The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-01
YANKEES TRIUMPH
IN FIRST Big GAME
They Play Fine Rail- aud De-
feat Cincinnati Reds
by 3 to 4.
PLAYERS IN FIST FIGHT

MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 31.-The an
KEGS hal their first touch Of high life
OF the year to-day and they graced their
first 1915 grapple with a big league rival
In a style most worthy. They clinched
with the Cincinnati Reds and beat them
s to I.
II was n battle Of big league calibre
that was spread out before the assembled
Memphians, who were not there in sum-
cient quantity to prove that they were
enrapturcd over a battle between repre-
sentatives Of the majors.
! The Yankees played n slashing game.
They would go through the American
League like a knife through cake II they
could form the habit Of playing as they
did to-day. They hit Pete Schneider OF
the Reds hard and copiously and their
fielding was brilliant. Heinie Schulz.
former Yankee. a a big Improvement
over Schneider. bu: he did not escape
untouched. for with two on bases Pipp
delivered a timely two Dagger or Helnle.
Mogridge. the left handler. pitched the
whole game for the Yanks. He was wild
and frequently three balls were called
on MIN. but M had n change of pace and
n curve which embarrassed the Reds
greatly until the eighth inning. He was
tired in that inning and the Reds made
three runs OF him through a base on
balls and four hits.
The Reds produced two separate ana
. lfp,gna. hastlaS nns with III, NHnkS anu
one between two OF their players. ToneS
and Neale took punches AZ each other
in right field. This was lust before the
game began. They We're passing each
other out there when Ncale dropped his
glove and came "a; TOney. Ton"y swung
on Neale's Jaw and Nealc t"'irFocatch
reaccmakers got in between. but IN,
season OF 1915 had been formally opened
Magcs. Maiscl and G!fNouley made out
field catches which prompted a red lee
10 cxclaim. "p;olly. what a ball ciub
Maisel and Gilhooley made running one
handed catches of Williams or the Rcds
who hit the ball feroc'ously. but II
! phcuomenaily hari luck. IL. came VI
four times and whaled the ball power
fully zach time. ripp jumped and puiief
iovn a liner from his bat. Ma'sel wen
20 tn, fence II snakcd a long drive am
tgl'tOltN kptN NV 81 '"'
fence. His last time up William'
.hro.tled the ,oodoo with a line I'VE
Dagger. ,;ilhooley made three hits. ont
"A three Dagger with two on bases.
Tn Yanks didn't lose any time get
ting after schneider. Gslhooley beat on
an iniield hit in the first and Magee SIN
pled to left. Baker forced Mage. hu
Gedcon singled and brought 'llhoo's
home. In the secord schneider mace IN
mistake Of passing Mogridge with tw'
out. 4, was a mistake. because Maise
scratched A single and Gilhooley shot tn
frs, ball pitched TO right for three bases
Schneider lifted a home run into IN
,sf. field b~leachers in the third INNING
Nobody was on base at the time 'eh
con chose a more appropriate nomet
for his home run After a single To-
,;ilhooley In the NTH and a single b,
Baker. which was to" waspish Tor MOL
Wiz to handle, Gcdeon sent "A nome III
into the left field seats. .
Schulz passed MaIec III the seventh
Baker rounded 10 Mollwitz for a force
but, H.rzog dropped the throw, I'M
vas the only fielding blot on me game
uipps two Dagger brought both men IN
: Nogridg.S only shaky inning was IN
eighth. Tom Clarke raped him TOT
single. schulz drew Il pass. k1iiiie
singled and filled the bases. lierZog
weak tap forced Clarke at the plate, bu
hits bv Williams and griffith score
three Reds. \ snar, play b! Mage
N~leAander and ripp checked the ralll
kil,ifcr took a lead off first when II
saw Nagce throw IN 10 NlcNanh'r' an
the latter wheeled and caught him OF
| the bag with a quick fing 20 fipp. IN
Reds did "A lot of yelling from the benc
! at Mogridge. trying 10 rattle him. Du
he pitched as II he heard nothing, IN
W teams play in Cincinnati tomorrow