New-York tribune., 1922-04-02
7 ankees Defeat
Fort Worth in
Final Inning
American League Cham
pions Score 3 Runs in
Ninth and Win, : TO :.
By w. B. Hanna

FORT WORTH. Tex, April IA
pass to Mitchell, Hofmann's triple. a
Texas Lacquer by Fewster and a single
by Ruth sent three Yankees surging
TO the plate in the ninth inning today,
broke tie and beat the Fort Worth
Texas League champions. the Panthers.
The American League champions were
outbatted, as they usually are this
spring. but batted orportunely and
thrived on home errors. The score
was to 4.
The Yankees began the game with
pop fly hitting into high wind, and
the leather lungeG denizens yelled lus-
tily at nothing in particular. They can
make more empty sounds on this cir
cult than any two others in the game.
Ruth grounded to the second baseman
and made no attempt to run. He mo-
tored over from Dallas while the rest
were taking a plebe interurban and
maybe intended to run bases by motor.
Baker looped the bases in the second
inning on two bagger. Wards sacri-
fee and Johnny Mitchell's bone breaker
off the pitchers shins. Everett. Scott
was taking a day off.
Joe Bush drilled single past
Moore's starboard ear in the third in
ming and moved up on Fewster's sacrf-
fee. He moved again when Holman
fumbled on Mcmillan. Ruth slapped
sharply to Coombs, whose high force
throw to second allowed Bush to tally.
Panthers Score in Third
Hofmann's poor throwing let Pan
ther run seep in in the third The
> Panther people scratched two, but what
did the damage was Hofmann's weak
fling to second to stop a steal and his
wide throw to the same target on an
other steal. He threw to center with
great accuracy, and a Panther gent
hristled in from third on the malfeas-
ance.
As hitiess hitters the Yankees gave s.
skillfui exhibition in the first Ave in
nings. but they managed to get a run
out of each of their two hits. Joe Bush
was going great guns, so it was tight
race. Hardgrove opened the fifth witt,
double, but Bush bore down and the
inning was blank.
Bush wasn't so good in the sixth.
After filing the bases on two singles
and a walk, he tossed up one which
Hargrove cracked for two bases and
three runs
The Yanks started a rally in the
seventh Mitchell walked, Hofmann
popped his customary weak fly and
Skinner singled. Skinner stupdly ran
throw in was designed to trick him
into running and he fell for It. He
killed the rally. although Mitchell
scored when Hardgrove threw high on
Fewster. Fewster stole and was batted
home by Mcmillan. Ruth, whose hit
ting was most emaciated, poked lightly
! to second. SINNERS witless work
| spoiled a bigger inning. In the home
seventh Higgins put in young Corner
Wilson, whose father and mother were
there to see him pitch.
George Moriarty does not think an
umpire needs the training of lot %
spring games to prepare himself for
the season, that is, the physical part
of it. He can attend to that himself
But Moriarty does think enough spring
games to give mental training are :
good thing and they lubricate his mind
and make him alert and able to antici-
pate plays.
Connie Mack in a Texas interview
says his club will finish better than
last and that the Yankees will win
the pennant again, Pitching and hit
ting strength will do it, he says There
isn't much doubt about the pitching
strength, but no great symptom yet o.
latent hitting power.
The Yanks, strong or not, are one
thing. They are the most coiorful
array in the big leagues. they and the
st. Louis Cardinals. Unlike some cham
pion clubs, the Yanks are positive per-
sonalities both in their misdeeds and
their virtues. and there's nothing mega
tive about them.
The score: