New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-27
BOOZE BATS WHITE
SOX TO VICTORY
Home Run Drive by Ping
Brings Pitchers Battle
to an End.
NUNAMAKER PUT
ON FIRST BASE
"Reb" Russell Injured in Collision
with New Guardian OF
Initial Sack.
By HAYWOOD BROUN.

BY HAYWOOD BROUN.
Ping Bodie forgot himself for just mo-
ment at the Polo Grounds yesterday ar
ternoon. Before he remembered that he
was one Of the "hltless wonders" pitch
ers' battle had been ruined.
Twice he offended before his final blum
der, but nothing came OF these blows
against tho fair name OF the White Sox.
In the ninth he drove the ball into the
left field beachers for a home run. and
Chicago took its second game from the
Yankees. The score was . TO !.
The hit which won was not so much of
a drive at that. Bodie apparently
schlafYed a BIT and dropped MS shoulder
and shot his hands into the ball ahead OF
his body. 1t was high slice. but the
wind was with the batter. and the ball
cleared the bunker in left by two Feet
Earlier In the game Bodie lost posi-
BILE run by headless running, but no one
could possibly criticise the way in which
he went about the sacks, after his hit had
gone into the bleachers. In fact, alto
gether too much fun has been poked at
the base running Of Bodie. No man In
either league goes down 10 nrst on
foul any faster than Ping.
Frank Chance shook up his team TO get
more batting strength At least, he shook
Harry Williams of his perch on first.
No new first baseman being on hand
Chance did the lest thing possible by CIV
ing Nunamaker a brand new glove and
telling him to go out and act like first
baseman. AS a matter of fact, he acted
a BIT more like jiu-jitsu expert. When
Rebel" Russell came tearing down TO
first in the fifth inning Nunamaker man
aged TO send him flying over his hip, and
when the pitcher came 10 after long
count he had TO quit the game with
wrenched knee.
The mishap was not brought about in
tentionally by the new first baseman. and,
as a matter of fact. II profited the Yam
KEGS not at all, for Benz came in and
pitched just about as well as his predeces-
sor. Benz. who was one OF the world
tourists. boasts of having been seasick
on every ocean known to geographers.
He contemplates writing a book entitled
The East from Portfolio
Big Ed Walsh did little pitching, but
not during the course Of the game The
arm which won a world series and numer-
Gus city titles was employed yesterday
in serving the ball up to the batters. Yet
Walsh is not cast down because his for
mer glory seems to have gone forever.
His chest measure has not diminished by
the smallest fraction Of an inch.
,ck,
Ray Caldwell has suffered this year. AL
though Bodies home run was not Of the
smashing. convincing kind Caldwell de-
served to lose, for he allowed eleven hits,
while the two pitchers who opposed him
kept the total of the Yankees at six.
Control was the portion Of all the
moundsmen and not a single batter drew
pass to first.
Hal Chase had another regal day. lie
made two hits and fielded his position
well. Buck Weaver, the brilliant young
shortstop. made several plays Of note.
particularly in the NTH. when he cut
short a possible rally by engineering a
rafting double play against Peck and
Nunamaker. Ray Demmitt, once a Yam
kee. made an amazing catch of a long
drive by Holden IN the SeSONu lnllihs
and Truesdale made several pretty plays
which helped to keep the Chicago total
down.
The White Sox scored in the fifth inn
ing Schalk burned a drive TO right after
one man was out. He went TO second.
while Russell was colliding with Nuna-
maker and Demmitt's dinky double TO
right brought the catcher home.
Truesdale in the sixth tapped bound
er too deep for Weaver TO make a sue
cessful play, but the shortstop did make
play just the same though II was a
bad one He threw past Chase and
Truesdale went to second. Schalk tried
TO catch Truesdale mapping, but his throw
was also bad, and the runner went on to
third Caldwell famed. but Maisel blazed
an infleld hit TO Weaver and Truesdale
scored.
Bodies decisive home run came in the
ninth. With two out In the latter half
of the inning. Hartzell singled cleanly.
but AIcock made a fast play to first on
Walsh's little bounder and ended the
game.
The Yankees will play a double-header
with the Athletics on Friday.
Tha ocora follows.