New-York tribune., 1911-09-17
YANKS SPLIT WITH FOES
Tioers Win First Contest, but
Are Downed in Second.
BOTH GAMES ARE SlzzLERS
Mullin Tightens Up in Time TO
Take opener-Fisher Comes
to Rescue in Final Game.

rh. Yankees continued to live up 70 theH
renutation as Tiger tanners at Ahei.
League Park yesterday. for althousn .nos
w.r. driven to cover by the Detroi' .'"''
4, .h. 6rst session of q double-heaoeI' u'eS
oo,,,e hack with grim determination IN the
.acond period and after nine innings OF
rsd hot scrapping Gagged Jennings ana MS
,ona nv az clean cut q rally as mas oeen
...r an the hilltop. For the greater par.
Of the opening contest the YANKEES ''e
n he in a fair way OF annexins aho'"'.
victory over Detroit, but were noseo ou'
AZ the finish by a score Of to .. Il wa'
t,st the Other way in the second game 10,
despite the faot that the homo team openeo
ths scoring they had to come from oeh'no
TO win out by tallies to D.
There have been many larger crowns ot'
the hilltop grounds than the one tha' "o'
on hand yesterday. but the niteeh 'Ho
.o,d "fans" who squeezed into the grano-
stand and bleechers had an AFTERNOON VI
.vc,t,no snort. Here and there were iew
Loose ends that should have been gatnered
a., hrt all and all the brace OF contests
,r.ro as we'll played as one could nave
u,sbed for The Yankees sent Caio"eiI "
the mound In the opening ray anu 'vA
nings selected the veteran Muiln u u' 'N'
twirllng for the visitors -.
From the start their games were as oii-
ferent as the poles. For the hrst coupie
a, ,rninrs the Yankees laid into Muiih anu
s,ammed the ball here. there ana every
where. The pity was that they couluN
ossorb,a their hits in such fashion tnat
q MAXIMUM Of runs would result There-
fore from a total Of eight hits In the hrs'
four innings of the game the ianAee'
made only three runs, ana tneS '"' "
the first session on four hits.
But with Caldwell 1t was the opposite'
The Tigers got to him for brace OF II''
and a. run In the first inning, but Thereafter
he kept the swats so we'll scattered that lie
went along swlrnmingly for six innings
Then the tide OF battle turned. Mullen
who had been as wabbly as an old freight
car, changed his pace and his method' ana
the first thing the Yankees knew they were
being retired In one. two. three order
That was Just the time that CaIo"eiI
should have reached the settling down
stage. but, unfortunately, that was not the
case. The Tigers spilled couple OF hits
in the fairway in the seventh and scored
run: they TANNED through a couple more
I'm the eighth and tied the score; then In
the ninth they fell on Caldwell with VIII
and pounded out three hits. which, coupled
with base on balls, gave them the de-
cision. with a couple of runs TO spare, be-
cause the Yankees were unable even to
scratch hit from the kind OF ball siullen
was pitching.
II was a slightly different proposition that
the Yankees had 10 face I'm the second
game. for Jennings with the first safely
tucked away, was intent upon capturing
the second also, and thereby relieve trife
the inglorlous record the Tigers have made
against the New York team this season.
Counting the hrst game. the visitors had
won only six OF the twenty games the two
teams had played. and another victory
would have been nourishing. TO say the
least. for the Tigers column OF wins"
Accordingly wild Bill" Donovan. who beat
the Yankees when the Tigers were in
Gotham last. was chosen to do likewise on
th!. occasion And for while It looked as
il Just that very same thing would happen,
because Donovan haG everything on the
ball and the Yankees were swinging and
stretching at everything that came along.
on the New York side OF the fray Jack
Warhop was pitching along steadily. al
though he was being touched up every now
and then for threatening hits. Neither
team could push across a score In the first
four innings, and II remained for the Yam
KEGS 10 break the ice in the fifth when one
of the two bases on balls that Donovan
gave let knight score. A splendid throw
by Hartzell in the very first round had
saved Warhop a run when Cobb was out
at the plate. but in the sixth frame the
Yankee pitcher found himself in water SO
deep that he had TO be rescued. and then
only after three runs had been scored. Ray
Fisher was the one rushed to the front,
and he put out the Tigers in quick fashion.
but those three runs looked very nearly
like another victory for the Tigers.
But the coming OF Fisher apparently
meant a new lease of life for the Hilltop
pers because in their half Of the sixth
they managed TO get a run across on
couple OF hits of Donovan, and again In
the eighth they slipped another over that
tied the score.
Chase was eager 10 end the game then
and there and yanked out Blair and Fisher
for a pair of pinch hitters. and the move
looked suicidal when the pinch hitters
failed 70 pinch hit and the Tigers were due
for another whack at the bat. But Quinn
and Williams were able TO look after the
battery end OF the game for the Yankees
in the last effort OF the Tigers, who went
back 10 their lair without a vestige of a
hit, while the home team connected with
Donovan for another pair of singles In their
end Of the ninth and won the game.
The score follows: