New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
Caldwell and Fisher Fail
to Stop Mighty Charges
of FOhl'S Forces.
THRONG BRAVES HEAT
TO WATCH CONFLICT
Speaker Deadly on Attack in
Second Battle with Triple
and Three Singles.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

Storming double line of Yankee
trenches with rare valor. the Cleveland
Indians wrenched of a doubleheader
and once more swarmed back to the
peak
As a result of this double triumph.
four out OF five TO date. Cleveland is a
half game beyond New York, and New
York IN turn is a game and half be-
yOnd the quivcring talonS of Bill Car
rigan's ascending Red Sox. In spite of
the blazing. blistering heat, the Indians
rushed 20 the double charge in relent-
less fashion without a break in the up
hill fight. In the first contest jim
Bagby. the gaunt Georgia right-hander,
beat Ray Caldwell, 20 0, and lifted his
mates to within half a game of the
crest.
Once In close sight Of the last ram
part the Indians were not TO be de-
MED. They tore savagely into Ray
Fisher for twelve hits. netting sixteen
bases and six runs, while young Al
Gould, the Davenport recruit, was driv-
ing Yank counter charges back with
frightful slaughter.
Victories Fairly Earned.
The double conquest was fairly
earned by the club that played the bet
ter, harder ball. Yes, il was a dismal
and dilapidated shame the way Cleve-
land was TO crack under the strain
after July Fourth. The tragic pity of
il made thousands weep and array
themselves in sackcloth and ashes.
Just where the strain was yesterday
we failed 10 notice, but the cracking
process was loud and noisy when
Speaker, Chapman, Graney and others
took a toe hold and lit the fuse 70 sim
giles. doubles and triples in rare pro-
fusion. Ray Caldwell suppressed
Speaker without a nit in the first en-
cagement. but the Texas Typhoon more
than evened up on Ray Fisher. whom
he assaulted for three singles and h
triple out Of FIVE times up.
The Yanks so far have found the
Indians their toughest opponents OF the
wear al home. Out Of seven New York
Cleveland games arranged for the Polo
Grounds Cleveland has won six, dis
couraging jolt, but by no means fatal,
once the Yanks become thoroughly
aroused and drop back to their old
ways.
Light hitting drove the Yanks away
from the crest. In the first game Ray
Caldwell faced Cleveland with con-
summate craft. working at his best, but
Ragbv held Donoyan's club at bay with
five scattered hits. In the second game,
while Sneaker and his mates we're peel
ing large sections of hide from Ray
Fisher, young AL Gould stood the
Yanks on their well-known heads.
Gould a Find"
Gould. who only arrived from Daven-
port. Iowa, Monday, worked four mn
..lf lfrt-gI ool II
a single by Frank Baker. Yesterday he
allowed only one hit IN the first seven
frames. and Baker got this in the first.
So for eleven consecutive innings re-
cruit from the outlying jungles had
held the erstwhile leaders 10 pair OF
hits. In the eighth inning Gould sue
cumbod 10 the heat, and after he had
given up four hits made way for Stan
ley Coveleskie, who breezed on through
without any worry attached.
Cleveland recaptured the heights she
has already held twice before by an
aggressive offence and by supporting
first class pitching in first class way.
Her ball club went out TO win back the
Old Homestead on Happy Mountain
which it vacated early in July. .
Magnificent spirit came TO the aid OF
real ability. and before this combina-
tion the light-hitting Yanks were strict
ly on the chutes. They made number
of hard drives to get going. but there
was no one handy enough in the more
important pinches TO help.
Take that first affair. In the htth
inning Magee walked, Boone singled
and Alexander was safe on fielder's
choice. The bases were full with only
one out. Then Bagby retired Caldwell
and Hartzel on two easy pops. Again,
in the ninth. both Pipp and Magee sin
gled, but neither Baker nor Mullen
could help the cause.
In the fourth Hartzel walked, High
forced him and Peck drove High to
third with hit Yet the best Pipp
could do with only one out was to
bump into double play
Pipp Fails Again.
In the second game the Yanks got
another rally going in the eighth, when
young Gould began to wilt under the
heat High singled and Peck drove
Hughey 10 third with another blow.
Pipp then cracked again into a double
play, so that when Baker and Magee
followed with base hits only one pink
eyed tally resulted from the four
safeties.
Bagby. with no great speed and only
a shadow Of a curve ball, won from
Caldwell in the opener by deadly con-
troll BY this we mean that for nine
innings he refused 20 put the ball over
the plate, cutting the inside and out
side corners with a high or low ball