The New York herald., 1922-05-09
Home Run Baker Knocks One
of Those Things as Well
as 3.wO Singles.
HOYT is SOCKED SILLY
Carl Mays Goes to Mulray's
Rescue in Ninth and
Saves the Game.
BY w. o. M'GEEHAN.

The Yanlss started the first long ses-
Ieion at home in the Polo Grounds yes
|terday by beating the White Sox to
II in loose game which was punctu-
Iated by the staccato crablike cries of
.Jawn Evers coaching the Sox from the
first base crab paddock. The Yanks
had to throw three pitchers to the Sox
TO do 1t. Waite Hoyt, the boy wonder
was socked silly in the fifth. Murray,
who relieved him. felt himself slipping
IN the ninth and Carl Mays had to come
hcllowing from the bull pen to save the
Iday
The most refreshing performances OF
Ethc afternoon were those of Home Run
Baker. who continues to refute the no
tion that he is comparatively elderly
l gentleman. The venerable agriculturist
4 of Trappe. Md. hoisted home run into
tho upper right field stands. got two
singles and comported himself with much
agility around third base, starting
double play that pulled the Yanks right
from the we'll known brink Of dis
4 aster.
Hoyt was taken out OF the game with
| out any casualties 1t Is the custom OF
Il the boy wonder when he is called out
OF game before it is completed to take
n a swing at Miller Huggins. but the
Nstrategist of the Yanks fooled him this
dugout Higgins was not there and the
cmbittered youth had to soothe his
v wounded feelings by butting his head
against tho concrete wall.
Customers Not Numerous.
Customers were not numerous Even
with Col. Tilllnghast L'Hommedieu Hus-
ton. present one could not conscentiously
cali it large crowd. If the members
"A NJ tta I-Jfac family had hoan alfrnin a pd
from the count on the justifable ground
n of not being paid admissions 1t would
N be the slimest business the Yanks have
n done to date.
n Home Run Baker picked the first in
ming for doing his STUFF and demonstrat-
ing. he was still entitled to the name.
4 1t was healthy smash, too. caroming
n off an empty seat in the upper tier.
But all was not well with Waite Hert
as Hoyt is known in his native city.
| I'aH1 slammed him for a two bagger In
l the second inning and Bostil brought
him home with a single to center. Lever
cite, who started for the Sox, got un-
Il easy in the Yank half of the second
and passed Pipp and Ward. Scott ad-
vanced them both with sacrifice and
De Vormer slashed hit through the In
Il field, scoring them both.
In the fourth inning Miller Huggins
n was seen reaching nervously for head
II gudrd and steel helmet, for he sensed
i thei necessity of yanlking Waite Hert
/ right off the mound. The Sox staged
drive that made the Boy Wonder look
less wonderful than normally.
Collins got base on balls and Hooper
/ singled to right. sending him to third.
| Falk lifted fly to left and Collins
scored. Mostil drove a triple against
| the left field fence and Hooper scored.
i Mcclellan singled to left and Mostil
| scored.
In the fifth inning the Sox started to
annoy the Boy Wonder considerably.
johnson laid down bunt and beat 1t
TO first. Then Amos Strunk bunted In
Il the direction of first. Hoyt, Pipp and
\ Ward all rallied around the ball in
4 bunch, and while the triple collision was
On Strunk reached the base safely. Col
Inns tried the same stunt, but Pipp
\ whipped the ball to Baker for a force.
l out at third.
Along came Henry Hooper driving
l single to right. scoring Strunk. At this
Il tuncture the manager of the Yanks sig
L naled for Hoyt to leave the mound The
Il manager then dug himself in behind
| the stands and remained under cover
rntil the Boy Wonder subsidized.
Murray went In In place Of Hoyt, and
i the pastme was enlivened by orations
| BY those two gray children of the 70
| diac, Johnny Evers, the Crab, and Kid
Gleason, the Scorpion. On a double
steal Collins slid home and apparently
| ducked under De vormer. the Yank
| catcher. The Umphs waved him out,
and then the lot rang with the loud
harrange. J. Evers being in excellent
| voice.
| Can This he Truee
In the Yankee half of the fifth
| Whitley Witt. the little Albino under.
study to Big Bob Meusel. cracked out
| two bagger. He was scored by a single
| by Chicklets Fewster. the Baltimore
| heartbreaker, who became a ltigant
L among other things, yesterday. having
| been sued for alternating a lady's af-
| foctions
In the fifth inning the Yanks crashed
| through with three runs. Pipp started
| the little parade with two bagger ia
| right Ward got base on balls. Both
| runners advanced when Leverette COM
| mitted a balk. Scott singled to center.
scoring Pipp, and De vormer laid down
q sacrifice. and after Murray had taken
three healthy swings at nothing at all,
| Whitley singled to center. scoring Scott.
In the ninth things started TO look
| bit .lugubrious for young Murray. John
son got base on balls and Strunk laced
out a single to center. 1t began to look
as though the Sox were swarming for
a final drive that would throw the
Yanks for the loss OF the bali game.
Out in the bull pen Carl Mays WIS
heaved some practice pills. Miller
Huggins waved him in and the Sox
were stopped right in their tracks. The
submarine heave sunk the rally almost
without trace. The score:
CHICAGO (A) NEW YORK (A)