobatic rnurf MOZART struck Ruth
out again before the game ended.
The score:
NEW YORK (A.L.) BROOKLYN tN.I.)
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