Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-20

returned to the game mere To-Day anu
the Yanks blew to the skies, losing to
the Browns 8 to 2.
The st. Louis sluggers hoped en
Sam Jones in the ninth inning and
scored seven runs after two were down.
Ruth failed to hit homer, but
"Erin' Ward worked in his role. In
the fifth inning Ward hit a four base
clout with one on. Urb and Shocker
slipped on that one. He was invinci-
Bile the rest of the way. jacobson was
the big hero with, home run in the
ninth inning, bases full.
In four times up Ruth famed first,
popped above second once and ground
ed out twice TO Sisler.
The biggest crowd of the season, es-
timated at $4,000 looked on.
More than 10000 gathered for what
was regarded as the real opening game
of the season between New York Yanks
and the st. Louis Browns.
Ruth was given tremendous ova-
ton.
The lineup-St. Louis: TObin rf, Ger
| Der SIS, Sissler lib, Williams If, Jacob
son cf, Sovereid C, Ellerbe 3b, Nc
Manus 2b, ShOcker p.
New York: Witt cf, Scott IS, Ruth
If, Baker 3b, Meusel If, Pipp lb, Ward
2b, Schang c, Jones p.
The game by innings:
First Inning-St. Louis: Tobin out,
Scott to Pipp; Gerber flied to Meusel.
| Sissler singled over first base. Will
| liams out, Jones to Pipp. No runs, one
hit, no errors.
New York: Witt flied to Williams;
Scott out, McManus to Sissler. Ruth
up. Strike one, foul, ball one, strike
two, strike three. Ruth famed.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
Second Inning-St. Louis: Jacobson
out Scott to Pipp; Severed singled to
left. Ellerbe famed and SOvereid
was doubled stealing, Schang to Ward.
No runs, one hit, no errors.
New York: Baker grounded out to
Sisler; Meusel out, Shocker to Sisler.
Pipp flied to Tobin.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
Third Inning-St. Louis: McManus
famed, Schocker out Ward to Pipp.
Tobin famed.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
New York: Ward popped to Nc
Manus; Schang flied to Jacobson, Jones
famed.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
Fourth Inning-St. Louis: Gerber
grounded to Pipp; Sisler fouled to Ruth
who made fancy running catch.
Williams fouled to Baker.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
New York: Witt flied to jacobson;
Scott fOuled to SEVERED. Ruth UP.
Strike one, strike two, foul, foul Ruth
flied to McManus.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
Fifth Inning-St. Louis: jacobson
out, Baker to Pipp; SEVERED fouled to
Pipp, Ellerbe doubled to center, Me-
Manus famed.
No runs, one hit, no errors.
New York: Baker lifted a high fly
to Short right field, and TObin muffed
the ball for an error. Meusel flied to
Jacobson. Pipp popped to McManus.
Ward hit homer into the left field
bleachers, scoring Baker ahead of him.
Schang singled through short. Jones
walked. Witt flied to Jacobson.
Two runs, two hits, one error.
Sixth Inning-St. Louis: Shocker out
Ward to Pipp, Tobin out ward to Pipp
Gerber walked. Sissler singled to right,
Gerber taking second. Williams flied
to Witt.
No runs, one hit, no errors.
New York: Scott popped to Seve-
reid; Ruth up; ball one, strike one,
foul. Ruth popped to Sissler. Baker
singled to right. Meusel out, Nc
Manus to Sisler.
| No runs, one hit, no errors.
Seventh Inning-St. Louis: Jacob
son doubled down left field foul line.
SEVERED fouled to Pipp. Ellerbe out,
Jones to Pipp, Jacobson reaching third.
McManus popped to Baker. No runs,
| one hit, no errors.
New York; Pipp flied to Tobin who
went back to the fence for the catch.
Ward out Ellerbe to Sisler. Schang
popped to Sisler.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
| Eighth Inning-St. Louis: ShoekeY
out Jones to Pipp; Tobin beat out a
bunt down the first base line Gerber
out Scott to Pipps, Tobin stopping at
second. Sisler singled to lett scoring
Tobin.
Williams singled to right, Sislel
reaching third. Williams stole second
Jacobson out, Baker to Pipp. One run
three hits. no errors