New-York tribune., 1921-10-08
Well Be Back
At To-dav,' -
Says Higgins ge,
Injury Forces ''Babe' Ruth
10 Quit; May Take a DAYS
Rest Owing to Lame Arm
BY lack Lawrence

Ihe Yankees received q rough plss-
tering from the suddenly enlivened
Giants yesterday, but they took tho
drubbing gracefully and had no
clamorous complaints when the
smothered smoke of base hits had
cleared away and the final score read
13 to against them.
I'VE can't win EN- all said Miller
Higgins in the Yankee dressing room
Immediately after the defeat, but YOU
can say for me that we1l come back
tomorrow and show the Giants some-
thing"
Despite their overwhelming defeat
the Yankees did not look bad yester~
day. Their pitchers cracked, but the
team held together and didn't go up
IN the air, as It might have done very
pardonably when the euemy's artillery
was sweeping the immediate scenery
with extra base shrapnel.
The Yanks played errorless baseball
for the third time in the series and
none of the Giants runs was due to
misplays. The National Leaguers
smashed out their thirteen runs with
their bats, assisted here and there by
Babe Quits in Eighth
Babe Ruth quit the game in the
eighth inning and there is some doubt,
as to whether he will be in the Lineup
this afternoon when the Huglnen go
out against the Giants in the fourth
battle. The Bambino scraned his left
elbow while sliding into second base
IN one of the games against Cleveland
and the bruise never healed. 1t began
to pain him on Thursday evening and
yesterday the elbow was swollen and
there were indications Of infection.
During the game the pain increased,
and when Ruth reported the matter to
huggins IN the eighth inning the man-
ager ordered him to see a doctor inn
mediately He left the field in tho
eighth inning after getting his hase
on balls, Bill Fewster being sent in to
run for him. Ruth himself was in.
clined to treat the matter lightly and
declared that he would be on the field
to-day ready to go into action. Miller
Huggins, however. said that If the
Babes throwing arm was not entirely
all right he would give him a day OF
TO rest the wing.
Higgins took the defeat philo-
sophically and wasn't worrying.
at was just one of those things that
will happen to any ball club" said the
manager afterward. "Shawkey didn't
show the stuff that we expected him to
show and his control was bad. In ad-
dition TO that, he faced the Giants at
time when they were due to coIne
back and give US trouble. We lave 10
excuses and no kick coming. The team
played IS well and as briliiartlv on
the defense as it has since the series
began. There was no ragged baseball
an ih
as one of those setbacks that happen
to the best of clubs, particularly in a
hardfought series like the one We are
engaged in"
Harper May Pitcl,
Higgins refused to say who he
would select for the pitching Job to-
day, but admitted that be was contefn-
plating sending Hackersack Harry
Harper to the mound # the left-hand-
er seems TO have any "stuf" on the
ball when he w2rms up before tho
game. If he doesn't it is practically
certain that higgins viii shoot Carl
Mays baci, at the National League foe
in q grand effort 10 bring the count 10
three games to one n favor Of tha
Yanks. Mays nnzzlel the Giant bat-
ters on Wednesday in the first game
and Huggins seems TO believe that ha
is capable OF repeating the perform
ance this afternoon Mays himself ia 4
anxious to nave another crack at the 4
National Leaguers and, although ha Y
VIII have had only two days rest ha
mas said that ne would welcome the
opportunity Of taking up the pitching
burden to-day.
Bob Shawkey blamed his poor shows
ing on the cold weather. he said that
his arm "froze" between the first ard
second innings, and as . result he lost
his control.
Ruth had another quiet day at bai,
but iielded his position out in left field
with considerable brillance. On his
first trip to the plate the Babe famed,
to the huge delight Of the Giant roots
ers.