The New York herald., 1922-07-07
BASES FILLED FOR
'RUTRS FOURTEENTH
Babe Clears Bags as Part of
the Opening Festivities
Score Is 10 to 3.
SECOND ALSO SLAUGHTER
Natives Hammer Out II to 3
Victory While $4,000
Shrek Banzais.
By w. o. McGEEHAN.

By w. o. McGEEHAN.
The business depression, likewise
the baseball depression. is ended as
far as the Yanks are concerned. About
$4,000 cash customers yesterday saw
Babe Ruth hit his fourteenth home
run with the bases filled and the
Yanks roll the Cleveland Indians fiat
ter than Ole Hanson's head in both
games of double header. Straw hats
were loose and joy was unrefined. The
first game was takon by 10 to and
the second by II to 3.
This achievement places the Yanks
within one game of the st. Louis
Browns, who are due here Tuesday.
This will make that series verge on
the "croocial" more or less. Under the
circumstances Col. Tillihast L'Hom-
medieu Huston has abandoned the
lucky boiler which he had cemented
to his head He has had his roof
thatched with Panama straw as con-
cession to the conventions and as a
ssanitary measure.
The fourteenth homer came In the
third inning Of the first game The
fashion: Bush singled to right; Whitley
Witt. the agile Albino, rolled one down
to Wambsganss. who let the pill filter
through his digets, which put Bush on
third and Witt on first: one of Mike Nc
Nally's protruding ribs was nicked by a
wild one and the cushions were all
stuffed for the Babe. and nobody was
out.
Mails Guesses Right.
The Babe slumped out of crouching
position near the dugout and shuffled
toward the plate, discarding a couple Of
extra bats as he came. A hush fell over
the multitude. The customers seemed to
sense the fact that the Babe was about
to knock another hunk out Of history.
Duster Mails. who was on the mound
for the Indians, seemed to feel that he
was about to be made the goat Of that
chapter of baseball history. and he was.
The third ball pitched curved in to-
ward the Babes aldermanic abdomen.
He shortened the bat and swung. The
ball went high and dropped into the
lower right field stands by few inches
and few inches fair.
Lank Bob Meusel the Babes fellow
the double header. When they came to
check up the wounds that he had in
flicted upon various Indian pitchers they
counted a home run, triple, two dou-
bles and single. which might be con-
sidered fair amount OF hitting for an
afternoon.
But perhaps Lank Bob got more pleas
ure out of bit OF fielding which he
achieved In, the second game. Lank Bob
may not be the worst fielder in the
world ordinarily. but it is hard to call the
names Of ae couple that might be looser
when You try to do 1t offhand. Conse-
Qnently when Gardner lifted long one
into the right center corner with Lank
Bob running back for 1t the official
scorer seized his pencil to record tri-
pie. But Bob fooled him. He made a
leap backward and speared the pill with
one hook.
Bush and shawkey Win.
Bush. who worked in the opening
game. was hit not a little. but the Yanks
supported him beautifully. Bob the Cob
Shawkey. the ex-mariner, pitched the
second game minus the flame colored
flannel shirt and got support that was
quite as steady. The morale Of the
Yanks. which was supposed to have been
loosened by synthetic beverages and at
tempts to improve the breed of the horse
while the team was on tour. seems to
have tightened up considerably.
The details of the two games would
be merely a record of parade around
the bases of the entire Yankee person
mel Duster Mails was the first of the
Indian pitchers sent to the mound to be
slaughtered to make a Polish Grounds
holiday. His demise occurred in the
third inning shortly after Babe Ruth
performed his bit of melodrama as re-
corded above
Immediately afterward Bob Meusel
drove out his triple and Duster began to
wear look of anguish. Pipp lifted a
sacrifice fly which scored Meusel and
then Duster figured way out. He
started to pick on Umpire Tom Con-
polly, and while Uncle Tom Is no Her
cules he never let a left handler pick
on him. He chased Duster right out and
Duster went out joyously.
Bagby in Anguish.
Sergeant Jim Bagby relieved the Dus-
ter and the Sergeant suffered some great
mental anguish In the eighth inning
Bush. who was fattening his own batting
average. sent his third hit of the game
over Iris Speakers iron gray bean for
triple and scored on fly by Michael
McNally. Ruth drew a base on balls
and Lank Bob Meusel made a double out
of his fourth hit. sending the Babe to
third. Pipp got base OH balls filling
the sacks for Ward. who cleaned them
right off with a two Dagger to center
In the second game the Yanks started
to nibble at the offerings Of Lindsey
Sin the third and fourth innings. In the
sixth inning they knocked him from his
cleats. Pipp started the punishment
with a two bagger. and by the time II
had come round to McNally. Michael
bounced triple against the right field
wall. Four runs had been driven In
and Mr.. Lindsey was driven out.
In his place the Indians offered up
one Joe Schaute. who has not been long
enough with the Indians to get his
name on Mr.. Harry N. stevens's official
Who's Who Joseph Is a left handed
Polish coal miner. 1t seems that while
the Indians were passing through
Pennsylvania. in the vicinity of the
same coal mine that spewed up the two
Covelskie brothers, Schaute happened
10 be coming out of the pit--carrying
his dinner pail in the left hand.
iris Speaker stopped the young man
and asked him IL he was coal miner.
To which Schaute replied. ia"
"Are you Polack?" demanded
Speaker. To which Schaute replied.