The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-04
To-day's Schedule.
Chicago In Detroit.
Cleveland In ST. Louis.
BY WILLIAM n. HANNA.

with the Washingtons at the Polo
Grounds yesterday the Yankees were
hoisted in the end by = Weapon which
they had been employing with repeated
and resourding success. With three
home rum they battled their way up to
ever terms with the W~ashingtons. hut
In the eleventh inning a home run beat
them. The score was $ TO I.
The Yanks won the second game, 4
to /. and though the meet
ing between Slim Caldwell and Pop
Johnson took place in this contest 1t
wasn't anything like as interesting as
the first. The hrst game took up a lot
OF time. but was exciting the second
took up less time, bnt was weary and
poorly played. There were $4,000 spec
tators on hand when this battle began,
but there weren't that many at the fin
ish because four hours and a half OF
diamond warfare was too much for a
good many, especially as the afternoon
stir and racket and fighting found vent
mostly In the first.
Then again Nick Altrock was In the
first affair and his ~buffoonery while 1t
was on and between acts was the usual
JOYOUS hit, more so than ordinarily be-
cause he had a large and appreciative
audience and had no trouble whatso-
ever getting his stun across. He didn't
get all OF Il across. however. Some
thing Nick said to SILK O'Loughlin in
the second game struck the ump as
being so far from bright and merry
humor that he fired Altrock. Shanks
was fired later for throwing a bat in
the air. Altrock hid under a rosebush
on his way out and saw part or the
game from there, but when Little sun
shine Nick finally disappeared tim
hung heavily because the game didn't
have enough glow or IT'S own TO Keep
from fading into the dull.
The Yankees made three game uphill
trie. in the first game. Always a
plucky team. they were particularly
rood at 1t this time. Pipp's heavy
.j~ostling-he made a home run and
three Dagger and batted over four runs
and home runs by Peckinpaugh and
Boone made Wash!ngton's lead shrink
on several different occasions.
Pitchers appeared In the foreground
and waned therefrom every few mo-
mentS. ElkHt OF tHtii VcIt uSth' ai'
the only ones OF the serving
who looked like capable performers were
McHale and Johnson. The others were
from middling to poor and from toler-
able to punk. WARRIOR was swept on
the mound in the first inning by a rush
OF Washington hits, and that's when the
Nrshingtons accumulated their first big
lead.
They took another lead Off Brown
and were held then until the eleventh
inning, when Mcbride tossed a home
run into the left field seats. Boehling,
Ayres and Gallia had been treated more
or less inconsiderately by the Yanks and
the Seniors had to requisition Walter
Johnson to hold their one run advantage
over the second half OF the eleventh. II
was Johr/on's first appearance since
he became a parent, and he withered the
YanRs in that half inning as If he were
going to keep on whitening in the second
game.
Johnson didn't retain his smooth style
in the second game. He was hit but
little, was effective enough in that re-
gard, but he was wild. His control was
poor and he was In the hole often. He
was outpitched by Caldwell, though the
exceedingly slatternly support he re-
ceived was more responsible for New
York's scoring han anything else, Wild
though he was he'd have held tn, Yanks
to one run with respectable support.
Caldwell, however, pitched a steadier,
game than Johnson all the way.
The Yanks backed him well and lead
ers in the backing were Boone and
Hartzell. Boone's second base playing
throughout the Washington series was
n argent. Its equal
hasn't been seen his season.
Hits by Foster and Milan gave the
WashingtOns their only run n that
was a reward denied them until the
inning. The Yanss made two IN
the first inning. Peckinpaugh was safe
n high bounding infieid hit, Nefr
In passing the ball to first threw wild
and Peck went to second. With two
Johnson lost his grip, lie passed
Pipp and Cook, but forced Hartzcll to
This was another capricious
.bounder, but Neff would N nae Hart
zell by three feet with "A straight throw.
AZ II was his throw had stun on 1t
made It curve like "A fish hook,
and Peck n Pipp pranced prankishly
to the plate on the perverted peg,
Pipp. who was In the thick Of pretty |
much everything to New York's ad-
vantage. was hit by a pitched ball in
the third, He stole second and Hart
zell helped him home with a two
Peckinpaugh battered the left
field boards with a two Dagger in the