New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-12
BASEBALL 0F MANY
KINDS ON HILLTOP
Good and Bad in Turn and the
Yankees Lose Another
Game.
JENNINGS HAS WHIP HAND
Tigers Wade Into the New
York Pitching Staff and
Leave Only Rem
nantS.

tons on the hilltop yesterday afternoon
when the Yankees and Detroit Tigers met to
battle for victory for the first time this
season. pestilenCe Of passes and errors
descended unannounced right In the midst
OF one Of the snappiest little trays seen here
this season. and the decomposition Of per-
fectly healthy game was frightful sight
for the $1,000 fans" who oyerfowed on to
the field Championship baseball was the
order for six frames Then the epidemic hit
the Yankees amdshp and ripped out all the
alright compartments, The contagion
spread even into the Detroit camp, but
Wolvertons men absorbed most of the
shock. They went down to defeat by
score of TO 8, their winning streak being
Iudely broken once more.
Fancy fielding Of the most embroidered
sort was seen in the early stages Of the
conflict. With Russell Ford going at his
prettiest gait Earl Gardner. Martin and
Simmons took the keenest delight in rob
bling the hapless Tigers Of hits by the spark
ling fielding and the showing OF Wolver-
tons reconstructed infield was a Joy TO
thousands. But after Gardner had made
spectacular catch Of Stanage's drive at the
start Of the seventh Ford suddenly lost his
hearings. Two hits, a pass and a sacrifice
fly all in row caused Russell TO walk out
of the box, and then began the comedy.
big Jim" Vaughn stepped on 20 the
mound and threw fourteen balls in success
sion without putting a strike across the
plate. With two men out and two on bases
no passed four men in a row. forcing in
three runs This may have been Jim's idea
of how TO check vicious rally, but II did
not appeal to Wolverton, and he wigwagged
for Quinn, who came in and made wild
pitch. letting in another run. Then he
struck out Stanage ending the agony.
The Tigers were so startled by the five
runs that they tailed so easily that they
became unneryed, and young Dubuc, who
had given Ford a pretty battle, allowing
only four scattered hits In the first four
innings, began to waver. -Four hot ground
ers which were sent ripping through Owne
Bushs territory had the star Detroit short
stop standing on his ear. All went for
hits, and in less time than ii takes to tell
the Yankees had gathered unto themselves
four runs. This sensational rally on top or
the havoc wrought by Detroit in the first
half OF the same frame had the crowd be-
side itself with excitement. Duouc finally
retired the side, and before the next inning
came restoratves were administered on the'l
with flying colors Hughie Jennings hap
pened to have at hand the right antitoxin
for the plague which hit the New York
pitching staff.
But the half has not yet been told. Play
ers and fans" combined to make things
interesting for silk" O'Loughlin, who
when 1t comes to umpiring, is about the
best in the business. Johnny McGraw in
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howl or made such strenuous objections
TO so little purpose as did Harry Wolver-a
ton and the Yankees. Four players felt the
full force Of the umpireal wrath before the
game was over, Wolverton, Quinn, Daniels
and Street all being invited TO leave the
scene Of action. The New York manager
repaired TO the clubhouse after the riotous
seventh for attempting to instruct O'Lough-
lin in his duties. Quinn's demise was the
most sensational After striking out Dubuc
in the eighth, Jack issued a pass to Bush,
and was so perturbed at OLoughlin's um-
piring that he threw hfs glove to the bench.
This breach Of etiquette caused his imme
date dismissal, and Mcconnell mounted
the kopje Daniels sitting over on the
bench picked up a handful Of bats and
threw them in the air. Westerfeld saw the
act and ordered Bert off the field. OLough-
lin was busy lodging pop bottles thrown
by the fans from the stands. so he did
not observe Daniels's act, otherwise he
would have taken extreme pleasure in
issuing the clubhouse warrant.
After Mcconnell had passed the first man
he pitched to in the eighth. Street protested
vigorously and was eliminated at once.
Big Ed Sweeney, who signed his contract
yesterday. thereupon entered the fray and
was roundly cheered His first official act,
however, was wild throw TO third to
catch Bush stealing, and run resulted.
O'Loughlin was surrounded by Iusty
corps of Pinkertons after the game, and
was protected from a crowd OF spectators
who acted threateningly.
The whole affair was as weird
one and as spectacular as any seen
in New York in many seasons. Ex-
traordinary fielding was interviewer
with errors of the darkest hue. Bau-
mann and Witt, the two new members OF
the Detroit lineup, were good and bad
BY turns. Both made errors in succession
in the ninth inning before an out was re-
corded, shaping things up for New YORK
rally, which Dubuc turned aside with con-
summate skill. Witt handled nine chances
perfectly, however, and Moriarity played
a tiptop game at first. Martin starred for
the Yankees, with Gardner running him d
close race for honors, while Simmons made
some nifty pick-ups at first.
Before the game Ty Cobb received
silver loving cup. offered by Honey Boy
Evans to the champion batsman of the
two leagues AS might be expected, the
best Cobb could show in hitting line was
q very scratchy rap through Simmons for
a single in the first frame. He found the
bases filed in the seventh, but lifted
sacrifice fiy 10 Zinn, while he struck out
In the eighth with g man on second. Sam
Crawford, however, raped out three hits.
HuRhle Jennings, the other star performer
NJ the team, was in fine voice and delighted
the fans"
Nine errors. thirteen bases on balls and
twenty hits are calculated TO make some
thing of A stir when combined in one game.
So II was yesterday. The pick Of Wolver-
toms twirlers was pitted against the Tigers.
They handed out ten passes and allowed
thirteen hits Ford was found for ten
safeties in the six and two-third innings
that he pitched. while the other three were
collected off Mcconnell. Vaughn did not
give the Tigers a chance TO hit the ball as
he paysed four men IN a row and retired.
Ford gave two passes Quinn one and Nc
Connell three. Dubuc pitched a steady
game. keeping the hits scattered, except in
one inning. lie allowed only seven in all,
and several Of these were Of the scratchiest
variety. The Yankees made four errors, to