The New York herald., 1921-08-25

Special Despatch to THE NEw YoEls HERALD
CLEVELAND, Aug. 24.--For a change
the Yankees to-day won a close game.
They defeated the champion Clevelands,
to q and took first place away from
them right out in full view on their own
playground 1t was good game, too,
every inch of the way, with steely pitch
ing nerve in tight and ticklisn places by
both Hoyt and CoveieslSic, exciting and
close and better played than the general
run of gameg.
Coveleskie held the Yankees to ten
hits, we'll scattered, and Hoyt held his
opposition TO seven hits, twice punched
in twos. Both were often put to it and
their mettle tested, and each came
through creditably Hoyts backing in
moments of stress was better than Cove
leskie's. The New York fielding was
eirorless but the Indians suffered from
what few errors they did make. Each
of their three slips was damaging, and
| the champions felt the strain Of the tus-
sic more than the Yanss, who We're
steady. cocky and snappy.
The Yanks bunted to good effect and
alternated that policy with base stealing.
though no hit and run work was at
tempted, and they missed fire frequently
when a hit was needed with men on
bases. That's where both sides were de-
ficient. However. the Yankees showed
speed and stole three bases, a feast of
larceny when done off q catcher OF
O'Neilfs throwing callbre.
O'Neills whip did not have its usual
prophylactic value. and Ruths steal
helped win the game. Schang, on the
other hand, threw like bullet and got
his throws away very fast. He was eff
fsctive on foul balls, too, and quite out
shone the Cleveland star. Meusel batted
and iielded noticeaby well though in
! the ninth he struck out with the abodes
thronged and nobody out and missed a
fruity chance 10 salt the game away be-
yound danger. Mike McNally is giving a
good account of himself in Baker S
berth. His fielding is super excellent and
he'd have gathered a couple of hits to-
day if hard drives by him hadn't met
with strangling stops.
HOyt Fans Speaker.
|. Miller smote a scorcher to Sewell at
the beginning of the game. but that
little man clutched it in fancy style
| Coveleskie walked Ruth. and the Babe
stole. The steal was timely, achieved
run. for Meusel singled past Sewel
Meusel had time to seize second on the
throw-in but, as he often does, he missed
the bag with his hook slide Hoyt famed
Speaker in the first with a slow ball
and opened impressvely.
The Yankees tenanted the bases
right freely in the second, and added
run, thanks to O'NeilIs error. The
passing OF Pipp, Wards sacrifice
and McNally's single, coupled with
O'NeilPs mishandling OF the throw in
turned the trick
Gardeners single and Johnstons double
placed two on with two out in the
Cleveland second, and when O'Neill was
passed purposely the fans howied as IL
mortaliy hurt. Hoyt pitched two strikes
to Coveleskie, then three balls, then
slipped a fast strike by him.
Ruth and Meusel hit safely in the
third. Speaker dropped Meusers liner
close TO the ground and Pipp and Ward
rendered no assistance, so two hits pro-
duced no run, whereas In each of the
other two innings one hit had produced
one run. That's the way II goes.
In the fourth Miller for the second
time failed. with a man on second and
two out. Hoyt made bad start in this
inning. He passed Smith after he had
him In the hole and Gardner hit the
screen with a two Dagger. Sewell sin
gled and scored Smith, and Hoyt was
| careening like ship in a gale and
pitched three balls to Johnston. He
threw out Johnston while Gardner scored
the tying run. He pitched 4 wide one
to ONeil. evidently thinking O'Neill
was to be passed Schang and Peck
gathered about him and told him to
pitch TO the catcher. He did. and Nc
| Nally heaved O'Neill out.
Pipp hit flabby grounder in the fifth
af.er Meusel had tripled. with the two
out Jamieson's bunt caught the Yank
inner guard mapping. but Schang nailed
him with burning throw. Ward began
| the sixth by amblng. but Coveleskie
| hypnotized McNally. who kept his baton
| on his shoulder while strikes whizzed
| BY. Schang's two bagger put two on,
| and after Hoyt had famed neatly Miller
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