The New York herald., 1922-06-02
Home Run Swatter Acts Like
Real Mariner as Floods
4 Engulf Harlem.
UMPIRE DINNEEN 4 'WET'
Boston Opens Up Four Run
Lead Only to Be Swamped
in the End.
BY w. O. McGEEHAN.

Babe Ruth with his club emerged
from the ooze of the bog below Coo
gan's Bluff yesterday dripping like
prehistoric amphibian and batted out
( three bagger that saved the Yanks
the humiliation of being beaten by
the Red Sox. The final score was
5 to a, and thanks to Ruth Joe Bush
won another one of his rare starts.
Or the defensive the Babe. sp!ashing
through left like leviathan, did some
fine deep water fielding.
It rained from start to finish, but
Umpire Dinneen, who had made up
his mind early in the morning that IT,
would be dry day, was so stubborn
that he refused to admit that 1t &as
raining. Umpires are supposed to use
their discretion in regard to calling
games, if they have any.
Time was when yesterdays game
would have been called early in the
morning at even hint of possible mois-
turs. But that was when the Yanks
were poor apd struggling team and
needed a double header frequently to
keep the sheriff from the door. But now
tnat they are wealthy the Yanks play
any time. In the good old days Harry
Sparrow, late secretary of the YanKs.
planning for a double header used to
ask Henry Fabian to water the grass
in the morning In order that he would
not seem to prevaricate when he an
nounced, mo game on account of wet
grounds"
Ooxe Bothers Collins.
The Red Sox pitted against Bush. one
Rip Collins. who used to play a nimble
knife and fork with the Yanks Rip
started well, but the ball started to ooze
through his fingers toward the last, and
he could not locate the dish which was
buried few fathoms deep below the
mud and he had to pitch as mariners
sometimes steer, by dead reckoning.
The Red Sox got their first run in the
second inning. when Babe Ruth. swim
ming after fly by Dugan, went down
three times In deep water in left field
He came UP spouting like a whale. so
that Bob Shawkey, who used to be a
deep sea mariner. shouted There ne
blows!' which is the signal when a
whale Is sighted. This gave Dugan a
hit. Immediately thereafter John Shane
Collins tripled to right center and Dugan
scored. r~'7
In the fourth inning three of the Red
Sox who were good swimmers spashed
across the dish and matters looked
somewhat lugubrious for the Yanks.
With one out Dugan and John Shane
Collins accomplished couple Of singles.
Burns struck out. but. ORourke walked
and filled the corners of the infield
swimming pool with Red Sox
Muddy Ruel who certainly looked as
'hough his nickname fitted yesterday,
laid down a slow roller to Baker and
splashed toward first. While Baker was
breastng his way through the eddies
and currents around third base two runs
came and Ruel was safe at the bag
Schang made heave to first to catch
Ruel flounderng in the morass, but
Pipp dropped tie ball and another run
scored as the l--llet drifted away with
the rising tide. 1t still rained and IL
looked as though the Harlem River had
crashed the gate and had brought in
all the pollywogs free to see the bal
game.
Sensitive Harry Frazee.
With the Red Sox leading by to I
Harry II. Frazee. who has been con.
victed of owning them. came up from
the lower catacombs under the stands
Polo Grounds by a secret entrance sc
that people viii not think that he il
with the Red s5x. Harry Is sensitive
He does not like 10 be seen In a Ford
or with the Red Sox.
In their half OF the fourth the Yank.
began 10 show signs of becoming uset
co the watery element. Ward started
with single and Babe Ruth. entirel,
recovered from the first shock of hi
submersion in water, drove n hard hi
TO right The rain seemed to hav
washed his batting eyes clear of all cob
webs. j. Franklin Baker. the STURDY
aGriculturist OF Trappe. Md, drove
single 90 right and Ward scored. Witt
Metsel out on strikes. Pipp lifted
high one and Ruth came home with tn,
Australian crawl stroke.
In the fifth inning. with one out. 10,
Bush took soundings at the plate ant
drove two bagger TO right. Witt wal
safe when Rip Collins dropped a pas
made by Burns who flelded Wits SLOW
roller Bush scored when Smith threw
out ward Harry II. Frazee felt tha
people were beginning to suspect tha
he owned the Red Sox at this junctur,
and disappeared again. He stayed unde
n long time.
The spafter came In the seventh In
ming. Witt got base on balls Ware
laid down a bunt Just inside the lin,
toward third base Ruel Smith an,
Collins rushed over to Il and waited 70
u TO roll foul. Rip Collins exhorted 1
20 roll foul in the language OF the dice
AS II began to lose its momentum h,
got down on his knees In the mud an
began to talk to the ball.
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