New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-04
THORNS, NOT ROSES,
IS ROBDNSON'S LOT
Yankees Even Up Series
with Brooklyn by 6 to
Victory.
KING COLE MAKES
SUCCESSFUL DEBUT
Chances Men Play Spry Game of
Baseball In Spite Of the
Wintry Weather.

Wintry Weather.
There were no roses for WIlbert Robin
son yesterday. Baseball courtesy has fits
limits.
The Yankees proved IL 80 At Bobets
Gated TO anybody In particular. the men
of Frank Chance took II as their own
!. rudely pushing the superbss out OF tho
way. New York won By a score OF to !.
judging from their showing Of yester-
day, Chance should take his mon North
and not South for their training trip. In
the face OF a wind that snarled and bit
the Yankees skipped about like a crowd
Of premature grasshoppers. Tho TACT
that April, careless tanitor Of nature, had
forgotten 10 turn on the heat, did not
worry them IN the least Fifteen hundred
faithful fans were on hand.
King" Colo made his metropolitan de-
but Success WAS the verdict Of every
critic. He die not call on pipe, bowl or
fddlers but on fast ones, curve and cross
ffre.
There arc nxty~siI distinct steps In
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Coie's wind-up. In one figure he failed
for try as he might he could not quite
ne his left foot into his right ear.
Although he tied himself into knots in
pithcing. they were not to be compared 70
the evolutions performed by the Brook
lyn batters in trying to lift him. In four
innings King Cole allowed two hits and
struck out three men.
Slim" Caldwell. who sang This Is the
life for me-" IN the South until Chance
forced him TO change his tune, began
tho game for New York. He seemed to
he almost as effective as rs was toward
+ the end Of last season. All In all, the
/ Peerless Leader should rave at least two
effective boxmen TO start the season.
Judging from the showing made by Cole
and Caldwell yesterday.
Brooklyn's pitchers had moro trouble.
Elmer Brown had lot OF difficulty In
getting the ball over the plate. His own
wildness and the New York batters stood
in his way Pfeffer, who finished the
game for the Superbss. showed good
change Of pace.
Chance began scme experimenting with
the outfield problem. which may give him
a great deal OF difficulty this season. He
made a particularly appropriate choice
in sending Cook into the fray. Remem-
Der. the day was very cold. Yes, you've
guessed II, his team mates call him
Doc"
Cook said the weather suited him splen-
didly. In Texas he Was captured by
malaria and since then has spent most
Of his time in the grip Of ohills and
ar. yesterday brought relief. He had
chills.
Lester CHANNEL. who hit ever so many
ONE runs out in Denver. was put in the
lineup by Chance just after the first inn
ing He was not conspicuous.
Peckinpaugh put UP wonderful game
at shortstop. Fast or slow. to the left or
right. made no difference TO him. When
ever the ball went in his territory he was
ready for II. One Of his throws was head,
ed fenceward, but Harry Williams stuck
up a hand in protest, and the ball stopped.
Sweeney threw in great fashion, and the
only base which Brooklyn stole was a
gift.
In the first inning the Yankees ham
Inered homo enough runs to clinch the
game. Maisel in scoring the first one.
made a slide which must have carried
fully twenty feet.
Brooklyn did not score until the third.
The run was made at the expense OF one
OF the most faithful workers in the world.
in deep right centre field a stoop-shoul-
tered man has been engaged for the last
vo days in painting a bottle OF mineral
Ter on the fence.
He loves his art Cheering fans, homo
run drives and open thefts by umpires
have not suficed to make him turn or
even check the steady movement OF his
brush.
Then came Fischer and hammered tho
ball high and far. For q moment the
fans were tensely silent. for the missile
was headed straight for the head of the
faithful, painter. Then they sroaned. The
ball missed him by foot.
The painter dropped his brush and
looked about. Even art cannot remain in
different In the face OF such baseball.
In the fourth inning the Yankees in
creased their lead. when a double by
Cook. a triple by Peck and sacrifice ny
from Sweeney's bat were punched
The teams will meet again to-day.
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The score follows.