The New York herald., 1922-08-20
LOCALS SLAUGHTER
WHITE SOX, 12TO 5
Four Chicago Pitchers Are
Plastered-Ruth Slams
Number "a.
TWO sQUEEzEs WORKED
Witt on Bunting End Both
Times--Shawkey Has Only
One Lapse.
ny DANIEL.

Events Of terrific moment launched
themselves into baseball history at the
! Polo Grounds yesterday afternoon.
What with the skittish Yankees slaugh-
tering the rather bedraggled White
Sox by 12 to S and traipsing into the
sole ownership of the American League
lead, while the Browns were getting
no better than an even break In Phila-
delphia-what with the beatific Babe
Ruth slapping his twenty-fourth
home run into the right field stand
and the astonishing New Yorks work.
ing two squeeze plays in successive in
nings. it was a day which will stag
ger archaologists a thousand years
hence when they dig it's full signif-
canoe out of the ivory annals of the
diamond.
That pair Of squeezers-we still
maintain that there were two of them
stood out in the afternoons messy
and varicolored melange like a couple
of fiappers in school of old maids.
Men who have followed the tumult-
the day they opened on the Hilltop
racked their brains In vain for an
other contest in which the New Yorks
had worked that speedy and tricky
scoring stunt on two occasions.
They rambled In memory through the
Griffith age, on down to the Chase,
Wolverton and Chance eras. They
dragged the rivers of their recollection
through the lightning days of such
speedboys as Sweeney Bunions Zeider.
and even the flashing Ping Bodie--but
those two squeezes stood without coun-
erparts-astonishing records OF a ball
club which has knocked tradition into
the scrap heap and intends to win
pennant not alone by brute strength but
by versatility and subtlety as well.
'Tis well
Yankees Settle IT EARLY.
As a classic exposition of our great
national game the contest developed a
rather low rating, for II did not remain
a contest for long. Whatever competi-
tive interest attached to the shindig was
swept out in the third inning, which was
opened by Ruth's golf shot into the cele-
brated pavilion and brought four runs
for the New Yorks.
AS our gallant athletes had scored
one run ir each OF the previous rounds
and Bob Shawkey was steaming along
in full majesty OF his best form the
$4,000 assembled villagers and visiting
fremen began to devote most of their
attention to the byplays and the score
Of the st. Philadelphia second
game
Kid Gleason, ably assisted by Johnny
Evers, the raucous Trojan, staged
grand parade OF half of the Chicago
pitching staff. 1t was Tramp, tramp.
the trampa are marching" as one finger
followed another and one was worse than
his predecessor. Just when the fans got
the idea that they had seen the last
word in pitching ineptness Gleason
crossed them and trotted out another
singer who slurred the plate and lisped
and suffered more notably than Nthe
bird who had gone before.
Locals Get Nine Passes.
When Gleasors pitchers were not busy
giving the Yankees their hits-our per-
spiring scorers got no fewer than sew
enteen drives for n total OF twenty-one
bases-they were even buster punching
Annie Oakleys for the natives. The New
Works were favored with nine passes.
three OF WHICH CdIlS III Ah1 WOO6y IL "a
Ynning. which also saw wild pitch and
three hits. all for three runs. with the
hars left loaded when Bob Meusel famed.
First we got a sight OF the eminent
e.hnvel Hodge, who shoveled a run into
the core in the first and was about to
duplicate that feat in the second when
Gleason shoveed him into the club
house. out came Gorham Tiffany Lever
ette. who is rated one Of the pitching
finds OF the year. The Yankees found
him all right. This diamond studded
teweI ~ a right handler was pasted 10 a
fare thee well and was taken out In the
sifth after he had overstayed his wei
como even for the local fans They
wanted TO see somebody who could get
that ball up there. anyway
Well liz Leverette was bad something
worse was on its way. The third selec-
zion was Harry Courtney. who lives in
Flatbush and is as left handed as they
come in that section. Harry Issued two
passes. emitted wild pitch. DOTTED his
cap In mock gallantry TO the razzilg
crowd and altogether had the very devil
OF n time.
In che seventh we got fourth treat.
Gleason showcd US the latest high priced
beauty from the minors--Frank Mack.
yhe until last week pitched for Seattle
m the Coast League. Mack Is supposed
10 have cost S35.Uo0, though he won only
two games for Seattle. He kept on
pitching for Seattle yesterday and was
translated into two moro runs for the
tired Yankeer.
sharIxcy stumbIes In seventh.
White four OF the eight slingers car
riod by Gleason wero being shown as
horrible examples. Shnwkey was going
aicnr more or less sercrcly. Bob the
Cob had q bit OF lapse In the seventh
irning. In which Harry Hooper poled q
homo run into the right field stand.
Johnny Mosti slammed triple against
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