Babe Ruth Smacks No. 23 as Yankees Split Wild Twin Bill in Washington
Babe Ruth launched his 23rd home run of 1926 as the Yankees split a bizarre doubleheader in Washington. Burleigh Grimes dominated Boston, Hal Carlson beat the Giants, and Grover Alexander was sent from the Cubs to the Cardinals.
Content from the NY Daily News - Wednesday June 23, 1926
In This Edition
- Ruth Smacks No. 23 as Yankees Divide
- Robins Play Real Ball and Subdue Braves, 4-2
- Hal Carlson Pitches Phils to Victory, 6-2
- Grover Alexander Sent to Cards
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RUTH SMACKS NO. 23 AS YANKEES DIVIDE
Senators Take First, 8—7; Lose Second, 9—1.
By MARSHALL HUNT.
Washington, D. C., June 22. — Out of the nightmarishness of it all in Griffith Stadium this leaden afternoon—out of the confusion, the eerie turmoil, the confounding unearthly devices of the Yankees and Senators in the convulsions of a seemingly interminable doubleheader—there remains in memory one distinct feature. That was in the twenty-third home run of Babe Ruth.
The Yankees exploded like a $3 tire in the ninth inning of game No. 1, and lost 8 to 7, though they should have won by a convincing margin. With ridiculous ease they won the second, 9 to 1, a triple in the ninth by Goose Goslin eventuating in the run which prevented Master Waite Hoyt from enjoying a shut out.
Cripes! How could two teams cram so much goofy baseball into one afternoon? It was done. Emilio Palmero, veteran lefthander, walked three in the first inning of the second game. Then Roger Peckinpaugh erred, there were sacrifices, a wild pitch and Joe Dugan's triple, all for four runs.
Then in the third there was number 23 for Mr. Ruth, a soaring, whistling blow over the forty-foot right field wall when Lou Gehrig was on base.
The first game was one of the weirdest seen this season.
The Senators were trailing by five runs in the ninth. Walter Beall weakened and Herb Pennock relieved him with two Senators on bases. Herb let the bases get full, but forced Joe Harris to hit into a double play.
Then Ossie Bluege hit a grounder which Mark Koenig fumbled. Peckinpaugh and Muddy Ruel singled, pinch runners and a pinch hitter were injected. He doubled and Pennock was taken out.
Urban Shocker loped to the rubber. Benny Tate slapped the first ball pitched to left for a double which slipped through Bob Meusel's hands for an error and the last of the Senators' six runs was in.
JOE DUGAN HURT IN TRY FOR HOMER
Washington, D. C., June 22.—Joe Dugan, Yankee third baseman, was painfully injured in the first inning of the second game here today with the Senators. Joe tripled and when he attempted to stretch the hit into a home run he tripped over Muddy Ruel's ankle at the plate and was tossed almost ten feet. An examination later disclosed he had hurt his back and side so that he may not be able to play in the Boston series beginning Thursday.
ROBINS PLAY REAL BALL AND SUBDUE BRAVES, 4-2
Grimes Hurls a Masterful Game Against Bostons.
By CHARLES HOERTER.
Boston, Mass., June 22.—Your Dodgers have at last found a team which they can defeat consistently and easily. Today before a vast crowd of about 2,000 real fans—they must be real fans if they watch the Braves play—they won their eighth game of the season from Dave Bancroft's team, 4 to 2.
It took some fine pitching by Burleigh Grimes to subdue the Braves. Seldom has the veteran spitballer twirled as he did today, and he had the Braves eating out of his hands. Not a man did Burleigh walk, and he permitted only eight safe hits. Except for a slight letup in the fifth inning, when the Braves scored two runs, Grimes was never in trouble. In the other innings the veteran generally got rid of the first two men before he permitted a batter to reach base safely.
The Dodgers looked better today than they have in some time. They hit hard and timely and only had one error charged against them. Whether or not they will maintain this form is hard to say, but if they do, they will certainly finish among the leaders.
Jerry Standaert, the rookie infielder, came through with the hit which scored what proved to be the winning runs in the second inning. After the Dodgers had pushed a run across on hits by Dick Cox and Bubbles Hargrave, Jimmy Johnston walked and Grimes singled. Standaert then slammed a line single to left, scoring the pair.
To make victory surer, Zack Wheat doubled in the eighth and after he had been forced by Cox, Hargrave singled for the last Dodger tally.
HAL CARLSON PITCHES PHILS TO VICTORY, 6-2
Giants Make Only 7 Hits; Second Game Rained Out.
By WILL MURPHY.
The Giants had succeeded in losing the first game of a scheduled double header at the Polo Grounds yesterday to the Phillies, 6 to 2, when rain stopped the second spasm in the first inning and prevented the John McGraws from getting an even break on the day—or maybe from losing two. One never knows.
Hal Carlson pitched so well for the Futile Fletchermen that the Giants never had much chance. The sixth-place tenants could find but seven hits in their bats, while the Phils were seldom bothered by the throwing of Freddie Fitzsimmons.
And That's Pretty Tight.
Persistent clubbing gave the Quakers three runs in the early innings and they sewed up the game tighter than a belted earl when Johnny Mokan rapped a homer to the right-field bull pen with two on in the ninth. Chick Davies, who is usually seen on the rubber in the ninth inning, was tossing then.
The Giants' lone outbreak of productive punching occurred in the sixth, when Ross Youngs worked Carlson for a pass and scored on Fred Lindstrom's lusty triple. Freddie came home on Irish Meusel's single.
The hit-and-run play and Ross Young's daring nearly tied the count in the eighth. The enterprising Mr. Young tried to score all the way from first on Meusel's slow hopping single to right field. Ross thought he made it, but Umps Moran said Mokan's throw got to the plate before him. That was the afternoon's lone bit of real excitement.
Wasted Effort.
Raymond Greenfield and Claude Willoughby were the pitchers in the second affair. Kent retired the side in the first inning after allowing Mokan a single. In the Giants' half, Frankie Frisch singled and stole second when the downpour cut short Young's turn at bat. That single and steal won't do Frankie's record any more good than if they had been made in practice.
A record for long-distance wild throws was set by Eddie Farrell when he tried to complete a double play in the fourth. From second base Eddie chucked the apple into the stand and halfway up the aisle toward Harry Steven's pie counter. With less enthusiasm and more direction that throw would have retired the side and saved one of the runs scored off Fitzsimmons.
Grover Alexander Sent to Cards
Chicago, June 22. — Grover Cleveland Alexander is no longer a Cub. President William Veeck of the Chicago National League team tonight announced that the big pitcher had been released on waivers to the St. Louis Cardinals and would depart immediately to join Rogers Hornsby’s team.
The releasing of Alexander comes as the aftermath of his suspension a week ago in Philadelphia by Manager Joe McCarthy for breaking training. Alex was sent back to Chicago by McCarthy.
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