New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-11
Bert Shotton Forgets He's
Supposed to Play, and
SO Does New York.
VANCE, A RECRUIT,
WILD AS A HAWK
Earl Hamilton, However. Keeps
Hits Scattered, but Fails to
Fool Birdie Cree.
BY JEROME BEATTY.

Several hundred fans filed out o, N.
Polo Grounds yesterday afternoon tall.
ing wildly about what we unders,oos
them to say was one OF the most fierce.
ly fought baseball battles ever deeiss5
on that historic lot. They were great,
disappointed, for they hadn't seen mueh
of the game themselves, and when ,bsv
were awakened at the end Of the ninth
and told it was time TO 90 home. blink.
ingly they inquired as 70 what kind q,
a game it had been.
"Gee!" said the fellow who STAYED
awake through it all. Gee, II wa,
ferce!"
So they took HI, word for II and
went on home, babblIng about the f.rc.
game
The st. Louis Browns played Ii.
Yankees and won by a score Of 3ol
The Browns are fierce ball players and
so are the Yankees, so you can imagir
what terrific clash Of talent it was.
This game OF yesterday-a play-os
Of tie-slipped into the schedul.
quietly, so quietly, in fact, that Bert
Shotton, one of the three leading base
stealers N the American League. forgot
all about it and reported in Phiadel.
phia instead of at the Polo Grounds
II was too bad that Shotton was not
there. His presence would have in.
creased the attendance figures almost
20 per cent.
Shotton's place, however. was filed
acceptably enough by a young man
named Lee, whose first name was said
by various authorities 10 be either Hop
or Robert.
/ Bill Donovan let r. Dazzle Vance, the
refruit from st. Joseph, No., start the
game, and R. Dazzle (the R. stands
/ for Rszzle) lost, but not without some
/ show of pitching talent He held the
enemy to six hits. but his wildness CAV.
the game TO the Browns.
J The Yankees were up against the
pitching of Earl Hamilton, the erra,e
young lefthander. who just worries the
life out Of Branch Hickey. Branch.
you know, often spends his Sunday
evenings lecturing in Y. VI. C. As.
Earl spends his driving, and Branch
never knows when Earl will try 10
knock down the Y. NJ. c. A. building
with motor car.
1t would be terrible blow TO Branch
to hear the news that Earl had tried
to bump a streetcar off the track and
had got the worst Of il. Nothing could
shock Branch's nerve more; that is
nothing unless il would be the news
/ that one of the Browns had been seen
/ eating with his knife or had worn
cap and chewed gum on Broadway.
But Earl was all right yesterday. He
kept the Yankees seven hits far apart.
and would have had a shutout excep,
for an i'll advised attempt to fool Birdie
/ Cree with a slow ball. just at time
when Birdie had tired or swinging at
/ fast ones.
That one Yankee run came this way:
II was in the fifth inning. with two
out. Kruger singled TO left and
Vance walked. Hamilton tried q few
/ fast ones and then slow one. Gree
liked its looks so he whanged it to left
/ field for two. scoring Kruger. Peckin-
{ paugh grounded out and the two men
/ died on base.
The Browns scored in the frt
Howard tripled to left centre. IL would
have been only single except for the
fact that the ball took a bad bound
and eluded Miller. Sisters short sscri-
fee fly to Miller scored Howard.
Opening the third, Vance passed
Hamilton and Howard. Lee grounded
out, moving the men up. Sisler
smashed the ball through Vance. Peek
inpaugh fielded il and threw out Sisler.
/ but Hamilton scored on the play.
"A q