The New York herald., 1922-05-29
YANKEES BEATEN
BY WALTER JOHNSON
For Second Time This Year
Star Pitcher Battles Home
Team; Babes Bat Silent.

Special Dispatch TO THE New YORK HERALp
WASHINGTON, May 2S.-The veteran
Walter Johnson won another brilliant
victory over the Yankees this afternoon
and gave the Senators the odd game of
a series of three. while close 20 $4,000
persons applauded his efforts. The score
was 4 to g.
Going into the eighth inning the speed
ball king appeared to be doomed TO de-
feat at the hands OF an old rival, Squire
Sam Jones, but in that tempestuous
round the Senators came from behind to
overcome a three run lead, and in the
tenth they batted out a belated but
none the less deserved triumph over the
champs.
In the first seven innings the Senators
threatened often but never with quite
enough vigor to break thro1gh Jones's
cunningly diversified deliver. In the
eighth, however. they found the weak
spot in his afmor and knotted the count
on two singles and homer by Joe
Judge
Brewer knocks Out Double.
Two innings later the same robust
Senator uncorlSed the hit which blos-
somed into the winning run when Brewer
dented the right field wall with a double
which might have been a triple II there
out.
Babe Ruth again appeared in the Yam
kee batting order. but couldn't hit the
ball out of the infield in five official
times at the bat. Lank Bob Meusel. his
recent companion in exile, peeled off a
single. triple and double in four
times at bat. but all of his blows We're
wasted for lack of cooperation on the
part of succeeding batters.
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Meusel, coupled with a couple of Sena.
torial errors. gave the Yankees chance
in the second which never developed be-
yond the threatening stage. With one
out In this round, Lank Bob Meusel sin
gled to left and took an extra base on
Goslin's momentary tumble. His at
tempt to steal third drew a perfect throw
from Val Picnich, but in sliding into
the bag he spiked Bob Lamotte and the
latter dropped the ball. Neither Pipp
nor Scott could bring him home, how
ever, the former striking out and the
latter flying to Rice.
Peck Makes tumble.
Another Senatorial error paved the
way to more trouble for Johnson in
the third. After Schang had famed
Jones slapped an easy chance to Peck,
who fumbled the ball while and then
threw 1t wild past Judge. Witt walked
and after he had been forced by Ward
the Babe came to bat with runners on
first and third. His response to the
pinch was a bounder over Judges head
which Harris. playing out of position,
corralled in short right field and ferried
to Judge in time to record the third out.
johnson himself was the first man up
In the Senator's half and lined one back
at Jones, which caromed off the Yankee
pitchers thumb and bounded over the
foul line for single. The Yankee In
fielders, fearful that their finger had
been seriously injured. swarmed around
the Squire and examined his precious
paw from every angle. IL seemed to be
in the act. so he continued In the game.
Harris and Rice. the next two men
at bat were retired on easy flies. but
Judge lined a single to right and Brewer
showed another to deep short Johnson
overran third on Brower's hit. however,
and was caught in a run up for The
third out.
In the fifth the Yankees broke through
Johnson's defense and iammed two runs
across the plate on singles by Schang
and Jones and double by Whitley Witt.
In the following round Lanky Bob
Meuse pumped hit into the alley be-
tween Brewer and Rice and by fast and
daring running stretched legitimate
double into a triple. Ruth and Baker
had already been retired. however, and
the California clouter was left on third
when Sam Rice raced into deepest cen
ter field for a spectacular catch of
Pipp's long liner.
The Yanks passed out in order in The
seventh but in the Senator's half Gosiin
led Off with a double to center and lin
gered on second while Peck flied to
Scott and Picinich sent long fly TO
Ruth. Lamotte made an earnest try
for a -hit on a slam through the box,
but Scott raked II in with one hand
and whipped IL to first in time to win
a hairline decision.
This threat was enough to arouse the
Yanks to renewed endeavors, and in the
eighth they scored their third run.
Whitley Witt was the first man at bat
and handcuffed Roger Peckinpaugh with
hit through the box.
The score
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