The New York herald., 1921-03-30
TAKES IL INNINGS
FOR YANKS TO WIN
Holman Brings Defeat to
Shreveport by Hitting Ball
Over the Fence.
TWICE CAME FROM BEHIND
Ruth, With Injured Wrist,
Bats With One Hand and
Strikes Out.
Ny WILLIAM b. HANNA.

NY WILLIAM b. HANNA.
Special Despatch to THE new York HzxAIn.
SHREVEPORT, La. March 2s.--The YAM
KEGS had chance to-day to show what
they could do when hard pressed. Every
victory up TO to-day had been easy.
To-day the Texas Leaguers Of this baili-
wick found the Yanks in batting back
slide and gave them the hardest kind OF
q tussle. 1t was the twelfth inning be-
fore the big leaguers put in the win
ming lick and put over the winning run.
They won BY score of 4 to 3. and had
to come from behind twice TO do il.
The Yanks had the fighting mood and
played a beautiful fielding game. thereby
saving themselves from defeat more
than once, but their pitching as con-
Quoted by Ferguson and Collins, wasn't
anything 10 wax Jubilant over ana their
base running was brainless.
Fred Holman put the first ball pitched
In the twelfth inning over the left field
fence and wound UP a neck and neck
battle played on chilly afternoon be-
fore few frozen fans. The game was
worth a much larger attendance HoY-
man was due for that winning homer.
lie owed it to his team, for his foolish
base running in the ninth inning lost
fine chance to end the scrap in that
round.
lHofmann opened the tenth with a. two
base hit, then Schang hit hard one to
Hollohan somewhere back of first base;
Hofmann could have made third easily
had he rum when the ball was hit, but
he edged back toward second and by
some perverted process of reasoning, the
sort which won't win any pennants for
the Yankees. broke for third as Hollohan
was passing the ball to Eibel. He was
thrown out by rods. However, he batted
In two New York runs on an afternoon
when New York hits were scarce, and he
played with merit if not with judgment
Ruth Bats with One Hand.
The great Ruth came to bat once.
struck out trying to hit the ball with
one hand, then drifted from the scene.
The great Ruth's right wrist was beglrt
with coat of iodine and was too lame
for him to continue.
Ruth hurt his wrist yesterday playing
ball with some schoolboys. He was bat
ball which had been thrown in and got
away from him. He slipped and fell.
catching himself on the wrist and
scratching it in the dirt, scraping the
skin of. Hence it was sore and out OF
commission to-day.
Ruth has been driving a car about
town, and IL was casually reported he
had run it into ditch. That, however.
was Just a report. The Babe doesn't do
everything he is reported doing.
Moreover. the rest OF the team, pull
ing tough one out of the fire, wasn't
ditched even IL Ruth was.
The Gassers srnacked Alex Ferguson
for two well earned runs In the second
and third innings. The next three in
nings he was invisible. making a good
recovery, and all through he had spot
less support. The Yankees again came
across with fine infield playing, Ward,
Peck, Fewster and Pipp making an i'm
nenetrable Gordon.
Pipps single which went through
Jackson. an infield out and Massey's
muff of Wards fly gave the Yankees
one i'm the fourth. They made one meek
little run off Verbout, formerly OF Jer-
sey City. and one hit.
Score Tied In seventh.
me fankeea CIa n little 'Detter against
Bennett. but he too bothered them and
made scoring difficult. Wards single.
sn out. and a hit by Hofmann tied the
score in the seventh
Collins was unsteady in the ninth.
The Gassers had the bases filled, with
one out. Ward scooped a grounder and
made a double play by way Of Hofmann
and Pipp.
Collinss Wild pitch, a steal and q
single by Jackson sent in a run for
Shreveport in the tenth, and made il ap-
pear as II the game was theirs. In tho
second half OF that session, after F1of-
mann had sprung his brilliant base run
ming coup, Fewster, as sorappy a lad as
ever came mp the big league pike, waited
for four balls. He stole se0nd. He
scored on a eingle by Connolly
Piercy, in the box for New York In the
last two innings and their best server of
the day, held the Gasser persons in cham
Gerry. The YanlSs flzzled in the eleventh.
although an error had put Pipp on sec
ond with none out. Hofmann up and
biffed the ball with winning ardor in the
twelfth.
One or two Yankees loafed running out
batted balls, which Is not a winning
spirit and Is one rcascn the Cleveiands
won the pennant last year and the Yam
KEGS didn't. Still, the Yanl<s this after
noon. on the whole, played with good
uphill spirit The score: