The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-27
To-day's schedule.
Chicago In New York.
Detroit In Washington
Cleveland In Boston.
st. Louis tn Pnlladeiphia

The Intervention of Ping Bode beat
the New Works at the Polo Grounds yes-
terday and held the game to nine innings,
,ust when II had every symptom OF be-
coming over length With the score
tie when ne came up In the ninth, Bodie
drove hy into the cobalt. which went
as far az It did high and foil into the
left field sun parlor with loud report.
Bodie wadded around the highways,
touching momentarly here and there on
his way and taking the happening much
more composedly than did the big moose.
Ed Walsh, who was coaching at first
and who was boyshy enthusiastic over
Pings big hit. With the homer the game
was as good rs over. The White SoX
beat the White Shirts. TO |. After
Pings promenade the rest was a mere
formality.
As in the first game between the two.
the New Works finished one run behind.
They squrmed loose from shutout. but
are still tight In the tentacles of light
hitting Williams, whose general play
has been middling TO bush to poor, was
sheved by Manager Chance for the gen
eral good. Nunamaker became the rrst
baseman and hit the ball with more viril-
ity than Williams was doing. But as
both Reb Russell and Joe Benz cast
spell over the New Yorks, which is be-
coming a fixed custom with opposing
pitchers, the home team succumbed for
the usual reason too weak a kick in their
cudgcls.
Ray Caldwell was the subject OF n
brisker tanning than he has been meet
ing with. The Sox biffed him with a
frequency approaching copiousness but
nevertheless he wasn't easy for them.
He kept the hits pretty well diffused. II
wasn't through pitching weakness that
the New Works lost. The trouble was
cirrhosis of the sapsticks. superinduced
by the pitching OF Russell and Benz. Rus
sell would have gone right on, but he fell
over Nunamaker at first in the fifth in-
ming and hurt his knee.
The fielding was sharp, skill and speed
being called into use often OH ground
balls and running catch by John Collins
bearing largely on the result. Collins
in the second race across the path of
Holden's line drive made "A star two
handed catch while reaching forward.
That act of piracy reduced n three Dagger
to a no Dagger, and in the same inning
Peckinpaugh made a single The sequel,
had Collins not snaked in Holdens drive.
is plain to all
The Sox flied out OFTEN to the Shirts,
and another thing which kept them
down was the trouble they had promot-
ing the sacrifice game. TWO OF their
hunts with man on first were con-
vcrted into forceOuts AT second, win
two out In the fourth and Bodie on first
they employed the run and hit, Bodie
taking third on Alcock's SINCE 10 right.
Then they tried a double steal. and Bode
was lured OFF third on Gossetts throw
to Caldwell. Forthwith he was run down
In the NTH inning, however, the Sox
scored on Schalks single, an out at first
and safety TO right by Demmitt. Mean
while the game was adorned by smart
fielding plays by Chase, Weaver and
Truesdale The last named made a
beauty on Berger when he ran UP &c
slow roller and got his man with q
Bhort underhand toss.
On Truesdale's single TO Weaver and
the latter's overthrow, followed by "A bad
throw by Schalk to nip Trues1sle at sec
ond and an igheld hit by Maisel, the
New Works conNoked a run In the sixth
and tied the score. They couldn't bunch
hits in any other inning. A single anC
a double in the eighth didn't do the Sos
any good Demmitt singled and was
forced by Weaver. Weaver scampered tC
second on Nunamakers miss of Caldwell:
throw, He was out trying TO steal third
aud Chase's double past Masel wal
wasted on the desert air.
The Bodie home run In the ninth wal
the knockout Hartzel singled with tive
out in the New York ninth. and rapiC
play by Alcock on Walsh's chop prevented
further complications The score