The New York herald., 1921-06-21
RUTH'S oath HOMER 1
CONQUERS IN TENTH
Smash Over Centre Fence
Gives Yapks Victory Over
Red Sox, Z to s.
MAYS NOT IN TOP FORM
Boston Gets to Him Early, but
Myers Also Fails to Fool
the Visitors.
MAYS NOT IN TOP FORM

Special Despatch to THE New YoaK iIsRAlD.
{, BosroN. Mass, June 20.--Babe Ruth
batted the Yankees TO a belatcd to q
triumph over the Red sox this afternoon
lin the opening game Of the series of six.
iLeaning against the first pitch In the
tenth inning of hair-raisins battle.
the big siege gun poled the pellet over
the centre field fence for his twenty
fourth home run OF the season. The
clout broke a tie which had existed since
the closing half of the eighth. 1t was the
127th home run of the Babes career In
the major leagues and one OF the longest
OF the entire collection.
IL the Babe had been any one but
Ruth it is likely that he would not have
had a chance TO strike this blow. In the
third inning pitcher Elmer Myers OF the
locals fooled him on low breaking
curve and he was called out on strikes.
After reaching the bench he voiced q
vigorous protest against Billy Evans's
decision and was warned by the latter
that zone more word" would lead to his
expulsion from the game.
He was about to speak that word
when Miller Higgins pounced upon hin1
and throttled him to silence. Any lesser
player than Ruth would have been
ordered from the field.
HuGxins Benches Roth.
For this game the Yankee manager
shifted his batting order again. Chicken
Hawks succeeded Bobbie Roth In the
lead.off position and played left field.
Meusel going back to his accustomed
station In right. Baker and Pipp changed
places in the batting order and batted
fourth and sixth instead or sixth and
fourth respectively. Baker didn't make
hit in five times at bat while Pipp
made two doubles and drew pass.
In addition to losing the game. the
Red Sox also lost the services of Right
Fielder Tim Hendryx for an indefinite
period. In trying for fly Off Meusels
bat in the first inning, Hendryx suffered
q compound fracture of the little finger
Of his right hand and Is likely to be
out of the game for months.
Neither Myers or Mays was effective
In the first and both clubs scored The
Yankees got four runs In the opening
inning and the Red Sox three. In the
Yankee half Hawks drew pass. moved
UP on Peck's sacrifice and completed the
circuit on Ruth's double to left Witt
corraled Bakers towering foul. but Hem
dryx fnuffed Meusel's fly to deep right
centre. Ruth scoring and Meusel reach.
ing third on the error. Pipp's double
down the first base line and Wards
single to right accounted for two more
runs before the side was retired on
Schangs tap to Myers.
Wits line single to centre at the
start of the locals half was followed by
another off Menosky's bat. Ruth came
In to take the latter hit on short bound
and kicked 1t into left field, Witt going
to third and the batter to second on the
error
Work Squeeze Play.
Witt scored on Pratt's infield out and
Menosky came around when Lelbold
batting for Hendryx. singled over Sec
ond. McInnis's single to left sent Lei
bold to third. whence Collins squeezed
him home with sacrihcihl bunt to
Mays Wards pretty stop on Scotts
tricky grounder closed the inning.
Both pitchers then frightened up and
dominated the game through the next
four rounds Myers developed another
flight of wildness In the third and passed
Meusei and Pipp, but there were two
out at the time and nothing came OF 1t.
Equally futile were Ruels double to CEN
tire at the start of the Red Sox end OF
the second and McInniss double over
Ruth after two were out in the third.
With one out In the sixth. however,
Ptpp slammed uOuple lItO ieAI dhu
Ward bunted safely down the third b.se
line. Pipp reached third while Witt was
waiting for the bail to roll foul and
completed the circuit on Schang's sac
riice fly to Leibold.
Meusers single to left and Wards
triple to right gave the Yankees another
In the eighth. With Mays swinging
along IN truly brilliant fashion and only
an inning and half TO go, the Yankees
seemed TO have the game sewed up. IN
the second half of the eighth the SoS
started TO swing where the master OF
the submarine ball was pitching. how
ever, and tied up the score at all.
With one out Mc1nnis singled to CEN
tire and Collins TO right. and both loped
home on Scott's three bagger to centre.
With the tying run on. third. the Sox
resorted to the squeeze again. Scott
slipping In on Ruers buht TO Mays, who
threw the batter out at frst The score
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