New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-18
YANKEES COME TO LIFE
Show Flash of Real Baseball and
Defeat Cleveland.
RELAPSE COMES NEAR END
Maps Play a Sloppy Game and
Go Down to a Well De-
served Defeat.

coarselv woven baseball game shot
through with Tnultitudinous errors ana
lavish throwing OF y highly inaccurate
nature. diverted a small crowd of fans
who ventured forth on the bright May AZ
ternoon 10 see the first contest OF the sea-
son between the Yankees and the Cleveland
Mans at American League Park yesterday.
Harry Davis trotted out half-baked'
formless team which played in half baked,
formless manner, and Russell Ford had
little difficulty I'm holding them In check.
The Yankees won by a score of TO 3.
Wolverton's men started off with burst
OF daring base running that took the fans
completely by surprise. Few believed that
such ability was in the team. They swept
the visitors off their feet early in the fray
with an effective hit-and-run combination,
the hits being timed TO a nicely. The YAM
KEGS tapered of so mserably. however,
toward the end that IT is difficult to tell
whether or not a change for the better has
come.
The first four men up singled in the
eighth inning, but not a run was scored.
Hartzeli was caught between second and
third in a most bone-headed manner when
Easterly got two put outs on q double play
in the sixth. while Harry Wolter was
caught mapping off second in the fourth
and put out in a most shamo-iaced way
They took big chances, but on the whole 1t
was a good fault end great RELIEF from
the old style conservative game which has
kept the team in the run rut.
The Yankees Kept the visitors throwing
the ball all the time and as rule coaXed
them into making costly wild heaves. Ford
H., he Hx-ol 6 n
fifth and came all the way home after the
Maps had thrown the hall all over the lo'
on an endeavor to catch him stealing.
Ford was hit rather hard at times. and
allowed nine safeties, but he managed 10
keep them fairly well scattered Inc
Yankees practically knocked Kaler out OF
the box in the fifth inning and Lefty
George proved hardly more effective. -FOUR
teen hits in all We're made by the home
team.
A hit batsman. pass, single by Hart
zeE and Cree's double gave the Yankees
Two runs in the first frame. Cree ana SIM
mons opened the third with singles ad-
vanced on n sacrifice and scored on Martin
Coube. Ford's single brought the snort
son home Hohnhursts error gave Doian
g. life in the fifth. The latter stole second
and tailed on Martins single 10 Tght' Inc
speedy little shortstop tried to take third
on Sweeney's dribble 10 Hohnhurst' nut
vas doubled Ford then walked stole sec
urd and came homo while tho visitors
tossed the ball around. DOlan got TO first
in the seventh on Peckenpaugh's error ana
went to second on Georges wild throw
Martin famed, but Peckenpaugh's error
gave sweeney life and let Dolan score
l,y n neat bit Of base running.
Ryan's triple and Hartzell's misplay gave
the visitors run in the second inning
kaler opened the third with hit, only to
he forced ar second by Hohnhurst. The
latter took second on an out stole third
sra scored when Dolan lost track of the
hall. although 1t rolled only few yardS
away from him Hohnhursts single. steal
c. second. an out and Jackson's sacrihce
rs added another in the NTH.
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