New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-03
RALLY Of YANKEES
GOES FOR NAUCHT
Even by Driving Bender from
Box Fail to Cut Down Big
Lead of Athletics.
BOTH SIDES BAT HARD
Visitors Bunch the Hits, How
ever-Jeering Cheers from
Crowd for Home
Team.

In order that there might be no room
for protest, no difference of opinion nor
ground for contention. the Philadelphia
Athletics clearly outplayed and decisively
defeated the New York Yankees by a
score Of s to s, at the Polo Grounds yes
terday afternoon.
The Yankees rallied gamely IN the ninth
inning and scored three runs, knocking
Chief Bender out of the box, and scoring
two runs off him. Bender left the game
with two on bases. and Bush. who re-
placed him, issued a base on balls. filling
them up before he caused Sweeney to hit
into double play. but runner came
home.
II was a game marked by hard batting
twenty-six hits being made in ALL evenly
divided. The Athletics, however once
they started after Ford In real earnest
punched their safeties with telling effect.
They exercised a monopoly in the extra
base hitting. too. Walhe Schang was the
leader in this department with two
Dagger and a home run in the right field
stands. Eddie Collins and Amos Strunk
both got triples. Both ]. Franklin Baker
and Eddie Collins got three hits each,
while Barry and Murphy had two singles
Bender seemed to have pretty good luck
In keeping the drives Of the Yankees
scattered. or when they were grouped 1t
was mostly at times when men were out
Then, too. that dynamic infield worked
behind him with the ease and speed that
have made Il famous in the world OF
baseball Likely looking hits were con-
yerted into outs as Collins. Barry or
Baker dug the ball out of the dirt. In
the first inning a couple of hits and
wondrous eI>2r by Oldring gave the
Yankees O lead Of two runs. but from
then on until the ninth Bender swept
them off the face OF the earth with little
apparent effort
In the ninth frame, without any appar-
ent reason, he suddenly lost his grip ana
in a trice the Yankees filled the bases.
MIdkift shot a single to right, and Dan
Costello, the youngster from Mount 81
MRry's College, made his debut as ma
Tor league pinch hitter hitting for FORD
He made good too, shooting groundef
that Baker could not handle and Midkiif
took second.
Papden7oniun reigned as Bender passed
Daniels, and then Woltcr shot line single
and
Costello. That hit marked the end OF
Bender.
The Yankees played a game which il
continued, will lead them lower and lower
into the depths. They were never sure OF
themselves. and the tickle crowd in the
stands. after firing of booing the sweat
ing Yankees, cheered them satiric-
ally after every play, however simple
Sweeney was cheered to the echo after
ne caught a puny foul off Schang's bat
while Hartzell was hailed as becoming a
hero for getting a bouncer by Strunk lc
first base IN time.
The Athletics. on the other hand, earned
applause for their snappy work. In the
sixth inning, with Midkif on first base
Ford laced one 10 Barry, who fell in field
Ing the ball. but got II TO Collins In time
for a force play. Strunk made beautiful
running catch on Daniels in the fourth
frame.
Borton pulled a masterpiece in bones ir
the fifth when he was doubled up thirty
feet of first base on a pop iy by Midkif
10 Collins.
The Yankees scored twice in the first
frame. With one out Wolter singled tc
centre field and took third on Sweeney's
single, which followed Crees out. Woltel
scored on Oldring's glaring muff OF Hart.
zelrs offering. Sweeney going to third
and the batter TO second. Then Peckin-
paugh hit 10 shortstop, bringing in Swee-
new. Borton. however ended the inning
by grounding to Baker.
II was not until the third frame that
the Athletics tailed. Bender, first up
walked. and moved along on Murphy''
hit TO right. Both men advanced ON q
sacrifice bunt by Oldring, and Collins
tripled TO left centre field, sending ii
Bender and Murphy. The crowd expected
the worst when Baker came up. and, al
ways willing to please, J. Franklin
brought Collins home with drive &c
right field
Nothing further happened until Schani
smashed the ball into the right fielC
stands in the sixth frame. In the seventh
inning. however Oldring walked and stole
second, tallying on a single by Baker
and the latter went to third as Woltel
let the ball go through him. Then Peck
. ,rnaugh threw a grounder by McInni:
badly Baker scoring Singles by Collins
and Baker In the ninth were followed by