The New York herald., 1921-04-04
YANKEES SHUT OUT
BY LIVELY DODGERS
Higgins Men Helpless Before
Pitching Of Sherr0d Smith
and AL Mamaux.
RUTH'S BAT HARMLESS
Baker Also i'm Hard Luck and
Team Is Showing Effect Of
Long Grind.
RUTH'S BAT HARMLESS
BY WILLIAM d. HANNA.

Byecioi Despatch to THE NEw YORK HEnALp
New ORLEANS. La. April 3.-Three
ctraight defeats for the Yankees. two
q raighl by the Brooklyns. The National
League topnotchers were the masters
OF the American Leaguers by clean
CIT margin this afternoon and shut
them out. to 0. Not a run could the
Yankees make and few hits. They made
an exceeding scarcity of hits of the
even, excellent pitching first of Sherrod
Smith. then Al Mamaux-two to be
exact, one scratch. and both on
the scuthpaw slanting OF Smthy
The two played a quick and snappy
end interesting game. Waite Hoyt was
raped sharply in the middle game
stage by the Dodgers, who have come
along rapidly In the last week. Hoyt
IL coming along, too. He isn't as far
advanced as the Brooklyn rivals with
whom he broke lance to-day, but ne
showed bursts of sterling work with
men on bases and went about his work
In a determined, businesslike way.
Pfercy, who relieved him, was In good
fern as usual.
New York's infield work has been
unsteady since Peck was shelved BY
lame back. and was so again to-day.
Fewster and Mitchell wabbled. but NOT
sufficiently to make much difference IN
tie outcome of the game. Quite likeiy
Eewster's failure to handle cleanly
relay by Ruth gave the Dodgers one
run.
Ruth Has on Day.
Ruth. after an Indifferent day at the
bat--often with him of late-had the
crowd in a turmoil in the ninth and
roofing for him to man. Ills earnest
and mighty attempts to break the ball
excited the fans. He hit foul after foul
way UP in the sky and rammed one over
tho right field fence for tremendous
distance. 1t was close, but foul, and
when Umpire KLEIN. watching It's night
carefully. called IL foul the fans were
wofully disappointed. They were dis
tressed deeply when Ruth finally struck
out. :.
Frank Baker hit hard but in hard
l,clS. as he has been doing lately. Mill
er Huggins rejoined the team after
two days illness in Shreveport. Il guess
we made all our hits week before last.
he remarked. The Yankee manager salo
he probably would send Bobby Roth,
the outfelder. to New York tomorrow.
Roth has had water on the Knee ana ING
trouble is more stubborn than was ex-
rected. It isn't serious, Huggins added,
but he wants to see that 1t gets the
best of treatment.
Fawster was caught mapping by Smith
n, tho first after reaching Koney's cor
ner on Olson's tumble. Just before that
the Brookiyns forcsaw New Yorks hit
and run play and Miller called for q
pitch out. Meusel saved Fewster by
reaching out and fouling the ball. In
Brooklyn's half Fewster repaid Olson.s
kindness by booting the latter's ground-
or. Olson took IL into his head to mean
der toward second while Hoyt was hold
ing the ball, and just for that was
thrown out. Plenty Of witless work In
this inning.
Bode popped out In the second after
Pipp had singled and Baker did likewise
weak hitting, as Mitchell famed. Few
ster made a glttering running stop on
Kilduff In the second inning, but couldn't
get his man. No harm done, as Miller
drove to Bodie.
Johnston singled in the third after
Mitchelps low throw stationed Olson on
first Griffith whitfield on a slow curve
ON the outside and Wheat laced to GEN.
tire. Bodies good throw and Hoffnan's
expert handling of the same nipped OIL
son at the plata superplay all around.
Yankees Helpless Before Smith.
The Yankees were all but helpless be.
fore Smith and a scratch two-bagger by
Ruth In the fourth did no good. Ruth
hit high one in between Griffith and
ISllduff. Smith was outpitching Hoyt
by a big margin. Hoyt opened Brook
lyn's fourth by passing konetchy, who
breezed home when Lamar tripled to
centre. Kilduff's long fly to Meusel
brought Lamar in. and those two runs
looked to be plenty. Hoyt struck out
Wheat and Honey in the fifth and left
two men on bases. Smart work and
plucky work. though the third strike
called by Klein on Wheat looked to be
clearly outside. 1t not only looked to
be, but was. Clumsy handling by Few
ster enabled Miller to stretch his hit
over Ruth's head into home run. This
was in the sixth inning. Ruth made a
good relay to Fews.cr.
Ruth was hitting them high and close
in, and Wheat ran distance toward the
infield before he nabbed the Babc's pop
rocket In the seventh.
The score: