The New York herald., 1922-06-11
SHOCKER SHOCKED
BY YANKEE BLOWS
Avalanche of Hits Against
Brown Ace includes Ruth's
Sixth Homer.

Special Dispatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
ST.. LOUIS, June 10.-More than 10000
persons saw the league leading Yankees
strengthen their hold on first place to-
day by winning another overwhelming
triumph over the second place Browns.
Four st. Louis pitchers in turn tried to
stem the tide of hits that flowed from
the Yankee bats. but there was no STOP
ping the Hugmen to-day until they had
run themselves ragged. making nineteen
hits and scoring fourteen runs.
The enemy counted Ave. three OF
which were registered in the seventh
inning, after blonde Carl Mays. who went
the route for the Yanks. had quit fore
ing himself.
Urban Shocxer. the notable Yankee
link" started for the Brownsh, but
lasted only three innings. He started
we'll enough, but stubbed his toe in the
second and came terrible cropper in
the third. In this inning the Yankees
batted all the way around and scored
enough runs to win the game. While
Shocker lasted the Yankees peeled on
eight hits, including home runs by Pipp
and Babe Ruth, and parlayed them into
eight runs more than the ordinary score
of Shocker in two or three games.
Pipp made his home run. a liner to
the right field pavilion. with Bobby
Meusel on first. In the second. while
Ruth delivered his sixth circuit wallop
of the season with Witt on second In
the third. After getting two strikes on
Ruth Shocker tried to fool him with a
slow curve and the Babe knocked It
over the right field bleachers. Billy
Bayne, Wayne Wright and "Cubit'
Pruett all took shots at the Yanks
thereafter, but only the last named-a
college boy from the University of Mis-
souri--held the Yankees in check
Barring Carl Mays and Elmer Miller.
who succeeded Whitley Witt In center
In the eighth inning and was at bat
only once. every player In the Yankee
batting order made at least one hit.
| Everett Scott -yeighcd In with four sim
giles out of five times at bat and Babe
Ruth and Bobby Mcusel made three
each, while Witt. Pipp and McNally
made two each.
Mays Gets on Poorly.
Mays was wild at the start, and a
pass to Johnny Tobin gave the Browns
an opening through which they rushed
to a two run lead. Gerber's sacrifice
bunt put Tobin on second. and after Sis
Ter fouled to Baker Williams brought
the run across with a long single TO
right. Williams went to second on
Meusel's throw to the plate and scored
moment later on Jacobson's hit to CEN
| ter.
The Yankees promptly tied 1t UP.
Meusel was the first man up In the sec
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"Walloping WILLIE Pipp hit the first
ball pitched to hin, and lined It into the
right field pavilion for a homer. which
knotted the count at two-all. Scott
singled to left. but Devormer batted
| into a force out at second. Sisler ended
the inning by starting and ending a
double play on Mays's splash toward
first.
And then the game went democratic
by an overwhelming plurality. Whitley
Witt, the first man up for the Yankees
in the third. doubled to the overflow In
right. After Ward had famed. the
Babe laid his devastating bludseon
against slow curve and busted II over
the right field bleachers for home run.
Baker was hityin the ribs with pitched
speedily recovered and continued In the
game. Meusel doubled to right center,
land when jacobson, drawing back for a
throw to third. let the ball drop behind
him. Baker cross the plate and Meusel
went TO third.
Pipp singled to right, bringing Meusel
across. and Scott beat out hit to Ger
ber. In a belated attempt to force
Meusel at second Gerber made a wild
throw past McManus. and the latter.
after xecovering the ball. made another
Wild fieave past third. Pipp scoring and