New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-12
YANKEES COIN AC|N,
AND BROWNS SUFFER
Play Real Baseball for a
Change and Win by the
Shut-0ut Route.
M'HALE DOES THE PITCHING
Does 1t Well, Too, and the st.
Louis Men Fail to Get
a Runner Around
the Paths.

When the immortal 'Finnegan penned
his Craphic "Of ag'in, on ag'in. gone
ag'in" message he might have been talk
ing Of the dauntless New York Yankees.
Beyond all question. those self same yam
KEGS go through the off and on again
stages more often than any other base
ball team In the country.
After being decidedly off in their work
on Wednesday afternoon they rallied with
will and got going again yesterday.
The result was that the few thousand
fans" who made the trip TO the Polo
Grounds saw a really high grade brand
OF ball and Furthermore. saw the Yam
KEGS defeat the Browns by score OF
4 TO 0.
Although the New York team cannot
rise above eighth place for the next few
DAYS at least TO view it from an opti-
mistic point. il still has that which springs
eternal
In every respect il was dlueient
team which took the field. II might have
been. Of course. that Frank Farrell, not
T. mention Frank Chance, breathed fe"
pointed remarks about minor leagues put
whatever the cause the effect was there'
Where half a dozen inexcusable errors oil
commission and almost as many OF oinis-
sion turned the game on Nednesua!
into a pathetic farce not one appeared
Yesterday. on the contrary, the men
PLAYED hard. aggressive ball and seeIneu
II take an interest in things IL TOOK
them six innings TO solve the delivery OF
Willie Mitchell. but once they got goinS
things hummed.
Foremost in the phalanX was Marty
NcHale the former Jersey City pitcher
Four paltrv hits. and not two in any one
inning. was the extent OF the offensive op-
erations Of the Browns. and these were
not punched either. with his two Dases
OH balls. both Of which came in the nlnth
inning. In fact, It was not until the
final frame that a visitor got as far as
second base. the honor falling 10 Melnard'
who batted for Mitchell and walked. TWO
lightning double plays. one from Zelder
10 Knight 10 Williams and the other from
Knight TO Williams. cut down promising
rallies.
Chance tried out his ffty-seventh va
riotv. Holden by name, recruit from the
New London club Of the Eastern Asso-
cation.
Harry Wolter. whose batting average
has faded TO a faint trace of late In the
last fifteen or seventeen times Wolter has
not made a scratch hit, let alone goou
one Holden made a favorable impression
with five catches in centre field ana
,riple I'm the eighth inning that drove
home a run. Later he scored on single
by Cree
While McHale was holding the Browns
in check. he found a mate IN MitcheH
Settling into a space devourinS stride the
rival tvirlers swart all before them in
six innings the Yankees had collected as
MANY as two safetics. and it looked as II
extra innings would be played. Mitchell,
however. was unable TO stand the furious
mace. and in the seventh and eighth inn
ings the Yankees got no fewer than nan
a dozen Of their eight hits scored All
their runs and sewed Up the game
With such remarkable pitching IL Is
small wonder that the game was played
in one hour and twenty-eight minutes
which is about seasons record Tor the
Yankees
birdie Cree was an active worker In
behalf Of the Yankees. In four times al
the bat he pounded out thres hits' one OF
which was a double. driving home one
run and scoring another himself. lie had
a busy time in the field, too, with five
chances. Pratt: was prominent for his
team. handling seven chances neatly
while his stop Of smash by GllhooIey
bordcred closely upon the spectacular
lack Knight and Mike Balenu beth
played high grade ball
cree the first man up in the seventh
inning shot single past Jimmy Austin
and moved up on sacrifice. Right then
and there Jack knight declared himself
I'm on the deal and smote smoking
double TO left. which sent Cree scurrying
70 the dugout. Gilhooley beat out an in
field roller placing Knight on third
whence ne scored on long fly by Ieider.
Two men were out in the eighth inning
before the Yankees scored again, and the
Browns declared that the home team was
stealing their stuff from the day before.
Sweeney opened fire with single, but
was forced 10y McH1le. The latter in
turn was sent TO certain death by Maisel.
Walden. however. broke up the comblna-
tion nv lacing a triple TO left field, scoring
Naisel. cree then banged one to right
field. his third wallop Of the game. and
Holden pranced home