The New York herald., 1921-03-17
TANKS VICTORIOUS
OYER CARDS, IA TO 9
New Yorks Pound Ball Hard in
Their First Interleague
Game of Season.
HOME RUNS NUMEROUS
Ruth, Bodie and Topocer, a Lad
Wearing Big Spectacles,
Make Circuit Clouts.
HOME RUNS NUMEROUS
by WILLIAM ID. HANNA.

Special Despatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
LAKE CHARLES. La, March l6.-Thc
Yankees pounded their way to victory
to-day in their first interleague baseball
game this year. They beat the ST. Louis
Cardinals, IA to 8. and the stands were
jammed with fans from Lake Charles
and elsewhere, the spectators including
Connie Mack. Harry Davis and others
OF the Athletics. who got n foretaste OF
what lies in their pathway this year
when the hard hitting Yankees began
to let fly with their ammunition.
The Yankees outhit the Cardinals.
though the latter hit hard enough for
ordinary purposes. This, however, was
not an ordinary occasion, for Ruth
sand Bodie unloaded home runs and
kthe Yanks used their many hits to
better advantage than the National
sLeaguers did theirs. Still the Cardinals
iwere game and became dangerous from
sthe way they tiogged the pitching or
iAlex Ferguson after Bill Piercy the
Californian, had SHOWN speed with
Jump on It and pitching too much for
the Cards
The American Leaguers played as IL
further along in condition than the Car
tdinals. Their game was better devel-
,oped, their manoeuvring on the bases
iwas better, they were more business
slike and their game in general was
nearer to pennant season form.
Seven Runs off Ferguson.
piercy was very. speedy and relied
sInostly on that. At infrequent intervals
ihe threw curve or had slight change
tof pace. Ferguson showed little and
twas hit for seven runs in two innings.
slack Clifford finished the game In good
5style and relieved Ferguson in the ninth
because 1t was no cinch the latter would
ihave survived the mining.
-.s-eOf the Cardinal pitchers Walker. with
n cleverly used assortment, was the best
and put a third strike over on Ruth
with the slugger taking it without a
move ut II.
Ruth did his duty to the fans by
smitinS a high. long one over the fence,
Bet home runs were numerous Bodie
took the initiative in that direction with
lift out of the park with two on bases
Fournier hit one which went further to-
ward centre than Tuth's, and Tonocer,
a Cardinal recruit, who comes from
somewhere around New York, was the
fourth TO scale the right field barrier
with a tetnpestuous smash.
Topocer, like Bodie, made his home
run with two on bases. This lad wears
big eye spectacles with thick lenses and
seems to see through them pretty we'll
lie led the whole batting field with two
singles and a home run. and on two
occasions he reached first on errors by
tewster. He Is a lively citizen even IL
he Is the first pro" player other than
a pitcher TO wear glasses in modern
recollection.
Huggins took Bodie out after the
latter had made a single. home run and
two tallles and the outfield was not as
strong as with Ping in IT, Wingo COW
cred little ground in centre and Pipp
showed considerable unfamiliarty with
Left field. The New York catching de-
partinent was strong with Schang and
Holman.
The best fielding feat was furnished
by Bobby Roth, who came in at an
pblique angle and picked a fly ball of
lthe grass after Fewster had corkscrewed
saround aimlessly and done all he could
no ballx Roth and Ruth. Roth followed
srith a quick throw to Meusel at third
AtGud apparently had his man picked off
hthore One umpire called the man out
sg,t third, but Moriarty, whose decision
ii was. called him safe.
X Bodie Ward. Mitchell and Piercy
punched four hits IN the second inning.
In the third Roth singled. Ruth walked,
lnuCn 10 IIle OL Inc pOpuldCe,
and Pipp singled, followed by -Bodie
with a homer out OF the park.
In the fourth Roth doubled and Ruth
hit In among some deadhead citizens on
top or a roof HOFFMAN, and Meusel did
the hitting which figured in New York's
other runs. The Yankees worked n
double steal. and on that play both Lew
Mccarthy and Clifford Hcathcote threw
the ball away.
Fourrier. who can biff n ball him
self when II is grooved, pasted Piercy for
! clean clout out OF the yard In the fifth
with a man on base. NJ Keller, Topocer,
Fournler, Mccarthy, Heathcote and Shot
ton gave Ferguson such laclng In the
seventh and eighth that. with the aid OF
a hectic throw by Fewster the Cards
stacked Up seven more runs. They were
stopped lead ~ Clifford in tho ninth. Tho
score
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