New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-12
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worlds Champions Show No
Mercy on the Hilltop.
SLAM OUT SEVENTEEN HITS
vaughn and Quinn Fail to Stop
the Cannonade, and Runs
Pile Up.

ine new York Yankees opened their long
~, a' nome with lusty walloping at
- "aiius OF tine Philadelphia Athletics on
the hilltop yesterday afternoon. the exact
Hsures OF the calamity being p TO 5. Soma
eight thousand fans" were out 70 ..a .he
s.aush'er. being inyeigled into watching
the Tray In order to get a line on q, las.
one team which Will appear In the worlds
Championship series later. As the C,ova-
idhu Maps did not play Yesterday
men, with the nonchalance and
careiessness which have marked all o- their
, Work TINS season. dropped into fourth place
Big Jim" Vaughn, who has been going
well Of late. attempted N ston thu worlds
champions in their wild snr,nt 10 tba go
He entered the fray with q hesu+,s,l Ioo,-
lils glove and an immaculate uniform. but
,lat Iet MIN out. He had nothing else
After two innings Of work. during which
'.ihe the Athletics had collected a batch of
SIX runs on the strength of six hits and
'iTee passes. Jim was willing to concede
another worlds pennant 10 the visitors.
Inc big southpaw was politely but none
the less firmly Informed that his presence
on the mound was no longer desired. and
that ne could repair forthwith to a shower
oath whenever the spirit moved him. He
/ resigned Immediately in favor OF Quinn
JACK acted like real pitcher for a while
/ out subsequent events revealed that he
was nothing but an understudy. The Wis
itors found his most deceiving slants much
4 to their liking and pounded out eleven hits
during the Quinn dynasty. which lasted
/ Tor the rest Of the game. Sixteen singles
/ and a double were annexed 10 the batting
records of the Athletics during the after
noon. which is considered a fair days work
/ even in Philadelphia
/ Quinn's pitching proved TO be little more
/ than an idle Jest. but he showed marked
/ prowess with the stick. He loaded the bar
with home run and two singles. which he
shot off AT likely looking intervals during
/ the fray. The homer cleared the left field
| fence by about five feet, and will go down
/ in history one Of the longest hits ever
made at the park. Unfortunately there
was no one on the bags at the moment
/ that Quinn fired the big charge. and he
rounded the circuit in solitary grandeur.
/ Jack made five trips to the plate and drew
/ two passes, besides making three hits. so
| his batting record was one 10 make "Ty'
/ Cobb sit up and wonder.
Chief" Bender officiated in the box for
/ the visitors and was sailed down for ten
I safe drives and nine passes. but he pre-
sided with such skill in the pinches that
/ little OF permanent worth accrued TO the
/ Yankees. IN spite OF their belligerent atti-
/ tude. With lead Of ten runs staring him
/ in the face in the ninth inning. Bender .x-
perimented with some new curves, which
failed TO break over the plate with the
result that four passes were distributed
around promiscuously in this one inning
/ These. with two singles. netted the Yam
KEGS three runs, but Bender soon tired Of
tantaiizing Chase's men and persuaded
/ Bert Daniels TO Eft a fly TO Murphy. in
right field, with the bases full, TO end the
game.
The Athletics held a regular Mardi Gras
! celebration with the stick. every one shar
| ing IN the festivities with the exception OF
T Barry. McInnis was unanimously elected
king by reason Of his three singles and a
double. but Murphy ran him a close race
! IN the contest with three hits. Bender
tried 10 keep Up the pace set by Quinn.
but connected safely only twice. while
Thomas, Lord and Eddie Collins could do
no better. Connie Mack was quite
/ "peeved' over their poor showing.
The Athletics got off IN the lead with two
runs IN the first inning. singles by Lord
Murphy and McInnis with q pass 10 Col
Inns. being sufficient 10 accomplish the
same. Barry worked Vaughn for a pass
at the start OF the second, Thomas singled
10 centre, and then Benders sacrifice
shaped things UP for home runs. Barry
tailed on Lords long sacrifice fly TO
Daniels. while Oldring scratched a single
through knight. which scored Thomas.
Jack Knight was interrupted IN the midst
Of a pleasant dream by a grounder off Col
lins's bat which bounded over second base.
He made a beautiful stop, but failed TO
either touch second or throw 10 first. AS a
result both Collins and Oldrfng were safe
| Baker promptly drew a pass, filling the
bases. and Murphy's single 70 right brought
Oldring and Collins home. With Baker on
third and Murphy hugging first a double
steal was attempted, but the wires became
crossed and Baker was nipped at the plate
for the third out
With one gone IN the fifth. Murphy
singled and McInnis doubled Although he
had two strikes on him. Barry hunted to
| the box for squeeze play and Murphy
beat Quinn's throw TO the plate. Thomas
hit 10 Chase and McInnis was thrown out
! trying 10 score. Barry, however, had prev
ously stolen second. and took third on this
play, while Thomas reached second. Ben
der thought the only thing missing In the
picture was a single. This he produced,
scoring both Barry and Thomas. Lord
lifted 70 Blair In the eighth inning singles
by Bender, Lord. Collins and Baker, with
a sacrifice fly by Murphy. netted three
more runs
The Yankees allied run IN the first
frame. Zinn drawing a pass and Hemphill
and Hartzell singing. Quinn's home run
answered for another run in the fourth.
linn opened the ninth with a single and
Hemphil walked. Chase forced Charlie
AT second, but Hartzell was passed. filing
the bases. Knight raped a sacrifice fly
out 10 Murphy and Zinn scored, while
Wolter batting for Gardner, drew another
pass and filed the bases again. Old re-
liable Birdie Cree then assumed the role OF
pinch hitter, and. batting for Blair, ripped
hot grounder through Baker, scoring
Chase and Hartzell. Although Quinn
walked. Daniels flied out to Murphy.
| The score follows:
PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK.
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