New-York tribune., 1913-09-11
DEFENCE Of YANKEES
CRUMBLES AND BREAKS
Browns Come from Far Back
to Win Weird Game at
Polo Grounds.
TEN RUNS TELL STORY
Nine of These Were Scored
After Two Men Had Been
Retired in One Frame
or Another.

II the ST Louis Browns had been really
good fellows and had consented to play
two out per inning, against the conven-
tional three for the Yankees there might
have been a different story told when the
sun sank behind the Palisades last niSht.
They were not however, and thereby
hangs the story of how the unequalled
Yankees. Peerless Leader Chance ct
sl.. were defeated yesterday afternoon In
one of the most remarkable ball games
ever seen at the Polo Grounds. The score
was 10 TO Z.
The Browns scored nine of their ten
runs after two men were out, and five of
the talnes were helped along by plays
which at times bordered upon the super
human. a team of the rawest, most un-
sophisticated buShers might have carried
on after the fashion of the Yankees. but
for a major league organization II was
impossible. Entering the seventh inning
the Browns were in the ruckr laboring
along with the score : 10 against
them. Then came the crash, and in colors
barbaric In their brlliancy the great un-
certainty of baseball was pictured.
The delivery Of Russell Ford suddenly
became an open book TO the Mound CITY
bows. and with almost equal unexpected
ness the defence of the Yankees bent ana
I'm a trice few into a thousand pieces,
Hits of great distance and errors galore
we're mingled in a melodious melange' anu
the crowd which sat I'm the jury DoN
howled and cheered satirically while the
visitors rounded the paths one after an
other and in clusters. From ST. LOUIS
point Of view il was great game.
For a while il looked dollars to peanuts
that the Yankees would win and that
perhaps. after ALL they might sweep the
series and crawl out of the cellar. En-
yironment plus heredity was comolha-
zion entirely too powerful for any pahd
Of mere men TO buck, and the threat re-
NAMED merely a threat The Yankees
have been in the cellar so long tnat theF
ere not going TO be ousted by any oand
Of Westerners-not If they have 10 pan
lock all the doors
II was distressing. though, for those
"fans" who went there hoping against
hone that something might happen out OF
the ordinary. Hitting the ball with saw
age ferocity and making use OF their nu-
nerous opportunities, the Yankees uav-
eued at a pace which soon robbed the
game Of the last semblance Of contest
In six innings they had scored seven
runs. while the best the visitors could DO
uas naltrv brace Of tall!es Then the
pendulum swung, and the shoe was on
the other foot. N trice the score was
tied. and. that accomplished, the Browns
drove TO victory.
"Ruck" TAYLOR, a youngster from the
sand lots Of ST. Louis. started the game
for the Browns but while he had lot
Of stuff on the ball, speed and clever
change Of pace he was painfully WIG
He issued half a dozen bases on baIls'
made two wild pitches and had his catch
ers Jumping all over the grounds TO re-
trieve the ball He allowed seven hits
before finally taken out Of the box in the
fifth inning to make way for Weilman,
the big southpaw. who pitched on Tues
day. The latter allowed four hits and
one run.
Ford was far from being a puzzle, but
he had lot of luck, while his support
remained reasonably intact. An error
here and there Of course, added TO the
gayety Of the occasion. but no one found
any fault There is a tide in the affairs
Of men and ball teams which If taken at
the food leads on to victory, and the
Browns weighed anchor in the sixth in
ming and set out on the voyage that end
ed in a great triumph.
Pratt started the rampage with triple.
and he scored on one Of the omnipresent
errors. In the seventh inning the Browns
earned their tallies, for Shotten's hit was
followed by Ausun's double. and Pratt
seized the chance TO drive a home run to
extreme right centre field.
The task so we'll begun was consum-
mated in the eighth. when loose hitting
and looser fielding placed men in position
to score. Ford. by the bye, Clipped in
with wild throw in the eighth inning
that allowed two runs 10 count.
Maisel, Ford and knight had fine
little time for themselves in the field. but
the less said of the various and sun1ry
misdeeds the better Cree, Pratt and
Shotten were leaders of the attack tor
their teams. Cree had three singles and
two passes in five trips to the plate
Pratt had a remarkably good day and
accounted for five of the visitors runs. lie
drove home two ana scored three with
his home run. triple. single and sacrifice
hy. Shotten had three singles, and got
on twice more by means of pass and an
error
Hartzell and Alexander were injured and
forced ito retire from the game
The score follows: