New-York tribune., 1911-09-05
TRIUMPH FOR YANKEES
New York Defeats Boston Red
SOx in Both Games.
WOOD AMONG THOSE BEATEN
Ford Wins Honors in Spirited
Struggle with Old Enemy
of the Hub.

Boston. Sept. 4.-Downing the Boston
Red Sox In Impressive style in two games
here this afternoon, the New York YAM
KEGS kept pace with the Cleveland Maps IN
the struggle for third place In the pennant
race. In the morning game the Yankees
were successful in downing Joe Wood. when
Patsy Donavsn sent his star out 10 oppose
the mainstny OF the Yankees Russell Ford.
| The score was TO 3. The result Of this
| afternoon battle was never in doubt The
Yanks walloped the shoots Of Karger. max
ing four safeties count for two runs in less
than three innings, while Nagle was even
| less effective, and seven hits were enough .
| to put three runs across the plate. During
| this time Jim Vaughn was running along
| like a well oiled machine. and only In ono
| inning could the Sox solve him. Then two
| passes and a hit saved the mfrom a shut
| out
| Recovering from the spell Of wierd base
ball that marked their last game, the YAM
KEGS played ball Of the first class. Errors
| by Hartzel and Blair marred the perfect
card possibility but the bobbles helped the
sox very little Hal Chase never showed up
more brilliantly. Throughout the day Hal
was called upon to show his skill thirty
times. which he did in approved style. He
made several lightning pickups OF hard
driven grounders in time TO get his man at
| first while some Of his stops saved his
| team mates from errors. Earl Gardner and
Johnson was also in the lime light. and sew.
eral hard hit drives found their final rest.
ing place in the NIT Of one or the other.
Lonergan was the batting star OF the day,
and in the first game he plucked four Of the
teams nine hits from Ford.
Recovering from a lapse in the third
| inning when the Sox punched two singles
and a rousing triple with Blairs error
TO count for two runs. Ford pitched a
good steady game. Nine hits in all were
CLEANED from him, but he kept them strung
along well until the seventh frame. when
a triple, and a single gave them ons {,
more run. His control was good. and
while he passed two men TO the lines.
he at once tightened the traces and famed
half a dozen. The Yankees could do nttls
with Wood, and not until the ifth frame
did they threaten the plate. Then. how
ever, they punched four OF their seven
hits with two errors and base on oalls
for four runs, sufficient TO win the gamo
in themselves. In the ninth inning, they
made two more runs on two glsring err
rors and base on balls. Not his
figured in the collection.
AS many as 1900 fans" were on hand
to see the morning game, and when the
mighty Wood stepped out on the hillock'
glee reigned in their hearts. Lonergan
was the first 10 face Ford In the third
inning. and he hit safely. On Blairs
error the Irish lad rounded third from
whence he was driven home by triple
from the bat OF Speaker. Tr.s scored
easily when Engle singled to right, ous
then Ford stopped the levity.
Ford singled TO right in the fifth inning.
and Daniels hit TO the same pasture Carrie
gan made Wild throw to get Bert off first.
and both men advanced. hit by Wolter
scored Ford Hemphill was passed. Chase
hit one 10 Lewis, who at once threw Wild
10 the grandstand, while Daniels and |,
Wolter scored The fun was continued
when Hartzen singled. scoring Hemphill.
but that was all for a while.
| Yerkes tripled for an opener in the sew
enth and counted when Lonergan walloped
one for a single. Some terrible attempts at
baseball were made by the Sox in the
ninth. and two runs went over Tor New
York. Daniels was safe on an error by
Gardner and Bert stole second. Wolter
walked Hemphill went out. but Chase
was safe on an error by Engle and Daniels
and Wolter scored.
The Yankees missed several chances in
the first inning OF the second game and
made three hits count for one run, when
buncoed with an error. Daniels singled,
but was forced by Wolter. Hemphiu
| singled but Wolter was asleep of second
and was thrown out after trying for third.
Hemphill took second and scored when
Yerkes made a mess Of a grounder by
Chase A single by Vaughn and errors by
Karger and Gardner gave New York
run in the third frame. and two more
were added In the seventh on hits py
Johnson and Gardner. with a two-bagger
by Blair. The eighth inning saw the last
| run Of the game Wolter walked and stole
second as Hemphill famed. Chase hit TO
left placing Wolter at third. from which D
point Harry counted on Hartzelrs force
out OF Chase at second.
J Bases on balls to Yerkes and Lonergan,
with hit from the bat Of hopper. saved
the home team from n shut out in the hfth
frame Garrigan was badly hurt while
sliding TO base in the second inning OF tho
} second game and was forced TO leave tho
. game.
The score follows:
MORNING GAME.