The sun., 1916-09-05
Yankees Clip More From
League Lead of Red SOx
Baffled by Ruth in Morning, Shawkey Gives Them
Break in Afternoon-Ninth Inning Rally in
P. M. Tilt Brings Victory to Locals.
~ Fri O. LIED.

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The lead o. the Boston Red Sox 10
shrinking like a 349s Hester street suit
OF check- board clothes in It's frst ad-
venture with a rainstorm. Bill Carri-
gan, who Is 40 alarmed ove- the cond.-
ton or his Champion Sox that he II
catching twice on holidays. called out
all his regulars and militia on the Polo
lawn yesterday afternoon In an effort
20 keep pace with the flying Tigers. but
after all OF Williams labor-mental and
rhys!cal-the best his red hosed athletes
could do with the Yanks in their Labor
Day card was an even break.
Babe Ruth. Boston's buriy young left
handler. beat the Yanks easily before
they rubbed the sleep out OF their batting
orbs In the morning IN. the Carrigsns
winning by the score Of to !. In the
p. N. game Rob Shawkey pitched for
the Yankees. and that made II q different
story. the home boys winning an exciting
quarrel in the ninth inning by the score
Of 4 20 2 The win enabled Donovan to
divide the Boston series on the 5000
basis. each team winning a pair OF
games. II also boosted them to a tie for
fourth place with the Browns.
Race Getsing EHciting.
q the Tigers ella wed the Indians ~ ice,
Carrigan was far from satisfied with the
way things went yesterday. Tho 800
lost an entire game 10 the vampant
Michigan f~elines. and their lead has
been hacked down to one game. or 10
points. Detroit has now won one more
game han Boston. but los, three more.
II was a IA, day for tho Rupert.
Huston and Lannin Golfers. About
$4,000 persons nled through the turn
stiles In tho two games. the afternoon
crowd being about $4,000. q remarkable
throng when Il Ii recalled tha, tho Ysnks
started the day IN the second division
with practically no chance for the PEN
nant. Usually a decisive morning defeat
also tends 20 reduce afternoon holiday
crowds.
a tight pitching duel between two fellow
Bal,imoreans-Baoe Ruth and Allen
Russell. The Sox scored one run IN the
NTH inning on a wild throw by High.
and IN the seventh a pair Of foozies
started Russell on the %toboggan. and
after he began to 20 there was no stop
ping him After his fine form In mid
season Russell's work in recent games
has been a big disappointment.
Ruth names Yankees.
The Yankees never had any chance
with Ruth. as only i've reached base.
Nv it4l dIl'lt TdpS dlloWfu w va
tered hits. but three OF them were infeld
scratches. P!pp hit one which wasn't
a scratch. a powerful punch to right
entire in seventh. Conservative coach
ing by Shawkey deprived Wallie Of HE
eleventh 1916 homer. Shawkey tagged
him a, third. but he brought home New
York's lone run Of the game a few seconds
later. when Janvrin's relay home hit
Ruth IN the shin ana bounded over the
side lines.
The worlds champs scored their hrst
run OF Russell in the nth. Gardner
beat out a slow roller 20 Gedeon. and
scott sacrificed the Vermont boy to
second. Boss Carr!gan knocked him 20
third with a single TO left, and when
Highs throw sailed over walters n
Larry cantered home.
The bottom fell RICH. out OF the game
IN the seventh inning. and all the kings
horses and all the kings men couldn't
have put II IN again. Walker singled
with one out AM stole second. Gardner
walked. and after walters's throw wild
70 catch Larry of nrst a lot OF things
happened. Peck mured Pipp's throw
10 get Gardner at second. and Walker
scored, Gardner reaching third. Scott
walked and stole. and scored with Carl
ner on C%arriran's single. Hooper's homer
Into the upper RICH, held stands also
~ mss f"e y
alien runs for the inning.
No hit Period Gees.
The second game contained much moro
excitement. especially toward the finish
Dutch Leonard. who has pitched hitless
ball for twelve and one-third innings
prior 20 yesterday. vas banged out Of
the box in the third inning. He had
many successor. syivanus 0ress, well
don wyckofY and Carl Mays. Carl pitched
the ninth and lost hts second game Of the
series. Mays did n Jack Chesbro he
wild pitched the winning run over the
plate. Carr!gan drafted no less than
twenty players for New York service in
this game.
Shawkey had the totie wearers under
his thumb for eight innings. during
which period the champs got three scat
tered hits. Up 10 the seventh he had
permitted but one stray shot TO reach It's
mark. In the ninth. however. the Bean
BOYS made It very warm for Bob and
tied the score. They had a fourth run
over. hut fortunately for Rob Michael
McNally neglected to touch the plata
very necessary Formally. A pinch
double by Jim Walsh, who shared Ath-
letic worlds series money with Bob In
1913 and 1914. did nearly all the damage
In the ninth. II knocked In two run
and Jim scored himself.
walker in Collision.
Tly Walker wa, badly shaken up IN
the FIRST inning Of this game when Hal
.Janvr!n backed into him while pulling
down Midget Highs ny. Walker was
running toward the ball at top speed and
Hal was back pdalling for all he was
worth. They met on common ground
with considerable force. Clarence was
Knocked Nat, but ne revived when a lot
% sympathy and a glass OF water were
spilled over him and was able TO trudge
TO the clubhouse with only one chaperon.
Leonard showed early signs that he
would pitch no no M game yesterday,
In the third limiting the Yanks poked him
hard and often. High sent n rapid fire
single to left and took an extra base on
Lewis's tumble. Peck drove him home
with n solid smash TO centre for a base,
Pip hunted for n sacrifice. and when
Leonard made a crazy heave Peck ran
10 third and Wallie vas safe on first.
Maiscl drove IN his captain Wit a warm
single over second. the lick also remOv-
ting Leonard from the landscape. Gregg.
who pitched grand bali for i've innings,
relieved Dutch. and struck out Oldring,
hut Pip and Maisei worked a double
! steal on tho third strike. After several
I unsuccessful attempts IN work the
squeeze Pipp scored the third run OF the
inning on Gedeon's out. Scott TO first.
That three run margin looked as biz