The New York herald., 1922-07-13
BABE STRIKES OUT
With BASES FULL
Smites Atmosphere Again
With Two On-Pruett
His Nemesis.
HUGMEN SHINE IN DEBATE
Argument Is Only Thing They
Win, With Aid Of Um-
pire Chill.
ny w. o. McGFEHAN.

The St. Louis Browns lost an argu-
ment with Umpire Chill but won a
ball game from the Yanks at the Polo
Grounds. The loss Of the argument
does not go into the records but the
winning of the ball game does During
the combination ball game and debate
Babe Ruth struck out three times,
once with the bases full and once with
two men on the bags, while Kenneth
Williams. home run king pro tenn, of
the American League hit his twenty
first homer. The Browns won the
ball game by to A and lost the
argument by about 100 to 1, which is
the average score for loss Of argu-
ment with umpire.
In Justice to Babe Ruth 1t must be
recorded that he bore his two strike
outs with great fortitude. He did not
attempt to commit mayhem on any
OF the cash customers. He did not
even take sock at either of the
unipires. In fact it seemed that his
misfortunes hurt Col. Jacob Rupert
more than they did the Babe. In the
eighth inning the Babe bounded one
against the center field barrier for
two bagger and It came within a
few feet Of being a homer.
The argument, which was ther longest
ever staged on any big league field,
started in the fifth inning. Up to that
time the Browns were leading by to o.,
Then Waite Hoyt bounced a, hit Off Jop-
lin Robertson's shin. Miller. who re-.
placed Whitley Witt on suspicion Of be-
ing poisonous to left handed pitchers,
bounced second single of Joplin Rob
crtson's heel. Mique McNally freed
Miller.
hob Meuse1 Starts Controversy,
Bob Meusel socked young Mr.. Pruett
for hit to center. burst who was
working there In place OF the Baby Doll
who had small sized headache in his
small sized head was a bit slow in field
ing the ball. When he did he made a
wild heave that sent the ball into the
Browns dugout Hoyt and McNally'
scored and Meusel trotted around and
did likewise. Lanke Bob had hardly
crossed the pan when the speeches
started.
The law in this instance is that the
base runner when ball strays into
dugout gets the base toward which he
Is headed and one more. The argument
hinged around the question as to wheth-
er or not Meusel would have made Sec
ond. Umpire Chill was of the opinion
that he was entitled to second before
the wild heave. This should have set
tied 1t. but the Browns. headed by Sis
Ter, who Is college graduate. organ
lied a debating team and started to
flood the grass with rhetoric.
After listening for five minutes Chill
pulled his watch and gave the orators
five minutes to subside. The orations
continued and Chills watch must have
stopped for the grassy forum continued
to thunder with the loud harangue.
Finally the Browns became hoarse and
resumed play under protest
Though the Browns were allowed to
squawk for fifteen consecutive minutes
the Yanks were not allowed to peep.
.After the Brown debate there was
crablike cry from the dugout. Umpire
Tommy Connolly stuck his head within
and spied Miller Higgins
Are you in the ball park?" demanded
Connolly in surprise.
Sure I am" said Huggins
didn't know you were here" Connolly
and Huggins are pint sized men. but it
appears that the Polo Grounds are not
big enough to hold both of them at the
Same time.
Waite Hoyt, the Brooklyn boy wonder,
cru;npled up like a celluloid collar on
visiting buyers neck In the eighth in
ming and by the time they had swept
him off the mound four runs had ar
rived and the ball game had departed.
Mr.. ELAN r. Van Glider of the
Missouri Van elders. who relieved young
Mr.. Pruett, who had been removed for
striking out Babe Ruth for the third
time, singled to left. Tobin raped one
10 the. Boy Wonder and while Hoyt was
thinking about throwing to second both
runners were safe. Gerber was safe |
when Hoyt made a bad pass to Pipp. |
This filled the bases for Sisler, who |
lashed single to left, scoring Van Glider
and Tobin. while Gerber was thrown out |
at third. Williams got base on balls |
drove a double to left, and |
while Ruth was STOPPING to pick up the |
ball both Sisler and Williams scored |
1t takes Ruth some considerable time to |
stoop.
Ruth Hits CenterheId Fence.
Ruth came UP moodily in the .Yank
half of the eighth and drove the ball |
against the left centerfield fence for a
double. A few feet more and 1t would
have been about as remarkable homer
as the customers had ever seen. Ruth
scored when Lank Bob Meusel drove a
savage hit to center. but then the
Yanks passed away quietly
Kenneth Williams started the scor-
ing for the Browns I'm the second by
lining a homer into the right field
stands. McManus followed It with a
double to center. SEVERED hoisted a
long fly to Meusel who overthrow
third in an attempt to head off
McManus and the ball went wild. letting
McManus score. McManus brought over
another run in the fourth. He beat out
an infield hit Severeid bounced a
double Off McNally's mitt and Scott
made wild throw when he recovered
the ball. permitting McManus to score
bnce more.
The mystery OF the afternoon Is, why
did Lee Fohi yank out Pruett? II is
not often that a pitcher is thus severe
ly penalized for striking out Babe
Ruth Usually the managers want to
run out and kiss them even II they hap
pen to be left handlers.
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