New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-31
YANKEES PUT TO FLIGHT
Athletics Celebrate with Double
Victory Over New York.
FORD FAILS TO REPEAT
Jack Coombs Comes Back Strong.
However, and Wins Another
Game for Mack.

Philadelphia. May 2o.-Connte MACK
worlds champion Athletics fell on the
New York Yankees tooth and nail ana
took both u mes of a holiday double az
traction here to-day. The champions deco
rated the Yanks with coat Of ~hite"ash
In the morning game and won BY score
Of 8 10 O. In the afternoon conflict MacRs
men belted the curves Of Russel Ford far
and wide and marched off with the verdict
10 the tune OF to 3
Ford lost his second game OF The season
out Of total Of nine pitched Ford was
pitted against Coombs Jack stood the
Yankees on their heads Yesterday and beat
them 10 I. He repeated again to-day ana
vas in fine form for eight innings. Ford
vas unable 70 come back against the Atm
letics, having defeated them on SATURDAY
Coonbs wavered under the strain OF labor
IN the later stages Of the game. and when
the Yanks began To solve his delivery he
| retired in favor Of Eddie Plank. who
| starred as a rescue artist
Coombs was hit safely ten times, but was
invlnoible in the pinches. He struck out
three men and passed five The cunning
New York twirler was far from his best
{
manages TO get to him for more than seven
OF eight hits In a game, but the trumpet
ing White Elephants tore of fourteen
| crashing hits. including a double by Jack
Barry Russell passed only two men, but
made a wild pitch and struck out only one
| man.
In the morning game Lefty" Krause
! and King" Brockett were the rival forces
Oh the mound The southpaw had all the
better Of the King" The Yankees were
| held like mannikins in the grip OF his mas
! terly tWrlng. and six hits scattered far
! and wide between stops along the route.
were all they could make. Krause famed
! three mon and gave as many bases on
! balls. Brockett was punctured for eight
! hits. struck out three men and passed
/ only one.
! Cheered by a bowling mob OF some TWEEN
| ty-eight thousand excited fans" the men
played brilliant ball The Yankees per-
| formed through both games without sin
! gle error while the cohorts Of Connie
Mack made four, all Of which came in the
closing struggle, and which had A direct
bearing on runs made by the visitors The
all around work, however. was OF such scin-
| tillating order that the errors we're soon
| forgotten.
| Many Of the players had good days. both
| In the field and a the bat. In the opening
game Krause kept the Yankees hitting the
ball up in the air and as result only six
assists were recorded for the Athletics
The outfelders alone reaped ten put outs
OTIS Johnson took care of eight hard
chances without the sign OF a slip up
| idrfp
in the second game and won the opening
fight by his hard. timely hitting.
The visitors never had chance I'm the
opening game, but in the second encounter
it appeared as If they might win. Daniels
opened the game by being hit by a pitched
hall. He and Woter worked the hit and
run play, Harry singing to right field An
error by Lapp allowed Bert to score. Cree
flied ont to Lord and Roach brought WU.
ter home by hitting TO centre
! The elation of the Yanks was short lived.
Tie Athletics came right back in their
half Of the inning and put five runners over
the platter and settled the game 10 all
practical purposes then and there Lord
| and Oldring singled in succession but the
former was run down between the plate
and third when he tried to tally on Col
iins's rap 20 Knight.
The runners on the bags moved I'D a
peg. and Oldring scored while Baker went
out to Knight unassisted. Davis tied the
score by driving a single 10 right on which
Collins reached the plate. Murphy scored
Davis with single 10 right a Wild throw.
put Murphy on third, and he scored when
Blair made high throw to Ford at the
plate hit by Lapp scored Barry for the
nth run Of the inning. Three more runs
were added in the second inning, but there
after Ford steadied down and held the
Athletics runless
\ The batting Of Oldring was the feature
OF the opening game. Rube scored two
runs and drove home the other.
The scores follow: