The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-01
Babe Starts Fireworks by
Polling Ball Over Right
Field Fence.
BOTH TEAMS RUN WILD
Brooklyns Collect Seven Runs
in Second Inning, but OPP
ponents Even Series.
by DANIEL.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. March 31.-Four
thousand fans who jammed League
Park this afternoon &c see Babe Ruth
speciality got their moneys worth and
then some, for the Babe obliged by
polling the ball over the right field
fence in the first inning. However
Ruth's act became something of
common occurrence, for there were
other athletes who stole his thunder
Incidentally. the Yankees defeated the
Dodgers in a wild. woolly and WOODY
game by IL to and made the series
even at three apiece.
No sooner had the applause for Ruth
cied down in the opening session than
Wallie Pipp, back again after a iayoft
with a spiked hand, lifted the leather
over the left field fence and, like the
Pabe, scored another Yankee ahead Of
him. That four run lead looke,l big
soon melted away before a determined
assault in wnicn the Dodgers collected
seven rims IN the second
In that wild session, after Leon Ca
dorc had driven in three runs with a
crash over the left field barrier, Hy
Myers duplicated that stunt and sent In
lack Wheat. who had driven in couple
Of tallies with triple.
Ten Dodgers faced Waite Hoye of
Flatbush in that inning, and Uncle Rob-
bic began TO josh Miller Higgins.
hadn't you better take that pitcher
out?' Robbie howled. But Huggirs had
the last laugh and laughed best.
Play Texas League Ball.
It was a game crammed not only
with free hitting, In which the Brooklyns
led by fifteen blows to ten blu. with
loose fielding, most OF which is not IN
dicated In the error colmns. i was
Texas Leagues ball in Texas league
park, but the crowd was there 10 see
the Babe and the rest OF them smile that
sphere. and 1t was more than satisfied.
II was game in which interests was
Kept at high pitch--in which the lead
shifted--a scrap which was not over
until the last Dodger has been retired
Ir was the Yankees first appearance
in San Antonio--and Ruth's. too.
Ruth was quite the blushing cynosure
and hero. When he came to the plate
N the first a delegation from the
knights of Columbus presented another
silver bat and ball to him. Then in
contravention OF baseball custom Ruth
smacked the pill over the fence He
should have fanned-but he did that
later. He struck out valiantly ON his
second trial. walked the third time and
famed again in the fourth.
In the sixth inning, after Ruth had
walked, Haines was sent in to run for
nun, but when IL came time for Ruth
10 bat again In that round II was he
and not Hinkey who welded the will
low. He famed. Then he left the
game TO nurse his bad leg With Pipp
back the Babe returned to the outfield
this time to left,
Robbie Is Too Confident.
The Dodgers might have won the old
thing IL Robbie had not become too con-
fdent with that lead of four runs after
the fifth and had not attempted an
experiment with Harry Shriver, a
young pitcher.
Shriver had done rather well on
previous appearance, but this time he
lacked aim, control and ability to battle
and q Few other essentials He lost no
time In blowing that big lend, and with
the able assistance of Wheat. who came
through with a two run nun, handed
the YANKEES five runs in the sixth
Three passes and three hits figlired
in that Yankee rally. which put the Hug
gins crew in front. 10 stay there. Baker
doubled and Mcmillan and Scott singled.
while Hoyt, Schang and the Babe got
the passes. II was Millers' ny which
Wheat dropped to let in two runs and
spill the beans more completely
The Yankees made the game safe for
New York In the ninth, when doubles
by Skinner and Ward single by
Miller. a sacrifice by Mcmillan and a
pass to Pipp figured in the making of
three more runs
Score Tied mt Four All.
Six hits were made off Hoyt in the
fourth. Hoyt started we'll by tanning
Schmandt. but High beat out hit TO
Scott Taylor drove one through short
and then Galore smashed his homer
and got ample revenge for the pair
Of circuit clouts registered against him
IN the first. That tied the score at
four all.
Olson walked, Johnson got an infield
hit, Griffith grounded TO Pipp; then
came Wheat with his triple against
the right field fence. When Meyers
followed with bis home run the fact
that Hoyt was not having one OF his
best days became more than apparent
The fans howled with elee. 1t wasn't
thetr games and they didn't care to which
side Of the New York bridges IL went
just as long as the big boys kept
smacking that pill.
An error by Mcmillan started the
Dodgers toward their run IN the sec
ond. The outfielder muffed Schmandts
fly. High singled and Taylor famed.
but Galore was Leon on the spot and
singled 10 center driving In the tally.
The score: