New-York tribune., 1922-10-07

d out babe" Ruth against whom to
event its spleen.
A fine object lesson was furnished
Mr.. Ruth, if he has the sense to ap-
preciate the change of heart which
seems to have affected the fan. He was
roundly Kissed for having selected
little Hcinie Groh as the object Of a
display of unnecessary roughness. In
the fourth inning Ruth was on first
with two OUT. Frisch tumble a hard
drive from the bat of Bob Meusel. The
Babe kept on for third base in spite Of
the fact that the Fordham Flash made
! n rather quick recovery on the bobble
Ruth had no possible chance to beat
the play, and Frisch's throw had the
ball in Groh's hands before Ruth got
within fifteen or twenty feet of the
midget third sacker.
1t is true that Ruth, as base runner,
had the right to the lines. But il is
equally true that Ruth deliberately
bumped Groh with such force as 70
natten him. Ruth's charge" seemed
deliberate unsportsmanship There
was no possibility for him TO benefit.
Babe Is Soundly "Razzed"
As 4 result. Babe Ruth was submit
ted to the humiliation of a general
"razzing' the rest of the afternoon.
Each time as he strutted out to his
position or pedalled the reverse way to,
ward the bench he was Kissed and
booed pretty freely 1t is true that
some of the partisans handed him n
nandclap, but the goodwill generally
was drowned by the voice and invectiye
OF general disapproval. And on the
Two occasions when he came 20 bat
afterward-pa particularly as he did moth
ing 10 vindicate his reputation-he was
soundly "razzed"
All of which should make Mr.. Ruth
realize the fckleness OF so-called pub
lie esteem and popularity. A year
ago the then king Of home-run hitters
was llonlzed at every appearance while
ne continued in the series, for it was
known he was struggling under the
great hanolcap Of badly infected arm.
Yesterday tho thumbs were turned
down in a manner to show what is in
store for the battering Bambino once he
starts on the down grade after having
passed the crest.
In passing, however. it may be mem
toned that Ruth evidently considered
he had provocation for humping off
midget rival. At the time Of the
humping Groh and Ruth made hostile
demonstrations, but were split by the
third base umpire In the next inning
Ruth. as he passed Groh on the way
to the bench renewed the argument
and did an impromptu fancy high kick
as il TO illustrate e point he was evil
IDENTIFY making as to the fact that
teine in the first game had inten-
tionally ridden high" into Aaron
Ward when he attempted to steal sec
ond
There probably never was greater
number of disappointed baseball fans
than attempted to storm Brush
Stadium in the shadows of Coogan's
Bluff yesterday afternoon. 1t goes
without saying, of course, that the
crowd was UP to capacity or so much
of it as the police and fire departments
would admit. An hour before the time
of play the police cordons had cut
off from all entrance below 155th
Street everyone but the holders OF box
or reserved seat tickets At that time
the upper grand stand and bleacher
spaces were entirely filled with many
staEdees in the back reaches and no
few of the favored in the aislcs.
A Fitting Testimonial.
No more fitting testimonial to the
popularity of the sport could be imag
ined, and this despite the fact that the
crowd on quitting the field the day
previously had gone away in bad tem-
per vowng it was through with this
| form of professional sport forever. I'm
! doubtedly the wise counsel of Commits
! soner Lands and the owners of the
| Giants and Yankees in giving the re-
ceipts of the tie game Of Thursday 10
| charity saved the face OF sport which
might have been injured unwittingly.
In the cool reason Of the day after
! few could be found who would not ad
NIT that there was every justifcationj
! for the calling of the game Thursday
afternoon at the end of the tenth in,
ming. Dusk was falling. It might have
been possible to play a couple more
| innings provided the contest moved
with the speed that had been shown Up
to that time. But long half inning
for the Giants. and especially one in
| which they would have scored, would
have Brought the Yankees to bat in
practical darkness; certainly there was;
every reason to fear discrimination
against the American Leaguers had
the contest been prolonged.
However that may be, the fact that
the club owners and the commissioner
so promptly and plainly brought forth
the point that organized baseball did
not intend to profit by chance of err
ror of Judgment on the part of an uni
pire satisfied every spectator of the
result was such an assault against the
baseball field as had never before been
| witnessed. 1t is safe to say that half
as many as watched the battle wers
turned back from the approaches.
Even the most ardent admirers OF
the American League admitted WITH
little reluctance after yesterdays game
that the cause of the junior major TO
| win the premier honors of baseball
was little but 6 sad-eyed hope at best.
Usually the team that wins the first
game annexes the blue ribbon classic.
| There have been only two exceptions
| since 1908, when the Red Sox had to
come from behind with three straight
victories TO snatch the iaurels from the
men finally beat out the Yankees after
dropping the first two to the Hugmen.
/ The Yankees to-day stand just where
the Giants stood after the first two
games of the 1921 classic, for, of course,
there was no tie game last year. The
American League supporters are hop
ing that history may repeat itself and
that, after all, supposedly Superior
pitching must triumph for the Ruppert-
Huston forces. They figure the YAM
kees have been in siump-a bad hit
ting slump-eyer since they returns3
out of the West, and that the ssam
must eventually come back 20 some-
thing like its normal hitting form.
: Colonel Bill Fleischman, the rabid
Yankee rooter, wandered around the
!, field after the game moaning "ohs
} Death, where is thy sting 7"