The New York herald., 1922-07-02

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The ninth glowing jewel in the
Babes 1922 crown was made with Mike
McNally on base in the third inning
of the first game. To all intents and
purposes the blow decided the issue in
that engagement. 1t was hit into the
left field bleachers. No. 10 was made
with the bases empty in the fourth
inning of the second game and No.
IL, the longest of the lot, was deliv
cred in the seventh round of the sun
set portion.
Bullet" Joe Bush was at the top of
his form in the opening engagement
and let down Mack's men with six
hits and one run. Only once did the
enemy bunch as many as two, hits in
a single inning and but once did two
successive batters get on. "Slow Ball"
Eddie Rommel, the Athletic finger,
also pitched good ball. but the five
hits carved out of his delivery were
punched in two productive innings,
lOuT runs resulting.
Miller Triples.
The Athletics made their only run of
this game In the second inning in which
Bing Miller led off with triple to the
left field wall He remained on third
while Bush tossed Galloway out at first
and McNally collected Hause's pop fly,
but scored on Dykes's double to center.
After this inning Bush was never in
trouble until the ninth, and then he re-
tired the side in order after tumble
by Everett Scott and base on balls
had put hostile runners on first and Sec
-ond.
The Yanks put men on the bases In
each of the first two innings, but did not
score until the third With one out in
and the Babe lifted a homer into the
left field bleachers. Lank Bob Meusel
also took savage cut at the ball, but
Bing Miller backed out into deep center
field and captured his ponderous smack.
Two innings later the California
clouter got another wallop at the ball
and this time he put the game on ice.
Bullet Joe Bush was the first man up
in the fifth and lined a single to center.
Whitley Witt followed with one to left
and both runners advanced on McNally's
sacrifice.
This brought the Babe to bat and
Rommel. always a cagey worker in .
pinch, purposely passed the Sultan of
Slam. 1t was at this profitable point
that Meusel edged In with a single to
left two runs being scored on the hit.
Pipp then fouled to Perkins and Ruth
went to third on the catch. Meusel tried
for second while Perkins was returning
to his place behind the plate. however,
and was caught for the third out.
After this II was merely a question of
whether the weather would permit of a
full game being played. A. series of
showers held up the game for forty-five
minutes, while the clubs were changing
sides in the sixth inning and another
downpour caused a second delay be-
tween halves of the seventh.
Mack Revises Team.
Manager Connie Mack of the locals re-
vised both his lineup and his batting or
der in the second game and sent Lefty"
Heimach to the mound to pitch in oppo-
sition to Bob Shawkey.
Both were in trouble in the opening
frame, but Heimach wrggled out of his
by tossing Pipp's rap to first for the
third out and Meusel saved Shawkey's
bacon" by hurling Miller's single back
to the plate in time to defeat Perkins's
attempt to score from second on the
blow.
Neither side threatened In the next
two innings, but In the fourth, the great
Bambino made his second home run of
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put the Yanks in front with a four run
lead. The Babe was the first man up,
and with a count of one and one. lined
the next one over the right field wall.
Meusel then singled to right, advanced
to second on Pipp's safe bunt
He scored when Ward showed a single
past Galloway on hit and run play.
Pipp went to third on the play and
scored on Scotts single to left Hoffman
doubled to right for the Yankees sixth
consecutive hit of the inning and Ward
skldded home while Scott advanced to
third. There the rally petered out. the
next three men being easy outs.
shawLey I'm Trouble.
In the second half, Walker led off for
the Macks with double to center and
scored on Miller's single over second
Shawkey subsequently filled the bases
by passing Galloway and Dykes, but
Whitley Witt prevented further scoring
In this tumu1tuous frame by a sensa-
tional running catch of Heimach's
smash to deep center for the third out.
Ruth was the Yankee leadoff man
again in the fifth and drew base On
balls. He moved around to third on
successive infield outs and drifted
homo from there under cover of Wards
home run to the left field bleachers.
With two out In the second half and
the bases devoid of occupants. Tilly
Walker made his fourteenth homer of
the season on a similar crash to the
same harassed stand.
Welsh did the same thing In the
sixth inning, after lightning double
play on Hauser's smash to Ward had
nullified single by Galloway.
Ruth was the first man up for the
Yankees again in the seventh, and
with count of two strikes and one ball
against him hoisted the pellet over the