The New York herald., 1922-05-31
Lose Morning Game by Run
and Win Afternoon Contest
by Same Margin.
by w. o. McGEEHAN.

Putting the events at the Polo
their historical Importance, Babe Ruth
got his second home run of the sea-
son; Col Tillinghast L'Hommedieu
Huston parked his iron boiler for the
season and came out under straw, and
the Yankees split with Cornelius Nc
Gillicuddy's Living Skeletons, winning
the morning game and losing in the
afternoon. In the morning the Yanks
won by 3 toN2; in the afternoon they
were practically ruined in the ninth,
the Skeletons winning by to 8.
The historic home run came in the
afternoon game. 1t tied the score. and
as Ruth clattered across the dish the
same citizens who crowned him with
raspberry leaves the day he ran amuck
burst into vociferous cheers. Some of
the more enthusiastic gents stamped
upon their straw hats and, skinned
them down the stands. One of these
fell into the pest box and your cor
respondent, in the interests of science,
investigated to see what manner of
skull it is whose owner gives vent to
his joy in this fashion.
There was no size number. but 1t IL
believed that the hat was five ana
seven-eighths 1t would fit no soon
In the pest box. not even the microscopic
bean of the official statistician. They
even tried it on a couple of actors ara
It was still too small. When the next
home run occurs more complete statistics
and hats will be collected in order thrt
Joe Mulvihill. the mad halter Of Dan
bury, Conn, may study the matter ami
arrive at the proper conclusion II any.
Smile of Forgiveness.
When the Babe approached the dugott
after scoring on the homer he doHed MS
cap with smile of beautiful forgive
ness. The look of broodlng melancholy
which he had worn since he chased the
rude conductor part of the way to Buf-
falo and was reduced to the ranks dis
appeared and the smile that rep aced IL
was touching to behold.
The beatihc smile lasted in Ruths
rotund countenance until the next time
he came to bat While the smile was
there the stands would have pcen sdle
for conductors even. But when lie came
IN TO bat again he struck out and the
emil. wilted as Ruth glared at the STANDS
once more. His expression seemed q
read "An this bunk about forgiveness
doesn't CO." 49,,
The Yanks came close to losing the
morning game when Aaron Ward urea
TO read the weird incrutable mind oi an
umpire He should have known better
Did not Ruth only the other day at
tempt to improve the vision OF an UNI
pire with a handful of sand? The enor'
was not appreciated.
on that same yesterday Ty Cobp trie
70 get the mind Of an umpire on n"
work and make him see point py J'o
hing him In the shins with MS spiheu
shoes. Instead of appreciating Copo
interest in him the umpire chased sHT
Georgia peach from the game ana lyruS
probably will draw slight susoens.o.
II seems that ole Doc Johhstol,
SLAPPED the pill against the right iie.u
wall for a two bagger. The PIN cIlc
hack to Ward pretty badly dented iroiI
contact with the concrete. He caileu
Umpire Nallin's attention to the iact
that the spheroid was more IMAM
slightly flattened at the poles ana
Nallin was seen to nod. Ward heaved
the hall toward the Yankee dugout.
Inmediately Johnston started for third.
Ward uttered shrill squawk, but
Nallin declared that he had not con-
demned the ball.