The New York herald., 1921-04-28
YANKS BEATEN, 5-S,,
SENATORS NOW LEAD
Discards Defeat Hugmen,
Lewis Sends i'm Two Runs;
Mogridge Fans Ruth.
lLOSERS SHOW NO SPIRIT
After Leading by 3 to / Locals
Collapse in Eighth and
Ninth Inning.
ny WILLIAM II. HANNA.


Duffy Lewis and George Mogridge.
discarded Yankees and traded for play
ers neither of whom has been in a cham
pionship game this year. nut tn. finish
ing touches on the hapless Yankees at
the Polo Grounds yesterday. The Wash
ingtons won their fourth straight from
the New Workers.. suffering as the latter
are from inertia and cardiac insuffi-
cfency and sent them recling. * they
have energy enough to reel. TO the
neither side of the 800 mark. The score
WAS to 8. The Washingtons made
four runs in the last two innings ana
took first place In the league race.
Lewis hit a two bagger over Ruth's
head in the ninth with two on bases and
two out. Why was Lewis. at his best
with the bat in n pinch. not epasscd?
Echo answers why? His drive to left,
sharp and ringing, was not an lnpossi-
BILE catch for first grade tutfelder.
For Ruth, whose efforts to seize IL were
not the acme of quick starting and in
tuitive judgment, Il was y two Dagger
and two runs raced home on IT,
Mogridge, who .ook Shaws place IN
the seventh inning. curled the 3all about
the batters where they couldn't find 1t,
and saw that while his mates were wip-
ing out the Yankee lead the Yankees
didn't make any more runs. One thing
he did, which went far to teat the
Yankees, was to strike out Ruth in the
seventh inning with men on second and
third and one out.
Senator's a Lively Lot.
The Yanks were a detected crew
again. made another weak finish and
again were outgamed.
Bob Shawkey pitched creditably and
as well as could be expected by man
just returning to the front after bout
with a sore arm. He was in trouble
often, but between his skill and pluck
he went far. He kept the hits scattered
in fine style, though firing toward the
close. He was taken out In the ninth
inning after being hit by Judge and
passing Milan. Mays went in and re-
tired Rice with u grounder TO Pipp
then Lewis injected his deadly double.
The defeat is charged to Shawkey be-
cause he put on bases the two men
who scored and broke up game which
was a dull affair on the whole and
drawn out to a weary length.
Judge made a run in the first inning
on single by himself, base on balls to
Milan, first base out and Lewis's
grounder to Fewster. The Yanks didn't
play to cut off q run at the plate AS
1t turned out F'ewster could have
smeared Judge there easily had he been
playing In.
In the New York first Peck singled
and Ruth was passed. So was Pipp.
Meusel hit high fly to Rice on which
Peck counted, and when Rice made
poor throw in Ruth, whose base running
was the best thing he did. followed
Peck. While all the fiinging and fooz-
ing was going on to forestall Ruth at
the plate Pipp had easy chances to
reach second. but wasn't quick enough
to accept them and was thrown out
when he did so.
MeuseIs Single scores Ruth.
Ruth walked with two out In the
fourth and Pipp singled to Harris. Ruth
thought the ball had gone past Harris
and bundled to third. Harris became
panicky when he saw Ruth continuing
in that brazen manner and fumoled until
Babe was safely anchored at third
From there Meuseis singled fetched
Babe in. Being a three inning team.
or thereabouts, the Yankees went into
retirement as an offensive unit.
A sacrifice instead of hitting 1t out
might have picked up a run or two more
for the Yanks-mght have-no sure
tnlnE, out one which ulur look poor
one to pursue. The Yankee fourth.
speaking of sacrificing. was played in
this manner:
Ward. first UP, infeld hit. Schang
blazed away and forced Wardy. Then
an effort to sacrifice. Effort didn't
work and Shawkey forced Schang
Fewster doubled. but nobody near
enough to the plate to derive scoring
sustenance from the double. Peck popped
fly
After all the good work by Shawkey.
ono long hit at Nm inopportune time act
the New York ship TO careening. Ward
contributed headless play. With Rice
on first, to which junction he walked.
Lewis tapped TO Ward. who threw to
second instead OF first. Rice being
speedy and near the bag. Ward didn't
get anybody His blunder cost n run.
Shanks sank n three bagger In that no
mans patch OF ground between Meusel
and Bodie and brought in two runs. ty-
ing the score.
Judge singled In the ninth with one
out Milan walked. So did Shawkey--
10 the clubhouse. The bleacher fans
cheered him as he passed under them.
Rice's out and Lewiss conquering crash
followed. Mogridge made Ruth and Pipp
fade out In the seventh when two were
on bases and one out. He famed Ruth.
as narrated. and Pipp flied up and
down and out. The score:
WASHINGTON tA.) NEW YORK (A)