New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-15
Two Yankees Pitcher,
Conspire to Stop Am.
bilious Athletics.
LEE MAGEE GETS
BACK INTO GAME
Mackmen Give Way to n.
Indians o-day-Fisher
Also Helps.
BY GRANTLAND RICE

n
Nick Cullop and Ray Fisher, r.pr..,.
ing Virginia and Vermont, veu ~
CURED to smash the Athletics' ,.,.
tional winning streak, which begas 80
Saturday afternoon at 1880 .. N. A.,
ended Monday at SIS.
At one spotted moment II looked :,
if the Mackmen were about to run ,...
daring string out TO three games, wa
catcher Haley shot away a portion 4.
Nick Cullop's knee cap in the fifth. ta
Fisher arrived in time to check u.
hostile charge, the final cour. BEN,
4 to 8.
Even as It was the Yanks ssuri
by the epidermis Of their well know.
teeth. They scored four runs Of JriI
Majors and Jacks bum support before
a man was retired in the tns real
But from this point on Nsbon rul.@
the show. He allowed but two singled
the rest of the distance, and from Id
first TO the seventh inning not q Ysa-
kee broke through his guard for \
hit.
After that first Yankee ehsy{
Majors retired twenty men in ort.j
without a hit, driving the home guar:
away from the plate with q tine d.
play of what is technically known a
"the stuff"
1t was a tough break for Natsa|
at that. Up to this combat he had va
one game and had dropped thlrtss,
His record now is one VS.. fourteen, =
stead of two VS.. thirteen, a matter |.
over seventy percentage points. ls|
they say there is nothing for u |
ender to work for in late August.
Just Breezed Along.
Nick Cullop, who had won ten ssrs
out of eleven starts, was breezlng alex
nicely enough until the fifth. At "a |
stage Nick had yielded the foe %
three hits. But he began to slip Il.
careen when catcher Haley raped
fast one through the box, sOsn,,
the southpaw just under the MH
cap. For the second time this seas,
Nick fell at full length on the 81,
writhing in agony.
But most of the zest was now gons|
for Nick. He began 20 futter bsdl|
in the sixth, when Lsjoie, Pick srs(
Haley singled, so Fisher was called OF
to prevent the Yank disgrace from
PASSING all barriers. To have droppe.
three games in a row TO the Mackme'
would. have been the ultimate strsV,I
plus. <lt would have been the h'al|
stroke of a fate that has been as crssl
as death and as deep as the grave.
As it is, the Mackmea won as MAJ!
games since they reached New fo'i y
they were able to win in iorty-Ian'
previous starts. Enough OF tal
can soon go beyond all bounds ."
suppressed in time.
The Yanks started with Hughey hir
and Lee Magee back in harness, but q
two of the wounded returned sro1s
was forced out. Rube Oldring mc
abscessed tooth dynamited last FRA
and the RUDE nav not be in for q,
other day or two. Frank Baker virr':
his shattered ribs up in the Augss
sun drift and INDUCED himself IN nns|
bunting practice before the game. IL
Yanks were strong enough defenslrsl
but their attack is still prune eol'''|
and porous.
That first onslaught was all tif|
saved the day. Magee opened VITA 4
hit. High doubled to left. Peck outIsl
an infield tap that Wick pegged b-e!'
Pipp was safe on Lajoie's tumble, A,.
gon drew a fielder's choice, a dou''
steal and another miscue for Lsl'l
followed, and four runs we're ''s'
without a man retired.
Yanks Shot Full of Holes.
Il was precisely at this spot w
Majors volplaned down TO a safe AZ ~
ing and began TO shoot the fanN ~.
of holes. From Peck's inheld sefsS'
in the first TO Miller's single in the 81
enth not another blow was ensls.
against the delegate who came :
Connie from Newman, Ga. In the elsas
he passed Magee and High singled ".
none out, but the tall youns,s
promptly collared Peek, Pipp sno ~ !,
gon in order, Lajoie nipping Msss,T -. y
the plate on first class play. ~
Mackmen outbatted the fank- alms.
two to one. but their final snl I..
passed in the seventh, wher b b!y.
singled, Mclnnis was safe on r. re-
error and McElwee sacrificed. TEE,
rolled back the drive here, and conn,
dream of three in a row was oross' -
dispersed. -. ,o.l
The Mackmen conclude Their u.s.
series to-day, giving way TO GIe', W.
Wednesday afternoon, when the W"
begins its last invasion.