The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-25
CROWD IS SORE
AT BABE RUTH.
Two Lousy Hits All the Bimbo
Contributes to Please
: Throng of $4,000.
BY KIRK MILLER.

well.
Hes come an went.
AN all he done was to get two.
'Lousyshits."
So spake Skillet Finn Is we were
evaporating from the ball yard yes
terday afternoon still trying to get
the peanuts from between our in
cisors.
1t was Babe Ruth on whom he was
casting aspersions and, to tell the
truth, The Babe did look a trifle
over-rated. for couple of singles on
a perfectly gorgeous Sunday after
noon in Washington is mighty thin
looking average for bird with the
pedigree which Babe carries in his
smuggling arm. ....
His debut at the plate resulted In
strike-out in favor of Mr.. Zachary.
Second time up this Ruth got a hit,
but croaked at second trying to elon-
gate. ...r
Third time he won base on balls
and the fourth crack he ONLY singled.
ORDINARILY GOOD DAY.
For an ordinary player it would
have been counted a successful matt
nee at the bat, but for Babe-well-
the crowd was sore, that's all.
Something like rs, 900 folks forsook
worse business and went out to wit
ness some home run stun. The near
est they got to 1t was a three-bagger
which our own Shortstop O'Rourke
provided in the eighth inning, which
piece or animation, by the way was
the turning point in, one of the tight
est little afternoons of baseball witch
has been witnessed in some little time.
AT that significant point in the per-
formance the jury was locked tighter
than a clans jewels.
1t was question of who was going
to hold the bridge.
Up spake the mighty ORourke and
parceled posted the ball to Mr.. Ruth =
corner in a manner which sent the
Bambeeno tumbling on his spine piece.
the same having struck the ground
about the time Rice and Shanks were
answering long distance calls to home
How come them on the bases at this
crucial moment you say?
Like this:
Rice hit along the first base line
and was sacrificed by, Mr.. Loose our
nimble left6elder. Harris pop-up
back of the plate was chaperoned by
Mr.. Schang after which Mr.. Shanks
loitered to first because nothing worth
hitting came his way.
ENTER-OROURKE BAN!
Enter; O'Rourke. BAMi
Babe Ruth's day at the bat looked
like a paraletyc's.
Two runs went over. Rice and
Shanks.
The mob went crazy.
A lady back OF the press box
swooned because she heard her hus-
band evict an oath. But IL she had
been the lady she tried to make MS
believe--sbe wouldn't have been able
to identify an oath from a phrase In
a foreign tongue.
oh. yes! Washington won.
Three to one.
\ rangy guy by the name Of Bill
Piercy scoffed for New York. When
he went to the bat in the third inning,
he scooted n bounder to O'Rourke
which was both nasty and mean.
O'Rourke stopped 1t with one paw,
dribbled II on the run in the air for
few yards, finally got possession Of
II and threw out One Picrcy. II was
a cute piece of work as the lady re-
marked before her husband swora.
ZACHARY STRUCK 'EM OUT.
Zachary revealed himself as a
worker. That is he worked himself
into a couple of tight places and
then worked himself out. Nine clean
strikeouts were his own contribu.
ton and he kept his hits. Ave to be
exact. TO minimum, considering
linn
Altogether II was quite an after
Moons sport. II consumed two hours
and half. l.g7l bags OF peanuts.