The New York herald., 1921-07-31
Ehawkey sGets His and Gets 1t
Good'-37th Homer for
Babe Ruth.
by WILLIAM b. HANNA.

ny WILLIAM b. HANNA.
So far inferior were the Yankees to
the Clevelands yesterday at the Polo
Grounds that the latter won by score
of 16 to /. Thirty-five thousand per-
sons were there. practically all hope
full for Yankee success-but not hope
full long. The first game of this series,
In which the Yankees had a chance
to take the lead from their only PEN
nant rivals, was such an inept exhioi-
ton on the Yankees part as to be not
far from fzzle.
There weren't $4,000 there when the
game finished. nor when seven innings
had been played. The crowd had
thinned to $4,000, though the press box
was still jammed to capacity. The de-
parted ones had seen enough one sided
ball. With ineffective pitching on the
New York side and Coveleskie having
the Yankees powerless until he chose
to ease up, the Yankees rid themselves
Of the worst day they're apt to have
this season. That'll be about all oe
that kind Of playing from them.
Team Lost Playing Edge.
Something of the sort was not surpris-
ing after week which included side
show juniet to Cincinnati and two idle
days though it could have been Less
inefficient without hurting anybody's
sensibilities. The fact Is the team,
through too little playing, had lost its
playing edge and was primed-or de-
primed-for just such tempestuous
trimming. What 1t did not deserve. and
what no team deserves which Is playing
honestly. is the razzing it received.
They don't go In for that sort of cheap
sport practice much In New York. but
in varying degrees it exists all over the
circuit-razzing the home team when 1t
has lurid days---and is as contemplate
as 1t is prevalent. Cleveland players can
so attest They were razzing that out
lit, with the Worlds Champions" across
their chests, when the Yanks played
there.
This was one time when the Indians
got Shawkey and got him good. They
knocked him out Of the box In the third
inning, whereas Coveleskie came back
like gale. The wonder is that Shaw
ing. The Indians kept on hitting and at
the expense Of Collins and Ferguson,
though there was poor field WORK bee
hind all the pitchers.
noticeably upsetting play was an
error at the plate by Schang. Two men
were swarfling to the hearthstone and
Schang could have tagged them both by
holding the ball. splendidly relayed by
Fewster and Meusel. He didn't even
block it. The mess he made OF II was
responsible for two runs and gave the
Lake Eries an early advantage they
were quick to press A little while later
Schang struck out with two on bases.
and altogether his display didn't cause
anybody to forget Muddy Ruel
Indians "Hit and Run"
The Indian ensemble played all the
way a game cut from pennant cloth.
They hit and run" the Yankees to q
fragile. and their work In this capacity.
their main stock In trade in attack, was
trenchant and incisive. 1t looked all the
better because of the unusual success
which attended It. Nothing succeeds
like that quality. The New York pitch
ing was ineffective. and that helped.
At that Collins didn't do so badly. con-
sidering that the Ohioans could hit any
thing; nor Ferguson either. The fifth
was a bad inning for Collins. but he
had pebald support. The support ac-
corded Coveleskie was clean and dash
ing and so voracious were the Indians
on occasion that they were that many
banditti. nothing else; namely, Gard
ner and Speaker. A lame foot was
nothing in Speakers gray headed lie.
II isn't possible the Indians ever be-
fore made runs so readily. They
clicked Off their attack with rare good
fortune except when Speaker lined to
Baker for a double play in the nrst IN
ming. Sewell and Gardner first worked
the hit and run. That was IN tne sec
ond inning after Gardner had singled.
Johnston tripled to deep centre. but he
nlJed up on SeweIl. who had waited to
soc whether the ball would be caught.
There was time for Schang to tag poth
Sewell and Johnston at the plate. but ms
weak dab at the ball as 1t came UP on
the hop let It go by. Johnston at the
time was not more than half way In
from third.
Johnston in Hitting Mood.
They let shawkey take lots of punish
ment in the third, keeping him there 70
face three singles, walk man and be
raped FOR second Johnstonian three
Dagger The Johnston party was SHOW
ing runs into the home port all after
noon He showed in five. Collins In the
nth was scourged for two doubles and
two singles. mostly after Ward had
made low throw to first and another
throw to the wrong base.
Three hits were punched on Ferguson
An the sixth and q two bagger. pass.
n sacrifice bunt. sacrifice fly ana
boot by Meusel were rnarshalled In the
ninth, to his discomhture--if by that
fine any Yank had enough feeling left
70 be discounted.
When changes were made the an
nouncer always announced the players
number. which seemed, out or place. see
ing that the Clevelands had the Yanks
numbers.
The only glory that fell tc the yam
kee side was n colossal home run by
Ruth in the sixth inning. The Bao
poled one into the right field bleacher
and pretty we'll around 70 the centre.
was one Of his chef d'ouvre homers and
his thlrty-seventh OF the season. Ruth.
Meusei and Pipp about monopoffzed tn
New York hitting. The ecore:
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