New-York tribune., 1922-04-04

40, ST, lhe SMelcsO League CnAm-
pions did not get near the plate ard
eidn't ge. nearer to third Base than
second lase. they were put cut with
minute thorou2hness by the Brooklyn
.olAs, who played b.isk, sharp. trat
.ins game, vhlc thc Yankees were
rssged. faltcrirg and listicss.
TIE PARK was pacNcd, the second
capacity crowd IL two days iUred oy
the Ruth attractio:l-an 5000 crow d h.
nut nothing the Yankees did, including
Ruth, provided much FOR The fans to
entkuse over. After watching the
Yankees for eight innings rabbit,
tucked away IN is outield burroie,
could stand it no longer and tried TO
sscapc, but was caushJ by Jimmy
Johnston ard compelled to stay
rhrough The ninth inning
Carl Mays, Waite Hoyt. Baba Ruth
snd Dutch Ruether al vent colfng
this morning, though not together
Mays, Hoyt and Ruether played TO
S;ther' aad Ruth, .asbidious person
Who sei""'s his own company, went
with somebody else. Mays and Ruth
played this afternoon as If they had
had too n,uch golf. Nays nut it all
owe: Ruetner on H. links and Eucther
put ic al over Mays OF the mound.
Mays is Taken Out
Mays vas pounded so had from the
start tha' he was taken out in thc
middle O. the fourth jnning. He didn't
Ike it. and petulauuy fung a ball
over the grands'snd. You couldn't
blame him much for that He was no
worse as pitcher than his fellow
we're as felders aud battcrs Ruth was
puny a. 4 i:ittcr and mufed s.. As
many 60 ors we're made o. the Nanhccs
o.! balls 'hcY dida't touch as on those
they cid. FOR Frank Baker covered 10
grourd st 81 aad balls sized by him
on eHncr s'de sa1v ordinarily spy third
hascnsn would have handled
Scot Tss baca at short ard plsycd
beAut..u. ralne, but covcrirg two DO
-,lt!o'.s 9 c:ficulc cven for y star.
Young Andy High played & smashing
game a. short for the Dodgers. and
Ike mot OF his mates he smacked the
New York pitchers eull sore. Murray
finished in good s.ylc Tor the Yankees.
but MAYS and ODoul lad neither 4
good Curve or good fast ball Mays 5
arm reported stlf after recent work
out in Texas and he could not get any
jump o. the bulb this afternoon.
The same eighteen holes travc~scd
by Mays vas trsverscd by Eucthcr
D.ornins for q ball player in tho after
noon Il poor business. but Ructhcr
carried tic doublc load easily enough.
His work Was smooth and convincing
as it has been all season.
One Hit OF Grimes
Then there was Burlcigh Grimes.
The spitba'l craftsman broke into the
scasons competition with debut game
which had mid-season carrnarks. He
he!d the Yankees 20 orc hit il four
innings, and his promising start and
n.casnG carly season form must have
been gratifying indeed to N'ilbcrt Rob
irson with his already strong pitching
staff. OF course, everything was in
Gr.mes's favor when lie took the pla-
teau. bu. he had something.
The Brooklyns made two hits Of
Mars in the iirst inning. two in the
fourth. Ward compounded trouble in
the fourth inning with a double error
He lost the batter BY fumbling and
he allowed runner from first to reach
third By tossing the ball wide to Scott
A harvest of five runs Off Left
O'Doul in the sixth inning took iI
angles by High, Neis, Schmandt ane
McCarron. q missed groundcr by Few
ster. dropped throw By Schans ant
. double steal. Looked a. II tht
Dodgers were trying 10 show up ou1
boys.
A one-handed pickup BY Scott bacl
os second base ilched hit away from
Zach Wheat
Th. Brooklyns fed themselves VI
on hits TO the extent Of nineteen, bu
earned comparatively few runs. The,
did q lot OF scoring after the Yank
had had chances TO retire the side
It's hard to beat team which will no
allow the first man UP to reach frs
base. Ruth with base on balls va
the only Isnk to do that. Ruth wake,
once, struck out once, grounded one