New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20
YANKEES WIN IN TENTH
Chase Comes to the Rescue with
q Home Run.
LONG DRIVE TIES THE SCORE
Laporte's Hit Sends in Run That
Spells Defeat for Cleve-
land Team.

They came and they saw. but that Is
about as far as the much heralded Clefe-
rsnd Maps got at American League Park
YESTERDAY afternoon. They faiIed In the CON
a,iering part of II. and the Yankees left 'he
diamond with a TO 5 victory after ten
hiring fight. In which they outplayed inc
visitors. Captain Hal Chase was the men
Of the hour He slammed the first nan
,,tr.l,ed at the opening of The eighth inning
10 the right field fence for a home rur'
which lied the score Hemphill. wolter and
Chase. the first three men up in the tenth,
ened the bases OF hunts. and Laportes
eIngle brought in the winning run 1hCs
the Yankees won their fifth straight game
With another rally in the last few innings
Addie Joss who has been called the
Nst.v OF the American League. vas on the
mound for the visitors Previous TO yes
terdsv.s game he had lost only one out OF
seren games pitched, allowed forty-four hits
A., those games and struck cut tTenty-ilfne
men Among HIS trophies was q no hit
game with The White Sox on April 20 Bus
he didn't fool the Yankees half SO badly as
The comet fooled the astronomers, or one
quarter so badly as the astronomers fooled
the people In short. they found him iof
ter hits home run and two doubles being
among the number.
In what wav he excelled Jack Quinn IT
was hard to see. II there was any one on
The hilltop yesterday who pitched just about
the highest class article Of ball that there
IS 10 be pitched Il was Quinn. The Maps
were lucky to get away with the runs
which they scored. In the third they
punched q couple Of singles on the New
York tairler. but an error on VOTERS part
had put one man on the bags and two runs
resulted. wolter in the fourth lost La
toies hard drive in the sun, and the latter
went the circuit
on the whole. the seven hits OF the Wis
itors were So well scattered that you had 10
look for them with a microscope. As for
strike outs and passes. Joss and Quinn were
on par. with four apiece OF the former and
one apiece of the latter
There was one point in the game which
should not he told above a whisper, but
duty cornpels il 10 be related here. Hal
Chase laid down beautiful hunt along the
third base lire in the tenth, and was safe.
filling the bases Stoval ran in and got the
hall carefully secretng il in the hollow OF
mis- glove He then pulled off that trick,
hoary with age and worn cut with over
work in the bush leagues. The best first
baseman in the American League fell for
IL With ten thousand fans bowling al
him thst Stoval had the ball, Hal non
chalantly stepped eff the bag. Stoval tagged
him out and Egan waved him to the bench.
But Chase had done mis- work and could
afford TO make little ''lapsus mentis as
they say in Swedish. A home run and two
singles was no mean record. Hemphiil and
wolter ably seconded him, with two hits
apiece. and Roache, with the prettiest kind
CT a double. brought in two of the runs in
the sith inning Lajoie did all that was ex-
pected OF him in the way of hitting, with
home run and single, hut he IVES the
only man on the Cleveland team to connect
safely more than once.
With one out in the fourth. Lajoe sent
out terrific drive to right field. With the
sun directly in his eyes wolter never saw
the ball until 1t passed over his head, and
Lajoie went the entire route.
The Yankees were unable TO DO anything
with Joss in the early stages OF the game.
Although an error. a single and pass
filed the bases in the second. Joss pulled
out Of the hole and did not allow hit until
the sixth Then Wolter smashed the ball
toward La5oie. 1t took bad bound just
as the latter reached for IL. and slipped
through his legs. Wolter got 10 second, and
the grounde- went for a double. Chase
singled through short. and although La
porte struck out Roach smashed a clean
double 10 right field. scoring two runs.
At the opening Of the eighth Chase landed
with all his force on the first ball pitched,
and the ball sailed over Flicks head. At
the crack cf the bal Chase was off like
shot and got as far as second. when he
turned 10 see where the ball went. He saw
Flick stll chasing il 10 the fence, and Hal
started for home. A quick relay was made.
hut Chase beat the bali by a few inches
and tied the score
In tie tenth the Yankees started bunt-
ing game Hemphill the first TO lay
down beauty toward third, and Woiter
followed with another in The same place.
Chase varied the play by bunting to first.
lie arrived safe. but Was caught on The
trick as told. But Il was enough. Laporte
trapped a smart one over Lajoie's head,
The latter jumped and pulled it down, but
the ball fell to the ground He threw to
the plate. but the threw was poor, and
clarke dropped the BAH as Hemphill scored
the winning run.
The score follows: