New-York tribune., 1916-07-23
Shawkey Holds Browns
70 Four Lonesome
Hits.
PECK POUNDS PILL
FOR DECIDING RUN
Rube Oldring, with Hard Catch,
Halts Drive of the
Enemy.
By CRANTLAND RICE.

II thcSe phoSpHVASSNSHs AIMS
only succeed in losing three or four
uore steamy athletes they are liable
70 bust up the dad-binged league by
winning the flag before September.
As their wounded fire and fall
N.ek the sole survivors continue 70
charge with even greater ferocity. This
las, week they won ball game in be.
hsNof each cripple. making it five out
sfnven from the Tigers and Browns.
Il order 70 start West Sunday night
with S good lead over the field, Bill
Donovan rammed Bob Shawkey against
the gunwale of the Browns, and they
sank in s whirl Of bubbles and froth.
Sir Robert drew a tough battle, as
usual, but these are the sort he feeds
upon with rare relish. Shawkey's oppo-
nent was Dave Davenport, who is husky
enough 10 capture Ne-dun single-hand-
ed. The big Brown pitcher set a fine
game adrift, but Shawkey beat him 10
B, BY repelling the Browns with four
scattered singles.
This last victory gave Shawkey his
fourth shut-out in a month. Once a
week since June 29 he has blocked one
club or another away from the plate
BY putting more stuff on the ball than
the other fellows were able 70 get on
their bats. IL is said TO be quite n
system, taken up and down or back and
forth.
A Consistent Lad.
In nearly every start the Yanks re
frain from making any runs for Robert,
but in place of being annoyed he takes
what his mates give him, and then
holds the other club to one less. No
pitcher in the league, johnson, Ruth.
Coveleskie, Cullop, Leonard or Tex
Russell, has shown an effectiveness a.
consistent as Shawkey has put upon
display since April y. We are not
talking about records. We are talking
about pitching that is hard to hit.
For a while yesterday it seemed rs
II the Yanks would be forced TO figure
in another off day. A double header
was billed, but another summer freshet
threatened in the second, but over To-
600 fans came out TO see the Yanks
peel another patch Of hide off the
Browns and leave home in the lead
We have seen good secondary strength
on ball clubs before, but nothing like
the reserve force of this New York bat
talon. When the week opened, with
Baker, Gilhooley and Maisel out, those
Loyalty supporting the Yanks began TO
look for the worst When High and
Cullop were added TO the white cots in
the hospital ward this depression IN
creased. What happened? The week
before, with Baker, Cullop and High IN
the game, the Yanks won three out Of
nine from Cleveland and Detroit. This
last week, with three more stars Grip
pied and out, they won five out OF
seven. If they could manage to lose
tuesday night, the White SoX, Tigers
and Indians might as well dig in and
sell their lives as dearly as possible.
Peck TO the Rescue.
Shawkey was the main actor in the
last home triumph, but he had two
worthy mates in Peck and Rube Old
ring In the sixth inning Magee sim
eled. Hartzell followed with his sec
ond hit Magee then attempted to steal
third and was promptly collared. This
put il strictly up TO Peck, who wasted
no motions before cracking long
double 10 right centre, driving HartZell
over with all the runs that Shawkey
required
1t was in the eighth inning that Rube
Oldring stuck in an oar 20 help paddle
the Yankee ship of state over the
shoals. With two out Miller singled.
George Sisler then followed with long
drive 20 right centre. The ball sailed
out on a line, closely resembling d
three-base hit in all its essential out
lines. Oldring ducked for the ball, and
i Lr~e rrshr nHfrr M
for the catch with his back TO the plate.
This hit would have tied the score be-
yond doubt and might have led TO an
noying complications. No wonder the
crowd rose up TO show the Rube how
high he stood in the popular esteem OF
this fairly well known community.
Just before this Charley Mullen had
robbed Armando Marsans Of short
looping hit by another over-the-
shoulder catch SEVERED got his second
hit. These statistics being evidence
enough that the stout Yank defence was
stall holding together with no sign OF
slipping in sight.
Hard One to Beat.
While they got but seven hits of
Davenport, this bulky Brown entry is
considerable pitcher. He worked well
rnough TO win any ordinary game, but
n Shawkey he was up against the
aardest man in the league 20 beat this
'ultIy year Of grace. 1916.
After scoring in the sixth the Yanks
hlled the bases in the seventh with
only one out after Mullen and Boone
had singled and Nunamaker had
walked But Davenport lifted his
massive system from the yawning
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