The Washington herald., 1921-04-25

eld were loaded with Ave thousand
hore pop-eyed bugs.
. For the first time in history Mr..
trifhth was forced to perform the
}ainfu1 duty of closing his gates.
fhis happened at 3 o'clock when 1t
Fas discovered that there was no
lace to put the late comers except
light in the playing field.
At least fve thousand found the
bates barred when they arrived and
Fere forced to go from there with
sut feasting their gaze on Ruth.
For Babe was the big drawing card;
hsre's no getting around that fact.
Those of the mob who came early
nough to gain admission were re-
Fsrded by a thrilling battle that
kept them on edge to the last. They
shsered and "booed" the mighty
fabe alternately as fans are wont
b do. Had he lifted one out Of the
ark they would have wreathed him
kith laurel. But. as things turned
ut. they saved most of their Yhoops
pr Zachary and his mates, who par
|icipated in the downfall of the
Tanks
Zach Strikes Out Nine.
Zachary was in wonderful form.
Ind had to be. to win. for Bill
Piercy. Huggins' choice for mound
uty, was pitching a fancy brand
IL baseball.
Jez was working under a handi-
|ap for part of the game, as the
iesult Of an unearned run by the
anks IN the first inning, but that
fidnt shake his confidence a bit.
He turned them back after that in
tmazing style
Five measly singles were all he
tilowed. and two of them were
nade by Ruth. BY striking out
line Of the perplexed foemen, Jez
ct seasons mark in this respect.
Ruth was the first man to whirf,
Performing that ignoble feat in the
rst inning with PeckinpauEh
$erched on first Fewster and Meu-
|ei were especially easy, and sue
iumbed on two different occasions.
Fne southpaw had exceptional
|peed and control, and was cutting
ne corners with monotonons regu-
hrity.
"Blaekies Also a Herr.
something has been said aboy.
bout the damaging wild heaye
fxecuted by "Blackie" O'Rourke in
ne opening frame. 1t was a reKu-
error. but this morning Mr..
fRourke is sittin' pretty with the
Jugs The way he came back and
pade up for that bobble was some
bling to watch.
II was ':Blackie's" bIudgeon that
|ut the game on ice in the eighth.
mere were two men on the sacks |
fhen he surprised Piercy by driv-
fg q long one to the extreme cor
|er of left ield.
Babe started numbering after the
all and almost reached 1t. Just as
70 was turning to make the catch,
|oweyer, he became tangled up with
Us legs and smeared himself all
|yer the ground. O'Rourke tripped
round to third while Rice and
hanks counted
Right here O'Rourke grabbed off
Fhatever share of the hero honors
'achary had not appropriated.
The new shortstop also engi- |
eered a fielding play in the third |
ming that caused the bugs to gasp. |
Ie raced over toward second after |
'iercy's hot one, Intercepted it with |
is gloyed paw while still travel !
ng. dipped 1t into the air, nabbed |
with his bare hand and tossed |
is man out by an eye-lash- 1t was
ne of the fanciest stunts seen in |
be local park in many. many |
Rooms. Is it any wonder his early |
um peg was forgiven?
Yaaks Score I'm First.
It didn't take the Yanks long to |
ct their lone tally. but they fell |
ovn nat after 1t had been rung up. |
Fith one out in the first. Peck near |
y murdered Snanks with a not one |
nd reached first safely while Hank |
box time out to rub his paw.
mere were whCops when Babe |
up and more when he strurk |
ht spinning around like a top
khen he missed the last strike, 4 |
boot on the outside of the plate.
|fpp walked AMI Meusel tapped to
fRourke, who tossed ten feet above /
ndge's dome, Peck scoring. On an
ktempted steal by Meusel. Charity
bade a bum throw to Harris, but /
lucky made a quick recovery and
eturned the ball in time to get Pipp
bming in from third.
From that time on Zach had little
touble. In the ninth a coupIel Of /
krors put two on the bases, but
[arris ended the suspense when he
rent 70 the fou1 line to take in
Yards high ny.
Yank Errors Help Grins.
Piercy. who came to the Yanks
rom Vernon in the Coast League,
ad a lot of stuff and held the Grifs |
Rfe for four rounds. In the fifth, |
|owever. they profited by misplays |
b the New York infield and tied |
up.
After Zachary had whitfield, Judge
Fas safe on Fewster's error. Milan |
eat out q swinging bunt and Judge |
Fent to third when Piercy made a |
|um throw to first on the play.
Peck made a one-hand stop of
kice's grounder, but tossed low 70
he plate and Judge counted stand
hg up. Lewis then bztted- into q
|ouble play, putting a quietus on
he excitement of the. moment.
In the second Charity opened |
Flfh 4 clean single to left and was
|acrinced by Zachary. only to be |
1T stranded when Judge hit into
double play.
The big noise came In the eighth.
kice singled as q starter, shooting
fast one just out of Pipp's reach. |
[e might have made another base
. neusers peg To second was wild. |
|ut didn't start In time. Lewis |
|zcrifeed, and Harris skied 20
fhang. shanks drew . pass ana ]