The New York herald., 1922-04-02
YANKEES EXTENDED
BY TEXAS LEAGUERS
Score Tie Until Ninth, When
Majors Rally Brings
Victory.
ny DANIEL.

Fort WORTH, Tex, April Fort
Worth's champions of the Texas
League forced the Yankees to step
about bit this afternoon, and, in
cidentally, made it All Fools Day with
q vengeance for those who had come
out in the hope of seeing Babe Ruth
soak one over q. fence. 1t was not
can League pennant winners were able
to drive home a verdict in their favor,
by to 4. The three run rally was fea-
tured by a triple by Hofmann.
Ruth, making his first appearance in
this city. was confronted by a new
proposition in his 1922 training tour.
He found himself UP against hostile
body Of fans, and an umpire who
seemed TO be determined to handicap
the big fellow in every which way.
Heretofore, batting against Brooklyn
pitchers, the Babe had encountered a
lot of baseball enthusiasts who cared
not who won but wanted to see that
famous home run bat in action.
successive futile attempts to hit and
failed to drive the leather out of the
infieId. some four thousand fans shouted
themselves hoarse and rent the Texas
ambient with cheers for the home hurl
ing heroes. first y-ilce Moore and then
wacsltel. a spitbaner. Ruth finally
landed in the hit column with a terrific
liner to right for a base in his fifth at
tempt, in the thick Of that ninth inning
rally.
Hofmann's Triple Helps.
Mitchell opened the final round with
walk and then ceme Hofmann with his
wallop to right for three bases. CORNER
Wilson. the nineteen-year-old left handler
who had taken the place OF Joe Bush In
the seventh. famed. Chick Fewster, who
lad been having trouble with George
Miller. the Texas League umpire. all
afternoon, continued his debate right
eously and then spanked a hit to center
which scored Hofmann. Ruth drilled
his shot to right after Mcmillan had
grounded to second and the Yankees got
another tally. In their half the Panthers
came back with two hits with two gone.
but could do nothing in the way of a
score.
The Yankees were not there with ex-
actly their best lineup, and Bush was
rot In there with his best line OF wares.
Bullet Joe showed that he still has quite
a way to go before he can be depended
On. This became evident to a marked
degree in the sixth. In which the
Tanthers drove In three runs with four
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There was some solid socking off
Bush in that frame. a frantic one for
the home fans. who think they have
club which can go with the best Of them.
Fort Worth won two Texas League PEN
nants in 1921. and then beat Memphis,
Southern League champions. for the
Dixie title. Not so many days ago the
Panthers won three out OF five from the
Cincinnati club, and now the whole town
is steamed UP.
Pat Hardgrove was the shining hero
In that sixth inning blast. After Sears
and Stellbauer had hit safely and Hof-
mann had walked, Harigrove lined a
double to right center and sLnt in three
runs. A hit by Tavener. a steal. hit
by Coombs and a wild throw to second
by Hofmann gave the Panthers a run
in the third.
Mcmillan Ties Score.
Frank Baker started the Yankees to-
ward their first tally with a double to
center in the second. Pipp walked and
Ward sacrificed. Baker scored while
Moore. the pitcher. was throwing out
Mitchell A hit by Bush. sacrifice
by Fewster. fn error and an infteid
out by Ruth gave the New Yorks an
other In the third. Two runs came
I'm the seventh and tied the score.
pass to Mitchell. single by skinner.
batting for Bush, Hardgroye's error on
F'ewster. Chicks steal and McMillans
single accounted for the pair or runs.
Miller Huggins gave Elmer Miller
a little vacation and did some expert
menting with Fewster In center fieid.
while Mcmillan patroled right ana thc
Babe did his duty in left. Huggins also
nut Scott on the bench and gave Mitch
ell A chance TO show what he could DO.
Johnny the Pepperpot did not hit, put
got O. couple of passes. His work IN
the field was acceptable.
The locals were minus the services OF
Clarence Kraft. their home run nero.
who will be remembered as the BIRD
who started a strike in the Nauonai
League few years back Clarence IS
m with influenza. Jake Atz. once WIN
,be White Sox is manager OF the home
,yonders but was not on the lines
to-day. lie is Ill with pneumonia. Ihe
score:
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