The Washington times., 1927-04-25
THREE. BA5E
PINCH HIT
THRILLS
By Kirk Miller

game and found a skyIight Shattered
to the floor, the bill for repairs to
same may well be forwarded to
George Herman Babe Ruth in
care Of the New York Yankees. for
II was such q souls home run in
the sixth inning, his third of the
season, that broke the frosted glass
and started a rally which brought
the Washington Griffmen a to .
defeat before upwards of % 600
Sabbath Day baseball addicts
Previous to Babes hearty smash
over the right field advertisements
and on beyond into somebody's
dimly lighted corridor, Robert Meu.
sci, he Of the famous Meusel twins.
furnished the cue for Mr.. Ruth by
lofting a similar clout into a sec
ton of Washington not quite 80
congested with homes.
In fact, MeuseI's smash frOp.
ped with neatness and dispatch
into the coat pocket of d left
field bleacherife In the second
inning and started the after.
moons scoring by making the
Yankees one up, neither party
haviEg pushed q run over the
plate In the opening round.
The Yankee threat blew over with
Meusel's bombardment in the second
and for two innings the matinee set.
tied into q sort OF a pitchers duel
with both principals holding up well.
In the fifth, after Mr.. Shocker had
struck out Bluege and Ruel, the
Griffmen put on a splendid assault
consisting of a single by Thurston
and a handy triple to his own pas
ture by Mr.. Samuel Rice, whose old
legs seemed to carry him around
nicely. Harris teased Shocker for
a base on balls and got it, and it
looked as though the fun may not
have been over, but Speaker was out
on a fly and Old Sammy Rice looked
mighty disappointed stranded out
there at third.
Ruth's antics to open the sixth
have been described and we believe
he'll pay the bill for the skylight all
right. Gehrig drew a base on balls
but wandered too far away from
there when Meusel missed sacrifice
signal, and was the victim of Ruel,
Judge and Harris. Meusel hunted
beautifully, two more walks follow
ing, Lazzeri and Gazella, and it was
that Mr.. Thurston, who
had, like Mr.. Shocker, allowed but
five hits to date, was in need of a
bath.
He got il as soon as Cedric
burst, hitting for Pat Collins,
tripIed to center, scoring Messrs.
Mensel, Lazzeri and Gaxelle.
Marberry took up the burden
where ThurstOn left off. Even
ut that, the damage was not
done, for burst was scored in
turn by ShOelEer, who dribbled a
sacrifice bunt down the first
base line on which he was re-
tired. IL was a perfectly exc
cuted squeeze. bursts appear
ance was his first in . Yankee
uniform.
With that the Yankees called 1t
an afternoon. and well they might
have done so. The customers had
seen what they paid for, home
run by Ruth and one by Meusel
thrown in for good measure. Also
they had seen the unusual spectacle
of d pinch.hitter coming through
with q triple. This was the real
thrill OF the game. Later too, they
saw a squeeze play and a little later
q balk, which just about made the
afternoon complete.
washington was helpless in it's
half of the sixth, a single by Cos
lin being. followed by three outs.
A single by Gehrig and a nit bats
man was the sum total of the
Yankee effort In the seventh and
in WashintgUn's half of this frame
a weak effort to reta late for the
hostilities of the visitors sixth was
made.
with two gone, Gazella made a
wide throw of Rice's grass.cutter
after beautiful pickup, and
Sammy was safe. at second before
the ball was brought back to cap.
tivity. Bucky Harris double to
center scored his predecessor at the
bat. and Speaker again was unable
to help the situation. In the next
two innings Washington went out
in order.
Meantime, Marberry gave way to
Robert Burke. for Cullop had hit
for Firpo In the seventh. Burke
allowed two hits In. as many in.
nings, being nipped for q single by
the first man who faced him,
Gazella. Ruth then imposed on
the rookie southpaw for a safety to
left and the local embarrassment
was over.
ThurstOn escaped the Yankee
wrath once before &c ultimately
exhibited itself. In the third
inning he had three men on
bases when kOenig had doubled,
Ruth walked and Gehrig was
hit on the forearm by pitched
ball. Meusel flied to left to
help ThurstOn out of q poten.
tial grave.
Besides his home run, Ruth got
two singles, and the best willow
for Washington was done
two, one of Judges being a double,
1t was a day for red flanneIs.
but washington was hungry for a
view OF the Yankees and one would
say it got an eyeful, The Sunday
throng proved at least that It had
faith" for It stayed, for the most
part, until the very last man was
put, hoping against hone a
miracle" might happen. 80
Harris foul ny in the fifth
landed right in the seat where Alex
Gusdorf had been sitting an instant
before, which is the first time Alex
ever gave his seat to aught. but a
lady.
FEDERAL