New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-13
RED SOX DEFEAT YANKEES.
Chilled Fans on Hilltop See Home
Team Beaten, 5 to 2.
WoLvERToN'S DEBUT FAILS
Managers Effort as Pinch Hitter
Results in Long Fly-Bucky
O'Brien Does Well.

Harry woIverton. manager Of the New
York Yankees. made his bow 10 the lanS
AT American League Park as pine"
hitter Yesterday afternoon win TWO OUT
an the ninth frame. his team three runs
behind Boston, and Cosy Dolan on sec
ond imploring a hit which would score him
end possibly start a winning rally WolVeI-
ton went TO bat in place OF Earl Garo"eI.
Wolverton failed to start that RAINY ana
although he swung with terrific force on
one of ''Bucky" O'Brien's spitoallS ne
only raised a long fly. which TITS SpedAeI
gathered in. Thus the Yankees lmped OH
the field beaten by a score OF TO py the
Boston Red SoX
A worse day for the great national game
II would be hard to imagine. A cmllls'
rain soaked wind swept out OF the hoT1H-
east, numbing the players TO the bone anu
making the shivering band Of twenty-five
hundred rooters In the stands wish LOT the
END. In spite of the adverse condIuohs'
however. the teams played good, snappy
baseball. and two erratic heaNes by ma
zell alone spoiled a perfect caro-
"Bucky" O. Brien. the spitball artist from
Denver. opened his 1872 campaign with a
flourish. of trumpets. The loosely ouiIt httle
Irishman had everything, from oHiulhe
aoeed TO perfect control Of his deceptive
curves The Yanks found him for SIX NUS
which included triples oy Harry Noite'
and Birdie Cree, which resulted IN the ohi'
two runs counted by the team. III o'l'
ma inning. however. did Brien let the
Yanks hit him consecuuvely' lha' W."
IN the eighth. when Crees slam was loi-
lowed by a single to right HELD oy Roy
Rartzel Bert Daniels alone Tell 4 Victlrh
TO the wiles and vagaries of the Denver
boy's curves and died on strikes ""i''
Cree was the only New Yorker 70 ora"
free ticket 10 first on four wide ones hart
xalrs hit In the second inning was uuAe
of luck for Larry Gardner TELL atter ND"
ing an easy stop OF a slow, lazy grouhdSr
ORrten's support was tight as drum
several times the Yankee batsmen sWuh-
hard on the ball and drove hot smasnes d
the felders. but the nearest approach 10 d
slip-up of any sort came In the hIth' "hen
Dolan's grounder was too hot for wagner
Tho Roston outfleld roved about like de-
va,tating hordes and gathered in some per-
Sectly good wallops that by all law VI
averages should have been safe hits ITS
sneaker made several fine catches in centre
field and Hooper made his presence te'l l"
right field The Yanks hit them up IN the
air and died easy deaths.
A cheer from the crowd greeted the an
nounoement that Russell Ford was 10 Iaoo
on the mound for Wolverton's hopes. Tha'
cheer soon changed into a cry OF wonder
ment when old reliable Russ was wl!de'
than all the hares that ever gamooied III
March and made his bid for trouble by
walking Hooper. Connolly added TO th'
dramatic side of the catastrophe by halt
ing the game to admonish the Red SoN
bench. from whence various remarks came
touchin' on and appertainin' 10 the lack OF
control which Russ so soon displayed
Ford was nervous. and this feeling wa
not soothed when Yerkes slammed the pal
over the left field fence-but 1t was foul
by an inch. The little second baseman then
whaled the pill to far right field, where
Harry Wolter made a brilliant running
catch. and the fans" breathed easier. MOI
for long however That false sense OF Sc
curlty was badly Jared when Iris
Sneaker slammed out home run to the
extreme corner Of right centre field.
Hooper scored easily. Chase made slight
tumble on VOTERS return before iris
counted. but It was a clean drive well
made. Ford then passed Jake Stahl, but
Gardner forced the big first sacker on
grounder to the pitchers box, which Ford
handled Clearly Lewis. however, drove the
third run home with a ringing slam to cen
tire. which missed the bleachers by scani
three feet and bounded back so far that
Lewis was held on second.
Ford then settled down and held his foe
men runess until the eighth frame when
with two out Stahl laced the ball into LEFT
for a single Larry Gardner then doubled
into right field and placed Jake on third.
Dufy Lewis pranced to the bat and Ford
promptly proceeded 10 ascend. He Kept
Lewis and Street leaping about after wild
ones, and finally shot hilarious lnshoot
right at the batter's head. Lewis broke all
records in duckng. but he was not fast
enough The ball hit his bat shot of at
tangent and went for a single down the
first base line, while J. Garland and Gard
ner scored. Chase. Gardner and Wo!ter' II
might be remarked, held council Of war
over the ball when they might have retired
the batter.
Lewis soon raced to third when Wagner
laced one at Hartzell which Roy promptly
tossed at the moon. Chase looked at the
oareening ball with a kindly smile and
then set out In industrious pursuit BY
the time he recovered II Lewis was mug
Eing the far turn. while Wagner stood
proudly at second. A swift inshoot hit
Carrigan on the head. filling the bases
o'Brien. however. ended the agony by
grounding out to the box.
O'Brien began In a most inauspicious
manner. True. the first ball was daz-
cling strike. but on the next service the
splitter failed to break. and the ball hoated
right over the groove. Walter laced 1t on
a line for the centre field fence and rested