The New York herald., 1922-05-23


they paid homage to the returned exi
for there was feeling that the Bah
nothing more than fash in the gloo
Ruth's prodigious prod off the firstS
pitch sent at him by Elan Van Glider
gave the New Yorks their first run
The Browns, with whom they are
struggling tooth and nail for the
league leadership. already had amassed
three tallies, all in the fifth inning.
Van Glider was moving along with
power, potency, supreme confidence
and great curve ball. Little did the
onlookers dream that the Yankees
would score two more runs to tie the
game into a knot in the ninth inning.
Little did they dream that a great
single by Everett Scott in the thir-
teenth would drive in Bob Meusel with
the run which defeated ST. Louis by
a to 3.
1t was another of those tense battles
with the determined Browns, and this
one the most sensational. the most ex-
citing. the most prolific of deeds of deer
air was thick with them as the fiery
pitchers duel unfolded itself-first be-
tween Bob Shawkey and Van Glider
and then, when they had gone, between
Joe Bush and Hubert Kolp. the south
paw.
skinner Ties the score.
There was an indescribable feel of
electricity In the air in that throbbing
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sierous applause and deafening cheers
had broken against Coogan's Bluff since
Ruth put the locals into the game with
his homer Frenzied scenes had been
enacted when Camp Skinner Dnce more
rushed into the fray as a pluch hitter
for Shawkey In the ninth, again had
come through with hit and had tied
the score.
An eruption occurred at the start OF
the thirteenth when Meusel. coexile with
Ruth. slammed a single into left. A
veritable sirroco swept the stadium
when Wallie Pipp laid down neat bunt
and made himself martyr so that
Meusel could reach second.
And now came Scott to bat AS he
toted his claymore to the plate there
was faint cheer. There was hope, but
It seemed to be drowned in doubt. The
dazzling shortstop had started the great
rally in the ninth with single. but now
there seemingly was no wild optimism
over his ability to send Meusel around.
More than $4,000 fans sat forward
with pulses quickened, mouths agape.
nerves tingling. 1t was that kind of
game. That splendid uprising in the
ninth had aroused even the calmest Of
the calm. This was a he struggle. and
no mistake. AS Kolp wound up and
Scott waved his menacing ash a dead
calm settled over the field. Would he
do It?
ScOttie Meets the BaIIt
, Scottie did! One pitch, another, and
then there was a full swing of the bat.
Around it came from behind the short
stops shoulder and it net the ball
squarely, sending 1t far out to center
field while Meusel darted over to third
and then straight on to the goal. Now
a came bedlam, a wild melange of
cheering, hustling. jostling men and
women. all eager to honor Scott. but all
eager too to rush away to waiting din
ners. 1t was 6 :35.
Whas q game sor the Yankees to win,
---and what game for Van Glider to
see snatched from his grasp after he had
allowed only six scattered hits In eight
Innings Coming In, the wake of the
ninth inning debacle of the Yankees on
Saturday and their tenth inning triumph
of Sunday, this was a wondrous climax.
Before and after hitting his home run
Ruth did nothing to write about In the
first inning he lifted a high one to sisler
and in the third he sent fly to Tobn.
in the fifth inning he walked and went
along on Bakers single. but he was out
trying to make third. After his four
base drive he famed and then, in the
twelfth got his second pass, only to be
left stranded. After Watt had famed
and Ward, Ruth and Baker failed to de-
liver tie punch. in the twelfth. it was
all the more sensational to see. Meuse,
and Scott turn the trick in the next
frame