The sun., 1916-08-19
AMBITIOUS INDIANS.
LOSE ANOTHER TO
!. YANKEE CLIMBERS
Iullen's Hit in 18th Inning
Gives Donovan's Clan .
Clean Sweep Of Series.
SHOCKER SCORES 4 TO
VICTORY IN KEEN TILT

Lee Fohl, chief Of the Am~ericanised
tribe Of Indians from Cleveland. did not
Enjoy his third 1915 visit to New York
half ~ much a. he did visits Nos. I and
1. To bs absolutely frank. Lee didn't
enjoy this visit at all. The hrst time
Yohl called in the spring his Indians
scalped the Tanks two straight. The
next time he blew into this fair city
Lees braves captured four out Of six
games, but on the third call. which
ended yesterday. the Yankees fed Foil
on bitter roots. His Indians had =
chance to shoot up to the top again.
but the Donovan lads sandbagged the
ambitious OhloaAs In three straight
games.
New York made q cleanup Of the
entire series with the Forest City
braves when they wore them down In
Or exciting thirteen inning bout yes
terday. the Nnks coming through with
4 o . victory. The Yankees now have
won i've straight games since <hey
came back to life last Monday. and
nght. New York bounded up to NTH
place yesterday. only i've games behind
the leading Red Sox and only two and
q half games behind the second place
White Sox. who open a series on the
Harlem green to-day. Cleveiand's de.
feat and Chicago's Victory put the pal.
Ia Box In seconS place. Cleveland drop.
ping to third.
ShockeP ana Lambeth n Dael.
Two pitching freshmen, Urban Shocker
and Otis Lambeth, fought out as stirring
. pitching duel as We have had on the
home lawn this season.
Lambeth beat New York when every
body In the West was taking a crack at
our crippled boys. but no pitched even
better ball yesterday. lie had speed to
burn and a ''hook." which almost was
unhittable. shocker won his irst big
league game after losing two Jane to
the Athletics. While Urban allowed
eleven hits during the thirteen innings.
he was 20 effective yesterday that in only
one inning did Cleveland comb him for
more than one hit a round.
Shocker really should have won in
regulation innings. Speaker scored the
tying run In the eighth inning on q
short ny which Magee caught behind the
inield. spoke" took . desperate chance.
and made 1t because Magee made the
poorest tnr0w on SUCH a pia that we
have seen him make all season. Lee
would have shown some dub up taking
such a chance. but with a Speaker or
Cobb even the best players make hasty.
vide throws. That's why Spoke and
II get away with 30 much.
Then Brick Owens took 4 run from
Peck In the sixth. calling him u for
not touching the plate after he had
beaten the throw. That's the second
time they pulled that on Roger In forty
eight hours. and he was pretty much
peeved about Il. Not only did III de-
cision take a run from New York. but
II also saved Lambeth in the one inning
that the Yanks appeared to have him on
the run. The fielding on both sides
matched the pitching. Only two errors
were made. both By the rival left ielders
late In the game, and they did no harm.
1t was a seesaw game. the Indians
starting with a run In the nrst. Graney
singled to centre. and was forced by
Chapman. Speaker walked. and Elmer
Smith. putting in his last game in a
Cleveland uniform. singled to centre.
scoring Chapman. Thu Yanks tied In the
second inning when Pipp walked. took
second on Baumann's sacrifice and
scored on M!ller's double to left.
Locals Score n Slrth