The New York herald., 1922-07-22

Lank Bob Meusel. brother in exil
single handed yesterday by to and
Lank Robert batted in five runs and
an person. All of this happened after
Jones OF the three inning soupbone
which were included home run by T
Out of four times at bat Lank B,
run Lank Robert now occupies the +
the Babe is endeavoring to recover
maids knee or whatever happens to
writing.
The story ought to start at the be-
ginning, which is the green and gold
Santa Clara Valley in California, where
the restless Meusel family was located
at the time of the birth of Robert
William Meusel. Emil Frederick
Meusel, now called Irish McMeusel Of
the Giants, was five years old at the
time. He was born in Oakland, Cal
before the family emigrated to San
Jose. in the Santa Clara Valley.
Famed for Baseball and Prunes.
The chief products of the Santa
Clara Valley are baseball players and
prunes. Robert William Meusel certain
ly did not turn out to be prune. At
least he did not look like one yester-
day. The youth Of young Robert
Meusel was an idylic one. AS soon as
he was able to toddle about, he and
his brother were sent out to. herd the
prunes on the parental ranch. The
gentleness of the two lads toward their
charges originated the expression which
you sometimes hear around the ball
park. you poor prune."
AS soon as the young Meusels at
tanned manhoods estate they were ap-
prenticed to the baseball trade. They
polished up the pitchers of the Coast
League and they polished them so care
fully that Emil was taken by the Giants
and Bob was hired by the Yanks.
Up till the present year Bob was
happy go lucky lad who struck out
with as much cheerfulness as he hit
home runs. But this season matri-
mony marked him for it's own and
young Robert began to take a serious
view of life. He found that it took
more base hits to keep two than it did
one. apparently which concludes the
biographical sketch.
Sam Has Three Inning Wing.
The game started with Samuel Pond
Jones and Ole Oleson pitching. Samuel
has developed a three inning arm The
loose in the third. Jimmy Johnson once
had fighter with a similar affliction.
This pug had a. nine second punch. He
could knock them downfor nine seconds.
Then they would get up and knock him
out
In the third inning with one out
Woodall singled to right and Oleson
hoisted to center That made two out
Blue singled to right. Boooy Jones
looked like the third out, but Aaron
Ward proceeded to kick STOW roller
from him and Woodall scored and Jones
was safe.
There was a moan or anguish from
the Man in the Iron Hat as Tyrus Ray
mond Cobb slapped liner into the left
field stands for home run There
was louder moan as Veach followed
with another home run to the same
locality. Helman slammed husky
single to left. Then 1t occurred to Miller
Huggins. who had been meGitating over
what was happening. that all was not
we'll with Samuel Pond Jones. He
motioned the three inning soup bone to
the showers and sent in Waite Hoyt,
the Brooklyn Boy Wonder. A single by
Clark and sacrifice fly by Rigney
made the full count for that inning
just five runs.
Witt ObIfEes with Triple.
In their half of the third the yanks
got one lone run. Whitley Witt the
agile Albino. slapped the pill against
the right field bleacher fence for three
bases. He scored on a single by our
hero, Lank Bob Meusel.
In the fifth inning a look of hope
ilumined the sonber face beneath the
iron hat. Witt and Pipp singled to
right field. This brought our hero.
Lank Bob Meusel. once only a poor
young pruneherder in the Santa Clara
Valley. to the plate. This time Robert
slapped out a three bagger to right
center. scoring Witt and Pipp. His own
number twelve brogans were heard
clattering across the platter a few sec
onds later as Babe Ruth. the former
home run king, was being thrown out
by Blue.
1t was in the seventh inning that
Robert Meusel made the Santa Clara
Valley immortal. Whitley Witt drew a
pass from Young King Cole, descend
ant of Old King Cole. who handles his
pipe and his bowl from the port side.
Wally Pipp slapped a hit by second
base. Then came Lank Bob and poled
a home run into the right field stands.
The Colonel Is Heard From.
As Lank Robert clattered across the
pan on his substantial feet there was
q metallic clatter in the box where Col.
Tillnghast rHommedieu Hsston was
located. In his excitement that mill
tary gentleman lifted the famous Iron
Hat from his head and dashed 1t to
the floor of the stands The ink that
seemed TO have tracked the Yanks to
their lair In the Polish Grounds ap-
peared to have been lifted and knocked
unconscious by the bat of Lank Bob
Meusel
The last blow released the tension
under which the Man in the Iron Hat
has been sitting and he seemed to smile
again But the marks where the iron
hat had CALLED his once placid brow
were visible to the naked eye. He re-
fused 10 relinquish the boiler until the
Yanks once more lead the league.
Not only did Lank Robert have a
hand in all the run making, but his
fielding showed great signs of improve
ment. He stoppeT he rush of the IT.
gers IN the flfl when he ran in
and caught Fi1 ey's fiy Just as II would
have kissed the grass for single and
prolonged I. at agony From all points
of view Lank Robert is now ball
player in whom the natives Of the Santa
Clara Valley can take quite as much
pride as they do in theif prunes. and
they certainly are proud of their prunes.
There was one play In the sixth that
goes into the museum for baseball