The New York herald., 1921-04-05
YANKEES WIN FROM
DODGERS BY I TO 5
Cushion Fight by Fans Of Bir-
mingham, Ala, Abruptly
Ends Game i'm Ninth.
RUTH IN UMPIRE QUARREL
Specialized Fielding by Brook
lyn Helps Them to Lose
Hodge-Podge Game.
RUTH IN UMPIRE QUARREL
by WILLIAM u. HANNA.

by WILLIAM u. HANNA.
Special Despatch to THE NEw York HERALD.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April A cush-
Ion fight on the order of q glorified pii-
low fight. was the novel finale of the
Yankee Brooklyn baseball game this
afternoon. The ball game was hodge
podge ball game, interesting and un-
certain and won by the Yankees. TO ..
The attendance was one of the largest
the two teams have played to on their
present swing through Dixie territory.
and a fairly large and wholly exuberant
part of the crowd took part in the cli-
nactic pillow battle.
The Brooklyns had two out in the
ninth with nobody on bases when zach
Whcot, already with three hits to MS
credit, tapped two bagger over Meusels
head TO the fence 1t sailed through the
fringes Of fans banked against the right
field fence. IT went in a hole or sorne-
thing and Meusel couldn't find it. al
though a small boy did. Wheat, mean
WHILE ran home. and while Umpire Klein
was rebuking Chick Fewster for rush
ing UP to him with too much ardor TO
claim a two base hit under the ground
rule, Umpire Moriarity sent Wheat back
to second. Which act BY Morarty ended
the Fewster- KLEIN feud, but was entirely
terest to the cushion fight at that mo-
ment raging
Several hundred fans who had lined
themselves UP along the first base line
toward the flag end of the game began
firing cushions at several hundred more
In the stand back OF them. deluge of
cushions poureu back and forth and the
only possible thing the umpires could
do was to call the game. That was the
judicious course to pursue. There was
no visible evidence whatever of anybody
I'm authority to clear the playing field
or restrain the merry makers, but what
for want Of adequate protection might
readily have developed into bad situa-
Gion passed off as an amusing, though
considerably lively windup.
The batting of Meusel, Johnny
Mitchell and Schang worked the
Yankees into the lead. Bunched hits
Of the Dodgers and fielding defects
Of trc Yankees worked the Dodgers
into the lead in turn. with the Yankees
regaining front place through q COM
bination Of bat work and spectacled
fielding for the National League cham
pions, in fact, a loose and somewhat
piebald game
The most vigorous things Babe Ruth
did were to chase a ground ball he
had missed and to quarrel with Mori-
arty when the latter called him out
on strikes In the seventh inning. The
burly Babe shook his finger at Mori-
artys nose going to the field and COM
Ing back from it, but his words were
not audible in the stands Evidently
however. they weren't endearing words,
but Moriarty was long suffering with
the big chap and didn't eject him.
The Yankees made a few kicks on
decision by KLEIN in calling a Brook
lyn runner safe at third, though KLEIN,
like Moriarty, to all appearances. was
right. hectic engagement on the
whole. The Dodgers hit Quinn ardently
in the fourth and sixth innings, though
m'sp.ays by Schang handicapped Quinn
and piled up runs for which he was not
to blame.
Ferguson went in fine style with his
screw ball after relieving Quinn. Clar-
ence Mitchell was the third left handler
In three days to be hurled against the
Yankees by Manager Robinson. He
did pretty WELL though he wasn't the
trouble maker Ruether and Smith were
in New Orleans.
Meusel Hits a Homer.
J. Mitchell singled in the second and
was batted home by Schang. Meusel
piled home run far across the spacious
field and over the right field fence In
the third. Wheat cracked a homer TO
right in the. fourth with Johnston on
first, and the YanlSs were in all kinds
OF distress in the sixth. Wheat singled.
I<oney's single went through Ruth.
Wheat scoring. Lamar batted Honey
in, and. when Kilduff bunted, Schang's
throw TO Ward failed to nip Lamar and
there We're two on bases with nobody
out. Miller flied close in to Bodie, and
Schang whipped n bad throw past first
when G. Mitchell hit in front Of the
commission. Quinn stuck grimly to II.
wabbly though his support was. Olsen
grounded to j. Mitchell and Kilduff
vas run down between third and homo.
Johnston flied high to Fewster.
Chicken Hawks piuch nitter used the
hace TO good purpose for the Yanks In
the sixth. Kilduff fumbled on Bodie.
Ward singled over short and j. Mitcl ell
troVe in Bodie with q two Dagger.
Schang trundled TO Honey for an out.
Ward scoring on the play. Hawks hit
FIR Quinn, singled 10 right aud sent in
Mitchell with the tying run.
AIohart's base on balls to yewster in
tln seventh was followed by Konetcfi- "a
sityelillc stop when Meusel grounded IN
that direction. Fewster. who had stolen
setond, tailed when Pipp grounded to
Koney. Just before that was when Ruth
stu'med at Moriarty. Bodies base hit
serit In Meusel who had stolen second
Ping was out stealing. and Kilduff
wasn't pleased at all with he rough way
heformer flung his fee at the bag.
B5die's centre field play was eonspicu-
ously good. Manager IL ggins again was
an absentee He was feeling poorly for
the second time in 0 week and stayed
in his hotel. Evidence of the quality OF
F'crgusons pitching was his feat of twice
striking out a batter after the count had
gone to three balls and no strikes. The
score.
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