New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-27
HAIR LINE RULE
BRINGS DEFEAT
TO YANKEES
Bakers Long Drive Hit
Black and the Sen
atOrs Win.
BY HAYWOOD BROUN.


A hair.line divides the false and IN.
The distinction is emphasized az ,ts
Polo Grounds, where the true is psi,,.S
light green and the false is tinted bla,,
The finger post between right Az
wrong stands in the upper tier a, y.
Polo Grounds. Formerly the conyeni.-,
but immoral practice prevailed Of cal.
ing any ba which hit the post non.
run, regardless Of the fact whether
struck on the black or the light r.s
side.
Baker hit the black side Of the u~
on Saturday, and was allowed 70 sen.
under the ground rule. Just prey.s,,
to yesterdays game, at the instigat,,
of Washington, the rule was chang.S
and the distinction between the IA,
and true more closely drawn. \
was decided that black was black ,,5
green was green. and never the tvsa
should meet. Therefore, when Fn,s
Baker walloped ball against the bIsk
side of the post 10 was called one s,rs,
and Washington defeated the Yans..,
by a score OF 20 8 in the eley.,a
inning.
II Owens had blunter sense Of col.r
the Yankees would have won. for there
was a man on base when Baker hi, h.
ever-so- slightly deviating drive. Tie
game might have been won again fBTl
Donovan had found out Ray Fisher as
quickly as the Washington batters id
Washington knew him through and
through from the beginning, bat Dono.
van did not discover the pitchers In.
epitude until the Senators had scored
four runs.
Love Is Not Enough.
The substitution Of Love FOR Fisher v.
also unfortunate. for the tall left-hsrt.
er was roundly hammered. Markle, Eto
followed, pitched well, as did Shawky,
even though he yielded the winning m
in the eleventh inning. The YANKEES
for their part pounded Gallia and Hss.
per literally, and only the coming Il
Johnson in the eighth checked Their
hitting. The speed king came with L,
dusk and made good use Of il.
Although Frank Baker chung 70 Il.
false and missed the true upon one o..
casion, ne later showed his ability 70
distinguish between right and wrong
by hammering home run into the
grandstand which was fair by many
feet. All home runs are helpful. bs.
this was particularly so, since it scored
Peckinpaugh as well as the batter.
and put the Yankees within one run 0!
Washington.
This was in the seventh, and in h,
ninth Donovan's men tied the score
High struck out, but the last ball a
which he swung was a wild pitch. snt
he reached first in safety. Peckinpaugi
sacrificed up the first base line am
Pipp struck out. Johnson gave Bake
no chance TO try again for the RICH
field wall. Smilingly the speed KIM
confessed his fear. and honored ]
Franklin with a purposeful pass. Lee
Magee, who followed, also had A pur
pose. His was sinister and directed a
Johnson. He smashed a line single "a
left, and High came home with the
tieing run.
The Fatal Eleventh
Unfortunately, this success went for
nothing. In the eleventh Williams
walked. The next two batters were easy
outs, but Mcbride found Shswkey for
a double to left centre. and William,
scored. 1t was a close play at IA,
plate.
Baker was allowed TO hit in the ele5'
enth after two were out. and he mere
ly singled. Still, something might have
come even from this humble beginning
but for the fact that Shanks made
lesping catch of Magee's liner
The early innings told the story
the defeat Hits BY Shanks, judge
Jameson, errors by Baker and Peet
and Moeller's sacrifice fly gave ne
Senator'S three runs in the first inning
At this stage of the game the fsnne
infield acted as if the ball was hound
dog 70 be kicked around. A single By
Judge, his steal and Henry's slng.s
gave Washington one more in the thirc'
and after Fisher had been lifted 70
the fourth following Gallia's sings
Love was raped to the tune Of three
runs more.
The Yankees picked up a run in ne
second and another in the third. Iney
did better in the fourth, when Gallia
was driven from the box. With one
out Gedeon and Nunamaker walked \
duel of wits followed. Clark Griinta
was one participant in the duei
and Donovan the other. Donovan nom
mated Caldwell 10 bat for Love. AS
Caldwell hits left-handedly Grlntn
Immediately called upon the southps"
Harper TO replace Gallia. Thereupoh,
before Ray had as much a. stepped
into the bcx, Donovan called on Padit
Baumann. who swings from the rg,'
hand side of the plate. And Paaiy
swung to good advantage. for he dolo'
led and scored both runners.
The duel of wits goes, therefore %
Donovan. Still. il may be said ths' %
might win an even more overwhelming
intellectual victory If he could see ~
way clear 10 keeping as stancn NV
ter as Baumann, regularly IN the me
up in place of Gedeon, Tor lnstsnes
This, however. has practically notnins
TO do with the fact that Highs li'ss
looping single 20 left scored baumShh'
with the third run of the winning.
Washington put a run over n 'ne
seventh without a hit FOR hehp
walked, took second when Mcbride sac.
riiced, went on third when Gedeol
fumbled Moeller's grounder and seol'1
on a double steal. Then came the nu.i
titudinous happenings Of the ninth ana
eleventh. -.
It is pity that in other walks o.
life the false and true cannot
labelled as they are az the f0ig
Grounds. II every true belief e0u..
be tinted bright green and every oI'
which is rotten and false dyed olNsA'
what a lot of things would come tsn.
bling down about our heads. pe '"S'
"a /, NAV. the score follows: