New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-12
FORD TAMES THE TIGERS
Holds Hard Hitting Detroit Bats
men to Two Singles.
YANKEES SCORE SIX RUNS
Fall on Lively Late in the Game
and Make Ten Solid
Drives.

Detroit May 11.--Helpless before the re-
marka BILE pitching Of Russell Ford. the DC
| troit Tigers were shut out by the Ne"
| York Yankees to-day. and went down tc
the most decisive defeat they have sus'
tanned this season. The score was to
| Lively. one of Hughie Jenningss young
sters started out to give Ford a pretty bat
tie, but he weakened toward the end. the
visitors scoring all their runs in the las'
four innings. helped along by some $40"
| ylaying of the Tigers.
Ford never twirled a more brilliant game
! Iy Cobb and Ness were the only players 70
| hit safely. Their best efforts were paltrS
singles which appeared lost in the mass
of outs that surrounded them. All inc
other mighty clouters suffered severe Dam
ages 10 their batting averages, and sever
OF them walked the strike out plank De-
/ trOit never got runner 10 second pa3e
during the entire nine innings. and only
three got as far as first. two by means OF
hits and the third by the way Of the only
PASS that Ford gave.
Behind their star twirler the Yankees
flelded like fends. Not a single error was
chalked up against them. and they showed
all the fire and ginger Of their best days
last summer Both Johnson and Gardner
we're in splendid form. while Daniels per-
formed in sterling fashion in centre field
and further made three hits.
The batting practice afforded by Mullin' s
curves yesterday was turned to good pur-
pose to-day. Liyelys brilliant career as a
young twirler just breaking in received a
rude check Although lie did not allow a
hit until the fourth frame. the visitors go,
t. him in the end and raped out a total
of ten clean drives. Ford was the only
player who did not hit safely, and Sweeney
came to the front with triple and sin
gle Daniels was credited with three hits
two of these being hunts which lie beat
out by his speed on the paths. Lively
| struck out only one batsman, while he hit
,, two and gave three passes.
The visitors tailed their first run in the
sixth. when Wolter and Daniels led on
with singles Chase forced Daniels at sec
ond. but Hartzell hit safely and Wolter
scored. In the seventh Sweeney started
| things going again with q triple. and al
though Ford was an easy out. Wolter hlt
! TO Bush. The shortstop threw to the plate
TO catch Sweeney. but Ed busted back to
third and was safe. Wolter going TO second
| il the mean time. on squeeze play
| Sweeney scored after Daniels had laid
| down a pretty bunt and was safe at first
In an attempted double steal Daniels wa;
put out, but Wolter scored on the play
In the eighth Cree walked. Gardner sacri-
| feed, Johnson singled and Sweeney was
| hit, filing the bases. Ford's sacrifice fly
TO Schaller scored Cree and Wolter flied
cut 10 Bush.
Daniels was hit at the opening of the
| ninth. on a hit and run play Chase bunt-
ed and was out at first but Daniels rested
safely on third when the dust settled. Hart
| yell flied out to Cobb and Bert tailed. Cree
walked and stole second, scoring on Gard.
ner's single