New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-20

Success IN life and baseball is cen,r.
ally TIE reward o. merit. Then. sgai,
il may come as the result Of 4 chat,
Of happy circumstances. Accidental
happenings may raise one % the Mn.
nacle. where another. perhaps more de-.
serving, may drudge along uarewardsd
The Yankees were lucky yesterday. Had
that game been played perfectly, VIII
Bills men would have been beaten, ard
another team would view the xeri
from the pinnacle OF the column. 4.
was not played perfectly. however.
NJ. J. Crowell, right handed p,sh.,
Of the Athletics, would have won ths
proud distinction Of lifting his tear
mates out Of the maiden class, with Al
things equal. His only consolation
rests In the knowledge that the rur,
scored by New York we're not earn,i
and therefore will not count In re
Official averages. With perfect supper.
he would have registered shut-out
The Brown College boy allowed thru,
clean hits, one single 20 deep shor:
b. Frank Gilhooley, and two singles %
right field By Frauk Baker. The oEcsl
scorer also allowed Wsllie Plpp 4
double when Rube Oldring dropped Al,
fy after moderately hard run. Grow.
eli issued five bases on balls, but hs
was master Of every situation after the
first inning.
Comics Men Wabbled.
II is hardly fair 70 qualify the ma,
terry Of Croweil A team that wabblcd
and reeled all over plunged him into
the abyss Of defeat However, RUS
were scored In the first inning. and
right then and there the issue vss
decided.
Fritz Msiscl extracted base on ball,
from Crowell 70 start the game, and h
ran all the way home when Pick mads
wild and enthusiastic hoaye Of a
grounder b. Frank Gilhooley The ball
sailed right over 20 the stands. and
Gilhooley went all the way to third
Nagee was thrown out on A grouniY
TO Witt. Gilhooley being held on third
a mipute later Oldring made a dreiyy
muf OF Bakers hard hit fy into lst.
field. Gilhooley walked home, sni
Baker got TO second base
In the fourth inning Crowel VS.
placed in an embarrassing position
once more. Pipp got two bases when
Oldring dropped his fy in left field,
and then Witt proceeded 20 get al
mixed up handling q stab by Peekin-
paugh. One hand was down az the
time, and Nunsmaker hit into a double
play, Witt to Lajoie TO Mclnnis. 5u,
with the exception Of that and the
hectic opening frame. the Yankees did
not threaten the plate with ever grea.
violence.
Cliff Markle. the young right handler
from the Texas League. made his bow
20 the fans for this season. and &c.
quilted himself creditably. Even had
he lost the game as 10 was played, he
would still have held the respect Of tas
fans. He allowed only three hits. and
these were cashed az the plate for one
earned run. lie issued a couple OF
passes, but found time to retire sew
eral men on strikes.
A ball player is only as old as hs
plays. The catalogue table informs
us that Napoleon Lajoie will be forty
ono years old on September 8. but IN
tho field, at any rate, Larry looked OILY
twenty-five yesterday. He vas no
poetry Of motion in going after ,ss
ball. and made a couple 81 stops N
that graceful style Of hi, which e',
skilful man might have msde 70 log
hard indeed. Increasing age suggested
itself, however. when he hit one mo
the left field foul line corner. vhiei
would have been a sure double for
younger, swifter man. The veteran
Frenchman contcnted himself with a
single on the wallop.
Lee Magec made a spectacular eaten
Of a drive 20 left by Meyer. The ;or'
mer Brookfed had TO run az least for'y
yards 10 get his hands on The ball ou'
he did and clutched fast Amos s,Trn.>
made a nifty capture Of Joe Gedeon
bid for a triple in the sixth inning, sha
Peck's catch Of drive By Mclnnis lei'
nothing to be desired.