The New York herald., 1922-07-09
SPEAKERS HOMERS
CONQUER Mr.. MAYS
One Drive Breaks / to / Tie
Second Makes Victory Ger
tain in Ninth.
COvELEsKIE is STEADY
Yankees Unable to Do Much
of Anything With Miners
Spitballs.
BY w. o. McGEEHAN.

iris Speaker put two home runs
into approximately the same spot In
the right field stands OF the Polo
Grounds yesterday and utterly ruined
the chances Of the Yankees going into
first place for few moments. The
two homers were so nearly alike that
the same customer pocketed both base
balls. In the pitchers duel between
Stanislaus Coveleskie. the Polak soft
coal miner. and Carl Mays, the soft
shell crab. the Indians emerged VIC
torious by the score Of to 1.
The placing Of the home runs by
Speaker seemed almost methodical and
monotonous. Gen. William Weigel
who participated in every war from
the Spanish-American to the last one
was one Of the distinguished visitors
to the pest" box yesterday. Good
shooting" he commented when Speak
er planted the second home run into
the same hands that received the first
I'll say that Speaker seems to have
the range"
Lack Of imagination, contradicted
Private Irwin S. Cobb of the Thirteenth
Kentucky Infantry. "A batter who
puts two home runs into the same
spot in the same game has abs solutely
no imagination at ALL" Nevertheless,
the two home runs won the ball game
The most spectacular fielding stunts
of the season were staged yesterday
afternoon Aviation Expert Aaron
Ward put on the most spectacular of
all. In the fifth inning Gardner drove
liner to that part of the territory
around second where Ward did not
happen to be. 1t looked like a per-
fectly safe hit
Ward twisted and leaped into the
air after it. The leap ended in one of
the most intricate nose dives ever done
by flyer without an aeroplane. The
Yank second baseman rolled over four
or five times, but when ne unwound
his knees from his neck It was seen
that he still held the ball in his hands.
Ex-ExfIes Perform.
The two ex-exiles. Ruth and Meusel.
did their stuff In the sixth inning. Ruth
clattered across the grass with the speed
and grace of n bull hippopotamus with
a business appointment to take fly hy
Wambsganns to left center. 1t sounded
like the biggest troop movement Of the
afternoon. Lank Bob Meusel cracked the
concrete wall in right field with the hack
Of his head az he ran backward and
leaped to get a long drive by Wood.
On the whole. Mays was given some
scintillating support but the Yanles could
not do anything with Coveleskie The
Pole with his toe cap in the dirt Of the
Polo Grounds just naturally kept the
Yankee sluggers. sometimes slangily
called "Murderers' Row." looking pretty
tame and Speaker seemed to know Just
when and where to take a swipe at
Mays.
The Indians got their FIRST run In the
first inning without the formality OF n
hit. Jameson raped one down to Scott.
who made n wild heave and the nrst
Indian was safe Wambsganns had n
piece OF his wish bone Clipped by n
pitched ball. Speaker sent both of the
runners along with a sacrifice. Wood
was thrown out by Scott and during the
process Jameson scored.
The Yanks tied II up In the second
inning Pipp rolled a twIster down
toward second and beat II 10 the bag.
He advanced on a conventional sacrifice
by Ward. Scott singled to center and
Mr.. Pipp dragged his number eIevens
across the dish with great speed all
things considered After that the game
passed into the pitchers duelinR husi-
ness
In the sixth inning the somnolence of
the pitchers duel and the gentle snor-
ing that 1t caused was rudely shattered
by a. gentleman with iron gray hair.
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