New-York tribune., 1922-09-11


Whatever the attendanee was, $4,000
cr more, it was one Of the biggest the
Yankees hare had. The fans began
conafng at noon, and the gates were
closed before 2 o'clock. AS usual when
the stands are packed, many thousands
were turned away.
Those inside had an afternoon of
good and lively baseball, saw the Yanks
play like pennant winners, and after II
was over knots Of fans shouted words
OF cheer and encouragement to the
various players as they left the
grounds, on foot or in kigh~powered
ear as the tastes or bank accounts of
the various players permitted.
The results and the size OF the crowd
must have tuned up the departing
Yanks to the stern siege ahead, for the
city showed that 1T is with the Yankees
till the last gun is fired.
First Game Walk-0ver
The first game was easily won. The
Athletics made bad throws to assist
Yankees to the plate, Joe Burk secured
the plate with his fast ball in good
trim. and Dugan and Pipp gave the ball
timely thumps, including home runs.
To win the second the Yankees had
70 be alert, spry and sure. They had
good pitching, serene IN the face of dam
ger, by Walter Hoyt, and supported
him to the satisfaction of the most ex-
acting and fastidjous. They won with
three hits-that's all they made-all
but sufficient. They had the toughest
kind of a time hitting the iath-like
Harris at all. Part of the centerfeld
screen was rolled up and part torn
Il 1.,< e., ,,,I.o
wanted to see, and Harris's side arm
delivery and the background Of people
made it hard to see pitching, the Yam
KEGS declared.
Jimmy Dykes took rude advantage
Of Joe Bush in the opener Joe wasn't
settled before Dykes grilled him for a
home run-hit the ball to the left field
bleachers in the first inning, first
game, first ball pitched. Quick action
that. Meusel jumped for the ball, but
couldn't reach it. Just for that Bush
scored three striEe-outs among the next
six outs-5o ner cent revenge. In that
period Dugan and Measel each made
a two-bagger, with one out, for the
Yankees, and each was left through
frail hitting back of him.
Four Runs for Yanks
1t looked as if Bush's single in the
third would be wasted, for Witt forced
him, but then things broke loose
Dugan singled and Ruth walked, and
Wally Pipp jammed a single to left
Tilly Walker kicked the ball away and
threw it wild, same constituting an
error and half if not two errors, and
a string of Yankees trooped to the
plate, three in all. This appropriate
parade was followed by Schang's short
d. ~ ,oh =
home, aided by poor throw-in.
Ruth knocked Hansen's hands loose
from a stinging ground ball in the
fifth--a single for the Babe-and wher
Pipp showed grounder through Gal,
ioway Ruth kept running and running
and slid like an avalanche across the
plate, with Galloway, to whom the bal
had been returned by Weich, holding il
700 long to collar the runaway Babe
Bruggy caught the error fever, and his
wild throw back to the pitcher lei
Pipp go to third. A mottled inning.
Bad Inning for Bush
But it wasn't all cakes and ale for
the Yankees. The Athletics stepped up
in the sixth inning and peppered Bush
for four singles in row as fast as
Bush could pour leather within reach
of their bats. With two runs in, none
out and Shawkey warming up, Bruggy
undertook to take second on potential
passed ball. Schang to Ward to Schane
went the ball, and so fast Miller was
turned back toward third and run down
Cumbersome base running by the Mack
ian Pereherons, but fortunate for the
Yankees, for Bush took heart and
clamped down.
Joe Dugan sank a home run in among
the left field bleacher constituency in
the sixth inning. Two men were on
bases at the opportune time, and the
slam and its proceeds eased the strain
Walter Pipp eased it some more in the
eighth inning, when he bombarded the
upper grandstand with home run
The Athletics first tally was a homer
the Yankees last one q homer, show.
ing once more that the first shall bt
last.
Like begets like. Dykes opened tbs
second game with hit, a -baggeg
which was SO BIZ grace of a bad hound
to Dugan But he didn't score this
time. Scott threw him out at the plate
Do Their Scoring Early
The Yankees jumped away with TIVE
runs. Passes TO Witt and Dugan
Ruth's sacrifice, Pipp's grounder t.
Galloway, and Schang's single were ths
on third and one out, didn't play in al
did the Yankees, and their disposition
of their infield troops cost them run
sThe greatest club swinger in either
league said Edward Brewster, press
box savant, when Harris came to bal
In the fifth, "when he makes a hit he's
madD Whereupon Harris proceeded Il
make himself mad by hitting single
Two more hits and run followed.
Pipp made a slick and timely play Il
the eighth inning. Perkins opened. Il
with single, and Galloway bunted. Hi
hunted to his right and Pipp was witt
the ball every second. He came W
with it over in front of Ward and his
throw to Scott forced Perkins. Thess
things al helped, for SO we'll did the
slim Harris pitch the Yankees didn'I
make a hit after the fourth inning ant
hardly could hit the bulb out Of the
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