The sun., 1909-06-17
SANDING OF TIE cLuBs


CLvvELAEn, L. NEW YORK "A L., 3.
The weaknesses Of a losing club were to
the front in the >Hiehlanders' PLAY yeste
dsv afternoon, and the Clevelands beat
them Slipups Of the hand or the head at
critical times FILTERED away the game.
There vas Just the proper quantity Of these
10 allow the Maps to win by one run. The
Main truth is that the Highlanders are
plying second rate ball. and they won't
he in the first division at the rate they are
going. Maybe they're worried lest they
repeat the experience OF last year when
,hsy set the pace for a while, then tobog-
ssned swiftly. The crowds. are still st ok
ing to then, Loyalty. They have that en-
ccuragen1ent for a brace. Heads up.
4 little strategy and a little steadiness
shen there ere Cleve!ands on bases would
have won the game. although the Cleve-
lands rere on bases often. The game
plsyed by the Maps wasn't so very hard to
beat. thoush it was better than New Works.
There was about as much inside ingenuity y
in Cleveland's plan OF campaign as there
10 inside 10 a Vacuum set the straightaway
tactics. coupled with New York mistake
carried the dar.
Th. deciding run was made In the eighth
nninE, and IL WAS our erstwhile crony.
Neal .3ll, who made it. he blame for this
~ belongs 10 Joe Doyle. Joe passed Neal.
Isoie sacrificed. and The Man prom Home
cane the rest OF the way on q Wild pitch
Part Of the two hours and fifteen minutes
required ior the game was Consumed by
Jack kleinow in retrieving the Wild pitch,
Ball can run like deer and he as pounding
bslI b. ~ kld Eibeffeld rushed in to cover he
plate but what chance there was to head OF
Ball was lost By klcinow's inaccurate re-
turn 10 Elberfeld.
undo that Wild, pitch and tha, on a NiId
pltch by Young In the ninth inning. Chase
Was OF frs, aud. like Ball. made two bases
had az Tar TO go for the bali as kteinow did
the inning before and had twice as FAR TO
throw his speed and celer,ty rnpds the
pay At ,nrd closer than theone atshe piAte
The New Ycrks damned cid Cy, Young
brisEly IN the first two innings, but go
10 m Sr IN f., Ely nnes asr M.s hs
over eS' , h the ffubber 1t and tanned e'sod.. E
S9G!t Gss Sns cssr them iSr asSpd
bradley started to steal. kleiuow didnt
throw down because there was nobSdv 70
the man. to cover. he avoided the second
bag as If it We're a leper settiement; But
lor this negieet a double pla% world have
double and nineSn'au With a single, and
Insie dumped a two bssger in right in
the second innine, and Chase singled him
home NsI ghp forced Chase. but Knight
Nhanred q three baReer to centre and
scored Vaughn. Doyle and fo,ins pitched
play by kleirow killed Goode In the Afth;
Goode singled with nobody ont and died
trying TO take second on passed ball.
H!nchman tried 10 stretch single In the
sixth and was thrown ont by. EnPle;
Demmitt broke the tie. He doubled in
the sixth, took third on Rlberfeld's s hit and
scored on Engles fly to hinchman. 'rhe
Clevelands tod II up again In the seventh.
Easterly waited q two bagRer to centre and
was sacrificed to third by Lord. A fast
one 70 Young and slow one and there
we're two strikes on the old man before he
knew It,. With two and none. no effort
was made by the board Of strategy In the
POINTS to fool Young by seeing IL he would
bite at bail not strictly within strike
metes and bounds Nay and lkcwi ise
not Another nice one came over and
Denton Tecumseh shortened to Cy-eent tly
tapped il between third and short for
single and brought Easteriy home.
The next run Mss Balls trip on the hat;
iery miscues, The New Nlorks bloomed
out in the ninth only. 10 withes. Engle,
first up. drew four balls. Sacrificing WAS
scorned Instead Chase hit out and Enele
vas forced at second. Halls splendid
dash took him to third on the wild pitch,
but Hemphili WAS thrown out by Young and
knight fonled to Stovail. The srore: