The New York herald., 1922-03-22
Yankee Pitcher Holds Pelicans
to Three Hits in Five
Innings.
MINORS BEATEN II TO /
Babe Ruth Poles Triple and
Double and Draws One
Pass.
ny CHARLES a. TAYLOR.

Special Dispatch 70 THE NEW YORK HERALD
NEW ORLEANS, March 2l.-The New
York Yankees won their fourth straight
game from the New Orleans Pelicans
to-day, the score being IL to /. Carl
Mays made his first appearance of the
year on the mound and the Pelicans
found his Submarine" ball thing of
Carl worked he allowed only three
hits, a double and two singles. New
Orleans managed to make its lone tally
in the fifth, when the double and one
of the singles happened to come to-
gether.
1t was 4 dull. monotonous contest
and the 500 fans on hand would have
had a fine, slumbery afternoon had it
not beer for the witticisms of Umpire
Bill Brennan. Bill kept everybody
awake with his rapid fire chatter,
which was directed at both players
and spectators. Once Bill became
somewhat wrathy and threatened one
fan with whom he was reparteeing
with dire punishment after the game.
But Bill went to his home quietly and
so did the other fellow.
The Yankees confined their scoring
TO three innings. their biggest out,urst
coming in the second. when six runs
were registered. Joe Martina was the
Pelican pitcher at the time and before
the New Workers had fairly begun to
smite Martina some rabid wet" back o.
third base demanded of Johnnie Dobbs,
the local manager, that he send a
Manhattan or a Bronx" to the box.
Plenty of Hitting.
Ward started the fracas by drawing
a pass and scoring on Scott's single to
lsf., which Thrasher permitted to srickle
through his legs. Hoffman, followed
with safety to right on which Scott
crossed the plate. Mays flied to center.
but Chick Fewster kept the pot boiling
with a single TO left and Mcmillan went
Chick two better by tripling to deepest
right center. scoring Hoffman, and Few
ster. Capt. Babe Ruth here inserted
his mightiest swat of the afternoon,
three bagger to right. and Mcmillan
counted The Babe Tailed on Ba GERS
infield out. second 10 first and Hiines,
the ninth Yankee batter of the inning,
was tossed out by Wight.
In the fourth, with Martina still lhiger
Ing or the hill. the Yanks accumulated
four more runs through the combination
of two bases on balls. wild throw and
two singles The final New York tallics
were produced in the eighth, when a GER
tain Matteson. not Christopher mounted
the mound for the Pelicans and tnau-
rurated walking contest around the
base paths.
'Matty" hit Fewster, then passed Nc
MILAN. Ruth. Eiilinger and Haines in
a row. forcing in two runs. double
play which resulted from MitchelIs
cronnder TO Kicks at first is all that
prevented an avalanche of runs, but as
Il turned out only two were scored.
No wonder the Cardinals gave the
Yanks such IA trouncing The Hugmen
had had no real opposition in their
games with the local nine and were
wholly unprepared 10 meet the savage
attack launched against them by Horns
by's horribles. The farce to-day augurs
well for another humiliation at the aands
OF the Brooklyn Dodgers. who meet the
yanks here on Saturday and Su iday.
Squire Ebbets of Fiatbush already has
arrived and has been snooping around
for advance information.