New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-07
Babes Misplay
Awards Tigers
Victory by 9-8
Rsmbino Muffs Fly in the
Ninth Inning and Jones
Scores With Winning Rum


..ue of the season the Tigers defeated
=. Yankees at the Polo Grounds yes
..raav afternoon by 3 score Of 9 to s.
a,. Cleveland nine finally succeeded in
.x,rthrcwing the Senators, so the Hug
nav are hanging onto first place by the
.aueezy margin OF one point
rssre is no reason at all why our
....ss lead should be SO slender. except
w, W. strategy and rather Indifferent
fsss;se. combination which crops up
. .atoa frequently, as it did yesterday.
s.ts4he Yankees played a wonderful
..s;Il game at that. Going into the
s .!s,h inning they found themselves five
Ina behind end proceeded to bang the
Iii hither and yon with such vim that
~ cut the advantage against them
iogn TO one little tally
~ course Babe Ruth had his say in
-,,;s spectacular rally, which put the
- ssI nm fanatics in frenzy and caused
ssower OF straw lids to fall upon
ssnrv Fabian's well-kept lawn. One
nm was in and two men on base, when
49, Babe slammed his thirty ninth
tamer into the upper tier of the right
aid stand. Coogan's Bluff has echoed
- many roar, but never TO one that
exceeded yesterdays in sustained vol
uns
Babe Muffs Short Fly
Having sung the praises of the Sui
ian Of Slugdom it now becomes nec-
sssary to call attention to the fact that
Il the Babe put the Yanks into the
way of winning a game, seemingly lost,
he also put the finishing touches on
the losing end. In the ninth, with
three Tigers on base and one out
Shorten, hitting for Middleton, sent a
short liner to left. Babe was so intent
on hurting to the plate after the catch
that he muffed the ball and Bobby
jones crossed the plate with the win
hing counter.
But the Babe was not entirely to
blame for the disheartening defeat.
Wallie Pipp, although not charged off,
cially with any errors. performed list
essy around first base. In the Tigers
first big inning the fourth, with one
out and Jones on first as the result of
single, Pipp messed up Veach's easy
grounder This bungle started an orgy
Of hitting that drove Waite Hoyt out
Of the box and gave the Tigers four
runs.
Again in the ninth did Pipp lose an
other easy out, this time through poor
Judgment. Heilman sent grounder
far to Pipp's right, which Wallie field
ed neatly, and then, ignoring Shawkey,
who had raced to first to take the
throw, tried vainly to beat Heilman to
the bag with a slide. Then came
double by Flagstead and Ruth's muff.
and away went the ball game.
higgins Also Helps Tigers
Manager Higgins and Chick Fewster
also clipped in to spoil things. With
two out in the ninth, with McNally on
first and Fewster on third and with
aensel at the bat, Hug ordered a dou-
bic steal. Meusel had just banged out
triple IN the previous inning and
Holings, the Detroit pitcher who had
Just entered the box, was wild, but the
steal was ordered Fewster Rugged
third as Bassler's throw went to second
ard McNally ran right into Bush's
arms for the out. The groan that swept
tae stands and bleachers expressed the
general opinion regarding this partic-
ular bit of strategy" q
Fewster's slip-up came in the seventh
inning and cost another run. Cobb
lined the bail to center. Chick came in
on it. and then, seeing his mistake, |
started back too late, and Tyrus got q
triple. and later scored on Veach's sim
Gle off Pipp's glove.
The Tigers scored once in the first
inning on Blues double, sacrifice hit
ey Bush and IAN infeld out. In the
Hrrble fourth already referred to they
collected four more runs by consecu-
we pounding Of Hoyt. Jones, Bassler, /
oldham, Blue and Bush all made sin,
slss, and Flagstead was credited with
sui another safety on Pipps blunder.
:, Jack Quinn did the pitching for the |
ianKs from the last part of the fourth |
s anu the ninth, and he allowed seven
NV, my ana three runs in this interval !
Included IN the blows off Quinn were a
homer nom INTO the right field stand by
s rlscher Oldham and triple by Cobb |
% saawkev twirled the last inning for
ne New Workers, and, thanks to Pipp
sao Ruth, the visitors tailed their |
ninth snd winning run. |
schang Opens With Single
!. Inc Yankees had two large innings,
s sne sixth and the eighth, each producing |
c eour runs. The sixth was opened by |
sS'slaang with single to center Quinn |
y: safely to right and Schang sped to
v sa,n Fewster singled to left and
vSsaatg scored. Peckinpaugh flied to
~. s,saca, but then Ruth lost" the ball in
sas glands and followed Quinn and
'swsser over the platter.
N the eighth Fewster and Peckin
S Saago walked. Ruth popped to Bush,
~; w. Saxer tripled to right center scor-
~ io|I,s sewster and Peckinpaugh. Meusel
p sa'soWed with triple to left center and
r o,nas Jailed: Meusel scored on Pipp's
ssI Inner Miller, the new Yankee OUT
r.~ sss practiced in center along side
essu before the game. He NAV get
"'ase To-day against the White Sox.
bs. .ae doings of Blue, the Detroit first
Ba as'a n deserve special notice. Mr..
dsm ,s made double and four sineles. ali
sl ass IN his first five trips to the
s A an. NO wonder the Yanks felt "blueS
The score:
esn t ~ = h Il % NEW YORK a. LIZ
5ak x.''. ) 10 O Fewster NJ % - y"