New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-22
FAIR FANS BRING
LUCK TO YANKEES
Feminine Coaching Proves
Effective in Battle with
the Maps.
CHANCES MEN BACK
IN FIRST DIVISION
CrippleS from Cleveland Are
Easy Victims in First of
the Series.
BY HEYWooD BRoUN.

Thirty assists in Yesterdays baseball
game at the Polo Grounds were over
looked by the official scorer. although
they enabled the Yankees to defeat Cleye-
land by a score of to and move back
into the drst division The assists were
furnished by thirty chorus girls rom
'IUgh links" who sat in the boxes back
of first base.
There is no denying the stimulating ei-
feet Of the female voice. Frank Chance
has been out on the coaching lines for
DAYS and days shouting. you've got
the big one left" Bust it. bust it,
Wait for a good one" Make EN- pitch"
and other snatches Of advice and encour-
aeement. but to no particular effect And
Vet. Tossic Foularde. the one in the sal
mon pink waist. had only to cry. "Oh, YOU
Ffiizie." OF "Oh. you Roy and away
the ball would 90 crashing into the out
field and Iattling against tho fences.
Ii must he admitted that there was
certain amount Of samcness to the COACH
ins Of Miss Fouarde for when Walsh
came to bat she said "Oh. YOU Jimmy.
and II Sweeney had been IN the game
there .sn't a doubt in the world that she
would have shouted. "Oh. you Eddie.
Still IT wasn't 50 much what she said
as the way she said it. The Maps could
not get on TO her signals at all
OF course. il is not fair to give all the
credit to Miss Foularde. Mae. Ncnnie.
Floss. Angie. Isopel and Berenice all did
thei. share.
But although the Yankees were slightly
outhit YESTERDAY. they deserved TO wln'
for their smashes were longer and in the
field they played without an error. Hart
zrn had a fine day at at. Chances men
made more runs i'm the first three innings
than they had made in days and days
AGAINST the Browns and Tigers.
They built up a dve-run lead in the
Grst third Of the game and did not need
10 do more. for Ray Fisher held the Maps
10 pair Of tallies. The game was we'll
staged. Grancy made a wonderful run
ming catch i'm the first inning far out by
the .'Rivcr o. Doubt i'm deepest LETT field,
robbiug Maisel If hit. and in the sixth
Truesdalc starred in great stop ana
throw Of a vicious bounder from the Dat
Of Bassler.
A base on balls 10 Hartzeh and triple
to deep left by Jimmy Walsh brought one
run over i'm the first inning for the
Yankees. Pecknpaugh doubled, took
third on a short passed ball and came
home OF n long hoist hy Harry Williams
I'm the second inning and the third saw
three more runs produced on comb'-
nation Of errors and hits by Maisel Hart
zell and Williams.
jackson scored for the Maps i'm the
third ON wild pitch after he had reached
first on a single and moved around on
iu1eld outs Cleveland writer's call Jack
| son .'Shoeless Joe" and refer to him as
tho most ignorant man in baseball, but
Frank Chance fayors the claim Of ONE
Chill.
New umpires appeared yesterday. Egaf
and Evans were on deck. and Evans, az
field umpire. covered as much ground a
ANYBODY on the GROUNDS, running far On
into right on one occasion to see If Cool
would make a catch. Cook did not, an'
The drive was a hit for Lajoie. lie wen
10 second on a sacrifice by Johnston am
came home when Olson smashed the bal
to centre.