The New York herald., 1922-06-07
WAITE HOYT WINS
FIRST FOR YANKEES
Meusel Hits Homer as White
Sox Are Subdued by 3
to 1. Score.

CHICAGO, June 6.--The Yankees
launched their first invasion OF the
West this afternoon by defeating the
tail end White Sox in the opening
game of a series Of four. To achieve
this end they had to overcome Urban
Faber as well as the old Chicago Jinx
and did 1t in truly brilliant fashion.
The score was 8 TO 1. the Sox averting
shut out by nicking Waite Hoyt for
two singles and q double in the eighth
inning
This was the only round in which the
blond boy wonder from Flatbush was
seriously threatened.
Nine hits were registered by the Sox;
but only once, prior to the eighth, did
the enemy strike as many as two safe
blows in the game inning. In the
eighth, however. they scored one run,
and had the tying counters on second
ana third. when Whitley Witt dashed
in to short center field and retired the.
side with hair raising catch on Mos
til's short fly.
Urban Faber pitched the first eight
innings for the White Sox and let the.
Yankees down with six hits, one of
them homer by Bobbie Meusel This
was the lanlxy Californian's fourth cir
cult smash Of the season and scattered
the inmates OF the right field bleachers
in the fourth inning. The bases were
empty at the time.
Battering Babe was at bat four times
but hit only one ball out Of the infieid.
He famed In the first, flied to Strunk
in the third. grounded out to Collins
in the sixth and absorbed his second
strike out In the eighth,
Faber Famed Few.
The Yankees went out in order in the
first two innings, three Of them tanning
or being called out on strikes. With one
out in the third, however, Faber passed
Schang and this gratuity blossomed into
the first run Of the game when Hoyt
grounded to Collins and Witt pulled a
single to right. Ward ripped a single
past Mulligan. but Strunk played up
against the right field bleachers for
for the third out
The White Sox also threatened In this
inning. but a lucky double play turned
them back without run. Sheedy was
the first man up and walked. MulIigan
bunted for sacrifice but p;aced the
ball in an unprotected sector between
third base and the pitchers box and !.
went for single. With Urban Faber At
bat Hoyt whipped the ball to Scott in
an unsuccessful attempt to catch Sheedy
mapping off second. and on the next
pitched ball Scott dashed over to the bag
again after signing for throw from
Schang. He got there Just In time to
grab Faber's slam and converted a
seemingly certain hit into a. snappy,
though flul1y double play. Sheedy went
to third on the play and was left when
Hoyt retired the side by tanning Ernie
Johnson.
]. Franklin Baker was the first nun.
up for the Yankees in the fourth and
famed. Lank Bob Meusei then took a
sock at the first ball pitched to him and
shot 1t into the right field bleachers for
his fourth home run Of the season. Pipp
poled single to center and took an extra
base on Mostil's tumble, but Faber
frightened UP and the next two men were
easy outs, Scott on a grounder to John
son and schang on roller to Collins.
strunk'. Double No Use.
Falk singled to right at the start of
the Sox half. but was subsequently forced
at second base for the third out after
Schalk and Sheedy had failed to ad-
vance him. Neither side scored in the
sixth. though Amos StrunlSs double.
after two were out In the White Sox
half. but In the seventh the Yankees
rang the bell with their third run.
Wallie Pipp started the thing by beat
ing out bunt toward first Scott's
burt to Faber put the Michigan mauler
on second and after Schang had popped
TO Collins Hoyt weighed In with double
to center which brought the run across.
Falk drew a pass after Mostil had
famed In the White Sox half, but Witt
made spectacular running catch of
Schall's long hoist to left center and
ended the inning by snagging Sheeley's
lift to right center. The White Sox's
only run was scored In the eighth. Ed
die Mulligan started the rally with
single to center. Harry Hooper batted
for Faber and filed to Bobbie Meusel. |
and Ernie Johnson grounded Into a force |
play at second. Strunk drove n single |
through Baker. however. and Collins |
scored the run with double down the |
right field foul line. Mostil then came |
to bat with the tying runs on second and |
third and raised a. fly to short center |
field. which Whitley Witt captured after
a hard run.
The score:
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