New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-20
Batting Slump of Chances
Men Gives St. Louis
Easy Victory.
JUMPING SOUTHPAW
GETS A SHUT-OUT
Ray Heating Strikes Out Nine OF
Rickey's Players, One in
Each Inning.
BY HAYWOOD BROUN.

Richard Harding Davis. rs exclusively
announced in The Tribune. left a bull
fight in Vera Cruz fat in order TO watch
a baseball game. If Mr. Davis had seen
the Yankees and the Browns at the Polo
Grounds yesterday ne might nave gone
back TO the bull fight.
Bull fighting may be brutal, but 1t
affords no such narrowing spectacle a.
watching Chances men trying TO hit
curve balls. Earl Hamilton. perambu-
lating lefthander. had the Yankees under
his thumb yesterday. They wrigsed just
a bit in the ninth inning. but 10 no avail.
and St Louis won by score of 3 to Y.
The Yankees dropped TO sixth place IN
the league race.
4 straight line is said to be the shortest
distance between two points, but Hamll-
ton knows well enough that this does not
include points in a pitchers winning
average For the most part he used
fine in-drop which fooled the batters
again and again. Just because Hamilton
once left the Browns and joined the Feds
only TO return once more to Hickey, there
were not a few persons in the stand
ready to suggest that the lefthander
might employ a jump ball. Without doubt
some limit should be put on freedom of
speech.
Ray Heating pitched finely for the
Yankees, even though few base hits
doomed behind him. He allowed more
safetes than Hamilton. but he struck out
more batters. Nine men in all failed to
connect with the sweeping drop of Keat-
ing. one being retired in each inning.
The best inning of the game was the
ninth. when the Yankees needed only
home run to tie the score. Lutte Boone.
who was called upon as pinch hitter. did
not furnish the home run, but he hoisted
the ball ever so high in the air. II came
down into the hands of Derril Pratt.
The home team lost a chance 10 score
in the second inning. when Holden began
with a single into risht field. Nunamaker.
who followed him, dropped safe drive
at the feet Of Gus Williams but Holden.
too cautious in his base running, was
forced at second.
In the third ST Louis swept into COM
manding lead Wares. the frail shortstop
Of the Browns. who played brilliantly both
in the field and at the bat, began the at
tack by bunting down the first base line
and beating Williams to the bag in
sliding match. Agnew drove triple TO
left centre, scoring Wares. He might
have crossed tine plate himself, but re-
dictionary on the third base line told him
to bide his time. II was just as we'll
from a St Louis standpoint for Heating
made a wild pitch. which brought the
runner home standing up, instead Of slid
ing as he would have had TO travel II he
had scored upon his hit.
Hamilton's left-handed temperament
got out Of control in the fourth. for when
Walsh reached first on an error after
two were out the pitcher passed Holden
and Nunamaker. Peckinpaugh popped.
Wares swung instead of bunting in the
seventh and drove double 10 centre field
on the next play. as he came tearing
down to third, Agnew hit to Maisel The
third baseman tried to touch Wares, but
missed him. Williams muffed the throw
TO get the batter. and Wares came home.
Maisel kicked hard.
With two down in the ninth Nunamaker
singled and went to third on double by
Harry Williams. Boone, who hit for
Truesdale, was an easy out.
Tho sCpre follows.