New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-09
Kerr Battles
Hngrnen Again,
Winning, A to l
Shawkey Has Two Bad In
nings, i'm Each of Which
Chicago Gathers z Runs
Special Correspondence OF The Tribune

Special Correspondence OF The Tribune
CHICAGO, July 8.--Dickie Kerr, the
midget southpaw of the Chicago White
Sox, scored his fourth victory of the
season ever the New York Yankees
this afternoon. Limiting the Hugmcn
to nine hits, he fought them off in the
pinches with exquisite skill and in
dcmitable courage, setting them down
by score of q to ].
The winning streak Of the Yankees,
which had endured through eight con-
secutive games against the Eastern
clubs, was shattered, and likewise the
team lost half game to the Cleveland
Indians, who were held in enforced
idleness by the weather in Cleveland.
The Sox have now won six out of
nine games from the Yankees. Inabil-
ity to hit in the pinches beat New
York. After the first inning, in which
the Yankees scored one run, they had
had at least three chances to break
through and wallop q couple of runs,
but Kerr at those times served up his
meanest twisters and put an end to
anything approaching clean hitting.
Shawkey pitched a fair game him
self, but the White Sox gathered five
o. their nine hits in two scoring in
nings. In the first they got two safe
hits for a couple of runs and in the
seventh, with one out, got Two more
counters on drives by Shelley, Schalk
With Fewster out in the first frame
Kerr lost his distance and passed
Peck. He performed the same office
for Babe Ruth, but was doing his level
best to get the ball over the corners.
Frank Baker looked the situation over
very carefully and decided that this
would be the very time to grab off a
base hit. He lined a drive to right for
base and Peck scurried over the
plate, while Ruth ran to third. Strunk' IS
snappy throw held Baker on first base.
Bob Meusel could not sclve the offer
ings of Kerr and he hit into an easy
double play.
The Sox came right back in their
half of the first inning and took the
lead. Ernie Johnson has always en-
joyed the esteem of Bob Shawkey, so
the only thing the former sailor could
do was pass his little pal. Eddie Null
ligan then sacrificed and Eddie Collins
died on grounder, Johnson taking
third, Strunk ripped double to right,
scoring Johnson. Falk singled to right,
scoring Strunk, but was caught in a
run-up and retired while endeavoring
to stretch the hit.
With that opening furry over the
road to the plate became one of pit
fall and obstacle. The Yankees had no
fewer than three fine chances to score
between the second and eighth innings,
but they could not break through the
fine defense of Kerr. In the fourth
inning, with out, Pipp and Ward got
clean, hard hits. Schang, however,
rolled weakly to Johnson and Ward
was forced at second base. In the fifth
inning Bob Shawkey opened with sin
gle, and after Fewster and Peck had
been retired Ruth shot blow to the
outteld Baker, however, was easy.
In the eighth inning Ruth got hit
with one out, and Baker got his second
clout for base. Meusel was an easy
out, Pipp got a single down the third
base line, but Mulligan scooped the ball
up and threw to Schalk, retiring Ruth
at the rubber.
The White Sox made couple of
feints at the plate, Fut broke through
in the seventh and got two runs on
successive hits by Shelley, Schalk and
Kerr.
Tho ccrra.