New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-24


The Yankee Big Bertha crashedd
through the Red Sox ranks in the sixth
inning, and while the injured were
Being gathered up seven Yankee run
aers denied the plate and made victory
4 certainty. Single after single crashed
off the Yankee bats and the locals went
right through their batting order. The
fans were treated to the unusual spec
tacle OF seeing pinch-hitter Skinner
go to bat twice in the big inning. In
cidentaIly, he made two of the outs in
this frame.
Strangely enough, all those singles
proved much more damaging than two
home runs which the Red Sox hit. "The
singles the thing" chanted the YAM
KEGS, and so it was. While the Sox
we're trying to hit homers the local
boys were content to punch out one
5aggers. Del Pratt and John Shane
Collins did manage to hit homers and
they helped materially in giving the
extended himself in the second inning
and hit a home run into the left-feld
bleachers. But that was before the
Yankees decided on the strategy of
singles.
The early innings were comedy Of
errors, and it was in such wise that
the Red Sox had acquired six runs to
The locals four before the big Yankee
smash The usually reliable Scott de-
veloped dropsy and case of iron arm
and was charged with two errors, while
the Babe was also guilty of misplay.
But that was nothing to the crimes
committed by the visitors. The Sox
inield was like sieve, and the error
blotter read: O'Rourke, two; Dugan,
one; Pratt, one. Elmer Smith in right
field was also charged with tumble.
Two-Run Lead in Sixth
Alex Ferguson was riding along on
two-run lead going into the sixth in
ming but the Yankees showed that he
was barely getting by and they prompt
ly put stop to the foolishness. Ferg-
uson was batted out Of the box and
Alan Russell relieved him. Russell
four batsmen and Bill Picrcy finished
the inning. Piercy was also taken out
little later and Fullerton finished the
game. Ferguson. however, was charged
with the defeat
Bullet Joe Bush started for the
Yankees, but he likewise was not des-
tined to finish the game. In justice to
Joe it must be stated that Scotties
errors put him into ticklish positions
and four of the six runs off him were
strictly unearned. Bush gave way to
pinch hitter Skinner in the sixth and
Jones finished the game. The victory
nevertheless was added to Bush's al
ready long list.
Tho erring started in the very first
inning, and two Sox misplays gave the
Yanks their first run. Witt hunted
safely and reached second when Du-
gan tossed over first. Whitley adj
vanced when O'Rourke made a bad toss
on Pipps grounder and scored while
Schanp tuQS forrinp Ruth
The Sox evened it when Scott fun
bled Dugan's grounder to open the
second Dugan reached third on Col
lns's single and Tailed on an out. The
Yankees again forged ahead in their
half on SCOTS home run, but the Sox
scored three in the third to get an APP
parently substantial lead. After Fer
guson famed, Smith doubled to right
and went to third when Ruth's return
but Scott missed Burns's grounder,
which would have made the third out,
and Smith scored. Pratt then came
through with his home run into the
right-held stands. scoring Burns ahead
of him
1t was the Yankees turn to tie it
up, and they did so in the fifth on
singles by Witt, Pipp and Schang, a
pass to Ruth and errors by O'Rourke
ana fratt. Inc SoX TOOK the lead IN
the sixth at Ga when Pratt singled
and scored ahead of Collinss homer
into the left-feld bleachers.
The big crash came in the Yankee
half, and the seven runs resulted from
conglomeration of seven hits, two
passes, a sacrifice fly and an error.
Scott and McNally had two singles
each and Pipp, Schang ard Ward one
each. The Sox could not get to Bush
and scored only one more run, getting
the marker In the ninth.