The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-27
Sam Jones FaIterS Badly
in Ninth to Lose Battle
Pass. Texas Lacquer and Some
Watchful Waiting by Wally
Pipp Prove Costly.
ny W. o. M'GEEHAS.

Tile Yankees winning streak was
badly blurred by Mr.. Cornelius Nc
Ginicuddy's Living Skeletons at the
Polo Grounds yesterday. Tie Yanks
were leading by . to l in the ninth
passed along Eighth avenue and the
Athletics, driven into frenzy by the
smell OF food, crashed through for a
final score of 4 TO ..
Up to tEat time il was an interest
Ing duel between Eddie Rommel and
Sam Jones. with Sam having some
thing the better of It. But Samuel got
erratic in the ninth and started his
own troubles. A pass, Texas Lacquer
and some watchful waiting on the
part of Walter Pipp filed the bases
Then calamity seized the Yanks and
threw them for loss.
There were something like 5000 Gus
toners in the lot, the sun rather than
' the apathetics having lured them to the
place. There were few of the 5000
who were not concerned over the enact
sted appearance of the young men who
arc employed by Mr.. McGilicuddy. Our
Walter Pipp. the lean and lathlike
soung man who plays first base for the
Tanks, used to be considered thin, but
compared to any man on the Athletic
lineup Pip is positively corpulent.
stout Women Interested.
The general feeling upon seeing the
Athletics for the first time this year is
one of pity Well fed men demanded
out loud why food was being sent 70
Europe when it could be used in Ph:la-
dclphia. Only few stout women
asked. How did they get that way?"
No doubt they are writing Mr.. McGil-
]icuddy to learn his system for dieting
the Athletics into a sweetness of figure
approachng his own.
The disastrous ninth inning accunu-
lated in this fashion: Sam Jones. who
had shown some preliminary symptoms,
went wild and passed Johnson. Walker
lifted a Texas Lacquer to right center
and Col. Jacob Rupert began to become
epprehensive to say the least. WEIGH
rolled a bunt down along the first base
line. Walter Pipp ran up and watched
the rambling pill which was just inside
the line. He watched and he waited
end like all gents inside or out OF base
ball who watch and wait he was double
crossed.
While Pipp was peering intently the
ball hesitated and came to full stop
and of course II stopped inside the line.
in the meantime WEIGH did not stop.
He reached first and the bases wera
filled. IL you could call being crowded
with three such thin young men being
filled.
Miller lifted fly to center field and
johnson came in with the run that tied
Perkins raped one down to j. Frakln
Baker. the sturdy farmer OF Trappe,
Nd. who knocked the ball down, but
II
once more ono OF the skeletons from
McGillicuddy's dugout was rafting on
each and every one OF the bases This
noise unnerved Jones SO that he walked
a Dykes and little run big enough to
win was forced In. Galloway hoisted a
fly to right and WEIGH scored.
skeletons" on the Run.
II looked as though the Yanks would
chase the skeletons from the lot in the
first Witt connected for clout that
went for a triple. The Albino was
nicked at the platter though when Gal
loway shot a poke from Fewster to
ierkins. J.. Franklin Baker got a two
Dagger when he drove the ball against
Aiiiers shin and Fewster dashed all the
way in with the first run.
The Apathetics tied il in the sixth
Rommel connected for the first hit
against Jones He was forced by Young.
VINO got 10 second on a passed ball.
WIN Johnson out Walker lofted a hit
70 right field and Young scored. Fur
tner trouble was stopped here by Baker
who made single listed stop and a
good throw Of a hard swipe by WEIGH.
Ihe fanks led for while again in
The seventh. Ward relieved RommeI
OF his glove by tearing 1t off with
DATED ball and took second when the
skeleton pitcher heaved at first. Scott
tried to sacrifice on some weird
strategic advice from his @. II. O.. but
Rommcl got the bunt and nailed Ward
with the throw TO third. Schang hit
to right. sending Scott to third. Jones
singled to center, scoring Scott. witt
drew a base on balls and filled the
SACKS with Yankees. 1t looked like a
big drive. but Fewster batted into :
double play.
Pipp. who did the watchful waiting
showed some considerable agility IN
tho fourth inning. He speared the
tqughest sort OF liner by Miller with
his goved hand and held IT, Pipp has
been doing lot of this sort OF work
lately.
Babe Ruth Missing.
The Yankee manager IS somewhat
distressed over the non-appearance OF
that moody little orphan Babe Ruth.
who has not been around the Polo
Grounds for the last few days. II is
not believed that the Babe. brooding
over his Punishment. has done any,
thing desperate. still the Yanks' man
agcr Is wondering where he is keeping
himself
Since the first few davS Tho RahotS