New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-25
TAKE TURN FOR BETTER
Yankees Pound Out Decisive
Victory Over Washington.
zINN HITS FOR CIRCUIT
Germany schafer Shows Mem
bers of Winter Garden Cast
How To Be Funny.

II resolved itself upon the broad shoul-
| ders and brawny back of Eddie Iinn' inc
youthful and promising outhelder OF the
New York Yankees, to shine forth IN the
| leading role at American League PARK yes
| terday afternoon. His crashing nome run
| drive into the centre field bleachers Drohe
I'D the game, which the Yanks finally won
| from Clark Grifiths Washington Sena'
| tors by a score Of II to 6. The mighty
drive Of the slow speaking Southern lau
called forth the applause Of the crowd
among which were Al Jolson and seHeraI
members of the Winter Garden company.
Zinn's WALTON came in the seventh nm
ing when one man was out and Jack QUINN
and Bert Daniels were holding down seconi
and first bases. respectively. The score AZ
the time was 10 in favor of the home
talent. and the crowd called upon Hinn to
duplicate his performance Of the White SoX
game when he made a homer with two on
base. Always willing to obige, Hinn
smashed a groove ball on the nose ana
sent IL on a line for the centre field STANDS
That evidently took the heart out OF Walk
er. for three successive hits by Chase, Cree
and simmons rang out, with sacrihce Il!
| by Hartzell. netting two more runs.
1t was a sorry day for the pitchers The
! Yankees made sixteen hits off Dixie
| Walker. while the Senators rufled the repu-
tation of one Jack Quinn by polling out M
! teen good, healthy wallOps. The heavy MT
ting was n cause OF worrimcnt 10 OIaIk
Griffith. who dispatched half his squad oui
to warm UP. and throughout the game the
| wrecking crew browscd in the mid-distance.
waiting to be called. Wolverton Is so used
to it now that he absentmindedly sent
WARRIOR and Williams out as soon as the
game started.
II the stage artists thought that they
had n corner on the humorous market they
were disa bused of the idea by Germany
Schafer the recognized comedy king OF the
! American League. Seldom. II ever, IN MS
long career did the old German have bet
ter day. and his ludicrous antics had the
crowd in pcals Of laughter from one enc
| of the game to the other.
The Yankees played real baseball. They
punched their hits well and ran the haHes
with will Hal Chase showed flashes OF
! his oldtime form at the first sack. Incl
! dentallv, he poled out three hits Martin
at short. performed in good styl". and
while he made paTdonable error ~ n
puzzing groundcr, he smashed out hit
( in the sixth inning which put his team In
/ the lead Roy Harnell was the fielding
| star of the day.
| II appeared as II It would he snort shrif'
! for Quinn in the first inning. Moeler
! tripled to left on the first service. ana
after Foster was retired by Chase. Milan
doubled to left and scored Moellcr. AT
! this point WARRIOR went out t. warm up.
! but Quinn retired the side. Daniels opened
! for New York with double - eft held'
and scored when Chase singled. after mn
struck out cree also hit to lcft field, md
! both scored on a double by Simmons.
A base on balls to Foster ard n single
/ by Schafer gave the Senators count In
the third inning, and a single by Milan. a
clean steal ~ second has" by "Cyclonc'
| CLYDE and Schacfers wallop gave them
| one I'm the sixth In the last half cr the
| sixth Hartzel triplcd 20 the far corner 4
right field. and scored when Martin slhc'"d
| TO left field Then followed tie furious
seventh inning. which Melted five runs. In
the eighth inning two more taIl"s were
pushed over on n hit batsman, two singles
| and a sacrifice ny.
Moeler singled in the eighth for Wash
| ington and completed the circuit On hita
| by Milan and Walker. while two counts
were made in tho ninth on hts 10y VIII
! Jams, batting for Walker "A single by
| Moeller. n helder's choice and singles by
! Milan and Schaefer, but these were rot
! enough.
| The score follows: