The New York herald., 1922-07-17
~Huggins's Strategic Shift in
So-Called Batting Order
Nets Nothing.
$4,000 CUSTOMERS THERE
Yam Yaryan and Hooper Add
to Bush's Troubles With
Circuit Clouts.
BY w. o. McGEEHAN.

BY w. D. McGEEHAN.
Miller Higgins shifted the Yankee
front yesterday. hoisting PIpp TO Sec
ond place and dropping McNally to
eighth in the batting order. but this
form of strategy did not deceive Urban
Faher. Urban the Red shut out the
Yankees, A to 0. holding them to three
hits before nearly $4,000 OF their best
customers at the Polo Grounds. II
was the second time during the current
season that the Yanks have been shut
out. Two of the White Sox runs were
honers.
The first homer was committed by
Yam" Yaryan. the extra catcher. Yam
was plucked from a garden near
monicker because of the strong facial
resemblance which he bears to that
exotic vegetable. the yam. Yam's
homer, which would have won the ball
game by itself. caromed off the railing
of the upper right field stands.
The Yanks spared any wear and tear
on the bat supply yesterday. They
were not hitting Babe Ruth did get
one single and Wally Schang connected
for two. but aside from these rare
occasions the Yanks might as well
their timber into the field and spread
ing the collection of bats ostentatiously
in front Of the dugout
Browns Widen the Gap.
A stranger TO the Polish Grounds
and unacquainted with the customs of
our national pastime might have asked
with some pertinance what those boys
were doing with all those wooden
clubs. While the Yanks were waving
their sticks for exercise the Browns
We're beating the Senators and widen
ing the gap between themselves and
the Yanks. Unless the Yanks can win
few games at home that gap may
soon begin to look like the Grand Can
yon of the Colorado
The strategy behind the shift in Yam
kee batting array (the array was not
batting yesterday could not be faith
omed oy mere layman The demita sse
manager assumed an attitude resembling
pocket ed.tion of the Sphinx in re-
gard to it.
Pipp apparently was put into second
place because It was expected that his
antics in attempting TO bunt would make
the pitcher laugh, and laughing pitcher
cannot Keep his mind on his work II
did not work with Faber. because Urban
and takes the batters as they come. He
didn't get laugh out of the switch.
The other changes were equally mys-
terious. Col. Tillinghast IHommedieu
Huston was shifted from the pest box
TO field box. where he seemed uncom-
Portable and Ill at ease as he attempted
20 look like a cash customer Bob the
Cob Shawkey. who was on the coaching
line. was ordered to shift his tobacco
Lee r,~~t-s
spite of this camoufiage he was recog-
nized by the red flannel shirt
Mr.. Hugsins Was There.
Every one of the $4,000 customers
seemed to be aware of the fact that the
Yanks were playing and that the Yanks
were being managed by the demitasse
manager. Mr.. Miller Higgins. The
White Sox knew 1t, too. despite the
elaborate subterfuges. Perhaps Kid
Gleason and Johnny Evers had the fore
thought to look on their schedules and
learned from them that they were play
ing the Yanks.
Kid Gleason did make some remark
as he passed the Yankee dugout in the
first Inning. Those who heard him said
that the remark was, Take EN- Off, Mil
Ter Higgins. know you
Joe Bush. the well known Bullet 10.
seph. showed the first trace of annoy.
ance In the third when Yam Yaryar
slammed him for the first homer. Joseph
has been winning not a few games FOL
the Yanlss, but that sounded like tho
first symptom OF a loss. especially Will
the Yanks not using their bats.
In the fourth inning the symptoms be.
came somewhat alarming. With one ou
Harry Hooper slashed a hit past second
Mostl drove a two bagger along the left
field foul line. Falk hoisted one to righ
and Hooper scored while Mostil went &c
third as Meusel returned the ball. Sheely
shot a single between third and short
and Mostil scored. As Urban F'aber had
not allowed a single hit to the Yanks ur
to this point 1t looked as though the
best that could be hoped for would be
the worst.
Hooper Furnishes Thrill.
In the sixth inning Hooper lined the
ball into the lower right field stands for
the second home run of the afternoon
and this was followed by another two
bagger by Mostil. After that the GUS
toners sat around wondering IL the
Yanks might break out into a batting
rally. They were still wondering when
Ward closed the afternoons entertain
ment ny striking out earnestly.
After the White Sox half OF the eighth
Bullet Joseph gracefully draped his
sweater around his neck and set out