New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-27
oOOOO Frenzied Fans See
Iron Nerve Down Horse
shoe Luck.
TRIPLE PLAY IN THIRD
SAVES RAY FISHER
Parade of ST. Louis Pitch
ers Starts After Dave
Davenport Is Hurt.
By W. J. MACBETH.

BY W. J. MACBETH.
There never was such a game as that
8, the Polo Grounds yesterday after
noon. when the Yankees kicked the wad-
ding out Of the Browns by way of fare
we'll New York won slashing, crash
nc flashing kind of exhibition by
ne score Of 10 to 6, an odd mixture of
fr,n7ied play Of good and bad quality,
but OF which the bad predominated.
Fielder Jones was mad enough on
uniting this town last night TO take a
ne out OF an axe head. And he had
svery reason 20 be. He saw his Brown
les cheated out of apparently sure vic
,ory through the iron nerve and will of
q team that absolutely refused to admit
Ssfeat. In the first half of the fourth
inning the Mound City sensations led
Nv score Of 4 to /, with behemoth
Dave Davenport, the glory of nine con-
,seutive wins, breezing along to his
tenth. And then things happened. They
had been happening all afternoon.
Raw Fisher. who was in the box for
Donovan. was a thoroughly fiabbergast-
"a gentleman at this stage Of the pro-
eeedings He had every reason to be
fabbergasted. II ever team played IN
horseshoe luck for the first four inn
irgs il was these same Browns.
Tantalizing Hops.
sbotton was the only Brownie able
n knock the ball of the infeld, but
round after round his fellows unloaded
clusters Of freak hits. Easy grounders
would take the most tantalizing hops
over infelders' heads Batsmen's cudg-
els would slip out Of their hands and
connect for weird hits. And several
times in the pinches both Fisher and
bis supporting cast fell down Ike a
sand lot aggregation.
St. Louis was mighty lucky to get
the four runs off Fisher. But 1t is
questionable if in getting them the
Browns were a bit luckier than Flsher
himself in avoiding a real avalanche
Of scoring. In the second inning the
Browns filled the bases, with only one
out. but didn't score. They had two
runs in and the bases still filled in the
third when Fishers cast came up with
a prettily executed triple play. Again
in the fourth. with two in and three
on. a double play by way of the plate
locked the gate against Yankee dls-
aster
Fisher pitched fine ball, but he didn't
accomplish anything until this same
Fourth inning. Then, unintentionally,
he did a heap. One of his fast balls
nicked Dave Davenport on the right
paw with such force that Dave passed
right out Of the game He passed out
next inning, rather. Donovan allowed
Borton TO run for Davenport without
penalty in the fourth. Big Dave tried
to continue in the second half, but
after passing Pipp he quit voluntarily.
Then began a parade Of pitchers.
Jones couldn't find one TO suit. The
oftener they came the harder the Yam
kess swatted them. Koob and Plank,
southpaws. went by the board in rapid
succession. Bob Groom did well in
the seventh but he soon got the hook
for a pinch hitter. of Parks, the last
man. the Yankees banged out a brace
Of TALES in the eighth inning.
Won Against Odds.
Had Fisher been the least faint
hearted there would have been dlf-
Weren't story, perhaps. And there never
vas game won against odds that gave
greater satisfaction to home crowd.
There was some crowd, too. Twenty
thousand is a conservative estimate.
Fisher contributed two singles, each
Of which figured in Yankee rally. He
suffered a rap on the instep 10 fill the
bases, with none out, in New York's
biz round, the sixth, in which the Yam
KEGS doubled the score Of the Browns.
Unfortunately Fisher was not able
10 remain for the fruits Of victory.
He gets the game, but Shawkey had to
pitch the last three innings. Coming
home or Peckinpaugh's sacrifice fly to
Msrsans in the sixth inning, Fisher
rode the last few yards on his nose.
He rode so heavily that he was
Knocked speechless. Ray can't talk
when his nose is out of alignment. lie
was born in Vermont.
Singles by Marsans and SEVERED and
Nullen's bcbble on Austin's easy roller
with double play in sight filled the
sacks with Brownies in the second nm
ing. Fisher escaped luckily when La
van fouled TO Alexander. Ray struck
out Davenport.
Shotton opened the third with hit
70 right. Miller sacrificed and FISHER
balled things up with wretched fum-
BE. Sisler scratched high bounder
Of Mullen's glove, and the bases were
filed. Baumann let Pratt's scratch
io.l. thinking it would turn foul. but
I did not, and Shotton scored. Then
Paddy fumbled an easy offering OF
Narsans. and Miller tailed. The bases
we're still filled, with none out.
SEVERED hit wickedly at Peckinpaugh,
drawn in The captain made gallant
clutch, threw TO Alexander, forcing
Ssler at the plate and Alexander re-
ayed TO ripp in time 10 double the
Rnky catcher. Pratt meanwhile kept
On for the plate from second. Pipp
whipped the ball to Alexander once
more. The latter smothered the plate
md tagged his man for the first triple