The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-10

The best the Yankees got out of
yesterdays double header was the worst
Of 1t. Old Fox Griffith made a clean
sweep Of the series. His Senators
came from behind for victory in the
first game by a score Of 5 to 3 and led
all the way to a 4 to / triumph in the
farewell.
New Workers. rejoice hat Griffith and
his Senators have gone back to the
capital. where they belong. Their
presence anywhere in the immediate
vicinity OF the Yankees is e~xasperating.
Donovan's men always behave just
as II they were made especially to fur
nish game for the Senator's. So ex-
asperating become the situation at
times that Bill Donovan actually grows
wild m is tempted to take "A fling at
them himself.
That's what happened yesterday. II
Bill had saved himself for some easy
club like the Red Sox his team might
have been able to bag at least one
game of the three. The gallant man
ager injected himself into the fray
because OF his shortcomings rather than
his virtues. Almost quicker than il
takes to tell II he helped make New
York's ) to . cad fade away.
Carroll Brown, the Adonis Of the
New York pitching stan. was on the
long end of a 3 to 0 tally when he was
banlshed in the seventh inning of the
first game. Brown was in difficulty.
though not necessarily in danger.
Paddy Baumann gave the Yankees a
good start In the irg, inninu nf tha
first game. He hit a home run to left
centre that scored Cook ahead OF him.
Cook. who walked. had stolen as Peck
famed. The Yankees didn't get very
much further until the sixth. Here,
with one out, Cook scratched a hit to
Gandil. ~Peckinpaugh beat a bum &c
Shanks. When Cook saw third un.
covered he delivered a delayed steal
and got all the way home on Harper's
Wild throw. Peck was left onthlrd.
Double plays helped Brown in both
the fourth and sixth innings. The first
ruined Milan's hit with only one down.
Moeller walked and Foster singled with
none out in the sixth. Alexander caught
Moeller off second. Shanks hit into a
double play after Milan drew "A pass.
Donovan took Browns job after Car
roll walked Mayer in the seventh. This
pass followed Gandil's single with none
out. Williams cracked "A single into left
and when Highs throw bounced over
alexander both Gandil and Mayer tai
lied and Williams cache third. No
body had backed the play. Donovan
escaped further trouble just then. Nc
Bride fouled TO Pipp. Morgan famed
for Ayres and Boone tossed out Moeller.
With one out in the eighth Milan sin
Rled and Shanks doubled to right.
Milan c Boone's return to the plate
OF Gandir mean bound. Shanks scored
on Mayors fly 10 Cook, Williams's sin
gle sent Gandil home from second
Gallia, as usual. had only TO walk out
into the centre of the diamond to in
timidate the Yankees in the second
game, In the pinches the home boys
were practically helpless, 4 wonder
full play by Shanks and Gandll took n
pinch hit on High and retired the side
in the fourth with two rum waiting
to score. New York finally did man
age to score when Caldwell and Hart
zell punched singles in the eighth. Ray
took third Il Peck forced Roy and
came IN on Baumann's fy to left.
Washington punched -four singles on
Pieh for "a run In the third. one run
only resulted, as one hit was technical
n runner hit by a batted ball. A pass
10 Henry with Moeller's double added
one in the fifth, In the sixth Milan and
Morgan, who walked, were on third
and first respectively with two out
when a double steal was attempted
Milan was Caught fiatfooted on n throw
10 the box. But In running him down
Pieh got in the way, Milan claimed
Interference and Nallin allowed the