New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-15
Show Flash of Speed in
First Inning, and Then
Take a Drubbing.
FISHER TIGHTENS UP
AFTER A BAD START
Majors Has Merry Time of II in
the Fifth Frame. When Home
Team Runs Wild.

81 have built two wonderful ma
chimes: ! will build another the great
est Of all time. but IL cannot be done
in day or a season" Connie Mack
uttered these prophetic words few
months age. Five thousand critics
could discover no evident signs Of such
a machine in the game with the Yam
kees at The rolo Grounds Yesterday
afternoon. The Yankees won by a
score Of 9fto ..
Time was when the Quaker City
team was referred 70 as the Mackan
machine just now there is no ma
chine. There arc the component parts,
loosely assembled and capable OF no
smooth or concerted action. That IN
field which which once was the pride
Of the American League, mourns. the
loss Of its backbone. The pitching
staff is battered in the appellation.
Of the others only Jack Lapp. the
catcher. and Sunk and Oldrlng re-
main.
The comparative value Of good inn
irrs was Impressed upon the crowd.
The Athletics had their period of pros
peritv right at the start. They flashed
INTO the lead IN the first inning Dlllng
I'D four runs and threatening 70 knock
Raw Fisher right out Of the afternoon
But the Nanks came right back IN
their half with a brace of tallles, and
held a mad soiree in the fifth. when no
fewer than twelve men faced the
pitcher and seven Of them crossed the
rlate. And all manner OF baseball was
PLAYED in the manufacturing these
runs.
The discrepancy in score represent
Cd well the difference in pitchin=
strength Of the teams. Connie Mack
elected TO start Jack Majors, a lad
who TITS the trite description long and
rangy" 20 the last letter. Majors has
q fine swing. a GOOD curve ball and I'M
limited nerve. He smiled all the way
through. but that smile was not
enough to save him. lie was knocked
out in the fifth inning. Fihngem re-
trouble finally managed 70 make the
Yankees hit the ball TO. not past. his
felders. Furthermore. Fillingem pre-
vented any more PUN getting.
The Yankees gathered themselves
twelve hits from these budding mon
archs Of the mound but 70 the fans II
seemed as If everybody was clouting
the ball safely. This was especially
true in the hurricane ffth, when no
fewer than SIX hits rang out. -Four
bases on balls and a wild pitch added
10 the hilarity Of that same fifth frame.
Raw Fisher gained the signal dlstlnc-
ton Of making two of the outs IN IT,
He grounded out and struck out Peck
inuaueh got two bases on balls. But
eli things must have an ending, and
nrOLyfrpanob for
the final out.
Raw Fisher had his moment Of adj
versitv early I'm the game. The Ath-
letics conceived the idea that Ray was
a bit weak on fielding hunts, so they
started tapping the ball along the
ground. II was effective in the eX-
IRENE. The entire team batted around
N the first frame. yet the only ball to
find its way out Of the inheid was Ma
roleon Lajoie's sacrifice fly to Roy
Hartzel.
A wretched throw by Maisel and a
homeless boot by Fisher aided IN the
scoring. But once down m his stride
Raw had little trouble, and the only IN
cident 10 mar the serenity OF the re-
naming hours of the afternoon came
in the eighth inning, when screaming
double by Chick Davies and Nap La
joie's slam TO port produced another
run for the visitors.
OF fielding thrills there were few
and the game just ran its course.
Hartzell and McInnis wsged their own
little war Of reprisal In the second
inning McInnis made a fine play on
Roy's tap and threw him out at first,
Majors covering the bag. Then in the
third inning Hartzel ran half way
across the earth to grab Jacks fly IN
short left But Mclnnis was neutral
he didn't care who he put out and in
the third inning he earned a cheer by
making a great backhaud catch Of
Schangs poor throw on Hughie Highs
tap.
Cook and Pipp elaborated in max
inr a neat double play. In the second
frame Kopf singled, and he and Davies
tried 20 work "a hit-aud-run play.
Davies hit the bah all right, and koPf
ran, but Cook was where the ball fell.
and his throw 20 first completed the
DUPLEX killing.
TIL ceD~. follcrue.