New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-09
Birdie Brings Big Bat from
Baltimore and Makes
Three Hits.
WARRIOR HOLDS
CLEVELAND SAFE
Small.Sized Pitcher Puzzles the
Visitors with His Famous
Slow Ball.
Bv HAYWOOD BROUN.

The mascot OF the anheeS pun n
new bat into the bag late Yesterday
afternoon. As soon as the lid was
down the stranger looked at his tello"
folk of ash and oak and said: Keep
your distance, you bunch OF palm
leaves. and give me room. ! can llch
any bat in this bag. ] belong TO Blrdle
Cree"
The braggart bat had reason to boast
for Cree returned 10 the Yankees from
Baltimore yesterday and made tnree
hits in three official trips TO the plate
Once he was passed. Largely as re-
suit of Cree's hitting proves tne
Yankees won from Cleveland IN the
first game of the cellar series. The
score was 20 |. Charlie Mullen, the
new first baseman, also made a good
impression. odo
many hits. Perhaps something more
tban his fncers have tingled az times
when he has laid bat TO ball while
Great crowds have applauded the VIII
ming WALTON. Not many persons saw
the game Of yesterday, and certainty
no Great issue was at stake, yet IL Is
doubtful il any of Cree's many nlts
ave him more pleasure than the one
which he made yesterday afternoon at
3.A1 o'clock, when his vicious drlNe
bounded away from Larry LaJoie'
Cree Sure TO Stay Now.
The recruit who breaks into the DIX
leagues for the first time races
we're test, but il is not comparaole -
that which the returning veteran
called uuon 20 endure ne man WV
has once been regular ana 'hen u1Up
seldom gets another chance ana "es''
two. The best he can nope ioI
American Association. where los e"i''"
D.. Coo will stay. He made more
I'D nu' vesterdav. ali by himself, than
chances whole nine has oDtalheu III
,,arv games. The crowd cheered MN
,,nroariouslv in a rising crescendo as
be nilcd hit upon hit and lett tne ia!
- a hating average OF .OOO. some
49,. or other said. "All mankind loves
a lcyer," but as a matter Of fact a over
%ouId be long shot il he ever entepe eo
a popularity contest against ''o0
hitter. h.;,o.;,,. nm
I've home another little man was turh
;ns ,bem back. Jack Warhop pitched
"a won his second game Of the year.
A nrofessor Of physics or was u
uucbie Fullerton?-oncec onducted
scries ~ tests in which he discovered
mai no man could throw ball "n'ch
would STAY in the air more than SlGh'
s.conds OF course, the PLAYERS en-
,,,ced in the test threw the Dali SKY
ND And vet the professor over
loaLrd q bet. Many spectators anu
hatters. too. are of the opinion 'hA' Ihe
siov hall Of Jack WARRIOR takes an ol
minute or more 20 amble from inc oON
mn TO the plate. OF course, tnere -
Sell grounded belief that the ball does
NO, Keen moving all the time. but comes
IN dead standstill just before rea M
ING the batter and hangs around uh!-I
Nc is tantalized into swinging an, an
- Mans puzzled yesterday. The pocket
s;zed nitcher struck out seven men. IN
cluding Joe Jackson and NAP La!'le'
Yankees Busy in the Fourth.
The orlv run scored by Cleveland
came in the first inning. WIN TWO ouy
loo Jackson walked. stole second an ana
csme home on a single by La(ole. Inc
YANKEES Immediately tied the score.
Naisel made a hit to centre ana toV 9i
second on sacrifice by harlIeH'
Peckinpaugh flied out, and tnen cam
me first hit of Cree, hard smaSn
through Lajoie. Maisel scored on the
drive. - v.rLees
took the lead. Peckinpaugh beat oul
= hit. which bounded high from 'ne
Mate. and then Cree drove the ball 70
LIGHT Peckinpaugh stopping at secon ,i
base. Mullen hunted. and Mitche.
threw late and poorly as well 70 loice
peck;nnaugh at third. Peekinpaugh
I'd cree scored on the error
More runs would have come across
N This inning. but Graney robbed Lutt
Boone by picking his drive of the le lei
SeId fence with one hand. Birming
ham batted for Mitchell in the elgh'n
and sent Collamore 10 the mound. -,
everybody nit Collamore, har']e,,
was safe on an error by LaJoie ana
s,ole second. taking third on WHO
mitch He scored, though Coiiah'ore
,ried TO head him of at the plate on
Peekinpaugh's little rap. Ihen came
singles BY Cree. Mullen, COOK ana
Tnnsmaker. netting four runs IN all
The score follows:
NkN INN abr N 20 a .