New-York tribune., 1910-07-17
YANKEES WIN AND LOSE
Get an Even Break in Double
Header with Cleveland.
WARRIOR is HERO or FIRST
Has Maps Well Under Control
Fisher Gets Sound IrouncIng
in Second Contest.

Try as they might the Yankees could not
shoot the rapids Of double header. and
they were forced to be content with an
even break in two games with Cleveland
at American League Park yesterday after
noon. A record crowd saw them win the
first game in snappy form by a score Of
+o & but the visitors walked away with
the second and soIidIy trounced the home
nine bv score Of 9 TO 1 Those Boston
Red sox managed TO win another struggle
and climbed within half a game Of the
Yankees.
WARRIOR, in the opening game was all
that a pitcher should be. and kept Cleve-
land inst an eyelash in the rear through
o,,t the nine innings Several times the vis-
itors were on the verge Of victory, out
the little Yankee twirIer always frightened
I'D and checked them before It was too late
The team supported him brilliantly New
vorl. got a lead of two runs in the second
inning and clung to IT tenaeiously. match
ing the visitors run for run In every inning
tbe-ea fter Koestner, the young tw1rler
who proved something Of q stumbling block
in the first game Of the series. pitched a
steady game. and with good support might
have pulled out Of the fray unscathed,
but z couple Of costly errors made things
hard for him
StaIHngs sent young Fisher against the
Mans in the second game and he was no
match for the visitors, who. when once
they start vaIIoping the ball, are inclined
TO show no mercy to youth OF age he
lasted seven innings and was found for
eight hits, which netted five runs Manning
nitehed the last two innings. but was IN
effective being clouted for four more runs
in the last frame Mitchell, who gave q
game TO the Yankees on Friday with a
wild throw TO first which sent the winning
run across the plate, retrieved himself oy
pitching clever ball yesterday and led the
Mans 10 victory. He had TWO pretty cr1ti-
cal innings. but the cool and mastery man
ner in which he handled the situation saved
the day fer Cleveland.
It was in the second inning Of the hrst
game that the Yankees broke the ice and
took the lead which eventually gave them
the same Laperte singled only 70 be
forced out ct second by Knight, who vas
safe at first on the play. Cree tripled 10
left centre and scored knight Roach
rapred q wicked bounce to Turner and the
latter furnbled the ball, letting Cree score
But Cleveland was not satisfied 70 have
matters stand this way, and Perring opened
the next inning with a double 10 left field
Koestner dropped a pulling shert f1y back
OF third for base and when Niles grounded
ont - Knight. 70 Chase. Perring scored
The Yankees evened up affairs for the
inning by taHying one On their own account
in their half. Daniels was safe on StovaI 5
error. went to third On 4 couple Of outs
and scored on Laporte's single TO left field
In the fifth the same performance was re
peated. Perring doubling. taking third on
Koastner's sacrifice ard scoring on Niles s
sacrifice fly. Wolter making one OF the most
wonderful running catches ever seen al
American League Park Latoie's error
gave Warhop a life in the last half he
took second cn Daniels's bunt and scored On
Chase-s single Lords triple ard Btruing-
hams sacrifice fy in the seventh were
good for another run. The New Torks
matched it with q run in their half on sin
gles by Mitchell and Warhop and an error
by Turner which allowed Mitchell 10 score.
Cleveland pounded Fisher freely in the
second game. Lajoie started trouble when
he opened the second inning with q double,
his first hir in four games \ wild p1ren
sant him to third and he tailed easily on
Bemts's sacrifice fiv- StovaITs single fol-
lowed by Beuis's triple and Lords single
in the fourth sent two more runs across the
plate. while errors by Reach and knight
and single by Perrtng tailed another in
the ffth birmingham opened the seventh
with q double and crossed the plate On
NiIes's single Manning was hit hard and
four more runs were tailed in the last
inning
with the score 10 0 against then the
Yankees started 3 rally in the sixth which
would have had effect if more hits had
been forthcoming. Knights double 20 right
field was the only safe drive Of the inning.
but an error and three passes tailed tive
runs. the second one being forced IN by the
Cleveland twirler. There were two out and
the bases filed when Mite he'll. the Yankee
catcher. stepped up 20 the bat, but the man
in the box OF the same name kept his head
and put the balls over the plate in such
fashion that Z high hy 70 Birmingham vas
easily gebbled up and the side was retired
Another rally tailed two more runs IN the
eighth inning. but the Maps put the game
on ice when they showed four runs across
the plate in the ninth inning
The score follows