New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29
Hit Hard and Steal Bases
Freely in Beating the
Richmond Nine.
CRISS AND SWEENEY
DO SOME STUNTS
Former Pitches His Best Game So
Far, and Is Well Sup
ported by Team.
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune. }

lBy Telegraph to The Tribune.l
Richmond. Va, March 2s.-Tearins
around the bases with an abandon so In
fictitious that even Ed Sweeney and Dode
Crisis caught the fever, the Yankees de-
feated the Richmond team Of the Virginia
League by a score OF 7 to 3 here this at
ternoon.
-Four bases were stolen outright by the
feet running Yankees, extra bases were
taken on hits. and dashng from first TO
third on inheld outs was almost COM
mon occurrence. In one inning. the third.
the New York players stole three bases.
Maisel and Hartzel each purloining sec
ond and Jimmy Walsh third.
The real base running sensations, how
ever, were postponed until the eighth
inning. when Dode Criss performed two
seeming impossibilities-he took two bases
on an infield hit and later sprinted home
from third on a sacrifice n.y. In the
same inning and on the same hit in which
Crisis made the first Of mis- spectacular
runs, Ed Sweeney scored all the way
from first base.
Throughout the entire battle the Yam
KEGS looked like another team from that
which played so lethargically against the
Buffalo nine yesterday. They hit hard
and at timely moments. fielded well most
Of the time, and the pitching, while not
quite up to the standard always was
effective.
Ray Keatings spitball broke badly in
three Of the six innings he pitched. dur
ing which two runs and six hits were
scored off his delivery. Dode Crisis. sue
ceeding him and pitching the last three
innings, showed one of the best curve
balls OF the trip. and had good speed. He
should not have been scored upon
Roger Peckinpaugh, with series Of
sensational stops around the short field.
and Jimmy Walsh. with three great
/ throws from the outfield. one OF which
shut off the tieng run at the plate in the
fifth inning, were the fielding heroes.
| In the first couple OF innings the Yankees
overlooked several good chances. Maisel,
who walked in the opener, sprinted all
| the way TO third on an infield out, only
/ to be run down between third and the
plate on Walsh's tap to the box. Holden
was out stealing home in the second. a
pass, sacrifice and infield out put him on
third.
Luck broke for the Yankees in the
third, however, when three runs were
scored after two were out. Maisel singled
and stole. and Hartsell did the same, his
blow being an nfield tap that put Fritz
on third. Both runners scored when
Newton threw Walsh's grounder TO the
stand. Jimmy stole third, after being
caught of second, and counted on Will
iams's triple to centre.
Gilhooley. who walked. went all the way
to third while Woerth was throwing OCT
Peckinpaugh. But Sweeney popped ana
Heating famed Hartsell. who singled
with one out in the nth, was caught
stealing after Walsh skied.
Settan was found for his only run IN
the sixth, when a smart play by Ryan
saved a lot OF trouble. With one down
Holden tripIed to centre. He scored easily
on Gilhooley's single, the latter taking
second on the throw in. Ryan then
robbed Peckinpaugh of hit by bare
handed stop and threw out Gilhooley at
third. Peck died stealing.
Sweeney opened the seventh with an IN
field hit off Byrd. He scored on Crisss
double to centre. Dode took third on an
out. and came in when Truman made a
barehanded catch of Hartsell. after he
had badly misjudged the liner. Gilhooley
single and Peckinpaugh's triple gave the
last run in the ninth.
Ray Heating, who worked six innines,
was hard nit In three, and number On
times was saved by Walsh and the IN
field. The left fielder made three throws
any one of which would have done credit
to Jack Murray. Two prevented runners
from advancing further than third from
second on long singles. The other caught
q man who would not be advised by
Walsh's earlier performances.
In the last three innings Criss simply
amazed the locals with his speed end
curves. Failure of the infield to cover
second for force play cost the run In
the seventh, for it put two on with none
out. and a brace of inheld plays did the
rest.
The score follows:
YANKEES. RICHMOND.