New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-04
YANKEES DROP ANOTHER
Aid Senators to Get a Grip on
Second Place.
JOHNSON IN TOP FORM
WARRIOR No Puzzle, but Loose
Fielding Helps to Keep
the Score Down.

Firmly intrenched in last place, with
little possibility Of rising out OF the IN
glorious sub-cellar, Harry Wolverton and
his band Of Yankees opened their final
series Of their season with the fighting
Washington Senators at American
League Park yesterday afternoon. wal
ter Johnson, the speed king OF the Ameri-
can League, was In the box for Wash
ington, and the score was to 8. VINO
won? Why, the Senators. Of course.
Nick Atrock and Germany" Schaeffer.
the prize comedians of organized baseball,
had the crowd Of 100 or 80 fans In
Mysteries part Of the time. The veteran
entertainers were in merry mood, and
their ludicrous antics were OF more IN
terest by far than the commonplace do
ings on the field Of play.
Altrock boxed a furious one-round bout
with himself, but sad to relate, he got the
worst OF every exchange, and finally
knocked himself out with a night upper
cut. Schaeffer, his faithful second. sadly
entered the ring and dragged him to his
corner, where Altrock was revived. Later
Altrock INDUCED In some more boxing.
and this time he won over himself on
points.
Tight line walking on the base lines,
productive OF many falls" with suii
more peals of uproarious laughter. was
next In order The players joined In the
mirth and all went merry as marriage
bell until the umpires warned them all TO
be a little Quieter, remembering Ban
Johnson's ruling earlier in the season.
Clark Griffith played his strongest caro-
when he sent Johnson into the box to
start the series that will decide the bat
tie for second place with the Athletics.
While the tribe of Mack was busy Illus
trating the style of the Giants for the
benefit Of the Red Sox, the latter won by
a score of II to 5. so that Washington
now holds second place by fun game.
The Yankees have been beaten In only
10l games to date. but there are still two
to be played.
Due to loose fielding the Yankees were
able TO make a close fight all the way.
for errors figured in every one OF their
three runs. Williams. the catcher, was
muffer OF all sorts of balls extraordinary,
and through his little eccentr!cities the
Yankees pushed over two runs in the sew
enth inning and took the lead momen-
tarily. 1t is 10 be said however, that hits
always followed the blunders.
In spots, however. the game compared
favorably with any seen on the grounds
this year Shanks. Daniels and Buzz
Foster played ball OF the most spectacu-
lar style, and the small crowd found
plenty over which they might become en-
thusiastic. In the second frame Shanks
chased back In left field TO grab wicked
drive by Sweeney. and making perfect
throw TO Laporte on second base caught
Smith off the bag and completed fast
double play.
Six innings later Bert Daniels travelled
back to the fence TO get Frank Laporte's
wicked smash that looked good for at
lea Il two bases Foster was here, there
and everywhere after the ball. and the
greater number OF his five assists were
made on puzzling grounders which looked
good when they left the bat
Johnosn appeared inclined TO loaf along
at times. and the Yankees got to him for
eight hits. He saved his arm, too, and
only two home batters were declared out
on strikes Warhop was no puzzle at any
stage OF the game.
The Yankees flashed out In the lead In
the lucky" seventh, when they scored
two runs on errors by Williams, along
with hits by Sweeney, WARRIOR and Chase.
In the eighth inning the Senators tied the
score on an error by Chase on Milan's
bounder. Milan's steal Of second and
ha tpth Inn afy
williams tripled and scored when john
sons stiff grounder was fumbled by Mid
kiff.