The New York herald., 1921-04-14
YANKEES SMOTHER
ATHLETICS, II TO 1
Continued from Fsrst Page.
points TO such confidence In the games
integrity by the people.


The Yankees always were ahead, but
by go small lead that It was a close
and sharply played contest for six and
a half innings Then the defence OF the
Athletics which had been sturdy and
full of merit, sort OF fell apart. 1t fell
apart In the pitching department The
Yankees give bis Scott Perry a rasping
reception In the seventh inning, and he
was taken out They pounded Hasty in
the eighth. The Mackmen stuck to II
well for six innings. then broke before
the force of superior attack.
Ruth and Mays shine.
In an opening game. excellently
played all around by the Yankees
clean, spirited fielding. and clean. clus-
tered htting--the individual lumlnar.es
were Babe Ruth and Carl Mays, lumi-
naries In Giametrically opposite roles.
but both considerably burly. Ruth.
though he was errntic as q spring ex-
hibition hitter TO a point where he was
Indispensable, began the business OF
marauding for pennant purposes with a
rush which stirred the fans vastly and
which netted five assorted hits In five
times at bat. Lacklustre work In spots
in the South, lame wrist. what did they
amount to? In the first psnnant game
he hit on the nose everything good
I.pitrner put up, and while doing 1t hit to
all three fields, and worked In tap over
the infleld and an infeid 6ribble among
his prosperous cluster.
He hit n Two bagger which struck the
centre field fence ON the first bound, and
was longer than many home runs he has
hit The only thing he didn't do was to
make a homer, but the copiousness of
his batting caused that littfe oversight
| to be forgotten. and besides the season
Is young. Mays pitched with consufn-
mate skill and held the Athletics to
three hits He whirled his submarine
| ball past the knees Of the batters, con-
trolled II to q hairs breadth. and the
Athletics went at II with an upchoppinG
motion which sent many ball bounc-
ing weakly along the infield grass.
A popular impulse among the fans
was to come early and avoid the rush.
The greater part of the crowd was
seated before fielding practice. At 2:so
o'clock and thereabout, both ways. any
where above Seventy y-second street there
was no such thing as a seat in the l.
cars.
Fifteen thousand persons were turned
away at game time, and the press OF
innumerable jutting elbows as the slow
descent of the L station stairs at 1b5th
street was made broke window pares IN
the ticket booths.
The instability of April weather made
the fans grateful that they had such
good day for the opening and many
predicted that the south wind which
whipped the flags on the roof OF the
stadium, would veer eastward and bring
lin. There was a hint of moisture.
Mayor Busy with HIS Hat.
Mayor Hylan. with Col. Rupert, who
has seen so many big crowds patronize
his Yanks that they're Just big crowds.
came across the field in their yearly
tramp to the grand stand.
The Mayor was as busy with his nat
as Ruth was with his bat. He didn't
miss a cheer, and the old iron dice box
wls certainly on the wave. HIS Honor
attended to the new ball function cere-
mony. Army and navy officers IN thoir
special boxes made much less con-
spicuous entrance. The whole proceed
ings. practice. photographing. chatter
huTn. stir changed Instantly to solemn
hYsh when the band played the national
anthem. -
Henry Fabian's grass was green, Ma
lures own unmatchable green. Tne
Athletics uniforms were blue. tone OF
blue such as nature nor man ever con-
celved save in delirious mood. inc caps
were n cross between q steel blue and
tne color a man sees when he's seasick
A glaring blue. incompatible with any
thing save 4 sluggish liver or a feverisn
condition.
First. Connie Mack. a quiet gentleman
withal. had white elephants. then green
elephants. and now he comes WIN ere
phants OF a blue so bilious as to make
the d. T.'s most reptilian torments IN
nocuous. II was said the members OF
the team. not over fastidious as rule,
feit they had TO draw the color line
somewhere. and would refuse to wcor
the cans after this series. They were
beaten. II TO |, but after having to ap-
pear in those lids what did they care
how they looked? Nothing at all arter
the chromatic inferno they'd been In.
All along his irfield Mays had support
smart and steady. Ground balls we've
handled with an exactness which almost
precluded a single bobble. There wasn't
an error What little there was to do
in the outfield was done best by Bodie.
Pop flies and ground balls not difficult
to handle were most OF the output off
Mays. Fewster made a difficult stop as
the iast play of the Esfae, ard Ruth
made good running catch.
ward KNOCKS home auus
The Athletics fielded cleverly except
for a passing moment in the eighth
inning when Hasty was being hatchet-
Cd Joe Dugan, whom Huggfns tried 10
get, made two slashing stops and
throws, and the work In the outfleld
was good. Derisive laughing at the ef-
forts of the Mackmen in the seventh
and eighth innings were unfair. because
the ball was taking whimsical skips and
hops which would have undone the
mechanism of the best of infields. and
the Yanks were getting some lucky hits
Aaron Ward. not Babe Ruth, made
the first voyage to home run land.
Wardy hit long one into the left field
seats in the second inning after Bodie
had cracked a two baRger over Welch's
moor. Perry tempted Ping with n
slow one and Ping made him sorry
he did
For a moment Perry had Ruth puzzled
with change OF pace, but Ruth was tim
ing his swing much better than he did In
any exhibition games, and after hot
single in the first inning he belted
| liner at Dyke in the third inning villain-
ouely hard. II tore Dykes hands apart
1t was n screaming drive and as dam
gerous as shrapnel.
! In the NTH Ruth made his two bagger
clear over the flower beds 60 the centre
| field fence. He tried for third on Il,
and splendid relay, Welch 20 Dykes TO