The New York herald., 1922-06-04
10000 SEE RED SOX
TRIM YANKS, 6 TO 2
Homer and Miracle Catch by
Burns Feature Game-Sec-
Ond Is Called Off.
BY w. O. McGEEHAN.

John Picus Quinn, the eminent
Polish Hibernian sspitballer, traded to-
the Red Sox with some assorted junk,
came back to the Polo Grounds yes
terday and chewed large chunk out
of the hand that traded him. John
Picus left the game in the seventh in
ming with the score to in favor of
the Red Sox. After trying in vain to
get the ball over for Skinner, he
walked out of the box himself to avoid
any possibility of being knocked out
The game was called In the eighth
with the score resting as Quinn had
left it.
They were to have played a double
header, but the skies started to leak in
the fifth inning of the first game, and
Umpire Moriarty called the game
This seemed to irritate the 10000 GUS
toners who had come to get two
games at bargain rates. When the
athletes swan back to their dressing
room the rain stopped for while and
the multitude clamored for them to
come out and resume the pastime
But neither prayers nor imprecations
could lure them from their warm
showers.
The star of the afternoon was George
Henry Burns of Niles. Ohio. who came
to the Red Sox with Elmer Smith from
Cleveland in a trade for Stuffy McInnis
in one of the biggest ivory deals OF the
season. George Henry plastered a no.
mer into the left field bleachers and
made a marvellous back hand catch of a
line drive by Scott. When these two
events happened in one inning Harry III
Frazee. convicted of owning the Red Sox
clasped himself by. the hand and con-
graduated himself on his sagacity in
trading ball players.
Fraxee In Happy Mood.
Harry has to congratulate himself
Nobody else will, at any rate nobody In
Boston. When Harry congratulates
himself he does not do 1t in any half
hearted manner either.
SO far the season has not been a
happy one for Sad Sam Jones. who came
10 the Il anKS IN the same TRADE
that gave John Picus Quinn to the
Red Sox. Sad Sam was socked with
some vehemence. while John Picus
Quinn dealt his elusive spitball right off
the cuff. Quinn was traded on the sup.
position that he was getting to be quite
an elderly gent to be around playing
baseball. but he demonstrated yester.
day. that at any rate there Is still some
life left in his ancient soupbone.
The Yanks got start in the third
inning with two out. Sad Sam got him.
self a single and reached second on IT,
when John Shane Collins. playing with
on. chains. slddded and booted the pellet
Whitley Witt. the active Albino. singled
to left and brought Sad Sam across.
In the fourth inning. with Liebold out
Michael Menosky got his base on balls
Derrill Pratt, who was among the pieces
of bric-a-brac which the Yanks used tc
have in their whatnot, but sent to Harry
Frazee during one of their rummage
sales. singled to center. Joe Dugar
hSsted out to left.
This brought up John Shane Collins
refugee from the White Sox Johr
Shane drove long one. to left field
which aroused Babe Ruth from hi.
after the flying pill, but the going wa.
bad and though his feet splashed muc
on the customers high up In the bleach.
ers the Babe could not make the bal
through the sloppy going. The thing
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