New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-28
YANKEES WIN AND LOSE
Honors Even in DoubIe-Heade
Against Browns.
ERRORS CUT BIG FIGURE
Cellar Guardians Make Six
Bungles in First Game-Sec-
ond a Real Contest.

| ST. Louis. July 27.--!The New YORK
| Yankees made brave stand on their Sec
! ond Western invasion when they won the
first game Of q double-header from the
| ST. Louis Browns here this afternoon by
| a score Of to 8. Their eXertions told on
| them. however and while they patted
Themselves on the back and grinned broad
ly over their valorous deed the Browns
turned. after the fashion OF the worm. ana
won the second struggle by score or y
70 !. The Yankees carried Keen eye
and heavy bats into the opening game,
while the Browns played the kind OF
game that explains their stending In the
American League.
| II was indeed, a coarse woven. hall
baked and raw IN the middle aggregation
Of ball players which disportcd on the
| greensUaTd n the first struggle, ana
errors Of the most lnexcusable sort hg-
ured prominently IN the fray. Having
M nert,cular use for q mere bail game,
the perennial guardians OF the cellar
chipped In with half dozen giarlns
bungle., while the Yankees, with rare
degree OF professional courtesy came
/ through With three errors. Taken all III
ALI. II vas quite merry little party. with
the favors all for the base ruun.Tf.
The second battle, however, bore all the
| outward signs o. a real baseball game,
| and the Browns won on their Werlt6'
They had little difficulty in hitting hoy
Fisher az timely intervals while the yam
KEGS lost their Judgment OF distance When
a good wal'op might have started raIly'
! Russell Ford. The star spttball pltcheT
/ ., tho New; York team. OBLIGATED on me
! rubber against Baumgarten. Brown ana
Adams. who performed for the Mound
C,v rets at various tlmep With varying
fortunes. With tho exception Of the irst
I,,,ne whey. the Browns punched Il brace
az two baggers, with a base on balls, TOT
two runs. Ford has seldom shown 10 oe'-
ter advantage. Thereafter he sent tn'
hall twisting and breaking over the pidte
in dazzling style. and with the advantage
, oP nerfect support the Browns Woulo
! have rested for the day with three tall
los &c their share. They collected eight
hits from Ford. but FOR tina greater part
Of the game safeties at opportune mo-
ments were not forthcoming.
! After running along with some degree
OF success until the eighth inning the
Yankees went In for ground and loity
,umbIirg. with pronounced preference
for the latter. Hal Chase started Ihe
melee by carefully setting himself ioF
Austin's high hy and then muiflns the
ball with ease and SURPRISING grace. Aus
fin in the mean time. dug his cloats into
| the dust and 1T out for second base,
which he made before Chase finished a
| ,a
! 20 the wayward spheroid. Jimmy went
20 third on al iniield out.
| Then Roy Hartzell demanded his share
! OF the nmelight, and found Kutina In an
oblIglng mood. The ST. Louis first base
man shot one down the lines TO Hartz"H
, and the latter threw the ball In the gen
erai direction OF New York. Austin scored
Kutina reached third. and he, too. count
! cd when Williams hit a long fly 20 Dam
/ !es.
| Sancriched in between the first and
! closing innings OF the game, Ford gave
| rare exhibition Of skin. and wac seldom
In any great degree OF danger. The
Browns got men on the lines. and in the
fourth inning Kutina progressed az FAR
as third base, and while the crowd Inn
plored a cafe hit from Stephens. Ford
turned on the high pressure and the best
Stephens could do was hopper 10 Sim
mons. which Hack" nte up and threw
the runner out at first base for the third
out.
Baumgarten. who started the season In
! r. manner which made many predict that
he would be a second Mathewson, started
the game, but he was none too good ana
several damaging errors failed to give
him confidence He vas lacked In the
second inning after four hits figured In
| three runs. the errors not 10 he forgotten
None were out when Stovall sounded
/ the recall on Baumgarten, and two we're
on bases when Brown WAC seat 10 the box
I The Yankees were ot,durate, however
and before the inning was over they
, scored three additional tallies on a few
hits and a few more errors. Brown re-
! manned In the game until the seventh
I inning, when Frank Laporte was sent In
| 10 bat for him 10 aid In what threatened
! 10 be a rally. Adams finished the game
! and was found for an additional tally.
| In the second game the Browns fell
| upon Roy Fisher, and had an easy time
! throughout. The Vermont schoOlmaster's
/ curves were bumped for one dozen clean
/ hits. while the Yankees were unable 70
bunch their hits with any degree Of sue
! cess. Shotten and Kutina. bore of the
laurels in the batting bee at Fishers ex-
nense. and drove out three hits apiece,
/ while Pratt found time to pole out two
/ safe drives.
! The scores follow:
FIRST CAM.
NEW YORK ST LOUIS.