The New York herald., 1921-05-09
YANKS FIGHT HARD,
LOSE IN FOURTEENTH
Triple by Perkins Sends In
Two Runs and Athletics
Win, 5 to 4.
FEWSTER'S STEAL TIES
Substitute Runner Dashes
Home in Ninth and Pro-
longs Contest.
FEWsTER's STEAL TIES
ny DANIEL.

ny DANIEL.
Through fourteen tense innings the
Yankees and the Athletics fought tooth
and nail at the Polo Grounds yesterday
afternoon. For more than three hours
they kept the $4,000 onlookers riding
wave OF excitement while the huge
stadium roared and Ed Rommel battled
valiantly to gain his third successive de-
alsion over the New York sluggers. In
the end Rommel stood triumphant--vic-
tor over the combined pitching efforts Of
BIN Piercy and Rip Collins-while Phil
Rdelphla gloried in a to verdict. and
New York dropped into fourth place
It was q game Of games, this bristling
contest which the Yankees tied into q
knot with splendid two run rally In
the ninth, and which Cy Perkins placed
60 the credit of the Mackmen In the
fourteenth with three base hit that
sent two runs over the plate. 1t was the
longest major league game Of the year.
IT ran over with human emotion when
In their half of the fourteenth the YAM
KEGS came back with a run and threat
ened TO even matters a second time. But
Il was not to be New York day. With
two gone, McNally on second and Ward
pll first, by virtue of a hot single
Sehan~. who had opened the eleventh
with a wasted hit this time popped to
Dykes and the tension was broken.
1t was a deed of derring-do which
tied the game for the Yankees In the
ninth---a feat which men are privileged
70 see ever SO seldom and which mighty
few players are capable OF performing.
II was q steal OF home by Chick Few
ster--as nirnble and well worked theft
as we have seen in many years by
men who was in the game for only one
fieeting minute. but managed to jam into
.s4,x "a -
OF the others could record in three hours.
A BOLT Out of the blue.
When that ninth opened 1t looked like
Phile delphia's game. Rommel had held
the Yankees to only five hits, three OF
which had been scattered. His control
was superb his mastery over the New
York batsmen seemed to be complete.
The Mackmen were leading by TO 1.
Bats were being packed for a getaway
into the West. The capacity crowd had
started It's rush for the exits.
Then came an error which unsettled
the visitors. put Yankee on second
base and hurled the Higgins crew right
back into the battle. Mcusel organized
the rally with long fiy to left. Tiily
Walker stood at attention while the ball
was flying his way. and then started a
series OF mannuvres which resembled
those Of hawk circling over n hen.
But Walker was no hawk. He managed
TO land where the ball eventually de-
scended. but he also managed to drop
ft--and Meusel was on second.
Baker did not daily much with Rom
nei's curves before strengthening one OF
them out for hit to left centre which
scored Meusel and put the New Yorts
within one run of a tie. Ward sacri-
hced Baker to second, and the park be-
came o Bedlam. At this stage Huggins
made q wise n,ove-one of the very
many he will make In a season, some
opinion notwithstanding. He sent Few
Rter, n speedster, to run for the veteran
Baker.
Schang who had gone to bat for Hof-
man In the seventh. was an intelligent
batter in working Rommel for q pass
Up came Hawks. batting for Piercy.
Hawks took a couple of strikes and then
took the third as he whitfield the air with
violence. But Perkins dropped the ball.
and as Hawks started for first Fewster
reached third and Schang was on second.
Fast work there-nothing like the sort
o. baseball the Yanks of last season per-
petrated so often. Perkins threw out
IawkS before the chicken got very far
but tlie tieing and Winriug runs were on
basa for Roth to drive home.
Romrnal pitched cannily against the
outaeldcr. Roth had hit him fer dou-
bic only an Inning before, and another
double would have wrecked that game
in 80 far as the Maclimen were con-
cerned. So Rommel tried to pit his wits
against the swing of the Roth arm--and
Rommel came of second best. II was
two gone, three and two on the batter
then the flash which streaked like light
ming down the third base line and tied
the game.
AS Rommel wound I'D TO throw tho
deciding ball to Roth, Fewster shot for
home and Schang raced like mad tor
third Both attained their detectives.
Fewster crossed the plate with some
thing to spare over Rommers pitch,
which turned out a ball. AS Roth
walked TO first the scene resembled an
asylum for raving rlnniacs. Men patted
each other on the back. women shrilled
their cheers for Fewster and the team
which had plucked game out of the
fire. The air became thick with score
cards and newspapers torn into stage
snow.
Peck just Passes ny.
With Peckinpaugh at bat the imme-
date future was fraught with great
possibilities--yea. probabilities-for the
Yank captain already had found Rom
mel for double. But with the winning
run on third. Peck dribbled to the
pitcher. Is. n gasp, htltI ~ rikn--StiA, II lle
was not to be sneezed at. with Ruth
first up in the tenth. If only Collins,
who now took Piercy's place. could hold
the Athletics In their half. Ruth would
settle thoir hash.
But Ruth's single, and Meusel's, too.
in the tenth accomplished nothing--nor
did singles by Pipp and McNally in tho
twelfth or a triple by Roth with two
gone in the thirteenth PeclSlnpaugh
again had chance to make himself
the hero OF the day but this time he
grounded to Ward after Perkins had
saved Philadelphia by gathering IN n
heave which really was n wild pitch.