New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-29
DEFEAT THE WELCOME
HOME FOR YANKEES
Victory Small Credit to Attn
Ietics, Who Show Little OF
OIdtime Form.
WELD BAT WELL, HOWEVER
WARRIOR Hammered to All Parts
of Field in Last Frame
Bender Not Such
a Puzzle.

TheYankees celebrated their return from
one OF the most disastrous Western trips
in the history of the club by going down
70 one more defeat at the hands OF the
rampant Philadelphia Athletics yesterday
afternoon. Some 5000 spectators were on
hand when the teams trotted out on the
Polo Grounds. eager 10 make a stucy al
close range Of the team which in all PROB
ability will meet the Giants for the cham
rionship OF the world in October. They
were not deeply impressed. for although
the Athletics won handily by score OF
II 3 they played far below championship
calibre Against a more enterprlslhS
team Mack's men might well have been
defeated. The Yankees had chance atter
chance to accomplish great deeds. the
visitors registered their sixteenth victory
in the seventeen games played between tnc
clubs this season.
Charles Albert Bender was on the rub
Der for the visitors enjoying himself 70
the utmost. The Yankees cut into nus
offerings for ten spanking hits. and he
added to his own tribulations by ISSUING
half q dozen bases on balls. Wlld
: itch also was charged against him. In
splte Of all this. II was not until the Atm
letics played elemental childish oaseoall
that the Yankees managed 10 escape q
shutout.
I'm that frame a base on balls. two
singles. two errors and a play not pehdI-
tied allowed three runs to cross the Plate.
Not an inning passed In which the yam
KEGS failed 10 get at least one man on
the bases. but there they stayed. Bender
frightened up. and eleven white clad run
ners were left on the bases. In the ninth
inning. for instance. Bender filled the
bases with his gifts. but with two out, and
Ne got knight on a pop fly TO Nallie
Schang
The Yankees threatened the crafty Ben
der with all sorts ~ trouble for seven
innings. Then came the explosion or the
Mack machine I'm the eighth stanza. and
with IL three runs. cree. the first Yankee
up. coaxed pass from Bender. Roy
Hartzell dribbled one down 20 Frank Bak-
or. Neither Collins nor Barry went 10
cover second. and what should have been
an easy double play was fooled. When
Collins finally sauntered over Baker tire"
high, both runners arriving nj their des-
tinations I'm safety Knight drove a long
one To Murphy and died peacefully.
Then came another slip in the 100000
innold. cook hit one down to Mclnnis
and Render ran over 20 take the thro"
McInnis. however elected 20 make the put
out alone. and the result was collision
In which both Bender and he went down
in a heap. Cook beating the play and
filling the bases. That was bad. but the
worst WAS vet TO come. Rollie Zeider
shot n single past Barry. the ball took
bad bound and carromed into centre field
where Walsh kicked it around for a while
Cree. Hartzell and cook scored on the
combination. but Walsh finally got Zeider
going into third on a good throw 10
Baker. Sweeney ended the inning by
grounding out
on the attack. however. the Athletics
displayed the ability 10 slam the ball
Heinle Schulz. the big southpaw, ana
Jack WARRIOR, the understood exponent
OF the underhand delivery. will attest the
fact IL was or W diuoU lHdN Ail' W H''-
Elephants uaXed latest. for In the two
innings he tried to fool them he was
crossed TO the extent OF half "A dozen runs
on seven well punched safe hits. Schulz
worked for seven innings. during which
time he was bombarded for an equal
number Of safcties. which produced three
runs. and he retired in order TO make
way for a pinch hitter. Schulz BEGAN the
battle, and was replaced by the uniortu-
nate WARRIOR. with whose appearance the
game went a-glimmering.
BILE.
BY and large. the Athletics were i'm
bued with A Wild desire TO steal every
thing before them. The slow. lazy style
delivery used by Schulz was simply
made TO order for them. and they stole
no fewer than seven bases Sweeney was
,eered by the crowd for hts inability 10
NOV them down. but he was not alto
gether 10 blame.
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