San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-21
WILLIAMS AND
RUTH OFF IN
HOMER BATTLE
Each Start With One Sun
days Made in Big
Leagues Already.
YANKEES SLIDE FAST
Seventh Now-Giants Look
Familiar in National
League Lead.
YANKEES SLIDE FAST

New York. April 2l.-Babe Ruth
has made his first home run of the
season. He dropped ball over the
garden wall at Washington Sunday.
Cy Williams Immediately lifted one
skyward at Brooklyn, and the home
run makers who tied at Al last sea-
son, were off on even terms.
Ruth's blow, made off Walter John
sou, failed TO check the careening
slide of the worlds champions, who
thudded to seventh place as the Sena-
tors wslloped five of the celebrated
Yankee pitchers for a 12-to-3 vic
tory.
Cy's swat helped Philadelphia 10 a
4-to-1 victory over Brooklyn in a
game reduced TO six innings by rain.
OF three other homers made, two
were decisive. Heinie Groh pounded
a bender from Rube Marquard into
and scored SOuthworth ahead of him
with the runs that earned > to l vic
tory for the Giants over Boston.
Walter Huntzinger, former University
of Pennsylvania star. pitched good
ball until the ninth when McGraw
played safe and sent Nehf in after
two hits were made.
Speaker Muffs One.
Sheely's circuit swat figured hand
lily in the 5-2 victory in which the
White Sox Won from Cleveland be-
fore $1,000 persons at Chicago. iris
Speaker dropped a fly ball in the
eighth inning. during which the Sox
made four runs and finally won from
the Indians by a squeeze play.
Grantham. Cub secOnd-baseman
added a four-base wallop to double
and triple. but his powerful swatting
did not prevent Cincinnati from beat
ing Chicago. ) to ,. Luque. Fri
berg and Statz were put out of the
game for debating with the UNI
pircs.
Pittsburg lost. 8 to >. when Morri-
son permitted the Cardinals 10 stage
n two-rm rally in the ninth. Wright,
the Pirate rookie at shortstop. made
three hits and handled eight fielding
changes successfully.
Dadss held st. Louis to three hits
in the American League and Detroit
won. . TO - Sisler went hitless foT
the second time since the season be-
gan.
Twenty-three Homers Already.
Fifteen National League players
knocked out home runs during the
first week Of the new season, while
eight American League players circled
the bases. Babe Ruth. home-run king.
slipped by on narrow squeeze when
he drove the ball over the right field
fence in Sundays game with Wash
ington.
Two runs is the highest tally any
player has scored. three Of these be-
ing in the American League ana TWO
in the National.
Harry Heilmann, hard-hitting De-
troit Tiger, began early this season
with two home runs the first week.
Jacobson and McManus, both of st.
Louis, also had two. In the Ma
tional Groh. New York, and Grant
ham, Chicago, were the only players
making two in the first week.
The following in the American
League made one home run: Blue,
Detroit; r. Collins. Chicago: Witt.
New York; Ruth, New York; Sheely.
Chicago.
In the National the following made
one each: Friscb. New York: South
worth, New York; Stengel. Boston:
Carlson. Philadelphia; l.. Bell. st.
louis: Hartnett. Chicago; Johnston.
Brooklyn; Fournier. BROOKLYN: Bot
tomly, st. Louis: Grimes. Chicago
Miller, Chicago; Hornsby. ST. Louis;
Neis, Brooklyn.