The New York herald., 1922-05-01


Grounds. He spattered home run
OF the right field grand stand and "
eighth by to l score. The mora
: kick man downstairs unless il is a
This .vengeful swipe broke up nice
pitcEing duel between Bob the Cob
Shawkey and Herb Pennock. who
deals them 10 the left. Robert the
Colbert in his flame colored flannel
shirt was working with his normal
grace and speed until the clout came
Pratt posing as Nemesis with a regu
lation bat ruined a nice game and a
pleasant afternoon for him.
In the vicinity of the Yankee dugout,
where the shrieks of the temperamental
inmates resounded on the previous day.
nothing was heard yesterday but the
soft cooling of the dove of peace. Waite
doyt, the boy wonder. and Miller Hug
gins, the inscrutable strategist of the
ianks, who were screaming a homicidal
duet Saturday viewed the game with
their arms around each others necks.
Like a Squirrel Cage.
However, the plans for padding the
Yankee dugout to break the falls of VIC
Tins TO temperament and temper are be-
ing rushed, and the order for ambulances
to stand by has not been rescinoed 1t
is said that the dugout still resembles
squirrel cage more nearly than even
the pest box where the restless statis-
: tician Is forever climbing up the wires
and swinging fitfully to and fro by his
tall
No details of Saturdays carnage were
to be had from the inmates of the dug
out. Nothing to it," said Hoyt as he
coiled his arm more tightly around the
neck of the manager Nothing to it,"
said Miller Higgins as he kept the
strangle hold on Hoyt. Whether the
athletes were clinching to protect them
selves or through fraternal affection, l.
was hard to say
Col. Rupert. president of the Yanks.
dismissed the incident with the sagacious
observation ut just shows that the boys
are interested in their work" Which Is
true. The spirit of the Kilkenny cats
who clawed one another until not even
a tuft of fur remained is the spirit that
wins baseball games
Col. Ruppert's suffering at seeing the
ianks toss the pastime was somewhat
tempered by the showing OF Home Run
Baker, who got himself double and a
triple during the game besides fielding
the third rail with some of the precision
before the Athletics became the Apa-
thetics. The agriculturist of Trappe,
Nd, seems to have concentrated his ef-
forts on the national game and there are
a couple OF seasons work In the old boss
Yet.
Witt Is Unable to Play.
Whitey Witt. the agile Albino. was out
of the game yesterday. Witt collided
with concrete wall yesterday while
mailing a wide foul and Whitley got the
wcrst of il. The stubborn wall refused
hpo get out Of his way.
The Yanks got their run in the second
innna when Aaron Ward shot two
hagger along the left field line. caroming
the pill against the fence. Herb PEN
mock uncorked wild pitch and put him
on third. Scott hoisted fly to center
and the run was in.
With the sort of pitching that was be-
ing dished it looked as though that lone
run would be enough to win. the ball
game. Shawkey once or twice found
himself in the hole, but extricated him
self with his accustomed ease and grace
The detonation came in the eighth in
ming, after most of the 10000 customers
were convinced that the Yanks had the
thing signed, sealed and delivered. Memo
Liebold. runt refugee from the White
Sox, led with single. Foster sacrificed
and sent him to second.
Pratt Hit In Anger.
This brought up DerrfH Pratt. stnI
brooding over the cruel wrong the
Colonels had done him by leaving him
on Harry Frazee's doorstep. ringing the !
bel and running away. TO be traded to
Harry Frazec seems to drive baseball |
players to desperation. Pratt swung
with the bitterness of an ex-Yank. The
bail went up against the facade OF the |
upper tier and the ball game went with
Il.
Pratt trotted around the bases NUT
tering vengefully: You would trade me
to Harry Frazee, would your
In the sixth inning it looked for a
while as though the visitors might break
through earlier. A double play. in
which wally Schang gave an impersona-
tion OF the Rock Of the Marne, stopped
the drive.
The vengeful Mr.. Pratt started the
charge with a two bagger TO the left
field barriers. Smith got base on balls
and Robert the Colbert Shawkey began
60 look annoyed. Joe Dugan shot one
NJ Shawkey. who stopped n swift one
and threw to third, catching Pratt.
Harris shot one at Ward, Vho threw
10 Scott and nailed Dugan. Scott then
made the heave to Pipp TO try and
double Harris. but was too late, In the
meantime Elmer Smith was tearing in
for the plate. Schang set himself UP
as barrier and waited for Pipp to
throw the ball.
Smith slid. spikes on, but he collided
against Schang's steel plated shins be-
yond reach of the plate Schang re-
ceived the toss from Pipp. reached down
and tagged him out. It takes iron nerve
and metallic shins 70 do this stunt.
Schang evidently has both
This makes two out of three games
that tho Red Sox have taken in five
game series. II this sort of thing con-
tinues the Yanks may be put TO the em-
harrassment OF trading back few ex-
Red Sox for few ex-Yankees or vice
versa. The score:
BOSTON tAD NEW YORK (AD
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