The Washington herald., 1922-08-31
WARDS TIMELY
HITS TRIP FRANCIS
and BRILLHEART
Turkeys" Two Swats
Pulled With Bags
Vacated.

NEW YORK, y. Y, Aug. 30
Babe Ruth and Aaron Ward did
just enough hitting with men on
bases at the Polo. Grounds today
to place and keep the Yanks ahead
in a close game with Washington.
The score was S to 4 and the WASH
ington folks were just unsteady
enough in the field to beat them
selves by going astray when a run
was the penalty for doing sc. With
two home runs by Brewer they de-
served to win
After Whitley Witt had drawn q
base on balls from Southpaw Fran
els lathe nrst inning. Ruth reached
across the plate and violently
caressed with the wood. ball on
the outside. Swinging hard. as he
does. his bat had gone far enough
to meet the bail before Il reached
the right angle line and he pulled
IL upward and outward enough TO
hit into the right rield balcony of
the Ersndstand.
BRbe kicked Out.
After seeing America first the ball
fell in among a Thousand or two
boys in the upper stand. The de-
Hight Of the kids knew no bounds.
They had come all the way from
Jersey to see Babe Ruth as mucn
as anything else. and to see him
belt his twenty-eighth home-run as
well as to have one of their number
get the ball was an unexpected
ecstacy. .----
The Babe didn't remain in the
trenches long. though long enouEn
to be of vital Importance. He
kicked on a called third strike in
the third inning, his lips framed
eaustic comment OF something that
got under the skin of Umpire
Tommy Connolly, and the umpire
put him out of the game. The
called strike was a good one and
though the Babe may have been
getting his just deserts one felt
sorry for the thousand or two kids
who wanted to see him play. and
for a delegation of Buffalo fans who
of course wanted to see Ruth.
II was reported that the Buffalo
party arose and walked out when
the Babe was nred.
BriIIheart stars
Waite Hoyt didn't have much at
FIRST. He couldn't get his fast ball
to working. but got by with change
of pace The longer he pitched the
better he was, and in the late stages
he was operating smoothly and well.
wsshington's two left-handers.
Francis and Brillheart. did nice
work. The Brillheart boy went
two scoreless innings and
lin the sixth struck out Pipp and
Meusel.
New York's two-run lead evap-
|orated in the second inning. The
|washingtons made four singles on
|Hoyt. two of them flukey. Brewer.
with Ruthian designs on the upper
|gra ndstand. hit two home runs into
that beckoning quarter. the hrst In
1.-THE third inning. sending his team
Into lead.
Wards timely hit in the fourth
|inninS tied the score. Schang. with
lone out. bunttd a slow ball. shifting
his bat into position on the spur or
the moment when he saw a balloon
floating up to him. Wally smacked
Ibis lips as he saw II coming. Gel
|ebrated to suit the occasion ana
Tilted the end Of his bat against II.
In was a hit. and the low throw La
|Notte made on 10 put Wally on Sec
|ond.
Ward u Timely.
Meusers long fly advanced Wally
and Wards single past Peck with
two out brought him in. Pipp siaEled
|in the sixth and Schang sacrifced.
|Meu.el walked and Wards second
Timely hit brought Pipp home. IL
|also sent Meusel to third. Scott
|hit to Peck for force. Meusel scor-
|ing. but u Harris throw to Judge
hadn't been low there'd have been
Ia double play and no second rum
Scott met an unusual ard unde-
kerved fate on the play He thought
|the throw was going to the stand
|and n would have il il hadn't struck
|-hartey O'I,eary, the coal. on the
loot. Scott, unable IN figure on
|nedsl assists. tried to get back. bur
|was caught. That's the nrst assist
|OIeary has had since he stopped
playing baseball.
Brewer hit his second nome run
h. the eighth inning. this time. AZ
before. with the bases empty. The
Senators made seven hits on Hoyt
In the first three innings and but
kour in the last six.
poni. Bush, as crafty waiter
\. the game has known. didn't
~ that on Hoyt. for the latter
had too good control. Bush was
Eaitine them out way back In
HurSjns day. Hug was a past
master himself at that game
Judge hit a long liner 20 right
In the second inning with two
Lnen nm bases and two out. Ruth
Judged the ball expertly. ran TO
The bIeachers. wheeled and caught
Z dcftiy.
Ed Barrow, business manager
Vas trifle vexed when Connolly
but Ruth out. The Yanks' had
home special guests for whom the
khow lost some of Its SAVIOR with
khe Babe sent to Coventry.