The New York herald., 1922-08-23
UHLE YIELDS ONLY
COUPLE OF SINGLES
Both Come in First and One
Of Them Is a Tainted
Safety.
JOE BUSH KNOCKED OUT
Winning Streak Is Snapped at
Nine-Gardner's Batting
a Feature.
JOE BUSH KNOCKED OUT
by DANIEL.


on the Cleveland club. but "A success
in spite of that social error. yesterday
afternoon dealt our Yankees a stag
gering wallop amidships. The illus
trious graduate of the Forest City
sand lots, who was acquired by his
club at the amazing cost Of a lone car
fare. right handed our favorites into
rogginess-shackled them with only
two singles, one of which bore q bar
sinister.
Nary hit did the brilliant Uhle
allow after the opening inning and he
pitched Iris Speakers outfit to 6 to
victory. This development at the
Polo Grounds, combined with the sue
cess of the Browns at Boston. left the
New Yorks still leading. but by the
slender margin of half a game.
Underneath the details Of Uhle's daz-
zling triumph Is a story of taut heart
strings of anguish, despair. a wild call
for assistance which came not. ana
failure, 1t is throbbing yarn of
managers bulations-tribulations hid
under smile. Our big scene starts In
the sixth inning. Let's have flash
back.
iodDs NUN JuSt bcSh ShbSN VoN
on strikes without throwing even mean
look at George Moriarty.' George is
right and the Babe knows H. our
Yankees are having about as much fun
with those i'll hammered Indians as Capt.
John Smith had on his week end visit
with the folks Of Pocahontas. Bullet
Joe Bush has been tomahawed out OF
the scenario after winning nine straight
twenty altogether. George Murray Is
-. lane nh
twelves. Gloom hangs over the stadium
like a soft coal pail over Pittsburgh.
They Page Houdini.
Suddenly the silver tongued Jack Lenz.
the absolutely official announcer. clar-
ions through the fog of discontent-"Is
Houdni in the park?' Silence : Houdini
is not in the park.
rs there any other gentleman who is
familiar with picking the lock of police
bracelets?" booms the stentorian LenZ
AS a matter OF fact there are a few
capable of obiging but their enthusiasm
for the cause is discounted by their ex-
treme modesty. Besides. they don't want
to let certain plain clothes boys know
they're out. There is more silence. The
Yankees are doomed-and the crowd
wonders!
Expert ferreting for the reason behind
IcnzS yodels develops the ailegatloh
that Miller Huggins. in sheer despera-
tlon, had sent out that S Q $. This
bird Uhe has put the boys in handcufs
and has chukked the key into the Har-
lem" Huggins had walled to Ed Bar
row. "Get Houdini. Ed think saw
linn out there. Get anybody-get flock
OF safe NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. succor.
help-or we perish" Higgins tore his
thin locks. still in that same sheer des-
peration. Out went Lenz-but help never
came. Hearts and Flowers" professor.
Those handsuffs still were on the
Yankees when they lockstepped back
into their clubhouse after an afternoon
of gnashing teeth which destroyed at
least Il dozen native ncisors and molars.
Jumping ole Dugan showed the only
real souvenir of the afternoon---a soHd
single to left i'll the first frame.
Joe also showed a run. He went TO
second on a wild pitch. to third while
Roth was being retired by Mclnnis and
home when Wallie Pipp got that second
single made off Uhle--a tainted hit.
Pipp's bounder went straight for Joey
Sewell. When the shortstop put out his
clutches the leather bounded over his
head into the hands of Wamby. who
had darted behind Joey. II went for a
hit-not remarkable at the time. but a
pora ble feature at the finish.