New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-20
YANKEES SHOW A
FLASH OF OLD FORM
Rise Up and Defeat the Maps
in Tenth inning, After a
Real Game.
FORD STRONG IN PINCHES
Jack Martins New Bat Lucky
-Peckinpaugh a Tower OF
Strength-Griggs in
Form, Too.

II was like Old Home Week on the hill
top yesterday afternoon, just as It was In
the days when the Yankees were fighting
it out with the best OF them and getting
away with O lot Of championship stuff
with the Cleveland Maps as a back
ground, the New Workers played what
was easily the best game they have shown
here this season. and the delectable part
Of 1t all was that they. won. Russell Ford
now safely launched on the matrimonial
sea, took the helm and guided the half
scuttled Wolverton craft to ten-inning
victory, the score being 4 to 3.
Things might have been different had
Jack Martin not purchased q new hat
with this particular conflict in view. Thls
stick was a short, stubby affair, with a
large sized kick I'm il which had re
freshing procliWty to rear up at the most
timely moments II there was any one spot
in the game where O neat single dcvetailed
into the general scheme Of things with
the greatest effect IL was in the tenth
inning. The score was tied and there
were two out when Simmons cracked out
q two-base wallop.
Blanding, who had charge Of Cleveland S
destlnies, did not particularly care for the
expression on HartZelIs face, and pur-
posely passed him to take chance with
smiling Jack who looked vastly more
amiable. But the latter, with diplomatic
skill, successfully concealed his fell pur-
pose and popped a clean single into left
field, which scored Simmons with the win
ming run This bat Of Martins also had q
two-base hit In il, which was produced In
the fourth, when the Yankees tied the
score for the first time, Jack counting
with the telling tally on Sweeney's single.
Ford and Banding had a pretty battle
of 1t all along The New York twirler vas
IN the pristine form Of 1910, striking out
seven men and keeping ten hits exceed
ingly well scattered He performed bit
of extremely meritorious work In the
seventh inning, when the bases were filled
with none out, and yet Cleveland was In
able TO score q run. Blanding, who, IS n
hitter. is one whale Of a pitcher, found the
sacks loaded and was intrusted with the
task Of doing something. He did. He hit
TO the box, and Ford threw TO Sweeney 10
force Easterly at the plate, while Sweeney
doubled the pitcher at first. Ford then
proceeded to strike out Peckinpaugh and
end the inning. The Cleveland twirler was
match for Ford until the rally in the
tenth.
Peckinpaugh's work az short for the
visitors was one Of the bright spots in the
encounter. He did some excellent field
ing, while Grggs at first was a tower Of
strength. handling eighteen put-outs With
out an error. Hal Chase dug up all sorts
Of low throws out Of the ground In flaw
less fashion. and Hartzell got away with
eight chances perfectly.
Cleveland scored two runs in the third,
when the wind caught Peckinpaugh's nigh
fly to centre field and turned an easy out
into a home run. Jackson then came
along with a single and scored on Griggs S
double. Zinn drew a pass IN the fourth,
took second on an out and scored on a
wild pitch. Martin then doubled, and
Sweeney singled, bringing Jack home with
the run that tied the score.
A pass TO Jackson, Griggs's single, put
ting Joe on third. and an out, gave Cleye-
land a run in the eighth. But the advsn-
tage did not last long, for IN the last half
Of the same inning the Yankees tied it Up,
Zinn getting life on Pecknpaugh's error
and stealing second while Simmons was
tanning. Hartzen bounced high one in
front Of the plate, which neither Easterly
nor Blanding could get In time so Roy
got life at first and linn took third A
neat double steal on which linn counted
lied the score before Martin dribbled to
the box