Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-21
$4,000 FANS GREET
HOME run CHAMPION
Bambino Strikes Out Inglo-
riously in First
Inning.
sHocKER PROVES GREAT PUZZLE
Captain OF Yankees Falls To Get Bnll
Ia outAcld-St. Louis Starts Slug
cling Rcc I'm Ninth aud Bats our
Victory,
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Try Associated Prcss1
NEW YORK. May 2O.-Thirty-six
thousand or more noisy humans well
coined to tho Polo Grounds today
haseha!l's triumvlra;e OF home-run
hitters-BSbe Ruth and Bob Meusel.
of the Yankees. and Kenneth Will
iiams. OF the Browns, and saw the
Mound City team win, S to .
twas the 1922 debut Of ali Of them
in New York. Ruth and Mouscl were
hack from exile imposed by Com
missioner Lands for breaking tho
rule against overtime labor after n
world series.
Nature favored the home-run spc-
cialists with bright sunshine Tho
crowd had squeezed it's way into
all OF the grandstand seats and over
almost every foot OF the sunbathed
bleacher boards when the umpires
called: Play BALI.
shorkcr n Hoodoo.
The um3irc- In chief announced
that Babe and Bob would have their
afternoons labor cut out for them
by Urban Shockcr, who pitches in n
riSht-handed manner for ST. Louis
and makes speciality Of beating tho
Yankees, his former comrades All
last year Shocker was a soat-ccttrr
Whenever the Yankees went 10 s,
Louis or the Browns came hero
During batting practice, Shockcr
turned toward the Yankee bench and
gave the boys what looked like the
merry ha-hA.
sam Jones, one of the Yankees.
winning right handlers, was selected
10 pitch TO Williams. who has n,.
eieFen homers this year. and ,ho
other Browns less known 10 headline
writer's. ''c
Just before the game two ,i,,ic
sris presented Ruth with q nor,I
wreath shaped like n baseball dia-
mona The 8nbe put his arm around
one OF them. bent down. and had
everybody thinking the little girl wae
going to set a kiss But the Ram
hho hesitated, and everybody had
hhother thought coming.
Gifts for Ruth.
A moment later the Babe was nrc-
sented with n silver bat bv yaude-
vile admirers. Then some Baltimore
friends gavo him silver loving Gun
KUN went TO LETT fold and
Meusel posted himself In right, where
nc quickly wcntto work when Sisler
bounced single of the from, rim OF
the Erandstand. Williams. fourth MT
bat In the first inning. was out on n
puny grounder to the pitchers box
IAN sitting in the rear OF the
press box got so excited bottle of
the oid-tims stuff fell out OF his
pocket and broke. permeating the.
atmosphere with an odor thar
rocked OF the past
Tho GRme I'm Detail
First-st Louis: Tohn out. Scott
10 Pipp. Gerber flied to Meusel Sis
Ter singled over first base. Williams
out. Jones TO Pipp. No runs
New York: Witt flied to Williams.
Scott out. McManus to Sisler Ruth
~: strike |. foul, hall !, strike .,
swung. strike g. Ruth struck out.
No runs. '
second-st Louis: Jacobson out,
Scott to Pipp. SEVERED singled 10
left center. Enerhe famed and
severeid was doubled stealing.
Schang 10 Ward No runs
New York; Baker grounded out
10 sisier. Meusei out, .shooker to
ssier. Pipp flied 10 Tohin. No runs,
Third-St. Louis : McManus famed.
smoker out Ward TO Pip Tohin
famed. No runs.
~NcN w ~ Wdr0 popped 10 Nc
Manus. Schang flied to Jacobson.
Jones famed. No runs.
Four'h1St. Louis: Gerber ground
'td TO Pipp. Ssler foulcd to Ruth.
who made a fancy running catch. and
the stands roared Williams fouled
to Baker No runs
New York: Witt fled 10 Jacobson.
Scott I0nied 10 Ssyereid. Ruth W:
strike ]. swung. strike >. called foul
foul Ruth flied . McManus 40
runs.
Fifth-st Louis: Jacobson out.
Baker 70 Pipp. SEVERED fouled to
Pipp. Eilerbe doubled to center. witt
dropping the ball after Il long run.
McManus famed. No runs.
New York: Baker lifted a high nv
TO short right field and Tobin munod
the ball for an error Meuscl flied
90 jacobson. F!pp popped 20 Nc
Manus. Ward hi homer into the
Sc iefi-feld hleachers. scoring Baker
ahead OF him. schang singled 10 Nc
Mahus. who knocked down a hard
= chance jones walked witt Aied
l. 10 Jacobson Two runs
SIX th-S; Louis: Shocker out
Ward to pipp. Tobin out. ward to
P!pp. Gerber walked Sisler singled
to right. Gerber pulling up a, second
Williams nied 10 VIII.
No runs.
Ne" orH scott popped to Sew
ereid. Ruth IN. i3all ono Strike
one. foul Ruth popped to Sisler.
BAKER hingled 20 right Meusel out.
McManus 20 Sisler no runs
seventh st Louis: Jacobson
doubled down left-neld line Sew
ereid fouled TO Pipp Encrhe out.
Jones 20 Pipp. jacobson reaching
third McManus popped TO Baker.
No runs
Sew York: Pip eied 20 'robiu.
Ward out, Ellerbe 10 ssler. srhang
popped 10 Fllerhe 40 runs.
Eighth--S,. Louis Shocker out,
Jones 10 pipp Tobn beat on, a
bunt down the HrSt-bare line. Ger
Der out. 4cott 20 PipD Tobln stopping
at second. Sis!er singled 10 lort
scoring Tobin. Williams singled 10
right, sisler reaching third VII
Jams stole second jacobson out.