The New York herald., 1921-06-11
YANKSLOSE IN nth,
ruth LANDS NO. II
o4e
Indians Clinch Victory When
Gardner Hits Homer
Score Is 3 to g..
TWO OTHER F0URBAGGERS
MAYS ana Smith Get Them
"'' Cleveland Ties in the
eui
e., Ninth.
TWO OTHER FOURBAGGERS
BY DANIEL.

BY DANIEL.
Babe Ruth and those scrappy Indians
divided the honors at the Polo Grounds
yesterday afternoon, but the Babe didn't
get so much out of it, as the division
was made on a ten-ninety basis. AS for
the sYankees. they were left out in the
cold. nursing regrets. grouches and cold
and they fought valiantly They tied
the Indians once and took the lead, only
10 find themselves in another deadlock
et the end of the ninth. Then came the
eleventh, and another trouncing for the
Yankees. by to 6.
As for Ruth, his small share of the
days laurels was won by Home Run No.
17---another Titanic thump into the right
field stand which made it 120 for his
major league career. and gave him
record formerly held by Cactus Cravath.
Ruth now holds every home run mark
there is on the books, and henceforth
his efforts will be devoted to putting his
records beyond the reach Of posterity.
Ruth was not the only home run hitter
of the long, fighting afternoon. Mays
also got one And so did both Gardner
and IElmer Smith of the Indians. 1t
was a homerunny day. tieing the marx
snt only the afternoon before and en-
pnasizing the fact that the ''jackrabbit'
ball now In use makes the old lively ball
OF the sos look like a chunk of lead.
Gardner Breaks eadIock.
The Ruth homer. which gave the
Yankees a tie at l all in the third. was
mighty Jaudable effort, but 1t wasn't as
potent Us the Gardner exploit which
broke the tie in the eleventh, nor even
tAe'n Smith swat, which accounted for
two tallies and sent the Clevelands TO
The fore In the seventh.
Gardner's drive started the eleventh
aiming. and, as matters turned out,
eVerything put into the rest Of the game
Was @superfuous Like all Of the other
three homers. 1t landed in the upper tier
of the right field stand. 1t unsettled
Shawkey, who had been rushed into the
breach in the ninth to relieve Mays
stem the tide OF surging, run mao
Indians and save the old game. When
Sewell followed Gr-dner with a single
Rob and the Yanks were done for be-
yoiid all doubt for after johnson had
been thrown out by McNally old Thomas
doubled and made the Cleveland mar
gin two runs.
In the New York half a single by
Hawks created something of a furry,
hut Schang and Bodie. hitting for
rsfdWkey, "cTS easy, dhA tiC SiOVNt "As'
Sign Of relief. rushed for home and
overdue dinners.
~ sBngby Also Knocked Out.
Mays was not in very good form, but
neither was Bagby, who started against
him. Bagby had to leave in the midst
Of fusillade In the eighth. Duster
Mails, the lefthander. who followed
him., was good enough to let the Yanks
kA- &t1a
Indians had tied with three runs In the
ninth Speaker sent Uhle to the mound
and he kept the New Yorks at bay.
The Indians got twenty hits for a
total Of thirtytwo bases. four doubles
and. a triple. In addition to the two
lomers. being included in their collec-
ton. The Yanks were no slouches.
either. as they got seventeen hits. But
alas and alack, they did not get hits
when they faced chances to profit most
from them.
Perhaps one of the factors which had
something to do with the defeat of the
New Yorks was the banishment of Ward
in the fourth inning. which necessitated
the substitution Of McNaly. who is not
a robust buster. Ward singled in the
fourth and then went down to second.
Mr.. Wilson, who had trouble all through
the series called Ward out. Ward pro-
tested strongly and so did some of his
team, mates. OLeary entered into the
argument, too The upshot of 1t was
the. Punishment of both Ward and
O'Leary--and the opening of bad af-
terpoon for the umpires, who were hooted
roundly
..,, Ruth Fans with Two On.
The Jumps were not the only ones
who came in for the publics displeasure.
Thet.' fans got after Bagby when he
passed Ruth on purpose in the fifth. and
Yelled yellow J" at him until he dsap-
peaEed from the scene. Not even the
fact that Bagby pitched to the Babe in
THE. seventh. and famed him too. did the
crowd let up. Ruth striking out at that
time looked costly. as Roth and Peck
had singled and were champing on the
h't But the runners scored anyway.
WHEN Pipp smashed one at Bagby and
tho pitcher threw the ball into right
f1sld. Meusel followed with a double.
scoring Pipp and putting New York In
front In the eighth Mays's homer.
Ruth's triple and a single by Peck gave
the Yanks two runs and put them In
front by to 3.
It.looked like a winning lead. but as
the .-old copybook says-there Is many
a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip. Also a
stitch in time saves tile nine. Likewise,
waste not, want not.
The Clevclands needed three in the
ninth, and they went out and got them.
Peck's two base error on Wamby. a
double by Speaker. single by Smith.
which drove Mays from the game, and
hits by Gardner ard Sewell accounted
for~the talIies The score.