New-York tribune., 1922-09-06


lead Of haif game. This lis race of
ups and downs for the American
League lead, and for the moment the
Yankees are down. The situation is
serious, but not appalling. for the
Yankees played with tenacious grit
yesterday. if not with success, and
tenacious grit will so far.
Excellent pitching by Pennock, then
by Collins, and inaptitude by the
Yankees in the field and in tactics pur-
sued beat the champions. pennoek
had good mixture OF southpaw stuff
and Collins had fast ball, which
jumped past the Yankee bats. Both
had effective control,
Defects in the support of both Hoyt
in the first game and Brush in the
second were costly, but Bush's pitch
ing did not assay up to his standard.
Hoyt's was good enough and would
come in pell-mell after the manner
of the bull in the china shop, well
known to song and story, and caused
Aaron Ward to lose steeple 9y on
which two runs weaved home. Sam
Jones as relief pitcher in each game
disported in first class form, if that's
any consolation.
Herert Pennock and Rip Collins
pitched as though their whole lives
had been devoted to preparation for
this ill-fated double header. 1t wasn't
like that in the olden days, with Coll
Inns, at least, not often. Other erst-
while Yankees who lent hand 10
sinking the two pronged harpoon into
Yankees were Johnny Mitchell, with
fuke home run, which caused Bit
ter protest from the New York play
ers; Elmer Miller, with scratch
ree-bagger, poorly played by Ruth,
and the heavyfooted Pratt, with a
smack into the lowW grandstand.
Fate Cuffs Poor Yanks
A home run by Mitchell, for whom
outfielders play just back of the aisles
hieh connect the bases! Thus, indeed,
did Fate, the ironicai, walk up and cuff
the poor but honest Yankees right in
the map. To Offset the Back Bay
honrers, but not sufficiently, was Ruth's
twenty-nintn and Meusels into the
lower stand, each with nobody on base
drat the luck.
The Yankees played hard, but not
good ball mechanically or smart ball.
Ward apparently missed sign on a
hit and run play and let Schang perish
trying to reach third. Ruth and Ward,
trying to avoid a collision, lost a pop
fly. And run was presented to the
Red Sox on white gold platter, with
engraved Yankee crest, when the infeld
played ball in the first inning of the
second game and threw out at first one
man while another trotted in from
third, who could have been erased for
The trying had the infield been playing
in,
Ruth hit home run against the
green frieze in the first inning of the
nrst game. The Red Sox made four
hits and three runs in the third inn
ing. Two of the runs came in when
Harris's perpendicular fly, with two
out, spouted to short right, and Ruth's 8
mad charge for it scared Wardy out of
the way. The latter was set for it, and
it would have been like picking cher
ries.
Umpire Decides Otherwise
Mitchells home run, made in the sew
enth, hit just inside the foul line and
just about reached the wall. A fan, one
of the kind who thinks more of a base
ball than of ball game, reached for
it, and the Yankees claimed it wouldn't
have gone in the stand. Umpire Evans
decided it would. If the umpires are
in doubt over occurrences of this char
acter they give the hit two-bagger.
Mitchelps homer gave the Rd Red SoX
the necessary margin for victory.
Meusel put home run in the lower
stand in the seventh, and in the eighth
hits by Witt and Dugan and base on
balls for Ruth filled the bases, with
nobody out. Pipp's fly sent in one and
the others were stranded. Schang, to
protect a hit-and-run play, stabbed at
bad ball and was thrown out by the
pitcher Nothing was gained by hit
ting at the ball.
Miller in the first inning OF the sec
ond tripled high to right, 1t plopped
into large unprotected area in right
in front of Ruth and abaft Ward and
Pipp. The ball had nettles on it OF
something, and when Ruth finally
picked it up Miller was warping into
third. He scored while Scott was
/ throwing out Burns. whats the
n idea 7" queried the unknowing, who
81 don't understand the subtleties OF
Y baseball "Why not throw that man out
at the plate ?"
Scott's tumble started a Boston
parade in the fourth, which also con-
tanned two hits, walk and Dugan's
mufr of throw, all inimical to the
New York cause The Yanks made
three runs, three steals and two hits and
walked twice in the third, the most
thriving inning they had.
homer followed a double in the
fifth. by the Boston side, alas. Meusel
scored in the sixth, and the Yankees
rallied in the ninth, dying hard, just as
they did in the first game. Baker
singlcd--it was pleasure to see him
again Ruth and Pipp singled, then
Schang famed for the final out.
Dugan's error in the second game
was excusable, for a man was coming
into him full tilt. Otherwise Dugan
played fine game and made one Won
derful pickup.
Ruth is getting to be a sure sho,
thrower. He cut down Burns at the
plate as the latter tried to score ON q
single.
The Yanks burst out with an orgy
,of base stealing. Five in one day and
three in one inning was wild revelry
for them. Ruel's poor throwing helped
Burns stole base in the first game
on which he get tremendous lead on
Hoyt. Schang had no chance to throw
him out, and following that rnaiefeas.
ance came two hits and three runs
The Yanks paid dearly for miscues
There have been several slow pitch.
ers in these metropolitan parts this
summer, but Pennock won the honors
v..h no second within sight. That
sort of thing may be disconcerting to
oppOeiu0 batters but it aiso is die