The Washington herald., 1921-05-07

that the too many parties" yarn
was merely press agent bunk. The
Yankee and Giant stars are now
tied for the lead. but there is reason
to believe that Babe is only getting
warmed up.
Ruth's puissant punch almost
compensated the fans for the
slaughter Of their second place
team, which was done with neat
ness and dispatch to the tune OF
8 to ., All the visitors were in
hitting mood, which can be dis
cerned from their eighteen hits OF
various shapes ana sizes.
1t was evident during batting
practice before the fracas that Oh
Bam was in a hitting mood. he
proved IL by driving one ball against
the upper part of the new sign
board in deep center field 1t was
probably the longest drive ever cut
loose in the Washington park and
would certainly have carried into
the center field bleachers at the
Polo Grounds.
Eriek Radefy Surprised.
On his FIRST trip to the plate Babe
grounded out to O'Rourke. There
fore, Erick wasn't expecting so
much when he ambled up in the
third. He fed Babe a fast one and
he met il squarely. The next thing
the bugs knew. the sphere was but
a white speck against the dull, gray
sky. It carried over the innings
sixn on the scoreboard. with several
feet to spare, and was lost to view.
Babe trotted around happily. and,
after completing the circuit, doffed
his lid and made a grandiose bow
- annraCiafiye fans
II was not until August that Ruth
hit one out OF the local park last
season. Yesterdays performance
indicates that the ''jinx" has been
dispelled. He hopes to repeat to-
day.
After Erickson had retired-for
he didn't last long after the big
shock-Or Bam contented himself
with two singles, one OF which
might have measured Acosta for a
wooden overcoat had it come six
inches nearer his skull.
A home run and two singles, to
say nothing of three runs, is a pass
able days work for any athlete, to
say nothing of a tired. undertrained.
in-eonditioned fellow like Ruth.
Just wait till he gets his strength
back
ond home run by inches. His drive
cleared the right-field fence prac-
tically above the foul line. but took
an outward curve and alighted on
the roof of the house across the
way. One Of the dusky porch
climbers on that distant perch risk
ed his life to recover the sphere and
jammed it happily into his pocket
He'll be showing it to his grand
children some Of these days.
The Game Wasn't Much.
Having thus disposed OF the Big
Blooie, it would not be amiss TO
discuss the sordid details Cf the
game.
Against the underhanded pitching
of Carl Mays the Griffs were prac
tically helpless They gathered five
hits, two OF which were scratches
OF the two runs one was a gift,
while the other was forced in when
Mays had a sudden 'speR of wildness
in the fourth. Four bcal athletes
were left on the bases. Indicating
that Carl wasn't worried much.
On the other hand the Yanks
raped Erick out of the box with
none out in the fateful third. They
had amassed four runs by that
eighth and yielded twelve solid
Shaw pitched the final frame with
out being damaged.
Bobby Meuse's hitting was not as
sensational as Babes, but he was
the real leader with four singles
in dve trips up. Bob also put
Aeosta's life in danger when he
sent an explosive shot through his
legs in the eighth. Cuby should
feel lucky to have all his members
with him today.
'Grins Score In First.
Zeb Milan, who performed in left
again, while Turkey Brewer held
the fort in right and did it in fancy
style. appeared to be the only
homeling who could fathom Mays
shoots. He gathered two clean hits.
one of them q double which paved
the way for the first run in the
opening stanza- Zeb cracked the
ball to right center. advanced on
An out and scored when Catcher
Hoffman made a wild return to
Mays after q pitched ball.
In the fourth Mays threatened to
blow. but settled down after one
run had been scored. with one out,
he walked Rice. who was forced by
Brewer. Harris also drew a pass
and Shanks beat out a high hop
per. which bounded OF the pitchers
glove.
This filled the sacks Frank
O'Rourke adopted waiting tactics,
and drew pass on close decision,
which caused Mays and Hoffman to
howl. Charity had q golden op-
portunity, but only succeeded in
forcing O'Rourke. That was all;
there wasn't any more.
Three men reached first after
that, but none reached second. Mays
wasn't taking any chances.
The Yanks opened with two runs
in the FIRST on q walk by Roth, |
Pipp's triple, and MeusePs single.
In the third they naturally ruined
the blond viking. Ruth set the
pace by losing the ball. Erick |
promptly walked Pipp. Meusel |
doub&ed to center. Erick went away
from there. with Acosta hurling, |
Baker lifted long ny to Brewer,
and Meusel scored.
Three more In the sixth. on a walk |
by Roth and singles by Peck, Ruth, |
Meusel and Baker The last run /
came in the eighth. when Ruth
opened with a single and counted on