New-York tribune., 1921-06-11

o4 Si1S series at Inc TOiO NITOuHQS
battle, which was of the extreme 81
Pitchers were more plentiful than
former and four of the latter, and
in any game when pitchers and /
numerically there must of necessity
The census taken after the conflict
disclosed the information that the
Cleveland fellows had amassed a total
OF twenty hits for thirty-two bases,
whereas our lads had piled up severn
teen safeties for an aggregate of
twenty-six bases.
The pitchers who were subjected to
this savage rummeling were Jim Bag
by, DUSTY" Mails and George Uhle,
of the visitors, and Carl Mays and Bob
Shawkey. of the Hugmen. The four
home runs of the afternoon were
credited to Elmer Smith and Larry
Gardner, for Cleveland, and Babe Ruth
and Carl Mays, for New York. Oddly
enough, each homer hit sailed into the
upper tier of the right field grand
stand.
Seventeenth of Season for Babe
OF course, there was special signifi-
cance attached to the home run of
Ruth, inasmuch as it broke all previous
records. 1t was the Babes seventeenth
or the season and the 120th of his
career as big Lacquer. Cactus
Cravath held the old mark OF f19
homers.
The blow that won the game was
struck by Larry Gardner in the
eleventh. 1t was a circuit smash.
Larry was the first batter of the in
ming. Sewell followed with a single to
right and went to second on John
ston's out, second to first. Chet
Thomas, who had replaced Nunamaker
as the Cleveland catcher, shot a
double to left center, scoring Sewell.
Shawkey had no trouble disposing of
the next two batters, but the damage
was done, for the Yanks were helpless
IN their half, although Chicken"
Hawks did make good as a pinch hitter
with single.
The Indians score in the first inn
ing came after two men were out.
speaker tripled to the exit gate in right
center and finished his journey home
ward on Smiths single to left.
The home run of the Babes in the
third tied the score, but in the seventh
the champions took the lead. jamie
sons single and Smiths homer produc-
ing two runs.
The Yankees went out in front in
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three runs. Mays flied to Smith, but
Roth delivered his first hit of the
game, a single to left Peck also hit
safely to the same field Babe Ruth
tanned after taking three mighty
swings.
Phipp Keeps Up Rally
Pipp beat out an infeld hit and
Roth crossed the plate on Bagby's wild
throw to first Bob Meusel then
smashed the ball against the left field
wall for two bases, Peck and Pipp
counting. Bagby threw out Baker.
In the eighth the Yankees added two
more runs by reason of Mays homer
Roth's triple and Peckinpaugh's single
l. did look as though the game was
settled but those fighting Indians
rallied in the ninth and tied everything
up again.
Captain Peckinpaugh gave the in
Taders a start by throwing wildly to
first after making q neat stop of
Wamby's grounder. Speaker doubled
off the right field wall, scoring Wamby
single by Smith was sufficient to
cause Midget Hug to remove Mays in
favor of Shawkey, but the hitting
spree continued, Gardner and Sewell
making singles for the necessary three
runs.
The Detroit Tigers will come to the
Polo Grounds this afternoon, and as Ty
Cobb has collected a notable band Of
hitsmiths there may be another batting
fest served to such fans as relish this
sort of dish.
Mays Passes Up Chance
The. Yankees filled the bases in the
second after two were out, but Carl
Mays popped to Wamby.
Baker made a marvellous stop of
Jamison's grounder in the third and
got his man at first. Peckinpaugh even
excelled Bakers fine play when he
nabbed Speakers hot roller with one
hand and tossed to Pipp for the out.
In the Yankee half of the third Gard
ner added another fielding gem by a
one-handed stop of Peck's smash.
Smith backed up against the right
field wall to take Bakers fly in the
fourth. 1t looked like homer when
the ball started on it's way.
1t was the general opinion that "Dim-
inutive" Wilson, the umpire, erred bad
" when he called Ward out on an at
tempted steal of second in the fourth
SO score was Ward that his prolonged
kicking over the decision led to his ex-
ISso froy, hn I'm z,I.