The New York herald., 1922-03-19


up for a mark Of 500.
Furthermore, Capt. Ruth failed
fielder, whereas Rogers made the I
game In the sixth, when he raced ia
from the bat Of Wally Pipp. 1t was
fielding, but the Babe will have cha
The Cardinals outclassed the Yanks
in every department of play and ap-
peared TO be at least a week further
advanced as far as condition was con-
cerned than the men from Broadway.
Eighteen hits rang with resoundlng
snacks from the st. Louis bats, IN
cluding among which were three trip
les and three doubles. Sam jones, the
first Yankee pitcher. was subjected to
frightful drubbing, eight safeties. OF
which two were triples and one
n ,ble, resulting in the Scoring OF SIX
the Cardinal runs.
o,DouI Surprises at Bat.
Lefty O'Doul, the far famed native
son. succeeded Jones as moundsman
and he was hammered for ten hits ana
four runs. But Lefty showed by ms
prowess at the oat that If he ever
loses his pitching job he'll still be very
much in the running as batter. All
,his youngster did in his three trips
70 the plate was to bang out lwo
triples and single. And the way IN
which he footed it around the pases
made the Crescent City rooters gasp
i, wonder. That right field propieii
can be solved easily If Lefty IS viii
ing to forego his desire to be curve
artist. ra.
N.naeer Branch Hickey of the CARDS.
,,sed fo,,r pitchers in Barfoot. Haines'
Reinhart and Walker the ianhs ~
cumulating twelve hits from their com
,ined twirling. Barfoot. who star'eu
+,a oame worked for six innings ana
disp1ayed considerable promise TOT
newcomer. He held the New workers. "
seven hits and one lone run. frames,
veteran, pitched the seventh inning aoa
treatment. -.
IT was off this big righthander that
The Babe made his homer. and Le1ly
O'Doul liked Haines so much that ne m
serted his second triple at TINS parucu-
lar time Two runs were allowed py
Haines, who in the following inning
was replaced by Reinhart, tall south-
paw. This lefthander, as might pc eA
pected from a southpaw, was unable 70
discover where the home plate was ana
the Yanks profited accordingly Three
in a row did Renhart walk before
Hickey snatched him from the mound IN
favor OF Walker. who finished the
game. -
scores Come Early.
The opening runs OF the conflict came
IN the second inning. the Cards then
Giving the first indication of what was
going to happen to our sam Jones.
With one out McHenry doubled to right
Lavan flied to Ruth. but Clemons. the
st. Louis catcher, drove out a triple
10 center, tallying McHenry. Barfoot
did a surprising thing for a cub pitcher.
He aimed a savage liner at Ruth. which
the Yankee captain sadly misjudged
and pulled up at third by the time the
ponderous Babe returned the ball to the
infeld. Clemons naturally walked home
while all this was going on.
Smith continued the bombing OF Jones
with a single to center. on which Bar-'
foot crossed the plate. Old Jacques
Fournier condcscended to fan for the
third out
In the fourth the well trained Cards
did some more wicked bat swinging.
The terrible McHenry again led the
way with o single to center and legged
81 to second on Doc I4avan's sacrifice
hit. Clemons then came through with
hts second safety of the game. D. single
which fairly sizzled over Bakers head.
and McHenry counted. The amazing
Barfoot once more connected squarely
and Smith reached first safely when
Pipp threw his grounder wildly to sec
ond In an effort to force Barfoot. This
filled all the bags and jacques Four
nier emptied two OF them with "A hot
smash over second. Stock ended the
spasm by hitting into double play.
Ward to Scott TO Pipp.
The Cards increased their lead to
seven runs in the fifth by means of
single by Hornsby. sacrifice hit by
Mueller and single by our old friend
McHenry. In desperation and with the
aid of Lefty O'Doul the Yanks picked
up one run In their half OF the fifth.
Dcvormer who had relieved Hoffman,
behind the bat, singled to center and
scored on Lefty O'Dours triple TO LEFT
center Fewster also beat out hit
in this inning. but TO no avail
Yankees Rally.
In the seventh. with Haines pitching
for the Cards, the Hugmen brought
their total up 10 three, the flashy O'Doul
hitting for his second triple and the Babe
with his homer accounting for two tallies.
The big chance for the Yanks came ~
the eighth. the scenery being properly
adjusted by southpaw Reinhart. who
passed Pipp. Ward and Scott as a. starter
end was then passed out OF the pastime
himself by Manager Hickey. Pipp scored
on Devormer's infield, and Ward and
Scott counted on lefty O'Dours third
safe bingie in a row. a single to center.
Fewstcr popped to Stock and Mcmillan
singled to left. Ruth walked. amid the
howls Of the 1000 fanatics. filling the
bases But j. Franklin Baker was un-
, equal to the occasion. The once FAMOUS
home runner grounded weakly 70
Hornsbyt and Il was all over
\ There Ia M need. OF relating how the