New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-18
TWO GAMES FOR YANKEES
Browns CIinch Position at
Wrong End of League.
FIRST CONTEST FARCICAL
Big Crowd Watches Local Play.
ers Overcome Visitors
Lead.

have settled oil doubt as TO the guardian
ship Of the cellar. By walking of with
two games from the 81. Louis Browns at
American League Park yesterday they
drew a respectable distance away from
last place, whereas the Browns, II they
play many more games Of the sort they
exhibited on the hilltop, will find them
selves coming out at Peking or Tien-
Tsin or therea bouts.
BY outstanding their wlldness until the
final frames of the first game the ST.
Louis pitchers made an effective job OF
handing the game over to the home team
by the score Of 16 10 Q, and darkness
alone prevented the score Of the second
from going higher than I to 0. with the
Yankees on the big end Of the combina-
ton Nine runs In the seventh inning OF
the first game cut down big lead tie
s.. Louisans had gained early in the game
and made It easy for the Yankees to WIN
The double victory over tho Browns
made il five straight for tho Yankees, VINO
have lost only one game since their re-
turn from the West They did not play
like champions or even near champions
they ran the bases as they pleased. aided
and abettcd by Alexander. the Mound city
catcher, who had a terrible time IN get
ting the bail down TO second TO head on
pilfering base runners. Neither team was
over alert In fielding, but the Yankees
had the better of the breaks In both con-
tests. Only three errors were marked up
against the Yankees. while the Browns
had no less than seven, nearly every one
OF which was damaging
Pitchers danced on the scene in the
first game in procession that seemingly
had no end. The Browns used three ana
so did the Yankees. George Davis, the
Williams College twirler. whom WolVer-
ton Is breaking in, lasted less than two
innings, for the Browns landed OH him
without mercy. Fisher rushed TO the res
cue and he kept things fairly well In
hand but after the Yankees had amassec
their nine runs In the seventh Warhop
went In 10 finish the game and hold the
Browns down. He did.
Baumgardner Allison and Hogan were
the relays that Stovall used. the first
NAMED lasting a trife less than seven
innings, when lie was replaced by ALLISON
Following the onslaught OF the BroWnS
on Davis in the second inning. when
they piled up a seven-run lead, the lan-
KEGS made three runs or Baumssrdner
in the fourth. but that was as close az
they could come 10 catching them until
the seventh. Then the heavens opened
and the Yankees scored slngly. doIbly
4ya.v ls1 ION Ia,
trouble by letting two runs score after
two men were out and Allison finished IT
bv letting the Yankees add seven more
10 their total.
Five bases Oh balls, one error and three
hits. one a triple By Daniels. accounted
for the Hilltoppers' nine runs. Aliis1n
never saw the opening OF the ninth inn
ine. for Hamilton, a newcomer In the
Mound City ranks. went TO the front.
His stay was none too pleasant for one
base on balls and a bumper crop OF errors
put the Yankees in the way Of scoring
four more runs.
RAY Caldwell pitched mighty good
game for the Yankees In tho second set
10. True. his pitching extended over only
seven inninRs but he held the Browns
down TO two hits. one of which was the
scrstchicst kind Of an iniield safety by
Shotten. Caldwell yet the Browne get on
the basee in nearly every inning. hut no
uch,encd I'D so effectively In the pinchcs
that not one Of the seven ST. Lousans
who got on bases Was able to get past
second.
Two pitchers had TO be called on by the
Browns in this game. Napier, a young
ster. beginning the battle. Wretched sup
mort was the chief obstacle he had TO
overcome, although the Yankees raped
him snartly for eleven hits Most Of
these came, however. after an error had
nut home players on the bases and In
positjon to score. In the second inning
doubles by Daniels and Chase and tire"
errors counted for -four runs. Again, In
the fifth, two errors, base on balls and
three singles gave them three more runs.
Napier took 20 the bench in the sixth. and
Adams. another stripping, went to tho
fore. Adams got himself into difficulties
by passing two men AT the outset, but
double play kept the Yankees from scor-
ing.
The score follows:
FIRST GAME