New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-05
YANKEES SLAY A HOODOO
Capture One Game of Double.
Header in Philadelphia.
FISHER HOLDS ATHLETICS
Chase's Busy Bat Helps Win
Morning Contest-Afternoon
Story Is One of Sadness.

Philadelphia, July The New York
Americans got the better of the hootieo Of q
double-header with the Athletics by break
ms even with them In the two games which
were played at Shibe Park to-day. It was
the fifth opportunity Of the kind which
StallingS ard his valiant crew had had, and
they finally succeeded in winning one OF
the two games. To do more than that
seemed to be asking too much. and the
team will return to It's home grounds to-
morrow. leaving behind them five victories
in the hands of the Philadelphians
The Yankees got their batting eyes back
again In the morning game and pound ed
out ten hits for q total of seven runs while
the Rome nine was scoring three. Fisher,
the young college player, was sent in to
make good against the fast Athletics, and
succeeded where ali the other pitchers on
the staff had failed He let them down
with seven scattered hits.
In the hope that Russell Ford might be
able TO win the second game, StalHngs sent
the clever spit ball twirler to the mound
but the Athletics got to him hard, and he
was forced TO retire. 1t was the fourth de-
feat for the young pitcher, who has beer
considered one of the finds of the season.
Manning, who relieved him. was not eff
feCtive, and the Yankees were walloped by
d score of TO l.
The long predicted sf7ake-up in the New
YORK lineup came when the team took the
field in the morning game Bert Daniels
replaced Jimmy Austin at third and led off
the rafting Frank Laporte got back into
the game In left field. With Fisher in the
box il seemed during the first game that
the combination was just what was needed
to ,eat the Athletics. but the result Of the
second game showed that still more was
needed.
The work of Hal Chase was the feature
OF the morning game. The fast first base
man played the game Of his life. His brill
liant fielding was supplemented by heavy
biting. He made four singles out of five
times at bat, and scored three of the seven
runs tailed ny the Yankees. With the
score tied at 3 to at the opening or the
eighth inning, the Yankees turned in and
knocked Dygert out of the box and tailed
four runs in the one frame, which cHnched
the game Gardner with three singles ana
knight with two were among the leaders
with the stick, while Daniels was prom
inent with his triple
Ford was easy for the Athletics in the
second game Everything went along
smoothly until the third inning. Here
Foonabs led off with a single; HartseI
sacrificed and OIdring tripIed- Colllns's sac
rifice fly. Bakers safe bunt and VOTERS
rlur of HauseF3s fly. which gave the run
ner three bases, together with Murphy
single, tailed three runs and made victory
sure Ford sent the Athletics to the bench
in order in the fourth, but retired IN favor
of Roach, a pinch hitter, at the opening or
the fifth, and Manning pitched the rest Oh
The game. He was ineffective and badly
pernded, and the home nine tailed -FOUR
more runs.
Tie Athletics played rings around tne
visitors in the field. Coombs was like
cIockwork, and although eight hits were
gathered off his delivery they were SO vel
Scattered that they amounted 10 aiHio9e
TC1t7ing The home twirler had whlrlWihd
support with men on the bags Inc o, an n
KEGS saved themselves from a shui-out III
thc ninth inning, when Cree doubled ana
Gardner singled, bringing Cree home Tor
tho only 1aJn.
The score follows;