New-York tribune., 1909-09-16
YANKEES WIN In NINTH
CHECK FOR ATHLETICS.
KeeIer SGUes Game uith Long Dr1Ue
after Making Costly Error.

In game full OF exciting situations and marked
| by clean hitting and good fielding. the Yankees
| managed TO check The Philadelphia Athletics and
| prevent them from making clean sweep of the
series by winning hard fought game at American
League Park yesterday by a score OF to = Most
OF the excitement came in the ninth inning when
| Philadelphia, thanks 10 error by keeler. tied
| the score. and when the Yankees. thanks to a
three-bagger by Keller. who thus redeemed him
| self. won the game
Brockett and Morgan were opposed to each other
in the box and the New York pitched the bet
ter game, holding the Athletics TO seven hits and
proving himself strong in tight places Tho Yan-
KEGS made ten hits off Morgan's delivery and
punched them in such a that all three runs
were earned
The visitors were retired without a up 10 the
ninth inning. the Yankees scoring two in the mean
time The first came in the third inning, when
Demmitt led of with pretty single to night held.
went down to second Keeler's sacrifice, took
! third as Chase thrown out at first by Barry
and scored on Engle's timely drive over second
base.
Gardner-who. by the way. is making for
] himself at second bsse-drove q two dagger down
the right held foul line. took third on neat sacr-
hce by Elberfeld snd scored when Austin sent the
tau sailing far over oldring's head in centre field
for three bases. There was only one out at the
time. but Collins threw Austin out at the plate
on Sweeney's grounder and Brockett put up a high
foul, which Baker gathered in back OF third base.
A little uurry IN the seventh inning gave the
fans something 10 worry about. Barry opened
with a single and Collins drew base on balls.
With none out, II looked n the visitors might
gather some runs. but Demmtt made pretty catch
OF Bakers long hy. and BY q quick. accurate
throw to Elberfsld caught Barry. who tried 70
make third bss5 on the play Collins moved IN
TO second while all this was going on and lacking
patience 70 wait for hit BY Davis tried 20 steal
third base = moment later and was caught on
Sweeney's good throw 20 Austin.
mis- ~
in the eighth inning. when Morgan had a bad ten
minutes With Keeler rs. Chase was
safe on Barry's bad error, stole second and went
10 third on LivingSton's poor throw. Engle then
walked 20 first. and after Gardner had been retired
on grounder 10 Davis. Elberfeld hit by a
pitched ball. filling the bases Austin tried clean
Up, but Heitmiller got under hts long rs. and so
paved the way for exciting ninth-iunlng hnIsh-
''Topsy' Hartseu. batting for Morgan was tbs
victim OF Brocketts shoots and retired on strikes
and when Demmltt gathered in Heituler's ny the
crowd began 20 leave The game was far from
over. however and those who stayed did not lack
for thrills IN the next few minutes With two
out, Barry beat out an inne!d HIT Collins drew a
base on balls and the faithful Grcsned the reli-
able Keeler dropped Bakers line drive which
should have been the third out. Barry scored on
the error. and when Davis smashed = single
through short field Collins raced home with the
run that tied the score Murphy tred 10 help
along but Keeier. not be caught with another
| error. gathered IN his long rs
The Yankees then went IN win the game ana
succeeded. as Dygert, who took Morgan's place IN
| the box, was not equal 10 the call Hemphill tho
| hrst man up, easy out. but Brockett went
a long way toward winning his game by drtv-
ing out single 70 centre. il remained for Keeler,
however. TO put the finishing touches and re-
deem himself for his error after Demmitt had filed
out. Tho captain OF the Yankees picked out ball
10 HIS liking and sent II screaming along into right
field FOR three bases while Brockett raced home With
| the winning
Tho crowd was hair crazy tor moment and
! then filed out Of the grounds. well satisfied With
tho happy ending
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