The New York herald., 1922-06-05
Sends Ball Out of Park in the
Fifth Inning and Gives
Locals Lead.
ATHLETICS BEATEN, 8 TO 3
Carl Mays Gets Lusty Support
Makes Three Hits
Himself. II
BY W. O. NrcGEEHAN.


Babe Ruth's third home run of the
current season scared out OF the Polo
Grounds in the fifth inning yesterday
and clipped few pieces out of the
distant horizon. The blow was the
most vehement sock of the current
year Not only did 1t send the ball
out of the enclosure but the pellet was
followed closely by Lefty Heimach.
who had been holding the Yanks safe
up TO that time. 1t gave the Yanks
an to victory by way of celebration
on the eve of their departure for
points West.
Up two times before. the Babe showed
signs Of being ready to sock the pill to
distant parts In the first inning he
the enclosure. Then after striking out
with the third he took it with him to
the doughout where he petulantly bit it
In two with one bite. This is by way
Of tip ror the woodchoppers In the ash
forests to get busy. The Babe threatens
In the fourth inning the Babe sent an
infield fly for an altitude record. He
reached such a height that it came down
covered with icicles, so that Pen Young
had an excuse for dropping it. The
frost covered pellet was too slippery to
handle.
Babe Faces Two on.
Mr. McGillicuddys living skeletons who
make up the Athletics were leading by
to in the fifth. when Ruth came up
Tor the third time. There were two men
on bases and the stands were hushed
with expectation. First ball. then a
strike-then the crash came.
Three :" said Col. Tillinghast l. Hon.
medieu Huston, grimly. Like a stout
Nine. Defarge sitting by the guillotine
counting the heads as they rolled into
the basket, and knitting, Col Huston has
been sitting in the pest box counting the
home runs of Ruth 1t. is his favorite
occupation--his great aim in life.
The $1,000 regular customers watched
the little pellet until it melted into the
blue. then expressed their glee in a
roar that echoed against the slopes of
coogan's Bluff. 1t made the getaway
day or the Yanks one of those so-called
gala occasions, for yesterday was the
positively last appearance OF the Babe
and the Yanks at the local lot for a
month.
After that wallop the living skeletons
ratified few times and collapsed. Be
fore the game was over McGillicuddy
had four OF his pitchers on view, per-
maps on the chance that onee of them
would show something that might at
tract an offer. The blow sated Happy
Carl Mays for up to that time Heimach.
who bends mean left hook, seemed
invincible- Cheerful Carlo got the next
f<x he Doh tr1a 60
center. Also he hit two singles.
The Yanks got q run in their half of
the frst- Miller got a base on balls and
went 10 second on a sacrifice by Ward
After Ruth had broken couple of bats
tuning up and then struck out, Baker
singled to center and scored Miller
In the fourth inning Mays accumu-
lated quite a collection of calamity He
passed Perkins. Blng Miller lifted
Texas Lacquer to left. Welsh laid down
a sacrifice. Dykes got himself creased
by a pitched ball which filled the bases
with McGillicuddy's skeletons. Gallo
way slapped one that slipped through
Mays's mitt, then bounded over Aaron
Ward for a single to center and Per-
kins and Miller scored. Dykes scored
on Hemach's out and it looked as
though the Yanks would go West with
skeleton footprints over their faces.
In the Skeletons half OF the same
inning a pass and a couple OF infield
errors nlled the bases for Heimach, but
here the left handler showed his courage.
He struck out Meusel and Pipp. two oc-
casionally troublesome gents, and Scott
was thrown out by Dykes. With that
kind of pitching it looked as though
the Ysnks were stopped at least for the
afternoon.
In the fifth Heimach wiIted under
the drive of the Yanks like the starched
collar OF the vice-president of the Yanks.
wally Schang started with single TO
right Mays was called out on strikes
and said what he thought about the
umpire's vision. 1t sounded like dag
nosis of myopic astigmatisn. Elmer
Miller hit to left. Aaron Ward singled
TO center and Schang scored.
The Babe Mt His Best.
This brought the Babe 10 bat. with
his arms and eyes tuned up from his
previous starts. and the big crash came
That of course meant three more runs
and the game for the Yanks. The
cheering had not yet subsidized when
Heimach reached the closet where Mr.
McGillicuddy keeps the skeletons. and
Harris took up the job that he laid
down
In the seventh inning Mays started
with a single. Lefty Helma IA being
in the showers. Whitley witt went IN
TO bat for Miller and got himself
base on balls. ward forced Mays
This time the Babe got his base on
balls. which filled the bags. Baker shot
one at Young. who juggled I and witt
scored Meusel lifted high one to
center and Ward scored.
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