New-York tribune., 1910-07-21
YANKEES WIN IN TENTH
Laporte and His Big Stick Turn
the Tide.
BROWNS BAT QUINN HARD
Eleven Hits Chalked Up, but
Only One Lone Run Is
the Result.

Inc Yankees WreSted another game from
the st. Louis Browns at American League
Park yesterday but it took ten innings of
stubborn uphill playing TO accomplish the
task. Jack Quinn did the twirling, and his
offerings in the early innings of the con-
test were just what the players from Mis-
souri, liked. while Petty who did the heavy
end of the work for the Browns. went along,
seldom disturbed by such a material thing
as a base hit.
But for all the hitting of the ST. Louis
players they were unable TO get more than
one run across the plate, whereas the Yam
KEGS by making the best of what they got
and saying nothing about it finished the
game with two runs to their credit, or
rather to the credit of Frank Laporte. for
it was his mighty hitting that resulted in
both talies. By winning the Yankees
climbed back into second place, berth
which they lost two days ago, as the Bos-
ton Red Sox finally fell before the Detroit
Tigers.
Quinn appeared TO be due for anything
hut victory from the way he started out.
by some clever fielding saved the former
Richmond pitcher from having more than
one run chalked against him after he had
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first five inings. 1t was not until the fifth.
when three hits and a sacrifice finally man
aged to squeeze one ST. Louis runner across
the plate. This came after the Yankees
themselves had scored a run. however. so
that despite their desperate trying the
Browns never did have the lead. After
that fifth inning. however. Quinn frightened
up and pitched beautiful ball. Through the
remaining five innings three scattered hits
were the best st. Louis could get.
1t was not the fact that the Yankees got
after Petty that put the St. Louis pitcher
On the losing side, for had it not been for
Laporte the home team would have retired
to the clubhouse shut out by the score of 1
to O. Petty pitched splendid ball all the
way through, letting the home team get
two hits in only one inning, the tenth. In
the fourth, Laporte opened with home run
smash to centre field and again in the
tenth. after WoIter had singled and there
we're two out, Laporte caught the ball on
the nose and sent 1t sailing out to the left
of deep centre, putting Wolter across the
plate with the winning run. Laporte might
easily have made three bases on the hit
had it come in any other inning.
There was no getting away from the
fact that the Yankees were badly handi-
capped by the absence of Ed Sweeney. the
regular catcher, who had finger split In
the game on Tuesday. Mitchell was behind
the bat for the Hilltoppers. and although he
caught good game, his throwing down to
second was not nearly up to the high stand
ard set by Sweeney. There were three stolen
bases against him, but a man with a faster
throw would probably have nailed the run
ners with little time to spare. Sweeney s
finger was SO badly hurt that he will not
be able to get in a game for more than a
week
Bert Daniels made only one hit in his five
trips to the bat. but in the sixth inning he
missed by hair what would have been the
grea test catch of the year on the upper
Broadway grounds. Schweitzer, who Is
driving the ball hard and fast for the
Browns these days. opened the inning with
a smash that looked good for three bases
TO the left of centre field. Cree and Daniels
each made dive for the ball. but Daniels
was the speedier. and on the dead run
showed out his gloved hand. He was just
BILE to touch it. but that was sufficient to
defect 1t toward Cree, who made the stop
and held Schweitzer on first
It was not until the fourth inning, when
Laporte's home run dented Pelty's record.
that player got across the plate. In the
next inning the Browns tied the score.
Stephens singled and went to third on Pei
tvs out. Stone singled, scoring Stephens
and HartzelI followed with a clean hit to
left. Gardner fumbled Hoffman's grounder.
and the bags were filed, but Newman
ended by striking out.
IN the ninth both teams had men on third
but could not get them across Stephens
opened with single for the Browns, and
got around on a passed ball and PeIty's
out after Nee had famed. Stone made the
third out. however.
Roach hit for two bases and took a third
when Stone made bad throw There were
two out and Petty deliberately passed
Mitchell. Quinn was easy. however, and
went out a grounder-
VOTERS single paved the way for the
Yankees run in the tenth, and Laporte's
hard rap made the tally a certainty.
The score follows: