New-York tribune., 1922-08-31


After Whitley Witt had drawn a
base on balls from Southpaw Francis
in the first inning, Ruth reached
across the plate and violently caressed
with the wood ball on the outside.
Swinging hard as he does, his bat had
gone far enough to meet the ball be-
fore ii reached the right angle line,
and he pulled it upward and outward
enough TO hit into the right field bal
cony of the grand stand.
After seeing America first, the ball
fell in among q thousand or tive
boys in the upper stand. The delight
of the kids knew no bounds. They had
come all the way from Jersey TO see
Babe Ruth as much as anything
else, and to see him belt his twenty
eighth home run as we'll as to have
one of their number get the ball was
an unexpected ecstasy.
The Babe didn't remain in the
trenches long. though long enough to
be of vital Importance. He kicked on
a called third strike in the third
inning. his lips framed caustie COM
ment or something that got under the
skin of Umpire Tommy Connolly, and
the umpire put him out of the game.
The called strike was good one and
though the Babe may have been get
for the thousand or two kids who
wanted to see him play and for e
delegation of Buffalo fans who. of
course, wanted to see Ruth.
Babe Still Magnet
The Babe is still magnet, but much
more Of one on the ball field than in
that the Buffalo party arose and
walked out when he was fred. The
way to obviate such occurrences is
for the magnet rot to discuss with the
umpire the location of g pitched balls
socket. If the LElpire says it's over,
that's where it is. Which is good
advice, but not always needed.
Waite Hoyt didn't have much at
first. He couldn't get his fast ball to
working, but got by with change of
pace. The longer he pitched the better
he was, and in the last stages he was
operating smoothly and well. Wash
ington's two lefthanders, Francis and
Brillhesrt, did nice work. The Brill
heart boy went through two scoreless
innings, and in the eighth struck out
Pipp and Meusel.
New York's two-run lead evaporated
in the second inning. The Washing
tons made four singles, off Hoyt, two
of them fuky. Brewer. with Ruthian
designs on the upper grandstand, hit
two home runs into that beckoning
quarter, the first in the third inning
and sending his team into the lead.
Schang's Bunt Also Helps
Wards timely hit in the fourth inn
ing tied the score. Schang, with one
out, bunted slow ball, shifting his
bat into position on the spur Of the
moment when he saw balloon float
L. Uv,If l,
lips as he saw it coming, cerebrated to
suit the occasion and tilted the END of
his bat against it. 1t was hit, and
the low throw Lamotte made on it put
Wally on second.
MeusePs long fy advanced Wally,
and Wards single past Peck with two
out brought him in. Pipp singled in
the sixth, and Schang sacrificed.
Meusel walked, and Wards second
SO sent Heusel to third. Scott hit to
Peek for forced out, Meusel scoring,
but If Harris's throw to Judge hadn't
been low there'd have been q double
play and no second run.
Scott met an unusual and unds"
served fate ON the play. He thought
the throw was going to the stand, and
it would have if it hadn't struck Char
ley OLeary, the coach, on the foot.
Interference of this sort, tried to get
back, but was caught. That's the first
assist O'Leary has had since he
stopped playing baseball.
Brower hit his second home run in
the eighth inning. this time as before,
praise be, with the bases empty. The
Senator's made seven hits of Hoyt in
the first three innings and but four
in the last six. Pretty fair for little
Waite.