The New York herald., 1922-08-02
YANKS TRAILING, ST.
AS RAIN HALTS GAME
Downpour in Fourth Saves
New York From Beating
by White Sox.

Special Dispatch to TIE NEw York HERALD
CHICAGO. H., Aug. Rain saved the
Yankees from a threatened defeat by
the White Sox this afternoon in what
was TO have been the closing game of a
series of four. A long threatened down
pour broke in the fourth inning and
after one man had been retired In the
Yankees half of the fifth Umpire George
Moriarty was forced to call time. The
score. at the time was TO in favor
OF the Sox. After delay OF more than
an hour the contest was called and
will be played off later as part OF a
double header.
In order to make the most OF Wallie
Pipp's hitting. Manager Miller Huggins
made extensive changes in his batting
order this afternoon. Babe Ruth re-
turning to his old position In third place
with Wallie Pipp batting fourth and
Bobbie Meusel sixth.
The new Yankee batting order func-
toned well enough in the opening round
single to left, advanced peg on
Dugan's sacrifice, moved again to third
on Ruth's smash to Strunk, who made
the catch against the bleacher wall in
right center field and oozed across the
plate on Pipp's single to left Schang
also hit the ball hard. but straight at
Sheely, who grabbed II on the first
bound and stepped on first for the third
out.
Sox Also Score In First.
The White Sox also scored in the first.
Johnson was the first man UP and beat
out a hit to Scott. He went to third on
Muiiigan,s single over Aaron Wards
head and counted on Collinss sacrifice
1ly TO Witt In the following round the
squire passed both Strunk and Sheely,
out the former was picked off first
and the latter was left when Ruth
corrailed Schalk's long fly to left.
Jones started the third by tanning
Urban Faber. but pitched himself out
IN doing 1t and was hammered off the
NIL before the inning ended. With Faber
out or the way. Johnson singled to
center and Mulligan smacked a double
to the left field bleachers wall Eddie
Coliins scored both runners with a line
single to center and after Hooper had
drawn pass. Strunk batted In another
run with hit to right. Hooper was
eausnt When ne tried for third on the
MT, but strunk reached second on the
play and scored the fourth run of the
inning on Falk's blow to center.
Jones Is Taken OF Mound.
Manager Higgins of the Yankees than
waved Jones off the bin and substituted
carr Mays for the stricken Squire. Falk
tried to steal on the first ball pitched
oy Mays and was caught for the third
out. Faber famed the side. Schang.
Meusel and Ward. in the fourth and
when the White Sox came to bat In
their half OF the fourth a long threat
ened storm broke.
Inc Yankees exhausted all their re-
sources to delay Proceedings until rain
should force the umpires TO call a halt
before legal game had been played
To this end they stalled to the best OF
their ability. while the Sox, equally
anxious to get the game in did their
utmost to accelerate things. They
nnally managed to get themselves re.
tired and despite the rain the Yankees
We're forced to start the fifth. Everett
Scott waited on Faber until he was
forced to hit to avoid being called out
on strikes and then pumped single TO
right. Waite Hoyt. who replaced Mays
on the mound after two were out ia
the Sox half of the fourth, followed suit,
even to making a hit. Witt then popped
to Collins. but as Dugan came to bat
the downpour became so heavy that
Umpire Moriarity was forced to call the
game.
After the rain had stopped the surface
water was swept off the diamond and
kerosene was burned on the base lines
After the flames had subsided, sawdust
was sprinkled In the paths. but at the
end OF an hour the grounds were still
unfit TO play on and the game was
called.