The New York herald., 1921-08-09
ONE DEFEAT COSTS
YANKEES THE LEAD
Break Even With White Sox,
While Indians Take Two
From Athletics.
? HOME RUNS FOR RUTH
Boosts His Total to Forty-one
Baker Called Away in
Second Game.
BY WILLIAM II. HANNA.

BY WILLIAM ID. HANNA.
One game. the first. was won so easily
and smoothly by the Yankees at the
Polo Grounds yesterday that the rooters
felt confident the team would put the
White Sox away In both parts of the
double header. The rooters were disap-
pointed. Two errors, one by Peck. the
other by Ruth. gave the White Sox
three unearned runs in the first inning
OF the second game. and they were al
ways ahead, though the Yanks pressed
them hard. New York Z. Chicago 0.
and Chicago 5. New York A. were the
scores. The Yanks dsopped back to
second place.
The way Cleveland ate into Athletics
leads. as told on the score board, caused
the fans much uneasiness. The Yanks
must stop faltering so much wnen the
lead is at stake If they are TO win the
pennant. and they must acquire more
success in winning. instead OF losing
by one run. In short they must show
more steadiness and more resourceful-
ness.
Shawkey pitched fine game in the
first encounter. and Hoyt pitched a good
one in the second plenty good enough
IL his support had held steadfast The
Yanks solved the Chicago pitching
handily in the first. but had trouble with
Kerr in the second. Still. they were
making progress against Kerr. Kerr
L..~% III. kar
who was fighty but hard to hit.
The Yanks now have faced the White
Sox star twice in two successive days.
and Gleason in his managerial astute-
ness, may not hurl him against the
Yankees again before to-morrow-or to-
day-or to-day and tomorrow.
Forty-one for Ruth.
Ruth rushed up his home run grist
from thaty-nlne to forty-one. Both
were off les' handlers In the third
inning os the first game he reached
the upper frieze OF the grand stand with
shatterfng drive in the first innins OF
the second game he lifted his forty-first
great circle belt into the right field
bleachers The first was made off
wienecke. the second off Kerr. He
owed that second one. for in the Chi
cago half OF the inning he had Iet hit
two out. His miss unsteadied Hoyt, and
two more hits followed.
Frank Baker received word OF the
death OF his father in law in Maryland
He left In the second game TO catch a
train. His absence was felt greatly In
the ninth. His misfortune was also the
clubs Faber wabbled violently I'm the
ninth with two out and filled the bases
McNally. who had taken Bakers place.
was the next batter and Mays was sent
IN TO hit for him. Baker. needless 10
say would have done his own hitting.
Mays's effort was a valiant one, but he
was thrown out by johnson.
The Yankees for a week or more have
been hitting below par The hitting IS
not sufficiently distributed down the
line. Ward has been batting only .211
since the team came home. and Meusel
only' ~. The latter Is a dead weight
% ~, present form. extremely weak In
wsntAaA and Peck isn't doing a great
deal.
Elmer Miller yesterday showed the
same facility for getting on base he did
IN his Sunday gama He was on three
times in thu first game and twice In the
second. Baker batted him home in the
first inning OF the first game, and in the
third inning Ruth mauled In two runs
at one reverberaung swoop with his
home run. and Baker followed with a
home run into the lower stand. The
Yankees won that tilt right there. The
White Sox played game rs colorless
az their stockings and with no pep
whatever.
secons Game Livel.er.
The second contest was much nvelier.
even II defeat Ward played a superb
fielding rS.ma and Pipp. McNally and
Peckinpaugh mad fine stops. Peck
made a costk tumble on Johnson, how
ever TO star. the game. The beneficiary
was forced. and Collins forced Mulligan;
but with fwo out Strunk drew a pass.
Falks single went through Ruth and
an extra run trooped home. Sheely sin
gled. Three runs.
Ruth lashed into the bleachers In the
New York half Every base on balls
issued by Hoyt led TO a run. He passed
man with two out in the third, then
Mostil came forward with a hit, which
scored a man. He passed a man In the
SiRhth and then, with two out, Lees
came through with a hit and batted in
run. Yet clean fielding behind Hoyt
woulS have limited the Sox 70 two runs.
Hits by Hoyt and Miller and Peck's
out at first scored Hoyt in the third.
With one out Ruth took whirl at the
first bail and popped out The fact Is
that with two on bases and none out
the Yank batters went out so quickly
Hoyt didn't have a chance to get his
wind after his good base running. In
the fourth Meusers double and Schang's
single sent In a run with two out. Hoyt
singled again and put Schang on third.
Miller, at two balls and no strikes. cut
at ball at his ankles and died at first.
IL cannot be said the Yankee batters
showed any scintillating smartness in
pressing their opportunities McNaIly
made the tour in the eighth on a base
on balls, n Wild pitch, an infield out and
Johnson's tumble on Pipp. Miller was
lift In the ninth with two out. and
Faber passed Peck and Ruth. Johnson
60 thered Mays's bounding ball and
threw him out The scores:
FIRST GAME.
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