The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-14
YANKEES ASSIST
LEAGUE LEADERS
TO STAY AHEAD
cleveland Team Comes to
Town and Wins First
Game. 4 to 2.
FISHER TOO GENEROUS
IN SEVERAL WAYS

TIE reformed Cleveland baseball team.
.h,ch is running untrue TO predicted
,or,n BY being first instead Of last In the
American League race. dashed into the
Polo Grounds yesterday and d~ispleased
A ~whopping big crowd by leaving a {
on tho record Of the Yankees. The lat
ter we're beaten. and the score was =
10 !.
The opportunity to Show a crowd OF
1890. many OF whom were fresh from
their parade for preparedness. just how
we'll they could falter on state occasions
was too good for the Yankees to miss.
and while the lndians-so called without
any particular reason-d!d not play any
great shucks Of a game. not a first
place game bv any means. they played
better than the Yanks.
Ray Fisher contributed generously to
his own defeat. Ray did this while
pitching for the Yanks. His work
varied from ordinary 30 slipehod. and the
best thing he did was to strike some
what theatrical NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Notwithstanding that Ray is a nat
ural born actor-after making n bobble
of some kind. n lie made numerous
kinds. These attitudes. the favorite
one Of which was hands on knees and a
Well. well. what dye think Of a pitcher
OF my status doing that" expression.
corveycd 10 the spectators the impress
sion that Fisher was not accustomed so
10 errinS. which was an entirely correct
IMPRESSION. but they d!dn't make any
deep impression on the Clevelands. who
without much fuss n aided by New
York slips proceeded to get what runs
they hankered for.
Fishers multiple efforts in behalf OF
the Indians--in nickname only-con-
sisted OF hitting a ba.srnan. OF being mt
by batsmen, of parce!ling out q pase
on balls In the deciding eighth inning
and Of a wild throw OF schoolboyish de-
sign which. supplemented by an equally
infantile error by Nunamaker. pre-
sented one run to the interchangeable
them-Indians' Indians.
Harry Covelsskie's brother STANLEY
pitched an excellent game for the for-
ason-or-other Indians, and thar
he'ned beat the Yauks. The hitting or
Sneaker was another reason. iris. the
.x-Red Sock. made two singles ana a
home run. Magce's inability to sacrince
was another reason. Magee or iate -
hitting a few points below nothing, ana
- Nv 'outtlA Z 49,
runner by sacrificing. This runner would
have scor,-l II Nagse had advanced him.
Chick Gsndils pernicious POKE through
tho right of the diamond on a run ana
hi, play when Gedeou had gone over
:, cover was another reason. Reasons
TO- the Yankees defeat were accumu-
alive. hut may be Jumped into one
blanket reason: They didn't play well
enough.
,1.ufayl.- nIl1 an @lI
sSrond inning when Fisher fumbled
Towards bounder and then threw Wild
n irst. The batter reached third. Peek
Rad him dead at the plate when he threw
Naubsganss's grounder to that point
but Nunamaker dropped the bail aiter
tagging Howard. Some OF the tonsilits
,he catcher had last week may V got
into hts hands.
Walter Pipp was the principal or
fensive agent for the Yankees. waiter
kent them in the game with his hitting,
h,t as he was the only Pipp on the
,eam ne couldn't dc Il all. He s~loughed
a home run against the grand stand
IN the fourth inning. He whanged a
snrle TO centre in the sixth and scored
oedeon. who had walked and pilfered'
Gcdeon made a slashing play on
Hovard in the sixth. He knocked down
mat hitters blaser and picked up the
hot pellet and burned II 10 f1pp TOT an
out Fisher passed Smith In the eishth
sfter he had retired Speaker on a high
pon Gandil's single on the run ano
ht sent Smith %Ealloptng to third
Howard stopped . pitched ball with ms
fnck. WambsSanss zen q short ny TO
Hastsen VINO had an easy throw home.
bot was wNy Wide with Il, allowing
emsch b score ONeiu batted ana
hpmA
Gpeater pue Q home q in the grand
vtanA IA the ninth, and in the New York
haif the once q week bugs who yeil
fransioayy when one Of the home team
% muoh a. hoists q ny. had a chance
n spring several false alarm war
shoopa 0edeon singled. Pipp n Peck
Of whppp,ns by the week end bugs)
Nunamakm Doubled to left, and as a
pinch hitter Caldwell flied to Graney'
The scoret