The New York herald., 1922-07-24
Yanks' Swan Song Is III
Victory Over the Red S0x
Pratt, Collins and Scott Get
: Homers in Seesaw Base
ball Game.


frie.>ds the Yankees yesterday after
noon ,~re off the Red Sox by a score
of IL to Z. Twenty thousand OF the
faithful. undismayed by the somewhat
evil days into which their champions
have fallen. not to mention the slump
Of Babe Ruth that has gripped them.
had grand opportunity to rave as
their idols swept from behind to a
rather handily turned and easy vic
tory. 1t was the last appearance of
the Yankees until they have COM
pleted their second swing against the
four strong clubs Of the Western Sec
ton.
The Yankees won by that good old
fashioned formula of hitting em where
they amt" The team got back again
to normalcy In the swatting line. In
vain the redoubtable hugh Duffy
tossed in pitcher after pitcher to stem
the avalanche of base knocks. No less
than four right handed fingers were
clubbed to all corners of the lot. The
Yankees amassed fifteen hits for a total
Of nineteen bases Every one. save
pitchers Bush and Jones, pinch hitter
Skinner and the two heavy Siege guns.
Meusei and Ruth--who didn't hit safely
at all---hit safely twice or more.
Camp Skinner, the scamp, had that
rare opportunity of "pinching" twice in
the same inning. He made his appear
ance for Bullet Joe Bush In that sixth
inning, which was fraught with the
heaviest clubbing OF the day. period
that enabled the Yankees to put the ar
gument beyond the fondest hope Of the
Red Sox through amassing their last
seven tallies Scott and McNally also
batted twice in this round Nd less than
dozen men went to bat.
Sleeping Lion Is Aroused.
Till that landslide in the sixth the
game was interesting enough, though
'bushy" In spots. Just what happened
to stir the sleeping lion will ever remain
a mystery. Maybe one of the boys on
tho way for an ice cream cone in Harry
Stevens's pantry discovered Terrible TIL
| mesmerizing 'Ansome AIRY Frazee.
Along iabout the half way mark of the
battle vague whisperings circled round
that a setting hen was on between the
New York and Boston clubs. III our
hearties broke loose with such fury TO
forestall transfer to Boston the Dat
tlings Colonels could do nothing better
than sign Harry Frazee to skulk about
after the Yankees.
This game was one calculated to sat
isfy the cravings Of the most fastidious.
Every element of known play entered
into the drama. Home runs? Why.
sure, and a-plenty. No less than three
of them, and each put different COM
plexion to the argument
Bullet Joe Bush was the lad most an
moved by the four base cracks. Until
the Big tank got to rumbling along in
| that sixth inning 1t seemed as II swats
! into the stand might be the undoing OF
Joe. 1p the third inning Del Pratt drove
| into the lower right tier. scoring Burns
! ahead OF him and giving the Sox three
counters for the inning. These three
| put Boston -head, 4 to 2. In the fifth
| New York equalfzed but In their half
| of the sixth the visitors Jumped out to a
| two run lead for the second time on
| Collinss drive into the left field bleach
| ers while Pratt was percifed on the mid
| way.
Even Scott Gets n Homer.
The Yankees themselves used home
run to momentary advantage--a bone
| run that was somewhat unexpected, as
It was delivered by Scott, who has little
| reputation aS lOHB QistdlCe sWdtISi.
| Unfortunately, mono was on base. Scotty
was the first batter Of the inning.
| The Yankees pried q run off Alex
| Ferguson In the first inning as the re-
| suit of a hit and two errors. SCOTS
| tumble on Dugan. the first batter, ef-
fected an equal exchange. as Joe scored
later while a double play was being
| turned.
The Sox drew off to a fine lead by
scoring thrice In the third. Smith dou-
bled with one down and took third on
Riith's bad throw. Harries filed to
| Witt, but f3urns's sharp grounder
scooted through Scott's legs. Ordinarily
| this would have been an easy third out.
Burns stole second, aided by Schang's
low throw Here Pratt lined one into
| the stands.
Nothing was doing in New York's hd1f
| largely because OF a couple of circus
catches on the part of Shane Collins. He
went back almost to the fence for Meu-
sells tall fly following single by Pipp
that started the round. But moment
later Collins made the fans forget this
clutch by one of the most sensational
catches seen all year that took an extra
base hit off Ruth. The Babe met one
fairly on the nose. The ball shot out
low, like white streak. 1t would have
4 hit the center field fence on a line had
Collins not raced back. leaped high and
broke down the drive with his glove. He
cutched the ball tightly before IL could
drop to the grass.
Little was doing until the second half
OF the fifth, when the Yankees knotted
the count. Witt beat a bounder TO
| O'Rourke and got an extra base on the
latter's wild throw. Pipp scratched a
| hit off Ferguson's glove. Meusel hit
to Pratt and into double play. but
| Witt scored meanwhile. Ruth walked
| and sprinted to third on Schang's single
| to deep center. The Babe sneaked on
| In home when Pratt manhandled the
throw In.
Collins's home run drive into the left
field beachers put the Sox to the good.
but only momentarily. The avalanche
was in the offing. Scott and McNally
singled. Skinner batted for Bush and
cracked liner to right which ordinarily
would have been good for extra bases.
But Elmer Smith lehped high against
the wall for wonderful catch. Scott
took third on the play. witt walked,
filling the bases and Allen Russell. the
former spitball pitcher OF the Yankees
relieved Ferguson. Pipp singled to cen.
Ter, scoring Scott and McNally Wit
tailed on Meusei's long ny 10 center.
Schang's single to center brought "
Pipp and put Ruth on third. Here Bill
Piercy, another cx-Yank, rushed to the
rescue OF Russell. Ward singled to lef
scoring Ruth ana SchAng. Scott. up To-