New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-14
A COLD DAY, FOR FORD
Athletics Win Third Straight
Victory from the Yankees.
LOSERS IN FOURTH PLACE
Plank Gets Poor Support, but
Allows Only Three Scat
tered Hits.

Even with the mighty Russell Ford, main
stay OF the Yankees. in the box. Hal
Chase and mis- hand went down to defeat
before Connie Mack's Athletics for the
third time Ia a. many DAYS at American
League Park yesterday afternoon. A nit
ter battle waged between Ford and the
cunning Eddie Plank. but the latter was IN
his best form. and holding New York 10
three widely scattered hits. shut them out
by score Of to .. The Yankees are now
in fourth place, for while they were suffer-
ing the usual portion Of defeat the CleVe-
land Maps managed 10 wallop the Tigers
Cleveland Is now one full game. o. points
in front
a few OF the three thousand persons VINO
witnessed the game well wrapped up in
winter coats. blamed II on the weather
many others We're of tho opinion mat
while all hands had the right IDEAS, they
lacked the execution Everybody agreed
that the way I'm which the ball persisted
! in getting away from the players was won
/ derfUl. and that luck alone prevented a
/ higher score The Athletics played the
/ leading part I'm the touches Of comedy.
/ Five errors were charged against them.
/ Barry had two on bad throws. while Bak-
| or and Thomas were also guilty Of erratic
/ throwing 70 the bags. Murphy allowed
/ Knights single 10 80 as a two-bagEer BY
/ slow work
/ Knight had hts own idea on Just how a
ball should he thrown. but hts sense of
= direction was sadly askew and his Wild
/ heave IN the first inning allowed Lord 10
! score on a little grounder By Eddie Collins,
when Lord should have been out oy fully
/ ton feet He came in for richly deserved
parring IN the ninth inning when. after
"Stufy" McIrnez heat out a hit n short
/ stop. knight carefully rolled the hall along
the ground 70 Ford, while McInnes inn
/ proved the shining moments hy beating it
: 10 second base. from which point he scored
/ on r. sacrifice hit by Barry and an infeld
I ont by Thomas
/ While Ford proved more effective than
/ any Of the other Yankee pitchers have in
this series. he was INT hard. Seven hits
! were made off him, but he kept them so
well scattered along the route that had
/ his mates backed him with real live sup
/ port he might have battled along for an
/ indefinite period. only in the second inning
| could the Athletics put more than one man
/ on the lines by hits. These came with only
/ one out. but Ford famed Plank. and Earl
/ Gardner's sensational stop OF a wicked
welt by Lord. which bounded off Knight
shins. ended the inning without a score.
! Plank has no one but himself 10 thank for
/ his own salvation. With his team working
along in slipshod fashion. he pitched al
| TOD speed and allowed only three hits
I once. in the sixth inning. ID appeared az II
/ the New York men would solve his deliv-
/ cry but Barr made a brilliant play and
/ cut down a drive from Chase that bounced
or Panks glove IN time 10 get the run
ner at first with two on base and two out.
Birdie Cree, who for the last few
weeks has been out of the game suffering
/ from an injured leg, was back in his old
place IN left field Cree failed 20 solve
/ Planks deliver for hit. but made two
i pretty catches
| Opening the game with the usual rush
the Mack men put a run over the plate in
the first inning. Lord greeted Ford with A
double along the right field foul line, and
moved along 70 third when Oldring laid
/ down A sacrifice hunt 10 Chase. Eddie COL
/ Inns then tapped the ball 70 Knight, who
picked II I'D. set himself nicely. and then
threw wild 10 Blair. while Lord scored on
the error McInnes hit in the ninth, and as
Knight tossed tie ball along the ground IA
Ford IN the box. McTnnes reached second
, base easily. He took third on a sacrifice
by Barry. and while Thomas was being 70.
tired At first base he scored the last run OF
the game