The New York herald., 1921-04-15
Quinn WEARENS IN
NINTH AND YANKS
LOSE T0ATHLETNS
Visitors Are Full of Fight
and Bat Out a Victory
of 4 to 3.
ROMMEL. PUZZLES LOCALS
Hugmen Are Twice Squelched
by Double Plays Through
Not Sacrificing.
ROMMEL. PUZZLES LOCALS
BY WILLIAM d. HANNA.

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The Yankees were not able to hold q
lead yesterday after worthy uphill ef-
forts had earned such advantage for
them. The Athletics. who played good ball
the day before, but were handicapped
by poor pitching. played better ball yes
te-day and won by score or 4 70 ;.
They won In the ninth inning BY rap
ping Jack Quinn vigorously. Quinn.
who had relieved Hoyt in the eighth
inning. couldn't hold the lead. The
Blue Caps simply pounded out a VIC
tory off him
The champions OF the tail end were
full OF fight and played rafting good
game. and they won a game full OF
touch and go all the way. It Is inter
eSting TO watch the progress of a grow
Ing team, and the Athletics are a grow
Ing team If they keep up the spirit they
showed yesterday There's more real
heart appeal In a team of this sort than
in one OF purchased stars.
AS Bob Shawkey has a sore arm, the
result of weather vagaries before the
race began, the pitching job was passed
along to Hoyt Neither he nor Quinn
pitched as we'll as Rommel OF the Blue
Caps, but Hoyt pitched with much
merit. He wasn't as steady as Rom
mel and didn't have as many ways OF
flinging ball. but he was good In
pinches, resourceful and his work was
stamped with class. With good support
there wouldn't have been a run off him.
After BRAZIL had opened on Hoyt
with a three Dagger in the fourth in
ming the next two went out on weak
files BRAZIL thereupon took the bit
in his teeth and stole home. Hoyts
accompanying pitch was curve. which
broke wide, but was within Schang g
reach Schang didn't hold It. so the
steal was e,Iccessful. Welch tripled out
to where the great Ruth was endeav-
oring 20 play left and making less than
a fair job of It, and he scored When
PeclSinpaugh made high throw OF
ground ball from Galloway.
RommeI Is Effective.
Twice before that Hoyt was effective
IN times of stress, and his faulty sup
mort prevented him from being so on the
third occasion This RoHInel chap, with
a whippy contortion Of the arm ana
lariat Ike loops. pitched from chang
3ne plane and had a puzzling mixture.
He was both underhanded ana sloe
armed.
No impression deep enough to be visi-
BILE was made on the loose and flexlpie
Mr.. Ronnel until waiter Pipp Jdi,iiiiea
p home run through all lines OF de-
fence In the fourth inning. preceding
that slashing slash the great Ruth had
famed.
Double plays. to which each side con-
tribut-d literally, were the Yankees
bane-and henbane. One could have
been avoided by different stratesy; the
other was not so directly associated Win
mar geria.l Judgment, although In each
case a sacrifice would have avoided the
double and not been bad baseball.
Dugan's error planted Peck on first
base in the sixth inning with nobody
out. Ruth never sacrifices, or hardy
ever. mad he rolled a grounder 70 Bra-
zill. who stepped on first and threw 70
Galloway quickly enough for the latter
10 touch Peck coming inv Here was a
case where Yankee lack of speed or the
bases was costly.
Nelson Hawks, who has oeen pinch
hitting successfully for the Yankees az
sp-ing, was called TO the piate ~ lns
seventh inning TO bat for Hoyt Wara
had doubled and Shang had walked, ana
two were out. The Calgary chicken put
+he yanks right IN the running. he
drove a liner over Galloway, through
,ri;iy walkers sector and FAR enough
nut for Ward and Shang TO score. Few
ster hit one hard, too, but Walker got
under It
yapl.s Two Ahead in Eighth.
The Yankees were two ahead and
Quinn went well in the eighth. the hanks
couldn't score in that inning, although
peck started Il with stroll. Ruth' PlpP
and Meusel were supine. Perkins opened
o. tra Athletics in the ninth with hit
over Neusel's head, which the latter
r,ayed tn his usual clumsy way. Welch
singled and sent In Perkins. and Weich
scored on Galloway's sacrifc and
single by Dykes.
The Yankees had to get those runs
back. and Bodie made tho right SORT OF
a start. he singled in tho New YORK
half OF the ninth. and with nobody out
An average runner would have had a
good chance for second on the hit. and
the value Of second bsse over first base
as a strategical point at that )uncture
was inestimable. McNally ran Tor Boole.
TOO bad ho didn't run for him from the
moment the ball was hit
However. Il WAS all right--man on
first and nobody out. Not bad at all, en-.
what? The next move was rather sur
prising. Ward never even blurred az
bunting. He hit the second pitch, Jumped
q grounder 70 Dugau, and the ebulhent
AS touched or another double play. IL
looked like one Of those All or nothing
courses on the part or Huggins-w'n or
lose il right there and tying run go
hang. Which looked like putting all
one's eggs In one basket The score:
LADELPHIA CA)l NEW YORK tA)
pvs.,ab aG soa Z aolF,ws,or. 20 Soi 4 30.