New-York tribune., 1912-08-28
YANKEES IN TOP FORM
Pick Up Brace of Victories
Over Cleveland Maps.
LELIVELT DOES GOOD WORK
George Davis Holds Visitors in
Check and Turns In His First
Big League Victory.

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| land Maps on the Hilltop yesterday after
noon the Yankees made substantial! gain
1 IN their climb up the percentage column.
! Hard hitting gave them the first by d
score OF to 4. and equally hard clouting
and some mighty clever fielding gave
( them the second by a score Of to :. The
aspiring H!lltoppers showed no mercy to
the Cleveland twirlers. for they lam
bested them here. there and everywhere
and rolled up a total OF tventy-three hits
/ in the two encounters.
/ The day ssw another shift In the New
York lineup. and II the, new combina-
/ ton works as we'll az Il did yesterday
/ the-e's little doubt that the Yankees will
! he BIT further up in the race when the
not far distant October days sea the end
OF the fight. Lelivelt. the second man TO
be brought down from the Rochester In
ternational League team IN the last fort
night, reported for the first timo, and did
some corking all around work. Ar the
bat he was particularly effective, getting
brace OF stinging hits in the first game
and three In the second contest. In the
field he was right UP TO scratch all the
time. being responsible for five put-outs
Mcmillan. the other Rochester recruit,
did some pretty work in the short field
and shut OF a couple OF hits In the sec.
ond game.
! The day had another pleasing feature
for Wolverton. He had the satisfaction
OF seeing George Davis. the Williams
College pitcher. come into his own. Davis
won his first game in the big leagues In
/ the second contest and he did II so mas
tertully that there was nothing but praise
/ for him. Big Ed Sweeney lent helping
hand now and then, but Davis managed
20 clear the shoals pretty Skilfully. and
/ he let the Maps have only eight hits. all
Of which were well scattered. He weak
ened a bit in the closing innings. but his
lead was 90 great that he had nothing 10
fear, and Woiverton let him take his
course. Three twirlers wer. used by the
Maps against the colegian. and none Of
them vas effective. In the opening fray
Long George Mcconnell had the best Of
a struggle with Baskette and Krler.
Both games were filed with good play
ing and the fielding OF the Yankees In
the second game Was of high order. Nc
MILAN made a couple o. catches IN the
frst frame Of the second encounter that
shut or a possible rally. and Hal Chase
helped with some sharp work az first
Hal was the high dignitary at the bat.
for he drove out a clean home run IN the
opening frame Of the second contest that
bounded clear to the fence In deep right
Ffe4z.
was not quite so praiseworthy In the
arst game. In the fifth inning ne dropped
two thrown oaIls and came near to let
ting the Maps insert some badly needed
runs.
The Maps took the initiative ip the seor-
ing line By crowding one run across The
plate In the frst inning Of the opening
game, but tho Yankees ala not stay idle
FOR long The food that started Baskette
on the road 10 the bench began in the
third inning when the Yankees cent three
runs across the pan on three hits. one a
three-nagger TO right by Chase. They
kept up the fusillade In the fourth and an
error, a base on balls snd a hit filled the
bases for Baskette De.Jre 3 man had
been retired Davis sent kAler 10 the
I rescue Ioc lntleI qlu VIII III Io'N'"e N''S
Yankees 10 two runs under the circum-
stances. For the next three innings kaer
was invinclble. In the eighth the Yankees
Jumped in again and on three hits IN
Guiding a triple by Lelivelt, got three
more runs.
Chase's homo run broke uD tho second
game before Il was we'll started. hcAIl-
Ian had opened with a double and Chase =
wallop came at just the right time IN
the tilth Paddock pOled out triple "itA
TWO on tie bases and scored aimsen
moment later, making 1t uve runs In AL
sor tho Yankees. They added another N
the eighth The Maps assailed Davis
hard IN the laet three innings. but made
little headway.
Joe Jackson kicked himself into three
day retirement when he objected 10
called strike In the first game and threw
his bat In the air in dersion OF Dineen.
The scores follow:
CANE