The New York herald., 1921-08-20
YANKEES LOSE; NOW
IN SECOND PLACE
White SOx Drive w. Collins.
Quinn and Piercy Out and
Win by 13 to 8.
BY WILLIAM b. HANNA.

SPoet@s DeoputcH 10 iHh NEW tokh iibAAAp'
CHICAGO. August 19.-The Yankees
to-day took a plunge into second place.
They slipped from their high estate
neither neatly nor gracefully, but thor
oughly. They were ,outgameI and cut
beaten by the White Sox. The score
was 13 to 8.
The infield work of the Yankees was
muddled and the pitching Inadequate
real poor. in fact Collins. Quinn and
Piercy all toppled before the vengeful
clubbing of the White Sox, who are
truly Yankee bugbears. Ferguson held
on with relief. but he, too. was sub
jected to grilling. They played with
neither pennant skill nor pennant pep.
Theirs was not an exhibition to be proud
of. On the contrary. 1t was the most
inept they have given this year. They
put on a rally In the ninth but 1t never
grew to serious proportions.
Warren Collins pitched six successive
balls in the first inning before he slid
a strike over to Eddie Collins. lie
passed Eddie after passing Mulligan.
By way of redeeming himself he struck
out Strunk and threw out Falk, on
whom he made difficult stop of a
high bounder. That was the nearest
thing to hit In the first inning.
Ward. In the second inning, took one
of his characteristic maps and forgot
to cover second when Hooper stole the
bag. The oversight cost nothing, but
that wasn't the neglectful Wards fault.
Yankees Bite mt Slow Ball.
The Yankees made two runs In the
third on a pass to Rip Collins. a sacri-
flee by Miller, Falk's error on Peck $
single and scratch two Dagger by
Ruth. Then the slow ball at which
the Yanks had been biting got in its
pop ups.
The Sox are fighting crew. and were
only spurred on by the New York scor-
ing. Collins, in the box. was doing
bush league work. He was wild and
easily hit when he wasn't
After two singles. n triple. a wild
pitch and a walk had tied the score
In the third, Quinn. who seldom sees
service, was called in. He was wild.
too, and filled the bases by passing
Sheely. Peck lessened the strain by
grabbing Hooper's pop fly for the sec
ond out. Schalk drew pass after
Souling off several Quinn had him at
three and two. but couldn't stick 1t out.
He gave the Sox cheap run. He
struck out Hodge and got out of tight
fix, created by his predecessor. rather
well.
Ruth interfered with Peck in the
fourth and caused him to lose Johnson's
fly. A sacrifice and single by Collins
sent johnson over the route. Peck was
as fast getting after Collins's hit as a
crippled turtle. Baker, Peck and Ruth
all went for Falk's sky fly and let 1t fall
among them.
Quinn was pitching his arm off, but
back of him the gallant Yanks were
playing like tailenders In the hick league
They did some picturesque batting in
the fifth and took the lead. Peck
doubled to the flagpole. Ruth hit the
ball so high that Strunk misjudged 1t
and made a three Dagger of it. Baker
doubled to right and Meusel singled
With this good start and three runs in,
Pipp clipped into a double play and
Ward was thrown out on a grounder to
deep short. He would have beaten 1t
could he run fast enough to keep warm.
Quinn Relieved by Piercy.
A double and a single In the fifth
drove Quinn from the box. Enter Piercy,
who had not been seen on the mound
since Manhattan was village. He con-
tributed to the merriment with a wild
pitch, then Johnson and Schalk worked
the squeeze. Baker missed the ball and
the ratified Yankee infield got nobody.
Two runs were in and Piercy passed
Mulligan. Next Strunk gaffed him for
two bagger and two more runs.
Baker was guyed In the sixth when
he threw a man out. 1t was the first
ball batted his way he laid his hands
on. Hooper Immediately cut a two bag
ger past him. Schalk batted Hooper in
and Hodge singled past Baker. A base
on balls filled the corners. and out came
Piercy, a little late but still out.
Enter Ferguson, the last of the bull
pen Mohicans. He busted off Mulllgan
with bean ball. but Peck made a su-
perb backhanded stop and threw out
Schalk at the plate. 1t was just an in
terruption. Collins and Strunk raked
Ferguson's delivery for hits and the run
increment mounted fast. The score: