The New York herald., 1922-06-17
TIGERS SLAM HOYT
HARD, BEAT YANKS
New YOrks Suffers Their Fifth
Straight Defeat by Score
of 8 to 4.

Special Dispatch to THE New York HERALD
DETROIT. June 16.-All that was left
of the Yankees once impressive lead
was swept away this afternoon when
ths New Yorks fell into second place
by suffering their fifth consecutive de-
feat, while the Browns were winning
from the Senator's. The beating, by Q
to 4, was administered by the Tigers,
who already had knocked them over In
the first two games OF the series and
now are only five games behind the
Yankees.
When the Yankees, with Waite Hoyt
pitching. scored one run in each of the
first two innings and drove Howard
their losing streak was about to be end
ed. But in their half of the second the
Tigers launched an offensive of their
own and hacked their way to lead
they never surrendered
Three runs were scored by the Detroits
In the second, and more in the third,
and after that they simply coasted In.
Hoyt was driven to cover in the third
and lefty O'Doul. who followed him to
the mound. was clouted hither and yon
until the Tigers piled up a total of
nineteen hits. Barring Ehmke. every
Tiger made at least one hit. and Jones,
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three apiece.
Dnuss n Successful Relief.
George Dauss succeeded Ehmke on
the hill. and held the Yanks to eight
hits and two runs in Z 2-3 innings. Only
once did the Yankees make more than
one hit an inning of him, and that was
in the eighth. in which single was
sandwiched in between two doubles. two
runs resulting.
The Yankees started as though they
intended TO annihilate Ehmke in the
first inning. Witt led off with double
10 the right field beacher screen and
Ward brought him home with simi-
lar smash to the left field wall. The
Babe drew a pass, but, with the crowd
Ehmke frightened up and retired the
side without further scoring.
He went bad again in the second
however. and was ordered to the
showers after three singles had given
the Yanks another run. Scott singled
to left. Hoffman shot one to right and
after Hoyt had flied to Veach, Witt
SINGLED to right. scoring Scott and
sending Hoffman to third. Dauss. who
worked the last two innings of yester-
days game. relieved Ehmke and the
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caught a. the plate on Wards tap to
Jones and veach collected Ruth's lons
fly.
The Babe I'm Trouble.
Hoyt also slipped a cog In this inning
and the Tigers forged to the front
Cutshaw forced Heilman. who led off,
Rigney singled to left sending .Cutshaw
TO third, and took an extra base on
Ruth's belated throw to third. Bassler
singled to left. where Ruth tripped
after making the pickup and Cutshaw
and Rigney crossed the plate with the
tying runs.
Dauss bounced a single off the score
board in left. and Bassler sprinted
around to third. whence he completed
the circuit on Blues line single over
Scott's head. Blue was forced at Sec
ond on Jones's tap to Pipp, and after
Jones had taken second on a wild pitch
Cobb ended the inning by grounding
out to Pipp. Meusel doubled to left
with only one out Gin the third. but
Heilmann plucked Pipp's long drive off
the right field screen and the lanky
Californian was left on third wher
Scott flied to Veach.
In the second half the Tigers renewed
their drive on Hoyt and drove him to
cover under another furry of hits
O'Doul faced Cobb with bases full, but
Ty popped to Scott.