The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-06
To-daS's Cameo.
Philadelphia In New York.
Washington In Boston.
chicago in st. Louis.
Detroit In Cleveland.
BY WILLIAM II. HANNA.

constructionist, presented at the Polo
Grounds yesterday for the holiday in
spection of 1900 ~onlookers are not as
famous as those who have gone before.
You could look at their infeld and give
the word machine a needed rest and also
without associating II with SlOO, 600.
They ratified through two games at a
smart clip, however, played chic and
lively ball and beat the Yankees twice.
The scores were 4 to . and 2 to ].
This lot of Athletics in the life and
vim they showed-though not worthy
perhaps to tie the shoeiaces OF their
illustrious predecessors-were an agree
able-or Observation-Disclosures. They
seemed to be enjoying themselves too
much to be blase and for a plain UNI
adorned ball team did decidedly well.
Mack's pitchers cast a spell over the
Yanks in both games. Bush in the first
and Bressler in the second were hard to
hit and harder to score on. The Yanks
had good pitching themselves in the
second game. WARRIOR provided II. But
WARRIOR. as well as the first game pitch
ers. was trammelled greatly by the ver-
! sstile activities of Jimmy Walsh, who.
under a different regime. was "A iank
once and didn't care for II.
Walsh made two runs in the first
game and batted in a third. He stole
three bases. including the home, main
or ultimate base. In the second game
he made a home run jump OF his bat.
and later he welded the implement for
a sacrifice fly. nus being directly cor.
nected with both runs. AS an individual
contributor to his own clubs prosperity
he was as diligent as he was in bring
ing about the home clubs duplex W
fall.
Although Bush outpitChed Fisher In
the first number. the Yanks lost that one
by furnished fielding. They inserted
four errors at regular intervals and
every insertion cost a run. They
punched some hits in the seventh and
eighth innings, but in each instance
Bush stopped them one hit removed
from a tie or win. Platoons of them
were left on bases-twenty in the two
eames-bespeaking costly deficiency in
eye and muscle in a pinch m the day
we celebrate.
Mclnnis was the first of the As to
seep through on an error, He singled
in the second inning with two out and
went forward on a passed ball. Lapp
walked. and Fisher. scurrying for kopf's
jab, threw h~ectically to first and Mcln-
mis- scored. Peckingpaugh mishandled
Walsh's grounder in the third and
Schang fioated a triple far across the
central plain.
The third presentation of a run to the
Athletics, also with two out, took place
In the fifth inning. Fisher took Strunk's
ground tap and threw 1t far enough
away from the heart Of the battle for
strunk to hoof to second, Walsh sin
gled Strunk home. Maisel made a wild
throw on Walsh In the eighth. and that
tireless athlete stole second, He arrived
at third on an infield hit by Lajoie and
when Lapp walked the bases were filled,
Walsh didn't wait for the customary
means OF coming home. He got a tre-
mendous lead on Brown and stole home
clearly. 1t was such a clean job that he
actually beat the ~pitch-was on the
base when the ball reached Nunamaker's
hands.
Hartzell counted In the seventh on a
base on balls and hits by Nunamaker
and Caldwell. Highs single filled the
bases with one out and promised more
runs, but Bush pulled out OF the predi-
cament by tanning Peckingpaugh inc
persuading Maisel to pop "A fly. PSpp
doubled in the eighth and with one out
counted on Hartzells fly. Boone and
Nunamaker stepped forward and deliv-
cred singles. but Cree, as pinchist. did
nothing more violent than strike out
The Athletes creased Warhop's curves
for only Ave hits in the second. but
one was a home run by Walsh I'm the
first ming. The ball hit in the bleach
ers and bounced out, A crowd Of know
nothings yelled at OLouRhlin because he
allowed a home run, but AS the ball
went In the stand SILK was right. Hits
were made by Bressler, Murphy and
Strunk In the eighth. They filled the
bases. and Walsh's long Ay to Hartzell
brought in Bressler.
The Athletics had TO earn their runs
in this game because the Yanks felded
in finished style, They made a double
play in the second inning which was
out Of the common run. Mclnnis was
on third and Lamp on second when
Bressler hit to Maisel, Maisel's throw
ia Nunamaker turned Murphy back and
he retreated in a hurry. with Nuna-
maker after him in full cry, The chase
continued all the way 10 third, where
Nunamaker tagged Murphy before the
latter touched the base. Lapp, who had
run to third, foolishly stepped off that
zone OF safety and Nunamsker gave
him the other har rel.
In the sixth inning Peckinpaugh was
on third and Maisel on second, Roster
still, nobody was out, Pipp caused the
first groan with q fly to McInnis and
Peck the second whom he was run down
on Cooks grounder to McInnis. The
inning became a complete vacuum when
Hartzell flied TO Walsh.
Peck 'riplch with one out in the eighth
and Maisel fouled tepidly to Lapp. Pipp
produced the only rdnch hit OF the side
and hatted Peck home. Relief hitters
OF right hard habits tried their luck
against the opposing southpaw in the
ninth. Baumann, officiating for Hart