New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-18
YANKEES CLIMB OUT
Of DISMAL CELLAR
Reach the Heights of Seventh
Place by Breaking Even
with White Sox.
FISHER TURNS THE TRICK
Captures Second Game with
Help of Gilhooley After
Ford Is Slaughtered
in the First.


red letter PAGE was written in the
history Of the New York Yankees al the
Polo Grounds Yesterday afternoon. For
the first time since the season opened
the downtrodden minions Of Frank L.
Chance rose triumphant out Of the dark
ness Of the inclorious cellar and perched
in seventh place.
Perch" is hardly the word for their
position 1t is more I'm the nature OF a
toe hold, for one lone point is all that
separates them from the lowly ST. Louis
Browns The Yankees have won fifty
games. as compared with ffty-two for the
Browns but have lost mere eighty
seven 20 Dinety-one for their nearest
rivals.
The long expected rise OF the Yankees
was made possible by their victory over
the Chicago White Sox in the second
game of double-header by a score OF
Sto .. which was called after seven and
one-half innings were played The open
inE struggle was won by men from the
Windy city and by the most convincing
score of TO 3 after a deal OF bad base
BAH was spilled all over the park. The
Philadelphia Athletics struck blow for
the cause. however. coming from behind
: 10 spank the St LOUIS Browns by a score
Of 70 4
Tn winning the closing struggle the
Yankees played ball that gave the root
ers much hope for another season. They
hit the bal. sharply. helded nicely and
ran the bases with exceptional speed and
rare Judgment. Gilhooley was especially
keen i'm Selling his opportunities and
scored two Of the three runs counted b.
MS team.
The speedy little Irishman had the
crowd by the cars as he darted about
the paths on his way to the plate. lie
showed Jack Collins up I'm rare style in
the second inning. getting all the way to
third on nit which ordinarily would
have been a single Collins Jagged IN
fielding the ball. and like fash Gil
hooley broke FOR second. He made it,,
too. and continued on his path when the
right fielder made an inaccurate throw
20 head him off. He scored a moment
later on PeckinpauRh's out al FIRST. In
the sixth inning he singled, stole second
took third on PecNnpaugh's inheld
single and tailed on long fly by Cos
sett.
Ray Fisher was the man who guided
MS team out Of the darkness Of the cell
lar, and did his work in stylish fashion.
he allowed seven hits in the eight inn
ings. and when Silk OLaughlu finally
decided 70 call a halt or account OF
darkness he was going quite as strongly
and with as much deliberation as when
the first man STROBE 70 the plate. That
Fisher pitched well does not necessarily
mean that lie prevented the White SoN
from punching a couple OF hits now and
then IN each scoring inning they got
two sareties together. and in each case
p double vas included. one Of these
extra base drives was 10y "Reb' Russell,
the Texans who entered as pinch hit
ter for Eddie Cicotte in the eighth inn
ting.
The Yankees bounced on the offerings
Of Cicotte for eight hits. but the speed
and alertness Of Guhooley really brought
about his lndoing. A wild throw by
Hal Chase iu the opening inning also
Helped New York
TIE FIRST game was q long drawn out
nightmare Russell Ford and Cy Pieh'
ne recruit from the Central League.
worked in turn FOR the Yankees, and
we're consistent only in their utter in
Effectiveness
Had Ford been allowed 20 finish the
game the White Sox might have been
esdlng the league in team hitting to-
iay In the seven innings he pitched.
)r. rather. tried to pitch the White Sox
tcnbed him down for fourteen hits
mostly singles. which were good for five
runs Pieh twirled the eighth and ninth
innings He allowed four hits uncorked
couple OF wild pitches and issued sew
eral free tickets TO first base. with the
result that four more runs were scored
by the visitors.
Baseball I'm ali its varying phases was
seen by the crowd which sat in silent
dignity throughout the slaughter. There
we're sharp plays. good catches Of hard
driven flies and rafting stops Of sizzlins
grounders In the first game the White
sox ran riot on the paths. pilfering four
hassocks and counting one Of their runs
on well executed double steal. A per-
feet squeeze play counted another win
Schalk bunting and Larry ChappeH ruSh-
ing home
jim Scott. the miner Of Death valley
worked for the White SoX dnd had '"'
Yankees about whore he wanted them
most Of the time. With the score 70
in his favor. scott let up bit y the
seventh. SO that the Yankees hoped Oh
him scored two runs. and were in posi-
ton 70 score several more. With three
on bases and only one out, Chance sent
Caldwell 10 bat in place Of Ford, but Scot'
turned on the steam and struck him our
cleanly. while Gilhooley was forced at the
Plate on MaiseIs tap to the box In the
eighth inning Scott was in more trouble
put pulled out safely.
Whteman. the recruit from the Houston
team Of the Texas League, made re-
markable showing at the bat In the
inst game he got three two baggers and
base on balls in four trips 10 the plate
and IN the final struggle beat out drive
10 third base
The scores follow:
FIRST GAME
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