New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-30
Wild Bills Men Roll Up
Score of Is to 0 Down
in Huntsville, Ala.

Huntsville. Ala. March 29.-This
busy little mill town declared holt
day in honor Of the Ysnks to-day, and
Bill Donovan responded by showing
crowd Of 1000 fans about all ne had IN
the way OF high class playing material.
Four Yankee boxmen, two catchers and
all the infielders and outhelders IN
the squad had an opportunity to dis
play their skill in the first exhibition
ever given by major leaguers in this
hamlet.
The visitors were scheduled to play
the team from the Merrimack Mill
Company. OF Huntsville. This team is
made up of local boys who have only
had a limited experience At baseball,
and the game quickly developed into
one-sided affair, enlivened only by the
antics OF Germany Schaefer, who was
on his best behavior as comedian.
With the score 9 TO in the third IN
ming, Donovan began to put his second
string players into the game as SUD
stitutes for the local players. TINS
change was entirely satisfactory 10
the crowd, which had gathered to see
the big league stars rather than tne
homo talent. From the time the battle
developed into a game between YANKEE
regulars and Yannigans the fans saw
some fast and well played baseball:
The score stood II 10 0 at the emo OF
the fourth inning, and at the end OF
the game only one more run had peeh
added to the Yanks' total.
Following his custom, Donovan
started the game with all ms resu'aI9
in action. Shawkey and NunamaSer
wore in the points for the Ianks. only
ono change was made in this lineup,
| Cook succeeding Gilhooley at the be
Ginning of the fourth. Shawkey went
/ The full route. something which only
ono other Yankee boxman, Fisher, has
done this season. A peculiar feature
/ of these performances is that Sha%key
J and Fisher were the only New YORK
pitchers who did not report win inc
/ first squad at Macon. IT.
While the Merrimacs were IN the
/ came not a runner reached hrst pase
/ against Shawkey. Twelve laced MIN
/ in four innings, and then the home
/ talent WAS erased from the pasture.
Shawkey went along almost as well
against their Yankee successors. lie
allowed one hit and gave only one pass
/ in nine innings. ,,
/ ScbaefFer's triple in the fifth was
made while Maisel was playing about
ten feet behind second base. and Cald-
wells single In the eighth was a
scratch which bounded away from Null
/ len. In the ninth inning Hartzel
/ landed on Shawkey for clean double
/ to left.
This pitching by Shawkey was on a
par with that shown by other fansee
boxmen this week. Not run mas
been scored against Donovans regulars
/ in twenty-six consecutive innings, or
since tho first inning OF the game az
Nashville last Sunday. They have
faced real opposition, too, barring the
first four innings of to-day's game.
All told the Yankee regulars treated
Themselves 70 fifteen hits to-day ofi
J Robertson. Of the Merrimacs, and
Brady and Triple. Of the Yankees. Mo
7 gridge. who worked the last two in
nings against the first team, held the
big fellows hitless. Pipp's long home
run TO right field with two on bases
in the third inning was the batting
feature.
Baker and Gcdeon slowed up for
Pipp. and the three were almost IN
lockstep formation when they crossed
the plate. Pecknpaugh led on the at
tack wi n two singles and double.
The lineup and score follow:
Yankees -Maisel, CT, Gilhooley and
Cook. IF. Magee. IT,. +. Baker. 3b.
Gedeon. %, Pipp, III, Peckinpaugh. S.,
Nunamaker, c, Shawkey, p.
MerrimAcs Yannigans - Carter and
Hartzel. IT,, McDuf and Baumann, Sb.
Watson and Mullen. ID, W. Robertson
and Alexander, c.. c. Baker and Schaef-
er. 2b, Sparkman and Boone, as. G..
High and Caldwell. r.. Leach and n.
High. cf.. J. Robertson. Brady. Triple
and Mogridge. p.
r. VI. T..
Yankees II 3 3 0ol o 10 10 0
Nerrimacs o 0 0 0 90 30 3 4
Two-bsse hits-F. Baker. Peckin-
pau, Hsrtzcl. Three-base hits Shaw
key. Schaefer. Home run Pipp. Struck
! out BY Shawkey. 4; by Robertson. 3: