New-York tribune., 1916-07-11
Cleveland Fails 10 Crack
Under Strain and
YankS Lose.
SMITHS HOME RUN
CLINCHES CONTEST
Donoyan's Men Couldn't Hit the
Ball When a Hit Meant
Victory.
Bv GRANTLAND RICE.

That terrific detonation you may
have heard yesterday was the Cleve-
land ball club cracking under the
strain. The strain may have been
there in bulk. but the cracking
process on. this occasion developed IN
he eighth inning. when Elmer Smith
pinch-cracking for pitcher Klepfer'
cracked the bail into the right field
stands.
As the score was tied at > and ,
just at this unhappy moment no won
der that Milan. Ohio. the birthplace OF
z. Smith and Thomas Edison, is in
duleing in a jubilee. Mr.. Edison has
invented a number OF things. but ne
has vet 10 invent home run with the
score tied. which is why Milan, Ohio,
looks upon Smith as the first citizen
Of the city.
Smiths timely vhack beat Bob
Shawkey and the Yankees 3 TO in a
game which the home guard should
have won with passing ease. Taking
no creGit from the alert Indians. who
seized every opportunity at hand, the
Yanks should have packed the contest
away with runs TO spare. Here is the
unseemly situation in the shell of
small nut:
The Yanks got seventeen men to
first base; the visitors got eight. The
Yanks. with eight hits. seven bases on
balls and two errors TO work on, scored
two runs: the Indians. with five hits,
tnree bases on balls and one error to
work with. scored three runs.
The Yanks had twelve men left on
bases while their opponents had four.
Briefly. Cleveland used pair of Jacks
Ia beat three Kings, a feat that is en-
titled TO a just reward.
Only Two lanks Could Hit.
The only two Yanks who could hit in
pinch were Hughey High and Wally
Pipp. Each drove in run. Frank
Baker got few chances, for when }. +. .
B. came loungng up with big mace .
In ms mitt, pitcher klepfer promptly
passed him TO take heavy fall out OF .
Lee Magee. who is still wrlthing IN the F.
thrOcs of hitless agony. Lee had
three fine chances 10 help the cause .
with a total Of seven mates on bases, /
three in the first. two in the third and .
two in the seventh. but Klepfer had .
him in the Phantom Swing without .
chance TO start trouble The best .
I could do = - an
tap 10 first and a soft fly to centre. ;
a remarkable feature is that the .
Yanks drew seven passes without one .
OF them scoring. In the first three
innings they Jumped five hits and .
three passes for a grand total Of one .
lone run.
Here is one untoward sample. In
the third Fipp led of with a nit. Baker .
followed with a safe smash that sent
Wally on % third with no one out. /
Macec pumped a slow grounder TO first,
where he was nailed. Gedeon wal /
loped q line drive TO right, and Plpp
was plastered at the plate on fine
neg by Roth In the next inning Roth
killed another run by robbing High Of
a triple, with Nunamaker on third. A
defence Of this sort deserves TO be re-
warded.
The sixth inning was the typhoon
round. After Klepfer had famed,
Granev walked, when both Shawkey
and Nunamake- swore by all the nine
gods Of ancient Rome that the third
strike had been through the groove.
This decision Of OLoughlin put both
pitcher and catcher in the air. Wamby
forced Granev, but Speaker and Roth
both singled. This put Wamoy over
with Iris az third. Roth, playing far
of nrst. drew the throw. but in the
chase Pipp dropped the ball and Speak
CT counted on the error. As Gandil
came up Nunamaker, claiming that the
-ide should have been retired without
run, poured a number of burning
phrases into Silks QulvernG cars. The
result was quick dismissal from the
field. with Walters summoned 20 the
scene.
Count Tied in Seventh.
The Yanks tied it up in the seventh
when Peck singled and Pipp pounded
"A long double 90 right centre, drive
that only rare fielding by Roth held 10
a pair Of bases But klepfer promptly
passed Baker Tor the third time TO get
shot NJ Magee, and the rally ended.
Another exhibition OF uncanny pinch
hitting then beat Shawkey out of a
wei pitched game. When Smith IS
playing. Roth is the pinch hitter. SO
far Roth. out Of thirteen trials as a
pinchman. has made one home run, two
triples. three doubles, three singles.
two passes and TWO inheld outs an
average above 800 But when Roth is
the regular Elmer Smith is used for
the pinch stuff. and TO maintain the
pace there was nothing left for Elmer
20 do but soak the ball into the right
field stands Which is our idea Of CON
siderable pinch hitting
With klepfer removed, Manager Foil
called on Stanley Coveleskie TO face the
fring squad In the las, TWO innings.
The eminent Pole worked on Saturday
against the Red SoX, but he had enough
stuff left 10 retire the Nanks, tanning