The New York herald., 1922-09-16
Get Four Hits Off Blanken-
ship and Meusel's Homer
Is Only Score.
SHAWKEY FACES BROWNS
Bob the Cob Favored to Hurl
First Game of Crucial
Series.
ny w. o. McGEEHAN.

SHlCAGp, sept. To- iln 1ol lining
hast LHommedeu Huston's iron hat
hid in a hotel safe to keep Chicago
souvenir hunters from tearing it to
pieces, the Yankees We're bejinXed this
afternoon and lost the final game of
their Windy City series, . TO ]. The
iron boiler might have saved the day,
but the man in the iron hat always
thinks ahead in his campaigns. He
has his minds eye on St Louis and
decided to keep His precious mascot
for the three crucial battles to be
fought there tomorrow, Sunday and
Monday.
So, Carl Mays had to fight it out
himself. The Ozark hunter was at his
best, but he went against pitcher
who was a little better-Ted Blanken-
ship, one of the Blankenship tribe
which has of late invaded the tepees
OF Big Chief Comiskey here on the
White Sox reservation. Ted held the
Yanks to four safe hits. They smashed
the ball hard, but always straight at
some Sox fielder. who had little or no
business being where he was, and ex-
cept for mighty smash by Bob
Meusel for homer, none of the blows
did a bit of good. As the Browns beat
the Red Sox the Yankees lead was cut
to half a game.
Amid low means as ne was taxicahing
back to his hotel tonight Col Huston
pointed out that Mays was outlucked in
the most unlucky game of the entire sea-
son. Mays should have won to o.
said the great strategist. with good
support he would have shut out the Sox.
do blame Witt and Ward for slowness
in making a couple -. plays that would
Aase changed the result entirely"
To your correspondent ii looks as
though the warrior is trying TO albi
his pitcher at the expense of his ball
team Teams are made UP of nine
men each. To-day the Sox had the bet
ter team.
Charge on ST. Louis Begins.
The expeditionary force made the frs
move on the barbed wire entanglements
OF Sportsmans Park at st. Louis at
IL :35 this evening. when Col. Huston
deported his men in two OF the Wabash
!. 1913 converted army trucks. The party
Et.-gaf it's first taste of the horrors
1,.he Mound City punitive expedition,
rolf outside of the St Louis Chamber
of Commerce resolutions there is moth
ing more frightful in these days thar
q night In Wabash sleeper.
BE brave. men" said Col. T. L'Hom-
medieu as the sappers and miners ad.
vanced. Remember what did when
advanced on Santiago in '9S. Keep ir
your minds my stunt in the Argonne
Win the battle with your shovels---
mean your bats. Defensive tactics are
all right at times, but as all great mill.
tary men know. good offense is the
best defense
Battle Bob Shawkey will open against
the Browns. That much was made sure
to-day when Carl Mays started against
the Sox. In case Bob the COB is under
the weather Waite Hoyt will get the
opening day assignment II Bob goes
through game No. Hoyt or Sam Jones
will "go" in game No. 2 on Sunday and
Joe Bush will wind up the third great
engagement on Monday.
That's the plan OF campaign of Hug
gins. He is making no other prepara-
tions. He feels that the big series is
made up of three ball games. each to be
fought separately. and he isn't crossing
any bridges till he comes to them
Series Umpires Announced.
Bill Dineen and Billy Evans will he
the umpires in the clash ut the Mound
City. probably assisted by Guthrie, q
newcomer Daeen and Evans will do
AL the work at the plate ard leave third
base and all the left field pop bottles
for Guthrie. The left field sector IN St.
Louis Is noted for the hardness OF its
bottles even If right rfield has a slight
advant age in orantity
man appeared in Chicago to-day
looking for piere OF the iron hat OF
Col. Huston. He said he was from Den
Yer and wanted the section If bonnet as
a souvenir. Seeming a plot Of the St.
Lols Chamber OF Commerce to render
null and void the luckgiving propensitics
Of his chapeau, the Colonel hid the kelly
ia the safe at the Cooper Carlton. When
the door was opened IL was found that
n section of the brim had been carried
away and II pron1bly will be sent to
Akron to be revulcanized But ii is
still with the party.
The early part of to-day's getaway
battle was mostly wound around the do
ings OF Bobby Meusel. the grapefruit
thrower from Santa Clara Valley. Cali
fornia The native son robbed the SoN
Of run In the first and made one for
the Yanks IN the second. With Collins
on second. Sheely on first and two out
in the opener. Johnny Mostl licked n
single to right and Collins attempted TO
score
whats this ! see. grapefruit
said the slender Californian as the ball
came hoppng-to him. II must throw
st back at them. No lemons or grape
fruit can be thrown at native son
with impunlty.''
SO Bob picked up the pill and threw
II back right on a line to Schang and
as Columbia Eddie slid In he met the
ball All OF the chivalry and the beau-
~ of Chicago--t was ladies' day--ap-
plauded long Bob. He received an.
other round when he came up IN the
second. for he whaled the ball high and
yfar into the left center stands
Slow Fielding Helps Sox.
Slow work by Scott and ward around
second allowed tho Sox 10 tic the count
IN the third with Blankenship out the
aged Harry Hooper singled 10 right
Johnson hit sharply 70 Me ~. who whlrletl
for throw TO second. Je had to wait
til Ward dashed over the result was
that the double play was lost, only
Hooper being forced Then Johnson stole
second and Collins scored him with a
single 10 left.
Chicago went into tho lead In the
sixth. Steeiy raised nv In + u cen.
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Giants ". Cincinnati To-day, i games.
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