New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-13
BAD FALL FOR YANKEES
Lose Two Games to Boston and
Drop to Fourth Place.
COLLINS STANDS IN WAY
Then Fisher Weakens and Red
SoX Pull Out a Ten-Inn-
ing Game.

Boston. Sept. 12-The New York Yankees
were driven back from second TO fourth
place III the American League pennant race
here to-day. as the Boston Red SoX, who
are fighting tooth and nail to be runner-up
to the Philadelphia Athletics won both
games OF a double header Collins was
practically invincible in the first game and
by loIding the Yankees to three hits shut
them out bv A score of to o. The visitors
made a better fight in the second game.
ard coming into the tenth inning the score
was tied, out the Red SoX, thanks TO
Fisher. the New York pitcher. finally pulled
the game out By a score OF to =. The
fans here are loyal and a good sized
crowd was on hand TO cheer the double VIC
tory which put Boston back in second
place
Big jim Vaughn who was counter OF
by Stallings to win the opening game was
not at his best. and while the home team
scored only four runs, more we're threaten
ing and he was struggling with the aid Of
his teammates to pull himself ont of a
hole time and time again. It made little
difference. however, as the visitors made
Inns that one would have been quite
enough TO give Boston the victory.
The Red Sox scored their first run in the
third inning. Hooper walked, went down
to second on Wagners sacrifice and took
third on a clean single b. Speaker. Jimmy
Austin worked the hidden ball trick on
Hooper and put him out on third, but
neither Of the umpires was looking, so the
StahIs out. and then Lewis hit by a
pitched ball but the umpire would not let
him take first base This caused quite a
delay as he insisted upon having his hand
bandaged before going back to the bat. He
grounded 70 Gardner and was the third out
The Red Sox made victory doubly sure
by adding three runs in the fourth inning
PurteI singled 10 centre, and went all the
way to third on Vaughn's poor throw to
force him AT second after fielding Gard
ner's grounder- KIeinow singled. scoring
Purtell. and after Collins and Hooper had
struck out Wasner slammed a double to
left. scoring Gardner and Kleinow.
Warhop was down 10 pitch the second
game for the Yankees. but he warmed up
so poorly that StaIlings sent Fisher to the
box The last named worked hard to even
freely in spots. and went to pieces in the
tenth inning. The sixth inning in particu-
lar. proved fatal, when five safe drives
one a three-ba gger-made it possible for
the Red Sox TO score four runs
snrger pitched seven innings and a little
more for Boston, but when the Yankees
solved his delivery in the eighth Wood
went 10 the rescue and stemmed the tide
tieing the score. and it looked for time
as if apparent defeat would he turned into
victory for the visitors
Daniels opened with clean single to
right field, Wolter followed with a safe
drive. and the former advanced a has
when Chase fled out to Hooper Knight
then drove out two-ba gger to left field
scoring Daniels. Wolter being held on third
because he was so late in starting from
first. At this point Wood was called on to
take kargers place in the box and he
began by striking out Gardner Cree's easy
bounder would have been the third out but
Stahl fell in trying TO field it. so that VOL
ter and Knight scored Wood rose to the
emergency, however. and struck out Austin
Both sides were retired in order in the
ninth inning, and a brilliant one-handed
Yankees from scoring a run in their half
of the tenth as he pulled down VOTERS
liner with one hand Chase singled TO right
and stole second. but was caught off sec
ond base as knight struck out.
The Red Sox then went in and pulled out
the game, as the strain told on Fisher. who
practically presented Boston with the win
ming run. kleinow walked TO begin with
and Fisher threw Woods grounder wild in
trying to force the first named at second
The New York pitcher then made a balk.
advancing both runners a base Hooper
was purposely passed, filing the bases. and
I<lenow was caught at the plate on Wag-
ner's grounder to Knight Fisher could not
settle down, however, and by hitting
Speaker with 4 pitched ball forced Wood
home with the winning run.
The scores follow:
FIRST GAME