New-York tribune., 1922-09-18


cut of the park in the sixth inning
admit, went at Hoyt savagely.
Hitting rallies off Hoyt and Jones.
in the latter Of which Kenneth Williams
raped home run, heapedSup five runs
for the second place outfit. They won
the game by gr.. and superior batting,
for Hubert Pruett, the boyish left
handler Of slender frame and slippery
curves, was, in effect. profound mys-
tsxy to the New York raiders and
pitched wonderfully cool and effective
game Pruett allowed only five hits
and registered eight strike-outs.
George Sisler delivered timely hit
ana has now wiped out Cobb's Ameri-
can League record of hit or more in
forty consecutive games. Sisler reached
the forty-one mark with hot smash
of Hoyt. Furthermore, Ruth proved
that he could hit pruett. He made
home run and q single and timed
pruett's artful slants to bette- effect.
Hoyt did some fine pitching in the
pinches in the first five innings. There
was no fault to find with his support.
Dugan mishandled a ground ball, but
/: cost nothing. The Browns, however,
had moro dash than their adversaries
and came back we'll after the Yankees
victory Of the day before.
Fans Applaud Witt
The attendance to-day was fully up
to yesterdays, If not larger. band
was present with stirring music, but
some apprehension was expressed that
it would put more martial spirit in the
Yankees than in the Browns. A sprin-
king of applause greeted Whitley Witt
when he went to his stand in center
field. His cap fit him somewhat tightly,
but otherwise he appeared to be o. K.
ST. Louis probably has enjoyed the
largest attendance for two days in sue
cession it ever knew. The overflow to-
day was more sardine like than yes
terday's and encroached more on the
field spaces. When everything was set
Whitley Witt. the nervy, strolled up to
the plate undismayed by his experience
with glassware.
Pruett waited up leisurely curves
and struck Whitley out. He did the
same with Dugan. Then Up came Ruth,
his special dish, and the noisy ele-
ment, more numerous than yesterday.
let go with volume of boos-the same
old uncalled for and rowdy stuff. Ruth
studied Pruett carefully, bit at moth
ing and walked. Pipp singled over Nc
Manus and sent Ruth to third, but Pipp
overplas ed his hand by trying for sec
end on the throw to third, and Nc
Manus threw him out.
On Tobin's bunt to Pipp Hoyt stood
still and left first uncovered, a silly
thing to do. Foster singled, and then
Fipp took Sisters tap and fred across
60 Dugan for q force out. 1t looked as
if he would have double play by way
of second base, but may be not, for
Sisler is fast Hoyt whipped in ball
Of sulphuric speed and struck out Will
liams and Jacobson, two Titans of the
cudgel. For st. Louis it was pre-
scription hard to take.
Pruett was fooling the Yankees.
They took strike after strike, deluded
by the southpaw's breaks. McManus
opened the home second with hit be-
tween Dugan and the bag, but Schang
had him tabled, called for a pitch-out
and stopped his steal. SEVERED singled
and Dugan fumbled an easy drive from
Gerber Pruett missed while trying to
bunt, and Schang on the play caught
SEVERED mapping off second Pruett
struck out, and there were two more
ST Louis hits gone to waste.
Another Hit Wasted
Wits hit in the third, like Pipps in
me hrst; was made with two out. In
the third Pruett tried different tactics
on Ruth. He put the ball over. and the
Babe famed in the old familiar fash
ion. !. was change of pace that hood
winked him. Gerber had four chances
in the fifth. He threw out Meusel.
Ward and Hoyt and made high throw
on Scott. Pruett so far was a sealed
book to the Yankee batters The
Browns had man on first in the fifth.
with one out, when Witt went to the
edge of the crowd in deep right center
end absorbed Tobin's fly,
Both sides scored in the sixth. Ruth
hit his thirty-third home run, lifting
the ball out of the park into Grand
Avenue, so Pruett can't stop him all
the time.
Hoyt passed Foster, the first man up
bad business. Sisler and Williams
promptly cutfed Hoyt for singles, and
Williams's hit scored Foster Neither
Jacobsen nor McManus could do any
thing. but with two out Williams was
allowed to steal second. Then SEVERED.
with the count and 2, caught one on
the end of the bat and singled between
Scott and second base. Both runners
scored. and fearful din broke loose.
The st. Louis players on the bench
egged the crowd on to more racket
crowd which needed no egging. 1t was
plenty capable of making noise.
This act of the st. Louis players was
not good sportsmans ship Poor sports
manship in st. LOUIS, however, is not
uncommon. A group of fans in the
center field overflow stretched on their
toes in the eighth and waved arms to
disconcert the New York batters. Um-
pire Dinneen ordered this stopped, and
Outfelder Williams walked over and
tagged the rowdies
Mcmillan. pinch hitting for Hoyt,
famed in the eighth and Jones took the
rubber. He walked Foster, who was
out stealing, and followed by walking
Sisler. Then Williams Jared him with
home run to the right-feld seats
the thirty-eighth for the Missouri
slugger. 1t just about settled the
game. Yet the Yankees weren't beaten
until it was all over. DugAn and Ruth
made hits in the ninth, which was
nearly half of the New York total