YANK DYNAMITE BAMS ATHLETICS, 8-2

Caught off second in the first, the Bambino finds Sam Hale waiting at third with the ball and Umpire Nallin ready to call him out.

BOYS HIT BALL SOMETHING AWFUL; BABE DOUBLES WITH BASES FULL

Shawkey Allows Only Five Hits in Game

April 27, 1926 - New York Daily News

By PAUL GALLICO

The only question that agitates the minds of visitors to the Yankee stadium these brisk days is what manner of losing it is going to happen. Yesterday the dynamite was held until the fifth inning when it went off with a large noise, mangling the visiting Athletics something gruesome. The final score was 8 to 2, favoring the Yankees in a very one-sided manner.

Happy Mr. Huggins.

Five of those eight were blasted in that fifth in which George Herman Ruth hit a double with the bases full and Edward Rommel simply vanished. You couldn't believe it. One minute he was there, the next he wasn't. Yankee dynamite acts that way.

But probably the main reason why Mister Miller Huggins was soon embracing himself enthusiastically as he left the field was because Robert Shawkey pitched nine innings in which he permitted but five hits and struck out nine men, without issuing a single pass.

Or mebbe it was because Joe Dugan got four hits out of four trips to the plate, one of them a double; or because Tony Lazzeri hit a home run, or because Earle Combs hit ditto. There is so much that gives Mister Huggins cause for rejoicing these days that it is difficult to pin it down to one item.

Parting of the Ways.

The game began as all games do, with two rival pitchers marching to the mound. One was Robert Shawkey , the other was Edward Rommel .It was Eddie's turn first, and Earle Combs hit the first ball thrown into the right field bleachers. That was in the first inning.In the second, a certain Hale , resident of Philadelphia, belted one into the — and the thing was over.

From then on, however, the ways of the two young men lay apart. Shawkey opened the fifth with a single that snuggled along the right field foul line. Koenig sacrificed handsomely and Edward Rommel then proceeded to throwCombs's grounder in such a manner that Combs was safe when he should have been out. Vastly disturbed, Edward walked Gehrig , bringing to bat Ruth with the bases full.

This situation is deserving of a new paragraph. Our hero swung and swung and fouled and worked Edward for three and two and then just naturally lambasted the ball into right field, knocking Bishop on the ground in passage, the pellet reserving enough force to play tag with French's ankles in right field until the bases were as empty as though a giant vacuum cleaner had passed over them and that poor old cripple Ruth perched on second.

French got himself a good triple in the sixth and coasted in on Lamar's out to Gehrig .

How the crowd cheered in the seventh when Lazzeri sprang high into the afternoon sunshine and speared Simmons's drive with the tips of his gloved fingers. The ball wasn't even buried in his glove. How he held it is a mystery.

And how the crowd laughed in the ninth when, with Lamar on third, Hauser lifted a high fly to Ruth and the Babe's throw to Collins was so fast and accurate that Lamar didn't get four steps toward home when he thought better of it.

From there he scored on Meusel's single and Rommel's second wild pitch. Edward was becoming ever so perturbed over something.Then, while Meusel was being run down in a manner most distressing to those trying to keep score, Lazzeri got all the way to third, whence he scored on Dugan's third single.Collins walked and so did Rommel , immediately after. Heimach took his place and Shawkey, second time up, made the third

Slam! Bang!

PHILADELPHIA	ab	r	h	e	e	NEW YORK	ab	r	h	e	e
B'hop, 2b	4	0	0	2	0	Koenig, ss	4	0	0	2	0
Fren'h, rf	4	1	1	1	0	Combs, cf	4	2	1	3	0
Lamar, lf	4	0	1	1	0	Gehrig, 1b	3	1	0	8	0
Ha'ser, 1b	3	0	1	14	0	Ruth, rf	3	1	1	2	0
Sim'ns, cf	4	0	1	1	0	Meusel, lf	4	0	2	0	0
Hale, 3b	3	1	1	5	0	Lazzeri, 2b	4	2	1	5	0
Coch'ne, c	3	0	0	3	0	Dugan, 3b	4	1	4	1	0
Gal'ay, ss	3	0	0	5	0	Collins, c	2	0	1	10	0
Rom'el, p	2	0	0	9	2	Shaw'y, p	4	1	2	2	0
Be'ch, p	1	0	0	2	0
Totals	31	2	5	43	2	Totals	32	8	12	33	0

Philadelphia ................................ 010 001 000 — 2
New York ................................ 100 150 01x — 8

Two-base hits—Ruth, Dugan. Three-base hit—French. Home runs—Combs, Hale, Lazzeri. Sacrifices—Koenig, Collins. Double play—Galloway - Bishop - Hauser. Bases on balls—Off Rommel 3. Struck out—By Shawkey 9, Rommel 1. Hits—Off Rommel 10 in 4 2/3 innings. Time—1:43. Umpires—Geisel, Connolly, Nallin. Attendance—7,000.

In the fourth Lazzeri practically bunted into the right field stand. He meant to hit to left field. When told where the ball had terminated its career, he gave out a short interview: "Life is funny," he said. Dugan's double, Collins's sacrifice and Shawkey's second hit of the day gave the Yanks their last run in the eighth.

For the information of those who delight in just such things, only one starting pitcher has yet finished a game against the Yankees and that one— Sam Gray of the A's, was beaten. Next victim: Probably Slim Harris today opposing Pennock . The same cast of murderers is promised to waylay Mr.Harris .In the fourth Lazzeri practically bunted into the right field stand. He meant to hit to left field. When told where the ball had terminated its career, he gave out a short interview: "Life is funny," he said.

Possibly, however, a brief narrative of that fifth has a place. Bob Shawkey opened it with a single that snuggled along the right field foul line.

Koenig sacrificed handsomely and Edward Rommel then proceeded to throw Combs's grounder in such a manner that Combs was safe when he should have been out. Vastly disturbed, Edward walked Gehrig, bringing to bat Ruth with the bases full.

Our Hero

This situation is deserving of a new paragraph. Our hero swang and swang and fouled and worked

Edward for three and two and then just naturally lambasted the ball into right field, knocking Bishop flat on the ground in passage, the pellet reserving enough force to play tag with French's ankles in right field until the bases were as empty as though a giant vacuum cleaner had passed over them and that poor old cripple Ruth perched on second.

From there he scored on Meusel's single and Rommel's second wild peg. Edward was becoming perturbed over something.

Then, while Meusel was being run down in a manner most distressing to those trying to keep.

Rommel Just Naturally Disappears Off Mound.

score, Lazzeri got all the way to third, whence he scored on Dugan's third single. Collins walked and so did Rommel, immediately after. Heimach took his place and Shawkey, second time up, made the third out.

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Dugan’s double, Collins’s sacrifice and Shawkey’s second hit of the day gave the Yanks their last run in the eighth.

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French got himself a good triple in the sixth and coasted in on Lamar’s out to Gehrig.

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How the crowd cheered in the seventh when Lazzeri sprang high into the afternoon ozone and speared Simmons’s drive with the tips of his gloved fingers. The ball wasn’t even buried in his glove. How he held it is a mystery.

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And how the crowd laughed in the ninth when, with Lamar on third, Hauser lifted a high fly to Ruth and the Babe’s throw to Collins was so fast and accurate that Lamar didn’t get four steps toward home when he thought better of it.

For the information of those who delight in just such things, only one starting pitcher has yet finished a game against the Yankees and that one—Sam Gray, of the A’s, was beaten.

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Next victim? Probably Slim Harris today opposing Pennock. The same cast of murderers is promised to waylay Mr. Harris.