The New York herald., 1921-06-10
YANKS HURLED BACK
BY ROUSED INDIANS
Their Leadership Threatened,
Clevelands ClOut Out Vic
tory by IA to A.
-FOUR HOME RUNS ARE HIT
Speaker. Sewell, Baker and
Pipp Get Them--Caldwell
Battles Locals.
-FOUR HOME RUNS ARE HIT
By DANIEL.

gave UP long cherished quarter to gaze
on Wallace, the Man Eating Lion. We
were fooled with moth eaten. tooth
lees imitation of a third cousii of the
King of Beasts. So yesterday after
noon, at the Polo Grounds, we We're in
an admirable position to appreciate the
feelings of more than 10000 fans who
gathered to gloat while the rampageous
Yankees climbed over the proscrate In
dians, right into the league lead.
Let 1t be emphasized strongly that
there was no gloating. There was no
climbing--nor were the Indians pros
trate. Not by a margin of many. many
hits. Take ii from four New York
pitchers-Quinn. Ferguson, Collins and
Sheehan-all of whom were hammered
all over the Harlem lot those Indians
had about as much decency as an
hombre who steps into your party and
throws around your very best china. The
Clevelands, led by old Larry Gardner,
larruped out sixteen hits, two of them
home runs off Ferguson, and walked in
by IA to 4. Gardner got two singles. a
double and triple.
For the thousands who came to see
at least a real ball game the affair was
even worse than Barnum's Cardiff Giant.
Mark Twains Great Nonesuch, ''for men
only" had nothing on that farcical ex-
hibition, which became a joke from the
New York side, first through poor pitch
ing and then through a combination
Of that undesirable commodity and
wretched fielding. As the Indians kept
hitting and the Yanks kept falling be-
hind and erring the game dragged along
like toothache. Men began to leave
in the fifth inning. and when it was all
over, shortly before o'clock. not half of
the original crowd was there. The sur
vivors remained because they were too
groggy to move.
Can't Find Caldwell.
The New Yorks were not only weak
on defence, but inept on attack. They
found Slim Caldwell, once discarded by
Higgins, for only five hits. only two
OF which. both home runs. counted in the
scoring. Slim famed eight Yanks.
Bakers smash into the right field stand
gave the Yanks three runs in the fourth,
and Pipp's slam into the left field
bleachers accounted for their final tally
In the sixth. On the Cleveland side the
home run hitters were Sewell and
Speaker. both of whom got the range Of
Ruth's slamming sector.
As for the great Babe himself, he
was. for the day, just Yank---a little
more colorful than most but not more
successful than many others. He got
Just one hit--a single, In the eighth. He
Speaker In his three previous efforts.
That wallop to iris was considerable
punch. but Speaker got 1t yard from
the fence out in deep right
Just why Huggins elected to try for
the lead with Quinn could not be ascer-
tanned. He had Mays ready for work.
and perhaps Mays It would have been If
Speaker had done the expected and had
named Mails or Bagby. But when
Caldwell went to the warming up line
Quinn was posted for New York.
Quinn out in First.
Quinn and Collins were the most
harshly treated of the four walloped
Yankee pitchers. Fohr hits and pass off
Quinn gave the Indians four runs in
the opening inning and came near set
. Ting the argument then and there. Two
Of those hits, by Wambsganss and
Gardner, were doubles. With Burns at
bat and only one gone. Ferguson was
rushed in 10 the relief of Quinn.
The newcomer got by the rest OF the
first and the second, too, but in the
third came a triple by Gardner, homer
by Sewell and a double by Burns
Speakers home run In the next round
made 1t certain that Ferguson was
through, so the fifth found Collins pitch
ing for the Yanks
At least Collins was supposed to do
his pitching for the Yanks. AS II turned
out he did nearly all of II for the In
dians, who batted around in that inning.
and with two passes and four hits drove
Two Gun Rip right out of the scene
Then came Sheehan, who allowed only
four hits for the rest of the way. The
Indians already had spent their lust
for revenge for defeat In five out of
their last six previous games.
While the younger element seemed to
be under a spell cast by Caldwell and
the clouting of the reused Indians. It
remained for the veteran Baker 10 in-
iect some pep into the home attack and
save the Yanks from an even worse
pasting. Caldwell wabbled in the third.
He had given only one hit. a single by
Pipp. He opened the third with a pass
to Peckinpaugh, and when Ruth came
up with menacing cudgel Slim took
the easiest way and passed the Babe.
Pipp f1zzled, and then came Meusel. For
the second time Big Bob famed. So it
was up TO Baker. and the old man deliv-
cred with his homer.
This afternoon the series with the In
dlans will come TO a close, with Mays
on the mound for the Yanks and Mails
for the Indians. But even IL the. Nanks
win. the Clevelands VIII leave with q
lead of half a game. The score:
CLEVELAND tA) NEW YORK (Al