The New York herald., 1922-04-11
George Murray Keeps Hits
Scattered as Huggins's
Band Wins, z to 0.
RUTH STARTS SUSPENSION
Babe Gets One Lone Single on
Farewell Appearance Till
May 90.
BY w. o. McGEEHAN.

s The guerrilla baseball war between
the Yanks and the Dodgers ended
peacefully at Ebbets Field yesterday
rook from George Stallings's Roches-
Ter farm, shut out the Brooklyn team
by the score of to 0. Babe Ruth in
his farewell appearance until May 20
did not even get single. The left
handed penitent seems to have started
brooding over his sorrows already.
He will leave with the rest Of the
Yanks for Washington to-day. but
when the Yanks are opening the sea-
son with the Senator'S the Babe will
be leaning moodily against Washing
ton Monument listening to noises
from the ball park.
Wilbert Robinson pulled stunt yes
-terday that would incline many to Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle's theory that there
sale spooks walking abroad. Uncle Will
ebert rolled back tombstone and said.
"Giddap. Napoleon"
Just as he uttered these mysterious
words out stepped Napoleon Rucker
thirty years. The wrath of other days
stepped into the pitchers box and be-
gan to 'heave his justly celebrated slow
ball at the Yanks from the port side.
2Eor three innings this left handed spook
beld the Yanks to one lone hit. while
the faithful OF F1atbush cfleered the
old gentleman vociferously.
eje ..Nap' Returns to Life.
After the third inning wilbert Robin-
son lifted his hand and said, whoa,
Napoleon" At these mystic words the
..spook in the pitchers box dropped his
sglove and walked toward the dugout.
There was rumbling sound as the
grand old left handler crawled back
into his tomb and pulled the stone in
after him. 1t was an error of judg
tntent to recall the spook for after he
left the Dodgers started to get pas-
tering. There is life in that old left
handed souper yet.
While the Babe got nothing remotely
resembling q home run. two others
among the Yanks did oblige. Elmer
Miller. working in the leadoff position.
bounced one over the low lying left
field wall. J. Franklin Baker lifted
one over the right field fence. All this
time Babe Ruth, who starts on his
period of exile to-day, stalked moodily
about the place brooding over the cruel
and unusual punishment that is about
TO, come his way. His fellow culprit
Meusel, tossing on his hospital cot is
much more cheerful than the Babe.
Immediately after the menacing ghos.
of Nap Rucker vanished behind the
huge dark shadows cast by wilbert Rob-
inson the Yanks started to get nusy
routing the Flatbush Fusiliers. In the
fourth inning. when Gordonier replaced
the spook. Baker bounced q hit past
second and stole. Wallie Pipp, the
human lath. drove a single to left and
scored Baker. The Lath made third
while the ball was being relayed back
to the infeld. Aaron Ward brought
Pipp home with single.
In the seventh inning Hoffman got
4 base on balls. Mcmillan sent him to
second with a sacrifice. Then and there
Elmer Miller lifted one to deep left 1t
struck the grass and bounded lightly
Into the bleachers. Unless lumber gets
to such reasonable figure that Squire
Ebbets can afford to buy some many
a home run will go into the same place
THE same way this summer. At that,
why spend money to stop home runs
when the multitudes like them?
Baker Drives over Fence.
The Yankees added three more runs
in the ninth by way of unnecessary bru-
tality. Miller got a base on balls and
was driven home by a two bagger con-
cocted by Mcmillan. Then came ].
Franklin Baker. the venerable agricul-
turist of Trappe, Md. and hoisted the
ball into some building operations adj
1acent to Mr. Ebbets' thriving baseball
orchard.
The Dodgers. who were tearing the
fur out OF the Yanks at the start OF
the season. looked harmless enough yes
terday George Murray had them eat
ing out of his hands. and they only
looked animated In spots
The Yankees are taking Babe Ruth
along with them to Washington to-day,
mt this will mean nothing at all. Ac-
cording to the decree issued by Judge
Lands the home run king may not even
share in the practice before the game.
.Ha is just one extra knife at the table
and one extra flop In the hotel He Is
hull and void as 1t were
&F on to Washington.
N while the Yanks go South to meet
Me Senators, the Dodgers will remain
An their own ball park to-day and get
xeady for the opening game at the Polo
k,tounds with the Giants. Wilbert Rob-
3nson is in fine fettle for the fray He
frained hard this spring and lost half
u pound over the weight with which he
&tarted last years season. However. his
friends are not moved TO believe that
ne is going into a decline.
N ICol. T.. L. Huston. vice-president OF
HE yanks. left for Washington TO work
tcnt in the washington Park for the
.bbening. Col. Jacob Rupert will leave
Ho-day. Col. Charles Ebbets thought
fully bought new rubber band for his
wallet in preparation for the trip to the
Poio Grounds tomorrow. The score:
Al YANKEES. BRocKLYN
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tIf1iercf 222 . o 0ol Olson 400 40
sQxeM,n.rf 5te / OOi High SIS. 900 2 20
.rsufh lf 500 2 OolJohn' .3b. 402 80
Haker,Jb b2 ~ q - Ol Neis,f.... 800 U1
plpn IN nTn12 4 nj Myers f01 90