The New York herald., 1922-06-08
RUTH AND MEUSEL
ACTIVE WITH BATS
Trailing White Sox Give
Yanks a Battle, but
Lose, 8 to T..

Special Dispatch TO THE NEW YORK HERALD
CHICAGO, June 7.--Gleason's scrap
ping White Sox outbatted the Yankees
again this afternoon. but the champions
punched their blows with telling affect
and defeated the stock yards team,
9 to Z.
Twenty-four hits. for a total Of thirty
five bases. ratified off the bats Of the
battling clubs. and thirteen of them. in
cluding homer and four two baggers.
were registered by the troublesome tail
enders.
Bullet Joe Bush went the route for
the Yanks, but Manager Kid Gleason of
Chicago pressed three Fingers into SER
vice. Ferdinand Stubblefield Schupp,
one time idol OF the Polo Grounds fans.
started for the Sox and let the Yankees
down with four hits and three runs in
the first six innings. He was horribly
Wild at times. but with the exception OF
the opening round was brilliantly effec-
tive with runners on the bases.
In the seventh, however, the Yankees
filled the bases on an infield hit and
two passes and Ferdie was called to the
bench. Richard McCabe, a young right
handler. then assumed the pitching bur-
den but he was driven to cover in the
eighth and Hodge finished. Despite the
rine passes that were charged to his
account, Schupp was by all odds the
most effective of the three Chicago
Fingers and might have won his game
If he had been permitted to continue.
Ruth and Meusel Active.
The Yankees made eleven hits for a
total of fifteen bases and four of them,
two doubles and two singles. were
evenly divided between Babe Ruth and
Bobbie Meusel. each OF whom also drew
two passes. Ruth scored one run and
batted in two, while Meusel carried one
across the plate and drove in three.
The Yankees started briskly. pass
and three successive doubles producing
three runs in the opening round. Ruth
missed homer by inches on blast
which cleared the wall behind the right
Held bleachers. In the following round
the home guard Cancelled most of the
Yankee lead and had the tying run on
second before they were abated.
The Sox were fortunate in the fourth.
After catching Schalk's fly. Ruth mis-
| judged a long drive by Sheely and II
sailed over his head for double. A
moment later Mulligan also hit to LETT
and the Babe let the ball trickle
through him after long run had en-
abled him to get both hands on 1t. Null
ligan reaching second and Sheely pull
ing up at third. They scored on john
sons double.
The White Sox broke through again
in the sixth and added one run to their
lead. Schalk walked and went to third
on Mulligan's infield hit. He scored
when Schupp hit a single.
In the following round, the seventh
the Yanks launched another big often
sive and rushed to the front Miller
beat out a hit and Schupp passed Ward
and Ruth Manager Gleason ther
waived Schupp off the hill. and Dick
MoCabe, recently purchased from the
Buffalo club. assumed the pitching
burden.
McCabe Is Hit Hard.
Baker grounded out to Johnson. Mil
ler scoring on the play. and Meuse
brought two runs across with single
to center. Pipp passed out on Iona
| fly to Mostil. but Scott doubled to left
and when Falk let the ball trickle
through him Meusel sprinted home with
the fourth run of the inning.
With one out in the eighth the Yam
KEGS started after McCabe and drove
him to cover. Whitley Witt batted for
Miller and lined single to center. ad-
vancing to third on Wards single to
left. Ward took second on the throw
to head off Witt, and with runners or
second and third McCabe gave way tc
Hodge.
Ruth hit the first ball pitched by
Hodge to center for a single that scored
two runs. In the second half Falk
got hold of a fast one and smashed
it into the right field bleachers for
his seventh home run Of the season
Singles by johnson and Strunk and two
successive infield outs gave the Soz
another run in the ninth.
The score: