New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-03

Swatted the ball SO hard that few
had become of it.
Nine out of ten of the Scribes and
pharisees in the Pest Box were also
unable to say when and where the ball
left the lot. While this moot question
was being warmly debated two of
Henry Fabian's scouts returned from
the Furthermore outposts with the in
formation that when the ball was last
seen it was flying over the extreme
end of the roof of the right-field stand
and was headed for Eighth Avenue.
Ruth is now eleven days ahead of his
1920 program, when he made his
forty ninth homer on September IS off
Ehmke, of Detroit. With thirty games
to be played, he has to make six home
runs to surpass his record mark of
fifty-four.
Well, anyhow, hardly had this mat
ter been settled satisfactorily when
Sob Meusel laid his bat against an
other trembling horsehide and drove it
over the Ajax sign into the left-feId
bleachers. Two such mighty smites
coming in succession were too much
for the fans, who got considerably
more "het up" than Harry Stevenss
imported frankfurters ever were. Bob's
clout was his eighteenth of the season.
Acosta Relieves Erickson
Earlier in the game, in the first inn
ing to be exact, Captain Roger Peckin-
paugh had knocked q homer into the
1eft-field bleaehers, so as far as home
running went it was a fairly satisfac-
tory afternoon.
Winsome Waite Hoyt, of Flatbush,
and Left Erickson were the mounds
men when the game started. Kid Hoyt
remained to the finish and gave a mas
terly exhibition of the art of pitching,
but poor old Left, after being battered
into an unacceptable state, reeled
from the field at the end of the sew
enth in favor of Jose Acosta.
Only four hits did the Senator'S Sc
cure off young Waite, and two Of these
came in the first inning, which also was
the occasion for the two errors made
by the Yanks, the combination result
ing in the three runs scored by Nc
Brides men. Bush opened with double
down the left field foul line and went
to third on Milan's infeld out, Peck
inpaugh to Pipp.
Judge singled to center, Bush tally
ing. Rice popped to Peckinpaugh
Judge stole second and "Bing" Miller
walked. Harris reached first on bad
Miller going to third. Hoyt, in an en-
deavor to catch Harris, threw wildly
to first, Miller crossing the plate. Hoyt
tt en- tried again and this time picked
Harris off first.
These three runs didn't worry the
Yanks a mite They went right after
Mr. Erickson and got two of them back
in jiffy. Elmer Miller beat a bunt
and Peckinpaugh sailed the ball into
the left field bleachers, scoring Elmer
ahead of him. Erickson then rallied
and retired the next three men.
Ruth Steals Second
But in the fourth the Washington
pitcher wabbled once more and the
Yanks pounded on to victory. Ruth
singled to right, the ball hitting the
wall on line. Meusel drove savage
liner to right center, Rice making a
nifty catch. The Babe stole second
and went to third when "Bing" Miller
muffed Pipp's fly. Ward singled off
the shins of Shanks, Ruth bringing in
the tying run. McNally doubled to
center, scoring Pipp. Ward counted
on Devormer's sacrifice fly to left. !.
The fiercest assault on the curves of
Erickson was reserved for the seventh
inning. Devormer beat out hit to
Shanks and was sacrificed to second
by Hoyt. Elmer Miller expired, Har-
ris to Judge, Devormer taking third,
whence he scored on Peckinpaugh's
single to left. Next occurred the ire
mendous crash of the Babes, which
was followed by Meusefs circuit
smash, or four runs in all.
The sensational fielding of Mike
McNally at third base for the 4anAs
won the applause of the fans.
All Dsvormer again showed up we'll
in the catching department and it
seems more than probable that he will
be promoted to second-string re-
ceiver.