The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-13
YANK GIVE AWAY RUNS;
REFUSE TO ACCEPT THEM
Make Untimely Errors With Tigers at Bat and Can't
Hit in Pinches When It's Their ~Turn-Umpires
Help Them to Lose Game, 8 to 6.

DETROIT, June I2.-Thc Yankees took
the dust Of the Detroits again to-day.
They lost their fourth straight and the
Detroits won their seventh straight. The
score was s to 6 and the Yanks had
more men left within close reach OF the
plate than reached the plate. In the at
tack they suffered from a painful weak
ness with the bat. following consider
able facility for getting on bases. and
on defence their errors we're accountable
for four local flights TO the terminal.
The Yanks fell down frequently
enough on their own accord to lose the
game. n laundering uinpiring agra
waited their ailments. They not only
are playing poor baseball on this trip
but they ave run hcadlong into mex
cusably poor decisions. SILK O'Loughlin
sprang one on them in Chicago which
was ridiculously bad. and to-day Dineen
made an absurd Empirical boot which
presented the Detrolts with a tally.
However. with almost anything but
frail hitting In pinches n with orderly
fielding. the Yanks could have won the
game anyway. Their weak emergency
hitting wouldn't have beaten hem IL they
had ielded cleanly and their speckled
fielding wouldn't Ia cost the game
IL they had swung a moderately yigor-
Gus pestle when men were on bases.
Partisan Crowd Wells with GIee.
Dineen's grotesque decision gave a
tally to Ty Cobb. provoked n fcrvid
kick from the Yanks. who already were
sore because Chill had banished Man
ager Donovan for kicking or a previous
A-t-l- -l
tunity to a noisy and partisan crowd
OF heelers to he found here and who can
see nothing but the home team.
This passage OF the Peach's from
plate to plate was attended by much
verbal warfare. II was In the third in
ming. Cobb led of with a two Dagger.
Donovan and other Yanks surrounded
Chill n passionately averred that Cobt
a cut first base. Spectators over In
that part OF the stand said the same
thing. They were positive he did
Nothing doing by Chill.
You missed that decision" Donovan
told hill.
II didn't see it." Chill told Donovan.
Then you must be blind" retorted
Donovan.
"out OF the game 80 bleated Chill. who
Is one OF the best umpires in the game
at shaking a finger at a refractory
player.
Donovan was spared seeing what fol-
lowed on Cobb. That stormy petrol
reached third on an error and when
Heilrnan chopped 10 the third base line
he hustled for home. Nunamaker
picked the ball up on the path n was
waiting for Cobb. lie reached for his
quarry. who swerved. slid and then tum
bled to the plate. Dineen called Ty
safe. Then a New York roar. Cobt
raj out OF the grass to avoid Nuna-
maker and. whether or not the latter
touched hir-and u looked a. ~ hs
did-Cobb ran out OF line. Ty IL q
great base runner. and he Is still greater
when umpires give such decisions a:
Dineen did In this instance.
Errors Help Home Team.
However. that was only one run, and
the Detroits won by a margin OF two
They peppered Fisher In the first inning
hut would not have scored but for error.
by Baker and Peck. Their three run.
in the fourth were on heavy hitting