The Washington herald., 1922-04-24
NATIONALS SCARE
YANKS BY SPURT
In FINAL INNING
Costly Error by Rice
Paves Way for New
York to Freeze Game.

waite Hoyt suppressed the upris-
Ing Of the Senators in the nnal in
ming of the game at the Polo
Grounds To-Day he had successfully
treated the Milan crew with a full
coat Of whitewash. and the Hug
men swept the series by taking
the last game, . to o.
The Yanks are firmly ensconced
in arst position still. and Miller
Huggins Is pointing with pride to
the fact that his walloping athletes
knocked. the Senatorial ranks nat
able assistance OF Carl Mays. the
heavy lead of the all-star hurling
stan.
Like the two preceding games. 1t
vas pitchers battle today in the
sun and shadow beneath Coogan's
Blum. 1t was cold. too; but, after
a rather wobbly start. Hoyt seemed
to warm up to his work in great
mild pair Of singles in the in
terim OF the first and ninth in
nings.
Gosltn. Fails In Pinch.
Zeo Milan used up all his right
handers trying vainly to capture
just one small game of the series.
and, with the speed boy of the
Western worid-walter Johnson
unable to take his turn today. the
skipper of the Senators trotted out
two more of his fork-handed hurl-
crs for the edifcation of the world
at large Zachary was nominated
TO start the game, and he lasted
until the seventh inning. when he
was taken out to allow Goose"
Goslin to strike out for him with
vigor and vim that the pitcher
himself could not have surpassed.
Sidewheeler Harry Courtney fin
ished up the game.
The damage to the Washington
reputation was all done against the
hurting of Zachary. In fact. when
the portsided Senator handed
Whitley Witt a base on balls in the
hrst inning. he did enough damage
right there to ruin the afternoon
for Grifith. Milan and Co. Fewster
sacrificed the new outfielder to sec
"nd, and Baker responded to calls
for assistance by clouting a double
along the right field foul line. The
former Philadelphian scootsd for
the plate at a speed that would
have caused riot in the Sleepy
city. and the most important tally
of the game was over the scoring
pan.
RIce's Error Costly.
1t was lucky for New York that
Zachary donated this run through
the generous impulses of his kindly
heart. as the Yanks should have
been shut out for the remainder
of the game. They would have
been, if Sam Rice had not made
an innocent-looking error in the
fifth inning that set series rec
ord for the damage 1T did. Witt
had just beaten out a hit on which
l Harris made a great try. when Few
Dster slapped a clean line single to
center Whitley stopped at second
base, as Rice ran in to pick up the
ball.
Just how it happened is still a
mystery. especially to Rice, for the
ball cantered merrily through the
center fielder's outstretched paws
and on to the fence while Witt
and Fewster made the complete cir
cult. The muff gave the Yankee
runners a total of five extra bases,
to which they had no legal claim.
That was the last of the scoring.
though the Ruppert-Huston forces
threatened again in the sixth when
wally Pipp doubled to left to start
the session. He was run down later
while trying to score. however. and
the hit went for naught.
III the trouble encountered by
Waite Hoyt was grouped in two Sec
tions. the first and last innings. u
looked as though the boy wonder
from Flatbrsh would never survi'
the opening stanza Joe Judge greet
ed the world series star with 4
spanking two-bagger to rignt. 4
make II a real raucous welcome.
Stanley Harris followed with sim
gle to center. and by way Of maxi
/ ing it unanimous and not too one
sided. Hoyt knocked the underpin-
ming from beneath Left Fielder Earl
Smith and laid him low in the dust
with a fast ball that caught him
! behind the right ankle. But Hoyt
weathered the storm.
Whitley Witt proved himself to
he a sprinter par excellence when
he beat out an infield hit to STAN
lev Harris The visiting second
sacker made a great play on IL. too.
hut the little Yankee ouefielder was
in fourth speed forward and beat
the ball a step