The New York herald., 1921-07-25
YANKS BELIEVE THEY
WILL WIN PENNANT.
Beat Indians Z to 3 and Are
HOmeward Bound Full of
Confidence.
By WILLIAM ID. HANNA.

Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD
CLEVELAND. July 24.-Todays game
between the Yankees and Clevelands. the
fourth OF the series, resolved itself into
a question OF which of the rival pitchers
had the greater endurance. The endur-
ance turned out to be greater on the New
York side, and the Yankees won, to g..
They shared the honors of the series
equally with their opponents and are
homeward bound after an excellent road
trip
They won ten games and lost Ave.
They believe they will win the pennant.
Shawkey and Mails began and neither
finished. Shawkey. however. was pitch
ing invulnerable ball when he was taken
out and the reason he was taken out
was to make room for a pinch hitler.
Mails, who had the Yanks completely in
chancery until the eighth, was knocked
out in that inning. Shawkey held the
aborigine people to three hits in his
seven innings, and ii was too bad he
couldn't have finished. He would have
done as well as a pinch hitter as Bodie,
VINO struck out as a beginner to the in
ming in which the Yankees found their
batting sight and won the game-the
eighth inning.
Mays, who has finished three games
for Shawkey on this trip, finished this
aboriglne people were harmless. tame
ste out of Mayss hand with little
resistance. The Yanks pruned the south
paw assortment of Mails, with It's dart
ing curve for but two hits prior to get
ting his number in the eighth. Fewster
and Peck started a winning foray on
Mails with singles and Baker made a
most timely and psychological single,
after Ruth had been passed. Bagby
was a punching bag in the ninth. in
which singles by Mays and Peck. a triple
by Ruth to the centre field corner and a
two bagger by Meusel gathered three
more runs.
MeuseI Plays Great Ball.
Meusers batting, fielding and base
running were all worthy of me..4ion.
The Yankees gave their pitchers sharp
and swift backing and brought Shawkey
safely through early innings in which
the Indian ensemble was disposed to
hack him with some ferocity. The Yam
kee substitutes were quite gabby and
uppish. One was banished from the
bench for being too snappy with his
conversation and one was set down from
the coaching lines.
Mails pitched six balls before he put
one over the plate. He transported
Troster on four and Peck Jared SINH
larly. ONeiil and Johnston spoke
sootningly to Mails and he put a strike
over for Ruth and Ruth struck at the
second one and struck out on the third.
The game, Of course, was to bunt, but
Ruth you see was up. Baker hit into
d soft double play and an inning which
opened with promise ended dismally.
Ruth went back to the edge of the crowd
on the field and speared Speakers slap
with one hand.
Meusei opened the second with a two
bagger. Pipp's bunt was iloppy little
foul to Gardner. Meusel stole third on
the fourth ball to Ward. He slid home
on Schangs fly to Smith. 1t was a
beautiful slide under ONeill, and the
run was due largely to him. his hit and
base running. Shawkey made mistake
of the head in the second after Smith
had saluted him with two bagger. He
threw Gardeners bunt to third instead
of first, and too late That put two men
on with nobody out. Sewells fly to
Troster scored Smith. Meusel made a
magnificent jumping catch OF john
stons line drive. Shawkey was being
hit hard, but getting great support.
Shawkey's misplay didn't cost anything,
although he got in the hole with pitcn
outs and walked O'Neill.
That wasn't bad idea. 1t brought
up Mails, who succumbed on strikes,
as was anticipated. Meusel In the
fourth struck out on three balls with
Baker on first Pipp stood still and
let himself be called out. He and Meu-
sci might as we'll have left their bats
at the dugout.