The New York herald., 1922-05-08
JONES MAKES LIFE
EASY FOR YANKEES
Allows Senators Few Liberties
With Ball and Wins,
8 to 1.

Special Dispatch to THE New York HERALD
WASHINGTON, d. c.. May 7.-"Bumpu
Sam" Jones. the saturnine Ohio school
master. let the Senators down with two
hits while pitching the Yankees to al
to / decision over the Capital City
club this afternoon, and just failed t.
duplicate the perfect game" which
Charley Robertson of the Chicago White
Sox pitched against the Detroit Tigers
last week.
In the first seven innings not a Sena
torial batsman reached first base. In
ming after inning rolled into the record:
and the locals passed out in the order
of their appearance.
So complete was Jones's mastery tha
practically every chance offered thu
Yankee fielders in the first six frame:
was an easy one, requiring no especia
skill to handle.
At the start of the seventh Donit
Bush made the first really threatening
gesture against the Yankee finger. wher
he bunted down the first base line. Fol
a moment 1t looked as though he would
beat any play that could be made on the
ball, but Jones was on it like a cat, and
without Strengthening up flipped throw
to Pipp which won a close decision over
the sprinting former Tiger.
Pulled Out of Hole.
Stanley Harris was the next batter
and he banged a liner into left which
looked like an extra base hit until
Elmer Miller, racing across the turf with
his back to the diamond. reached over
head with his gloved hand and caught
the ball for the most sensational play
OF the game. Rice then flied to Fewster
ending that inning.
At the start of the next round, the
eighth. Jones grooved one for Joe Judge
and the Washington first baseman
busted it to the right field wall for a
triple. which blossomed into the Sena-
tors only run when Fewster .muffed
Brewers easy fly.
Harris beat out an infield hit to Scott
in the ninth for Washington's second hio.
After fruitless opening round. in
which both sides went out in order, the
Yankees suddenly found the range and
pounded Phillips for five hits and four
runs while batting all the way around.
Elmer Miller was the first man up in
the second and lined a single to center.
Pipp grounded to Judge for an easy out
at first. but Ward singled past Harris
and Miller sprinted home with the first
run.
Yanks Bat Around.
Scott beat out n hit which handcuffed
DOME Bush, and after Devormer had
flied to Harris for the second out Jones
pumped a single to left. Ward came In
on the hit and when Smith fumbled the
ball Scott also scored. Jones going to
second. Witt then singled over second,
scoring Jones. and took an extra base
on Rice's futile throw to the plate.
Fewster walked, but Harris backed
fly and engineered a catch which pre-
vented further scoring in this round
In the third, however. the Yankees re-
newed their drive on Phillips and ham,
mered him off the hill. In this round.
as In the previous inning. Miller was the
Yankee lead-on man and again he came
through with q single.
Pipp flied to Brewer, but Ward sent
Miller to third with single 20 center,
and Scott brought him home with an
other to the same place. Phillips then
went away from there and Jehosaphat
Besselievre Brillheart. a II year old
southpaw, succeeded him on the mound
Devormer. the first man up against the
young left handler, perished on fly to
Smith. but Jones was hit in the arm
with pitched ball. filling the bases,
and Brillheart forced In a run by pass
ing Witt. Fewster's fly to Brewer ended
the inning.