New Britain herald., 1926-04-21
BABE RUTH GOES WILD
 GETS HIS FIRST HOMER
Yankees Score 22 Hits Of Five Washington Pitchers Detroit Downs St. Louis-C Cincinnati Beats Pitts burgh - Cubs Shut Out Cardinals - All Other Games Postponed On Account of Cold Weather Ninth Inning HOmers Becoming Common.
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By The Associated Press.
 Baseball warfare, carried on spas medically during tho past week, has become more strenous for Babe Ruth. artillery chief of the Yankees, has fired on Washington.
 The Yanks, aiming to put down the eastern seaboard armies before venturing westward, suffered silent casualties last week in Boston when their big guns failed to maneuyer properly
 The advance on the National capi- tal had to be well supported and General Huggins called upon Colonel Ruth for some activity.
 After q losing skirmish on the opening day of the offensive and a 4 hour respite on account of wealth er conditions, there came suddenly at the start Of yesterdays hostilitieS, tremendous barraCe and for the rest of the day Ruth's guns worked steadily, making Q vicious assault. When the smoke cleared it was found that the Tanks had scored 29 direct hits.
 Five hits, home run, two doubles and two singles from the Big Bertha alone, indicate that the Yankees are out this year to blast their way to baseball championship after remain- ing quiet for a season. The Ruth effort was ably supported by the bats Of Koenig, Combs, Gehrig, Meusel. LaZerri and Dugan, bring ing a final count against the Ameri- can leaglc champions of IS to 5.
 Walter Johnson, who allowed the Athletics only six safeties in , in- nings on the opening day. was the first Senator marksman to leave the battlefield. He departed after the Yankees had registered eight hits and seven runs in three innings. Perhaps the powerful right arm had strained by the masterful exhibition week ago.
 Ruth was not alone in home run hitting yesterday In Chicago the grey haired manager of Cleveland, Tus Speaker. lefthanded a blow in the far spaces in a 2 to 5 conquest of the White SoX for his team. In the ninth inning a pinch hitting Chi caGoan, Grabowski, poled one to the bleachers recording three futile runs.
 Ninth inning homers are becoming common in the major leagues. Jimmy Johnston performed the feat on the first day of the season for the Braves but too late to win the game. Cy Williams did 1t for the Phillics and cleared the heretofore fully populated bases for q victory. Pat collins registered q four base blow iu the ninth al Boston recently for the Yankees, Bob Meusel made one on sunday which tied the game but the Yankees lost out in the eleventh,
 An error hy Jacobson and the wildness of Van Glider enabled De trot to down St. Louis yesterday, D to ]. This gave the Tygers three out of four games for the series.
 Red Lucas of Cincinnati granted the world champion Pirates only four hits and won, 10 3 A double by Max Carey after a hit and pass accounted for the Pirates runs.
 The Cardinals and Cubs split even Tn their series when Cooper shut out the HornSbys, to q, on five safe- ties. Wilson or the Cubs hit q home run.
 All other games wcr" frozen out, ivory contest in tho international league ha'ing hr"n postponed for tL.-- .--nnAN sr,L-.--Ht--., LuN