The New York herald., 1921-08-01
YANKEES WIN AND
GIVE INDIANS FITS
Score II to 2, and Mays Holds
Champions to Two Safe
Drives.
ALSO POWER WITH STICK
Ruth Lifts the Ball Over the
Grand Stand for His 38th
Home Run.
ALSO POWER WITH STICK
BY WILLIAM b. HANNA.

More trouble was made for the YAM
KEGS yesterday by the weather than by
the Clevelands. Rain came near making
Ii no game. and as the Yankees won the
game that wouldn't have done at all.
They won it, IL TO 2, thereby giving back
on Sunday almost as stiff tacer as
they had to take on Saturday, when the
earthly champions--you can see 1t right
on their shirt fronts in plea or double
BREWER or something-tumbled them. le
TO /. 1t seems that when these two clubs
meet one or the other is bound to be
punk
Somebody was punk yesterday and i
wasn't we-or Us Twas they-or them.
They were at 1t from 80 till 6, with
rain soaked recess. First the game was
held off half an hour by rain, then 1t
was halted by more rain. There was q
lot of praying or padding in dealing with
the weather gods. Covered base paths
and considerable acumen by Brick Owens
In catering 10 the wishes OF 10000 spec
tators made nine innings possible.
The sun dried out things fairly well,
too. and between Old Sol and young Brick
the New York club will have 10000 less
rain checks to recognize. II rain hadn't
kent many away there'd have been
a capacity crowd. 1t wasn't any strag-
Cling influx as it was,
Mays Too Much for Indians.
Nays was the rock on which the
champions stubbed their toes and
bnmped the bumps. Their base hit out
nut was two, one a home run BY DOC
Johnston. Johnston hit into the grand
stand. Babe Ruth bit his thirty-eighth
home run---hit it over the grand stand
off Caldwell in the sixth inning oetween
the second and third flag poles and with
two on bases.
Before that and in the same inning
Mays, with three ON bases, caught
high one, and with two strikes against
him. He doubled through Jameson.
cleaning the bases, and his hit really
decided the issue. II was contest up
till then. Not very heady pitching, that
,f Sothorons, in letting Mays rasp him
that way after getting two strikes on
him and no balls.
Sothoron pitched a good game up to
the ~ixth. but was always so petulcN
and irascible 1t impaired his usefulness.
Bunts are his bette noir, but he handled
them well until he mussed one py Schang
in the downfall sixth. Anybody might
faye done the sa nae, rs the grass was
Wet Mays's double ended Sothoron's
career for the day. Mays batted in Tour
runs helded his position cieverly and
pitched superbly His support was stain
less. Peck never made good throw
after the rainy interim, but the ball
reached Pip ahead Of the runner and
Pipp was a ball hawk on wayward
pegs.
Ruth Fails on Foot.
The first Cleveland inning was all
Ward. Jameson. Wamby and Speaker
hif to Wardy's ward, and Wardy warded
them off That's what they got for hit
ting toward Ward. The Yanks scored In
the first on Fewster's walk after foul
ing Off all the lively and lifeless oaiis
In existence except the one on which ne
walked Peck's sacrifice. Ruth's pass
aud Johnston's miss OF Bakers ground
er. Ruth must have read that he was
leading the league Ii runs scored and
been fired with an ambition 70 increase
the lead. for he tried TO score on the
same play and never had a chance He
never got any nearer than 70 pump
O'<eiil
Mays had i bad time in the second
Gardner with nobody out but the poor
marksmanship was fieeting. and he
found himself. Sewell forced Gardner,
and on a slow rrounder which Johnston
hit to Pipp Smith scored. Johnston's
home run was made in the NTH, and
Johnston opened the inning. O'NeiH
singled, and that was the only consecu-
tive hitting done by the Indians or any
other kind Of hitting. In eight Of the
nine rounds they didn't make hit.
Wards smash through Sothoron.
gchang's sacrifice and Mayss single to
right scored a Yankee run in the second
Pip in the fourth was hit where TASKS
used to be carried and hiked to third
on Wards single to right Schang's slow
one through the muck TO Wamby
brought him home The last named feat
was the first one after the resumption
OF play following q soppy shower.
Speakers Wonderful catch.
Speaker made a wonderful sliding catch
on Pipp before the interruption. He WAS
applauded FOR Il 20 the echo. Such
demonstratiou for a fine play by visit
ing player may happen in Cleveland.
but II so only in dreams. Ppp started
the rally on Sothoron in the sixth, and
that temperamental toiler slumped from
that on. Ward walked and Schang filled
the bases with hunt. Mays repopulated
them with his two-bagger on which
Jameson took a header into the soggy
grass.
slim Caldwell Sothoron's relief began
BY tanning Fewstcr, but passed Peck
Ruth popped his homer over the roof
and far away, and hit In three runs
with IL. The Yanks made three In the
eighth on a base on balls TO Fewster,