The New York herald., 1922-07-21
Oldham and Ehmke Banged
for Timely Safeties That
Beat Tigers.
HUNG JURY IN RUTH CASE
whats Matter With Babe?'
Is Sense of QUESTIONABLE
on Swatsman.
BY w. O. NI'GEEHAN.

ny W. Os VI ur4nsaANs
Babe Ruth was dropped from third
to fourth place in the batting order
yesterday and the Yanks won the ball
game from the Tigers by 5 to L. OF
course the winning of ball game
following the demoting OF the former
Home Run King may have been only a
coincidence. Then again there are
those who want to class it as miracle.
Whatever it was. the Yanks won the
ball game.
Tho Yanks punched their hits in two
innings and virtually ruined two Of Mr..
Tyrus Raymond Cobb's pitchers. one of
them being Rube Oldham. the left
handler with the terra Gotta colored
countenance and cerlse hair. the other
nounced as Empty because of the con-
dition of his skull at certain stages OF
his baseball career. Young Aaron Ward,
who has been somewhat harshly criti-
cised by the customers. heaped Goals OF
fire upon their beans In the eighth by
smacking a homer into the left field
This home run coming on top of a
single and a three Dagger completed a
very pleasant afternoon at bat for
Aaron. Aaron was impartial. He socked
the Rube for the single and the triple
and Empty for the home run. The lat
ter hit made the Yank victory positive.
The Man In The Iron Hat was so reas-
sured that he removed the magic boiler
long enough to mop his brow.
Ruth Sunk without Trace.
The sinking Of Ruth to fourth place
in the batting order was done without
ostentatiol. 1t followed the shifting Of
the Babe from left to right field. which
change was made on the previous day.
In the meantime the Boswell who acts
as the Babes literary agent has sent
out questionnaires which are asking in
effect what Is the matter with Babe
Ruth? How did he get that way? What
remedy would you suggest aside from
nassaging him with pick handler" Or
somewhat along those lines.
There is no bonus or bounty offered
by the Babes Boswell for psychoanaliz-
Ing the stout young gentleman. the lack
Of whose ability to sock the pill against
the horizon this season Is spoling the
life of Col Tillinghast L'Hommedieu
a
causing his partner. Col. Jacob Rupert.
to retire to the planting of weeping will
low trees. Also it is battling the GUS
toners. which makes 1t serious.
While the coroner's jury was in ses-
sion over the former Home Run King
the stout young man himself was
brooding In right field. He seemed to
feel that the job of old Pop Atlas was a
soft one compared to his and that some
thing ought to be done about it by
somebody.
Once Upon n Time, &c.
once upon time Ruth used to walk
right up to the plate. drop two of the
three bats that he was carrying and
bounce one OF Mr.. Reach's baseballs
against the welkin. Those were the
happy days for the Babe and for the
customers. At that time Col. Tillinghast
L'Hommedieu Huston used to wear any
style OF millinery he chose. and the
Colonel has good taste In hats. He
rather prided himself In It. Now he is
a slave to superstition and sits weighed
down by derby boiler in the hope that
II will bring luck and Is known as the
In In The Iron Hat.
In those days Col. Jake Rupert used
to frequ' Il the Polo Grounds and let
fall into the pest box many a merry
qulp. Now he Is a recluse. planting
weeping willows along the banks Of the
HUDSON and stunning his kind. In
those days nobody worried about the
Babes stance or his reflexes. If any
body had asked the Babe. for instance,
"Hows your stance?" he probably
would have said. mo thanks. / never
uso Il during the baseball season." II
you had asked him about his reflexes
ne might have said. "Oh, I had them
taken out when they took out my ton
sils.'
But now that he is In the hands OF
the psychoanalysts the Babe Is likely
to ave every ailment there Is. including
al the alibis there are for not hitting.
Tigers Knock Off After First.
The Tigers got their run in the first
inning and after that they knocked off
work for the afternoon. Carl Mays be-
came NOR. formidable rs the afternoon
proceeded. though the Tigers were
smacking Justify at the first ball
pitched. Blue started this in the first
inning and connected for a single. He
went to ,cond on a sacrifice and stole
third. Hs scored on veachs out.
In the sixth inning signs of life were
observed In the mausoleum where the
Yanks have been inferred. With two
out Meutel lifted n high foul toward
the resting place of the Yanks. II
woodall had caught this there might
have been nothing further to write but
some kind obituary stuff about the
home team. But Woodall In his eager
ness overran and dropped the ball.
MeuseI starts the Fireworks.
Then the chips began to fly off the
terra Gotta colored pitcher. Rube Old.
ham. Ieuscl slapped single to cen.
ter. Babe Ruth caromed n HE off tho
right field wall. Schang singled TO left
scoring Meusel. and Ward singled pas,
third. scoring Ruth. The ball almost
ruined one OF Bobbe Jones's best shins
Tho bic smash came in the eighth
with Pipp out. Lank Bob Meusel. cele-
bratfng his rise In the batting order
greeted Ehmke with a smash to center
which took him for two bases when the
pill skidded by Mr.. Cobb. Ruth got o
base on balls. Then Aaron Ward drove
his home run high up into the left
field bleachers.
At late hour tho coroner's Jury wai
still out on the Ruth case. But tho
owners of the Yanks were assuring al
who were suffering from insomnia ovel
Huth's failure TO sock home runs tha'
an that modern science can offer will
bo done 10 get the stout young mar
back on the Job.