New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-12
YANKEES TAME Detroit
Tiuers Find Themselves at
Mercy of Russell Ford.
FAIL TO FIND THE PLATE
New York Pulls Out q, Victory
by Runching Hits in One
Inning.

The Yankees fairly outplayed the Detroit
Tigers in the second game of the series al
American League Park yesterday after
/, noon, and shut them out by score OF
. to O. cleaner or faster game hardly
has been seen this season. The visitors
never had the slightest chance to win, and
only one good opportunity even to score
presented itself.
At the opening of the ninth inning Hughey
Jennings sent Simmons in to bat for sum
mers. The former led off with double,
and went to third on Dayy Jones's sacrifice.
But neither Bush nor Ty Cobb was able
to bring him home and save Detroit from
the whitewash brush. Both contributed
srounders to the infield, and the runner was
left on third.
Credit for the victory belongs in large
measure to the sterling pitching of Russell
Ford. He proved q complete puzzle to the
heavy hitting visitors. and the best that
they could do was to make four scattered
safeties IT was another bad day for COBB.
Although he did manage to get to first on
a scratch hit in the fourth inning that was
the limit of his stick work, and SO fast a
base runner as he is, he was thrown out
stealing second by Sweeney. who never
caught d better game in his life.
Ford added the scalp of Sam Crawford
to his belt when he struck out that always
relia BILE batsman in the fourth inning. SIX
other strike-outs were credited to tord'
and only one visitor walked. That was
Cobb in the first inning, when two were
out. and Crawford died an easy death IN
a vain attempt to score him. For hve H.
nngs the Tigers went out in order, and IN
the other four frames a single. hit broke
up the monotony, bat at no time during
the game did Detroit have more than one
man on q base at one time.
Channeu the outfielder from Memphis,
who signed a contract with the Yankees
ION Monday played for the first time, ana
gave a good account of himself. he lalu
down a pretty bunt along the third base
line in the seventh inning, and was fast
enough to beat the throw. to first, thus
filling the bases at q critical time he
crossed the plate for one of the two runs
which the Yankees made. Cree's recent
slump in batting has given the new player
golden opportunity.
Although Ford proved his superiority
Summers of Detroit. pressed him hard
for the pitching honors of the game, and
was in fine form. He allowed the Yankees
six hits but three of them came IN the
me inning. and these, coupled with an
error. brought two runs across the plate.
He managed to send the home players back
to the bench in quick order In nearly every
inning but after the fifth he showed signs
of weakening.
In the lucky seventh inning the Yam
KEGS came to the conclusion that they
could do nothing in the way of hitting the
ball out of the infield. SO they settled on
a bunting game. Laporte opened by lay
ing down q neat one toward third. Roach
followed with another along the first base
line He would have been out, but Sum
mers made bad toss TO Jones. Channel
then picked out the third base foul line
for a bunt and was safe, filling the bases
Austin then came to the rescue with a
sacrifice fly to Davy Jones. and Laporte
crossed the plate. Roach was out stealing
third, but Sweeney singled to left field and
Channel scored. Ford was thrown out,
Bush TO Jones, retiring the side, but the
game had been won. and with it revenge
for the ten-innins defeat of Tuesday.
The score follows: