The New York herald., 1922-07-04

Philadelphia GunmanDoeS
a Faux Pas in Shibe Park
Ruth Scores Thirteenth Home Rum Yanks Beat Ath-
letics IL to l, and Automatic Explodes in
Connie Macks Dugout.

Special Dispatch TO THE New YORK HERALD.
PHILADELPHIA, July 3.-The ball game
in which Ruth scored his thirteenth
home run was enlivened to-days by a
pistol shot which punctuated the humid
air in the Athletics dugout in the fourth
inning. Instantly Mr.. McGillicuddy's
Living Skeletons started TO rattle unan-
imously to escape from the firing line.
Owing to their system Of dieting most
of them were able to crawl through
cracks and knotholes to points of safety.
Mr.. McGil,icuddy himself was impeded
in his attempted escape through mar
row interstice by his feet. which are
broader than his frame.
The excitement was caused when one
of the most popular of the local gunmen
inadvertently dropped his automatic out
Of the upper tier Of the grand stand. II
fell into the dugout and was discharged.
Fortunately It fell irto the home teams S
dugout and missed all of the players.
An automatic would have to be aimed
by an expert to hit any Of them.
The gunman was told by a local
policeman to be more careful IN future
1t is believed that the Philadelphia
Gunmen's Association will suspend him
for ten days for bringing undue notoriety
to the profession.
In the meantime Bob Meusel went on
batting spree and the remainder OF the
Yanks also went more or less mad with
the humidity. They pounded the Living
Skeletons to the tune of II to l. Seven
Of these runs were driven in by Meusel.
who hit two pitchers for single. a
double, triple and a home run.
Cat Wits.
Seventeen hits. for a total of twenty
nina bases ratified off the Yankees
bats. Two right Nhanders, Jimmy Sulli-
van. from Moline, Ill. and Charley
Eckert. local product. were wrecked
In turn, and Lefty Heinach. who
pitched the closing inning for the
Macks. probably would have shared the
sams unhappy fate if the occasion had
required him to work more than one
frame.
Meusel made his single in the first.
his triple in the fifth and his homer
in the seventh, Immediately after Babe
Ruth had delivered his thirteenth grand
tour wallop OF the season. This was
the Babes fifth home run in four con
secutive games and was made off
Charley Eckert after three futile at
tempts to make any sort of hit off
Sullivan.
Everett Scott. who made only one
home run last SEASON, made his second
circuit swat of the current campaign
at the start Of the eighth inning. and
First Baseman Joe Hauser accounted for
the only run received by the Mack.
when he smacksd homer into the left
field bleachers after two were out in
the Athletics half of the same inning.
Blond Carl Mays. who hadn't started
since he was batted out of the box In
the second game of the series at Bos-
ton, went the route to-day. and let tbs
Mackmen down with six hits, scattered
over five innings The only round in
which the locals made as many as two
hits was the eighth. in which Haussr S
homer was followed by single off
lilly Walkers bat.
A freak play by First Baseman Hans
er and Shortstop Galloway held the
Yanks to one run in the first inning
Witt opened fire on Sullivan with a
single to right and advanced on Nc
Nally's sacrifice. After two balls and
one strike had been called on him Ruth
clicked off towering infeld fly, which
popped out of Hausers glove as though