The New York herald., 1921-07-09
TWICE SOX BUNCH
HITS OFF SHAWKEY
Just Enough to Give Them
Victory Over the Yankees
by Score Of 4 to 1.
BY WILLIAM u. HANNA.

Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD
CHICAGO. July S.-The White Sox had
1t on the Yankees this afternoon In
every way, including the spirit which
,mpels to victorious battle. The perma-
nent aspirants from the main habita;
were beaten by a score of 4 to l, thereby
beginning their second Western trip with
a setback.
The White Sox have disgorged some
fearful and wonderfully bad baseball
lately, but with the Yanks here and Kerr
pitching they suddenly were reincar-
mated and played the slickest kind of a
game. They supported Kerr fiawlessly,
and that lilliputian southpaw pitched the
Yankees into bowknots, as he usually
does. The Yanks were very weak as
timely hitters, or Kerr very effective as
q timely pitcher, as the case may be.
Ruth, Baker and Ward hit him freely
enough, but the others faced him with
out furnishing any assistance. Meusels
feeble work with men on bases was
especially damaging to the New York
cause.
Twice the Sox punched hits solidly on
Shawkey. They couldn't touch him at
other times. but those two times were
more than plenty. The Yankees were shy
in the pep" department. They were
outplayed from first to last, and quite
unimpressive. Fewster made single
in the ninth inning which didn't count.
The umpire had called for the ball to
look at it. And the pitcher pitched it
before tossing it to the umpire. Fewster
therefore had to bat again. He flied out.
A big floral bat was presented to
Ruth when lie came to bat in the first
inning Ruth is the hardest hitter of
all time, but pound for pound Huggins
could outhit him. At least, after the
battle OF Boyle's Thirty Acres last Sat
urday it seems to be the fashion to say
some foolish thing Of that sort.
Ruth Draws Pass.
On this particular occasion Ruth
drew n pass. Baker scored Peck with
a single. and with the stage all set for
more runs Meusel hit into a double
play.
That one run lead didn't last long.
Shawkey was wild and passed Johnson
with two out. Strunk doubled and Falk
singled, and two runs came in. After
thar for a spell the Yank batters
strained their backs, getting nowhere
against Kerr's elusive sling. They didn't
go at him with much show of conf
dence, and he tricked them easily with
a change OF pace.
Meusel charged in gallantly for john
sons pop fly in the third. muffed 1t, then
kicked it. While the inoffensive bulb
was being maltreated in this manner
Johnson reached second. He was the
first man up, but he never scored. Sharp
work by the infield held him up.
Brains VS.. Drawn continued to be the
programme, with Kerr applying the
brains. Plpp and Ward punched hits
in the fourth, but with two out
Schang, who seldom bats in anybody,
hit at the first one and drilled an easy
roller to Johnson. Schang is better on
defence than offence. In the fourth he
threw on an air line to Peck and caught
Falk mapping off second base. 1t was
just as well, for Mostil followed with a
two bagge through Baker.
The Yankees were lacking in resource
fulness in the fifth inning. If they
hadn't been. they would have scored.
Shawkey opened with a single and Few
ster flied out after trying twice to sac
rifice. So he couldn't move ShawSey
off first base. Peck popped out and
Ruth singled and sent Shawkey to third.
Kerr proceeded to lure Baker into bat
ting at bad balls and Collins threw him
out after Schalk's passed ball on Ruth's s
steal had put Babe on second