New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
YANKEES SHOW METTLE
New York Has Bitter Fight with
Columbus. but Wins.
WARRIOR POUNDED HARD
Visitors Play Loosely and Run
Bases Poorly, but Finally
Steady Down.
WARRIOR POUNDED HARD
~ rslccranh ~ The Trihrn.. I


Columbus. Ohio April 6-PuGnacity aro
aggressiveucss won for the Yankees to-day
IN a slam-bang. crazilv played ball game
The score was l3 10 II. and the Columbus
players had some pIguac.ty and aggrcs
siveness themselves They are a hard
hitting crowd They lammed the service
OF Warhop and Mcconnell ferociouSlN, bht
the New Yorks lammed the home pitchers
still harder. the total yield Of base hits be-
ing thirty-twO.
II was a loosely played. see-sa"iht'
heavy hitting battle. Wolverton kicked ana
raved on the coaching lines. and the whole
crowd was heiGerent IN the extreme. Even
Chase. usually placid as to the umpire
ouarreled with that official I'm tho early
part Of the game the Yankees lost runs
by childish work on tho bases. chase no
ing caught mapping twice. but, IN the Ia
ter part of the game. his dashing base rtn-
ming helped the visitors 10 win.
Warrior. short of work, was wild and
was pounded savagely Mcconnell. to-.
was hit hard but rocky fielding behind him.
principally by Dolan, Handicapped him.
Runs came in groups. and toward the lat
the Yankees were much steader under the
fire Of persistent hitting than the home
team
Chase and Daniels harried the locals INTO
wild throws. which proved very beneficial
for the big leaguers. When II came down
to the crucial moments the Columbus team
cracked. Daniels prevented two runs by
a brilliant catch With a man on base he
pulled down tremendous drive with one
hand, the drive being ticketed for homo
efr hnd ha N a
home run by fast running. while Street
batted in four OF the New York team tai
lies.
Mcconnell. Hartzell. Gardner. cree and
Dolan all made useful hits. In fact, the
batting OF the Yankees was high class but
otherwise they played a weird mixture OF
baseball They piled up An early three-run
lead on timely hits, but in the third the
locals batted Warhop for four hits. includ
ing a triple and q double. Warhop made
matters worse by his poor control and Co.
lumbus revelled in five runs They were
three runs ahead when the Yankees
started scoring orgy In the sixth inning.
Doak succeeded Packard in the box. and
il was fortunate change for the visitors.
He was wild and was hit steadily in every
inning. His support cracked, too. and as
the home team was doing things 10 Nc
Connell the game developed into scoring
jamboree Columbus tied the score in the
seventh. and came within one run Of
catching up again In the eighth
The coup de grace was administered by
Chase. With Mcconnell on first In the
ninth and two out Chase drove a home run
to centre field. The wild dash around the
bases winded Mcconnell. and he was
fIogged for three triples In succession in
the last half OF the ninth. There were two
on bases and one out. with one run I'm,
when Perrng, who had made triple and
a single, grounded to Hartzell fol an easy
double play.
Wolverton has released Osborn and Mar
tin to the Rochester club. The Yankees,
however, have an optional agreement on
Martin, who is a promising pitcher. Zinn,
who has been with the second team. will
probably join the regulars at Toledo on
Monday as extra outfieldeT