The New York herald., 1922-05-28
JOE BUSH'S SPEED
BATTLES SENATORS
Yankees Gather Three Runs
Off Francis-One Is WASH
ington's Best.
RUTH WEAK WITH BAT
Bambino, Returning Once Moro
to Game, Greeted by Mingled
Cheers and Catcalls.
RUTH WEAK WITH BAT

Special Dispatch TO THE New YoRK HERALD.
WASHINGTON May 27.-With Bullet
Joe Bush pitching almost alright ball
the Yankees resumed their winning ways
to-day and f1attened the Washington
Senators in the second game of series.
Private Babe Ruth, reinstated by Presi-
dent Ban Johnson of the American
League after serving a one day suspen
sion for running amuck at the Polo
Grounds, resumed his accustomed posi-
ton In the Yankee batting order and
distinguished himself by grounding into
two double plays In three official times
at the bat.
The score was 3 to l.
Only six hits, scattered over four diff
ferent innings, were made off Bullet
Joe's delivery and neither of the two
passes charged against him figured In
the scoring. His opponent on the hill
was Lefty Ray Francis, a southpaw re-
cruit from Seattle, who was tapped for
total of ten safe hits, including
couple of doubles by Everett Scott.
A drizzling rain fell throughout the
preliminary practice and Clark Griffith's
hopes for a capacity crowd were blasted
by tho adverse atmospheric conditions.
Scarcely 1000 fans shivered in the
stands when hostilities were started In
the first game Ruth played In Washing
ton this year.
Mingled Feelings for Babe.
Mingled cheers and catcalls greeted
Ruth when he stepped to the plate
In the first inning. He was passed on
this occasion, but. was left on first
when Baker grounded to Peck for the
| third out.
In the following inning Francis walked
Meusel. the first man up for the Yanks
| in this frame and. after Pipp had
| famed Scott slammed a single to left
| Meusel going to third on the hit while
the Deacon took second on the throw
| to head off Bob. Francis appeared to
be wavering but pulled himself together
| and the next two batters were easy
| outs, Schang on called third strike
and Bush on a grounder to Peck.
| Elmer Miller was the Yankee leadoff
man in the third and went to first on
| a pass which subsequently blossomed
into the first run of the game. Ward
laid down a sacrifice and. after Harris
had robbed Babe Ruth OF a hit by a
| miraculous stop of hard hit grounder,
Baker brought the run across with a
double, Meusel also connected but La
Motto made a brilliant pickup OF
difficult chance and whipped the ball to
Judge In time to retire the side.
The Senators also threatened In this
frame, but a brilliant catch by Ward
helped Bush out of hole OF his own
digging. Peck was the first man up
and walked La Motto bunted safely and
both runners advanced on Francis's well
placed sacrifice. Harris grounded In
front of the plate and was thrown out
at first, after Bush had driven Peck
back to first and Ward ended the inning
by going into short right center to drag
down Rice's tricky fly.
The Senators launched another drive
In the fourth and tied II UP on Judges
triple TO right center and Brower's sac
rifice fly The languid Californian made
tremendous effort to nail Judges
smash. He fell on his face after a head
long drive had enabled him to wrap one
hand around the ball. but the elusive
pellet skidded away
The Yankees filed claim that the ball
had been held long enough to register
the out. but were thrown out of court
by Umpire Billy Evans.
The Yanks forged to the front again
In the fifth, with Bush showing the way.
Bullet Joe" led off with a single
through the box and took an extra base
on Harris's wild throw past first Mil
Ter passed out on q long foul to Goslin.
who made a sensational catch while
leaning against the pavilion wall. But
Ward brought the run across with a.
single over second. Ruth then slapped
another scorching grounder to Harris
and snappy double play ended the
inning.
Bush pulled out Of hole In the sena-
tors half OF the sixth by tanning Eddie