New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-16
ERRORS PROVE COSTLY
Yankees Bow at Last to the
Boston Red S0x.
SINGLE RUN THE MARGIN
Quinn Holds Visitors to five
Hits, but Poor Support
Brings About Defeat.

Four costly errors made by the Yankees
IN the early stages Of the game at the Amer
lean League Park yesterday aItern""n
beIued the Boston Fed Sox 10 win the Sc
ord game Of the season BY a score OF +" 10 =
Once the home team steadied down Boston
re,,er had a chance to make the circuit. but
the damage had been done IN the nrs' IT"
Ming when the Red Sox scored two runs
One more run in the third inning due ~
rart to r1ispIays. gave Boston lead which
the home players failed TO overcome III
what amounted to a continuation OF the
fourteen-inning tie game on Thursday.
The playing Of both teams grew better az
che game vent on. For the last four In
nings no Boston player saw first base. while
Iaporte's single in the seventh inning alone
saved the Yankees from the same fate
Brilliant fielding marked the work OF both
nires in the latter part Of the game. when
Boston vas straining every nerve to make
victory sure and the Yankees were working
their heads off TO get the single tally which
would tie the score and give more time 20
win a possible victory
The most hair raising play OF the strug-
gle came at the beginning OF the ninth In
ming, when Hooper. the first man up for
Boston, drove a high fly TO short right field
II was out OF reach Of woIter. and looked
like a safe hit but Chase sprinted after the
ball and running with his back 70 the plate.
caught II as IL came down over his shout
der. Sweeney, too. made circus catch IN
tue eighth inning. when he got his hands
on foul ball which would have dropped
into the boxes in front of the grsndstand
He fell over the rail and went headlong into
the box. but managed TO hold on TO the ball
Hooper and Speaker, in the Boston out
field. were no less effective in shutting or
ehe Yankees. and their playing went a long
way toward saving the game for the Red
Sox Mcconnell. on second. stopped sew
eral grOunders which looked good for hits
at critical times.
Quinn pitched well for the Yankees. and
with perfec: support might have pulled out
a victory. The need OF some good hitters
to start of the seventh. inning forced
Stallings to put Laporte and Knight IN the
game in place of Quinn and Criger. so
Ford went to the box for the last two In
nings. Quinn allowed only five scattered
hits. two of which, however. figured In the
scoring. He passed one man. The
Yankees did not do any heavy hitting al
though they found Smith for seven singles
The Red Sox scored two runs in the first
inning Gardner let McConnelrs grounder
slip through his hand. and the runner was
safe. Lord advanced him with a sacrifice
and he went to third on Speakers single
into left field. Stahl's sacrifice fly to centre
field brought Mcconnell home with the
first run. Speaker stole second and scored
another run when Criger let pitched ball
slip out OF his nit.
The run which proved 70 be the one
Ill 60 min tn b.
fourth inning, when only the steady work
OF Quinn kept the Red Sox from running
up a larger score.
Wagner opened the inning with a drive
to left field. and took second on a sacrifice
by Niles. He went 10 third when Gardner
fumbled Hooper's grounder. and scored
when Foster made a mess OF a hard hit
ball by Carrigan. With men on second and
first bases. Smith ard Mcconnell fled out
In the fifth inning the Yankees pulled out
of another bad hole, when two singles in
succession by Lord and Speaker at the be-
ginning made things look dark, but the
next three men proved 10 be easy outs.
The Yankees lost two golden Oppor-
tunities by poor base running in the second
and fifth innings. As It was they scored
two runs. but might easily have made
more. In the second. with one out Austin
singled and stole second. Criger and Quinn
walked TO first. and the bases were full
Hemphin followed with clean drive over
third base. and Austin scored Hooper
made quick throw TO the plate 20 head off
Austin. and Carrigan reIayed the ball 20
StahI In time to catch HemphilI off first
WOlter then grounded out to Wagner.
Quinn opened the fifth inning by tanning.
but Hemphill singled to left field and VOL
ter to right. Chase's scratch hit brought
HemphiI1 home. but Wolter was caught of
second base and Chase was out trying to
steal.
The score follows.