New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-04
MAD RALLY BY YANKEES
Score Ten Runs in Ninth Inning,
but Athletics Win.
FINAL TALLY IS 10 TO 10
Five Pitchers Needed, However,
for Connie Mack to Gain
His Revenge.

PHILADELPHIA. MAY q -ScorinE records Tor
the season were Knocked galley west anu
! far TO wind ard II Shibc Park this after
noon when Connie Mack's band OF curve
busting Athletics eXacted terrible revenge
for their two heatings by the New iorh
/ Yankees. and walloped the visitors ~ I"
/ ycore Of rs To H.. More remarkable Is th'
/ fact that the Yankees scored ten runs VI
/ the NINTH number sufficient to win al
most any game, but such was the count
against them that the furious rally WAS OF
I no avail The score, in addition TO being
record for the campaign Of 1872, is also
now record for the park.
With q lead OF thirteen rms IN the mat
inning connie Mack thought that he could
count II a game won. and he relieved Eddie
| krause. who had gone in for Brown after
the NTH inning. and sent forth Salmon, n
promising youth who r'tches with his left
/ hand. II may seem mean 10 say H. nut
/ Salmon was Unable TO pass the falls, and
after a few Intellectual splashes vas hooked
! in favor OF Lefty" Russell. who has been
described az "Mack's ono eXtravaganct'
Salmon remained on the landscape for
/ Just ore third Of an inning, during when
time he managed 10 allow two hits and a
hasa on balls and populated the paths with
gray clad runners Russell took NJ the
thankless task Of trying TO prevent runs
| but in vain Four hits from as many men
/ cleared the bases. then filled them ana
scored half a dozen runs Three OF saId
talles were driven hOne hy George Nc
! Council. who smashed So right for triple.
! Then Eddie Plank entered the box, and he
| called peremptory halt by tanning Birdie
/ Cree and Egan nailed Simmons. who tried
/ 10 steal second on the out The hilltop crew
! Is satisfied in way. however, for II re
CURED the efforts Of five. pitchers TO get
/ them.
/ The Yankees had their strongest team
out. with Chase alone missing, but they
made six errors. most Of which had pc
/ Culiar way Of making the round OF the
bases a primrose path for Athletic runners.
Simmons made a glazing nun. Coleman
PLAYED football with two chances and Earl
/ Gardner made another. Caldwell had only
one chance. and he did his worst. while
/ Shears, who replaced him. did well 10 get
two ont Of three chances away safely.
In sharp relief to this show Of bush league
/ talent the home team was on its toes every
minute Jack Mclnnis alone prevented a
I lfTIftl Flull4E 'dlu iVl NV -NA''''''''' '''''
presented a slightly damaged front. Jack
. Barry was out OF the game and Derrick
swung into line at shortstop Oldring was
/ also off color a little and his place was
filled by Strunk. while Ira Thomas watched
: EGan don the mask and pad.
I'm the number Il hits made the teams
shared honors al fifteen each, put when
team like the Athletics can make hfteen
hits. bunch them well and take advantage
/ Of the many opportunities so offered along
with weak defence. the result Is easy to
forecast They ran the bases In fine style.
and Lord. Derrick and Egan stole base
/ each. while Danny Murphy furnished the
/ haze running feature OF the day by SEN
sational sleal home in the attn inning.
/ Mummy was also the batting hero ana
drove out four singles and a sacrihre MT
| in five trips.
! "slim" Ray Caldwell was the man on
whom Wolverton depended 10 continue the
winning streak which lasted two consecu-
tive DAYS. Alas, also. alack! The Athletics
took the field with specific instructions on
how and when to win games, and TINS was
one of the games, they sald. taldNelI dec
GRATED the horizon for the short space OF
two innings, during which uine ne was
/ ,rsltreated sadly Thirteen men faced him,
/ and OF these seven hit the ban ana drove
/ home ten runs, being aided materially by a
/ few errors. In the third inning Shears ar
/ e,I,ned command Of the more or less bat
! tered ship His was more or less sorry
/ fate also The Athletics bumped MN, IVi
eight hits and these, too. were alned pS
/ errors, so that eight additional runs pat
1 tered over the plate. ,,.,.
carl Brown. a colt from the connecticut
. League, was selected by Mack 10 p',,n
/ The youth did remarkably we'll until the
! dfth inning. when he weakened badly ana
I aiIowed the visitors to bunch Ave hits Tor
I &C many runs He was then taken out 10
/ let Krause stem the threatening no.
/ Krause had the Highland crew IN the hol,
low of his hand. and they never once mao
. Inc plate I'm danger Then came the furious
! but unfortunately unavailing. rally In me
/ ninth inning, when ten runs came as
/ rcsuIt of five bases on balls ana nan d
/ dozen clean, vicious hits off Salmon ana
p ',mssru In this inning Mcconnell wa al
rissn-uu trIpIn on his second trip.
The score follows: