The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-20
YANKEES FIGHT
TIGERS THROUGH
is HOT INNINGS
Caldwell Scores Ticing Run on
Pcckinpaugh's Fly
in Ninth.
CONELESkIE STANDS OFF
CuLLOP AND SHAWkEY

The Yankees anil pctroits. neither with
n game won this week. went to II ycatcr-
day at the Polo Grounds in n long. grim
and exceptional battle. They played
until the FREELY hour. until the cows were
home and tho evening chores were done.
They gave each other TT for tat Cor sin
teen innings. and the score was a . TO .
tie when Brick Owens, the chief umpire,
that the shades OF night were
too close AT hand for further tussling.
II was the longest big league game Of
tho year.
1t was a game OF many and Of, re-
CURING plays in a realm above the
ordinary. II had fielding which gli,tcrc.l
and CLEANED and was taken part i'm nv
numerous units of each side. Sumptuous
defensive work was it's most pronounced
development. and this included not only
sizzling fielding TO prevent scoring. bu;
cogcnt pitching. This pitching was done
by Nicholas Cullop, Robert Shawkey and
Harry Coveleskic.
CulloD and Shawkey. with the burden
about equally apportioned. winged the
ball plateward for fifteen consecutive
innings without "A Tiger reaching tho
nome lair. The Detrol,s didn't score
AFTER the first inning. They broke fifteen
goose eggs In "A row. 4 wild throw I'm
the hrst inning. made by Cullop. was
responsible for their two runs. THEY'D
never have had any otherwise. Yet
Nicholas. the portsider, did gallant ser
vice from that on.
Shawkey. D%onovan's chief aid az re-
Ief server. was a worthy successor to
Cullop, although he had fine s,ppor,
when needed in the eventide rounds, JUS,
AZ 'oveloskie had dazzling SUPPORT all
through the game to tide him over tho
rough spots. With the fading light tho
pitching became more and more upper.
most and the Yankees did not nick tho
wolverine l~efthanher for a solitary hit
AFTER the ninth inning BY that time
Baker and Pipp and Nunamake had
gone before 10 the clubhouse and tho.
fanks were bereft OF all good hitters
except Gedeon.
~ Cobb Among Those P~r~s~ut,
Rep Young. Tyrus Cobb. owen Bush
ana oscar Wit dug M tn. Detroit,
contributions to the smo,hering and
naming heiding plays in which the game
'N"'' " WV On inc New York side
OF tho controversy Boone. ';.deou. N,pee
and Mullen embellished the emeute with
grabs ana scoops Extraordinary. MANY
y ordi!ng base hit along tho ground
or through the air was throttled by
these active and Jealous gentlemen of
hereabout or elsewhere.
Then again the catching Of Oscar
S.ahase' the Iirge and portly Detroit
backstop. and Of Al Walters. the slight,
and why home article. was red fire s,nfy
Each shot throws to second with deadly
precl SION. and the only base stolen was
ON walters. who had 20 get IN. huIl
away after handling a Wild pitch. Twas
10 fault of his. this sole theft. and
amone those he threw out stealing was
ODD "h"in. furthermore, Cullop struck
out once. Retimes. however. IN. rest
less leach made two base hits.
the game wasn't under way five min
utes when the things happened which
were destined to deprive the Yanks of
victory. y slap in front of the Mate
by, Wit was thrown badly by C,illop.
VINO then walked Cobb. The second
out o. inc inning moved the runners up
ana Heilman brought them IN with a
single to right. Good fielding would
have prevented the inning from reaching
Heilman.
Owing to the m~ephis,opheIian work Of
Bush. Young and Witt in plucking hard
mt pdlls the fanks ran into double
pays In the first and second innings.
The lanks were hurt also by foolbardy
hasa running. High took an unwar-
ranted chance in the third inning and
was thrown out by cobb at third. A
nj materialized in the fourth in spitc
or the experiences of the hostile defence
Magee singled and was forced by Gedeon
another magical stop by Bush. Bakers
single sent Gedeon to third and Pipp's
NJ TO Cobb brought him in.
Yanks Hun Bases B.di,.
The base running Of the Yanks in the
NTH was Grant, Peck. leading on. was
hit. He advanced on Highs out and
took third on Walters iiifleld single
Cullop cut a grounder to Bush. who
came up with a one handed stop and
got the slow moving Peck at the Mat
drilled a short single to Veach,
and Walters, rounding third with n wild
rush and needing no orders. was thrown
out yards away from the plate. II was
suicidal. attempting 10 score on that hit.
In every inning OF the FIRST nine Yam
KEGS were on bases. Peck opened the
seventh with "A hit. but on "A run and
hit play High was as helpful as "A
biock or wood There was "A pitchout,
IT Is true, but High could nave made
some effort to help the runner. As il
was. Peck was snuffed out standing up.
The enemy slashed cullop for two hits
In the eighth, but each of the hitters
was nipped by Walters while on larceny
bent. They were fast birds, too. Bush
and Cobb. 2
Gedeon singled in the ninth. He was
forced by Baker. who had to scratch
gravel 70 forestall "A double play. Nuna-
maker came across nobly with a long
single to left on which Caldwell, runner
for Baker, went to third. Slim tied
the score on Peck's long lift To cobb.
Mullen sprang In the air in the tenth
and caught a liner from Stanage. Boone
made a replica play on Bush in the
eleventh. II was touch and go and fire
works to the finish. Neach damned for
three bases to open the twelfth. Holman
.iopped to Mullen. Crawford batted for
Burns aud walked. Young hacked Ia
Cedeon, who threw him out and held
Neach AT third. Magcc took a fly from
kavanagh.
Magee took another fy in the thir-
teenth. 1t was from Coveleskie, and
was a beautiful catch. Lee dashed "a
his left for II, collared II low with his
left hand and while on his balance
tho most spectacular outfleld catch or
the local green this year, A bad throw
by Walters put Bush on, hut Boone
Gedeon and Mullen cleaned up W mer
with a double play made sharply and
clearly.
Cobb hit a Ny to left IN the sixteenth
That was Highs first and only put GU,
Of sixteen innings. Across the meadow
two OF thcm--didn't have Il single put
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