New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-05-06
rINE WORK BY YANKEES
10y SCIENTIFIC BALL.
Lett Shuts ont Boston, While
= C,oe Scores on Squeeze Play.

haze running by Birdie Cree and
some o.Ioo Of the squeeze" play gave the
tns no nm in the first inning OF lhe sd41io
lanA, ,ea.+on at American Leag1e Park yesteruay'
NAH :, turned out, this was quite enough 10 WIZ
ana g, .ha home team scored one more run Tor
sltho1s- - IN the eighth inning on hits by Blair
seoa n-otet+ Cree's sacrifice and keeler's long ny
fno - To be exact, the score was TO o. anu
10 ca If some six thousand persons had
.,sfa7tion OF seeing the cleanest' shapPI-
us "a nrpttiest game played this season IN Ne"
e With the possible exception Of that exciting
.s.ssn-Ianing struggle between 'iis S'0ii's anu ~
uI.sos On the opening day
ST., r2rockett pitched mastery game Tor the
&c holding the Boston batters down to SIX
80 +v-o of which came in the same inning, ana
80 his position IN the cleyerest style. with nine
- sssists he struck out four men and gave
= o,e base on balls Further than that he mace
- the FIVE hits credited 10 New York, one or
.,,b helped materially in the scoring Of the second
- F3rockett has pitched two games for the Yam
,- mis- year. both Of which were shut-outs, and
!. a. Main that George Stallings made no mistake
: s-,nring him from Newark to New York.
.--slenes who was in the box for Boston, pitched
- enough 10 win nine out Of ten games, more
--i,,,larIv as he had perfect support He held the
Trtesz 10 five hits and had excellent control but
base On balls which turned into a run in
no first inning by the most scientific kind OF base
hi m the part Of the Yankees. and two hits COM
,,v toFether in the eighth inning, with some more
s,isDtifc play, cost him the game
.f,s- Boston had been retired In the first inning in
,.,rtiosv -tNo-three order Ar-eanes gave Cree.
ne frst man who faced him, base on balls. The
-ss centre fielder stole second and moment laser,
70 the surprise and delight Of the crowd slid around
Lord and plifered the third sack. Keller had fled
ort IN the mean zine, and with Chase at the bat
the signal was given for the squeeze" play. As
srrelanes began 10 wind himself up TO deliver the
hal Cree started for the plate, and was practically
there when Chase hit out foul. Nothing daunted.
The play was repeated, and Cree, sprinting like
Walker slid over the plate almost as Chase drove
out an infeld hit which Wagner could not field in
me It was a brilliant piece of work. and the
c-owd vas not slow in showing its appreciation.
New Torks second run. said before came in
The eighth inning when Blair the first man up,
singled and Brockett followed with a clean drive
10 left field Cree advanced both runners with
neat sacrifice. and then dependable Keeler drove
out long fly to centre field. Blair scoring on the
throw-in-
The Yankees missed a good chance to score in
the sixth inning Brockett led of with single went
Gown 10 second on Cree's sacrifice hunt and took
:hrd on KeeIer's hard hit safety TO right field.
With Chase at the bat, Boston took no chances of
another squeeze play, and Arreanes sent him down
&c first without pitching ball over the plate. It
was clever play, as il turned out, for Kid
Eberfeld hit into a double play which retired the
side He drove a fast ball 10 Wagner at short.
who forced Chase at second. Mcconnell making q
lightning throw 10 Stahl, thus completing a fast
double play.
Boston had three chances 10 score, in the fourth,
sixth and eighth innings. but Brockett was al
ways equal 10 the occasion In the fourth Speaker
led Of with twO-bagger and went down 10 third
On Gesser's sacrifice. With only one out and a
man On third, Brockett struck StahI out and forced
Niles 70 put Up little fly 10 Knight. In the sixth
inning Lord opened with hit and went down TO
second o. Speakers sacrifice hunt but Gessler
fouled out TO Chase. and Stahl missed his second
chance 70 drive IN & by gain striking out In
the eighth inning Mcconnell began with hit.
vent down 70 second on Lords sacrifice bunt and
70 third on Speakers long fly TO Keeler. Chase
then saved the Cay by a pretty pickup of a siz-
zling grounde- Of Gessler's bat, getting to first
ahead OF the runner.
Knight made one error out Of three chances. but
tEo men were out al the time and it did not prove
costly. Otherwise the Yankees played a perfect
game IN The field although most Of them had lit
lie OF nothing 10 do. Brockett the busy
man Wagner and Stahl each made grandstand
catches Of hot liners. and were vigorously ap-
pauded- II Boston plays the same kind Of game
Today the Yankees make mistakes II the
winning streak is 70 continue
The score