New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-24
YANKEES ON THE CLIMB
WIN TWO MORE GAMES.
Clean Hitting and Brilliant Pitching
Too Much for Chicago.

If by chance stranger had wandered up to
American League Park yesterday. without know
ing that Detroit and Philadelphia were fighting 1t
out for the American League pennant and that the
Yankees were in the second division, he would have
declared without hesItancy that New York had
championship team. The Yankees played like
champions. and II hard even for the regulars
to understand why II that ;he team was not
at the top. They won two games from the Chicago
White Sox by scores Of 4 10 2 and 20 /. and Incl
dentally climbed into fifth place only Il points be-
hind Chicago and the first division
The Detroit Tigers came to town last night, and
will go up TO the park to-day in fear ami trem-
bling, as the Yankees are playing ;lie kind of ball
and are just IN the right mind 10 pull the league
leaders out of first place. and thus lend helping
hand TO the Philadelphia Athletics, their neighbors
of the East 1t is not, perhaps, that they love
Philadelphia more, but Detroit less New York has
now won eight straight games making a clean
sweep of both the Cleveland and Chicago series.
The Yankees the first game yesterday by
punching hits off big Ed" Walsh in two innings.
while Joe Lake pitching a steady. II not a
brilliant game. and holding the visitors TO three
safe drives. Incidentally Chase Austin and Knight
who still at shOrtstop in Elberfelds place.
helped Lake out by some spectacular and sizzling
plays that kept the good sized crowd cheering and
shouting One play in particular, stood out in the
third inning. when knight pulled down a scream
ing liner off Coles bat and doubled up Altizer at
first Chase making a great one-handed jumping
catch OF the quick but none too accurate throw.
Knight, by the way, also made three hits in four
times at bat, and altogether Elberfeld was not
missed
The Yankees scored two runs in the second inning
Gardiner led off with a two-bagger to right field
and took third when Knight singled TO left Austin
went out on grounder TO Altizer. but Sweeney
came along with a safe drive and Gardiner and
Knight scored They added two more runs in the
fourth inning when Knight. not to be outdone by
Gardiner started things right with a two-bagger
and scored when Tanneh made bad throw TO
first Of Austins bunt. The last named went to
second on the play, took third Sweeney's sacri-
flee and scored on a wild pitch Lake followed
with hit but was caught off first, while Hemp
hills grounder was easy for Altizer.
Chicago scored one run in the first inning, thanks
to base on balls, sacrifice and pretty slide to
the plate while DOugherty. who had earned a free
pass, being down between second and first
The only other run scored by the visitors came in
the ninth inning. when Dougherty drove the ball
the fence in left field for three bases and scored
Parents sacrifice fly Walsh ordered out
of the game in the last inning for Directing 70 q
decision of the umpire
The Yankees the second game before II
fairly started by batting rally in the first inning
which resulted in six With such handicap
face, the visitors might be excused for playing
in listless fashion. They also found Quinn quite
hard to solve Lake, and six hits did not help
much in getting runs the plate.
TWO out before the Yankees fell on
White in the first inning and drove him out of the
box. Cree had walked and gone down to second
on Keeler's sacrifice and Chase had fallen a victim
Tannehill and Altzer, when Enge stepped up to
the plate and began fuslade of hits that was not
stopped before six runs had been chalked up. Cree
scored Engle's safe drive over second. and the
latter raced all the way to the plate for a scratch
home as Cole fumbed the ball Gardiner drew
a base balls, went to second knights hit, and
scored when Austin drove a two-bagger to left field
Sweeney followed with single, sending knight and
Austin the plate That the end of White,
and Omstead took his place. Quinn opened on the
with a slashing two-bagger 10 centre. scor-
ing Sweeney. and Cree up for the second time
He got a life Tannehills error but Purtell ended
the agony by throwing Keller out at first.
The White Sox managed to run in the
second inning, thanks largely TO punching two Of
their six hits but thereafter they threatened little
danger.
The scores follow: