The New York herald., 1922-04-09

NO-your guess Is wrong. IL was
not the beatiic Babe who blew the
Dodgers over the Squire's celebrated
right field fence. That enviable dis
tinction fell to AL Devormer, the husky
catcher With the Yankees one run.
behind and Scott on first after hav-
ing forced Ward. who had singled.
Devormer played a mean trick on
Steve Decatur. He lifted the leatheri
New York was one run to the good.
The rally did not stop there. Waite
Hoyt, who had been getting the merry
razzberry from his Fiatbush neighbors.
took a shot at them with a single to
center Emler Miller tried to amputate.
Decatur's left hand and got a hit when
the ball was DETECTED toward third.
Then came one OF those things. Nc
Nally raised high one to Johnston.
Jimmy decided he would get Hoyt off
second and made neat throw.
Error Let's Hoyt Score Too.
However, James failed to go through
the slight formality of finding out
whether there was anybody around to'
take his chuck. 1t SO happened that,
nobody was homes so the throw went,
into the outfield. and Hoyt never did
stop running, putting run No. into,
that final round Highs boot on Ruth
made the wild New York fans wilder.
but Mcmillan mercifully popped to'
Olson.
1t was a fitting climax TO a game full
Of freak happenings and stellar field
ing. particularly in the outer works,
II was scrap which most Of the wayI
smmered over with scintillating pitch-I
ing blythe redoubtable Samivel Jones.l
right handler, for the Yankees. ands
Dutch Ruether, southpaw, for the home:
gang-just how the stars for their re-
spective clubs are almost sure to work
in the opening games on Wednesday.
The Brooklyns got to Jones for all
the hits and runs they got off him in
the second inning, when they Organized
an attack based on hitting the firsS'
pitch Before Jones could stop that
fooiishness Wheat. Myers and Griffith
had hit singles in sharp succession and
run had come in. Jones passed
Schmandt, but De Berry famed. Rue-
ther forced Schmandt, and the Dodgers
got second run.
Jones Fans Five Dodgers.
Jones worked five innings and with
the exception of the second he had far
too much stuff for the Dodgers. Sami-i
vel had a peach of a curve ball and hel
had quite a fast one too. He had way
OF mixing them up which proved very
disagreeable to the Brooklyns, five OF
whom famed. Ruether and his sweep
ing curves worked six innings. He all
lowed a couple of hits and a run in thel
first, a double by Ruth which was con-
verted into a counter in the fourth and
a scratchy single by Miller In the fifth.
Dutch famed Ruth on three pitched
balls In the sixth. How they roared!
As a finisher Hoyt had all the better|
of Decatur-which may look like moth
ing more than the natural thing. But
until yesterday Hoyt was not one OF the
spring elite among the Higgins fling
ing corps. In fact, the Dodgers from
time To time had maced the Flatpushl
bridegroom uncouthly. But yesterday
with the family looking on. Waite
waded in and did his stint fairly well.
The Brooklyns fell on Hoyt for what
looked like the winning run IN the
eighth-and II was quite an inning, take
Il from all angles. With ono gone
High pulled bad pitch into left for a
base Johnston was a foul victim Of
Devormers Wheat smackcd n hit into
left and sent High all the way 10 third.
With two on and two gone IL was dis
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