New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-26
Umpire Calls Game After
Poor Exhibition by Bill
Donovan's Players.
PIERCEY HOLDS HOME
TEAM TO TWO HITS
Peckinpaugh Listless, Will
Other Men Did Some Poor
Fielding Work.
(Bv Telegraph 70 TIE Tribune

lBy Telegraph Is TIE rrsgnsl
Birmingham, Ala, March 2S.-rh.
exhibition tour Of the Yankee. on their
way from the training camp At Mses.
10 the Polo Grounds was opened hsn
this afternoon without either victor
or defeat. At the end Of nine inninr,
rain and darkness put an end to Ii,
game between Bill Donovsn's charge,
and the team representing this city Ia
The Southern Association. The seer,
when Umpire stratford called quits
vas 8 TO 5.
The battle was scrappy, but n,
from snsppy. The Yankees were any.
thing but impressive in their asldist
and they all but kicked the pas,in.
cut OF their reach while Bill Pierc.y
was holding the Bsrons. a. the hem,
team Is known, TO q brace OF scratch
hits in the hrst I'VE innings.
Donovsn's men gave Strstford many
an argument before the game had ror,
far. As a matter OF fact, the big
leaguers seemed TO be justified in some
of their complaints, but il is also 4
fact that the official did his part Bet.
ter than the Ysnks did theirs. Some
impressive stickwork In the second and
sixth chapters was q redeeming failure
Of the Yankees play.
Bad Day for Peckinpsugh.
Roger Peckinpaugh had an unusually
tired day. lie gets into the box score
FOR two errors, but balls passed hin
on both sides which he usually msr.
ages 20 flag. In the fifth inning the
Barons grabbed of three runs when
perfect fielding would have added a..
other cipher 70 the score and sen,
Piercey to the clubhouse with g clear
slate. In this one frame Pipp made 4
miscue, Peck erred twice and Nuns.
maker threw the ball into right hsA
in an attempt 20 catch a runner o.
first base.
This was the extent Of the Ysnk.'
error making, and il proved almost
enough 70 make the first exhibitor
game a failure.
Bill Piercey and Dan Triple did Ia.
Ainging for the big town boys. One
scratch hit was all the Bsrons got Of
Piercey in four innings, and they did
no scoring up 10 the nth. In Til,
chapter Pipp let Cations grounder gst
away from him, Hsuser's drive bound.
ed badly past Gedeon and Cston raced
10 third. Perryman hit TO Piercey, vhs
threw TO Peck for q double play. Peek
failed 10 touch second and his relay 70
first Was late, both runners being ssfe,
and Cation counted. A felder's enoics,
a tumble By Peckinpsugh aud Nuns.
makers bad throw sent two more runs
over.
Triple and Walters relieved Piercsy
and Nunamsker in the beginning Of the
sixth inning while the score vas lied
at three runs. The fsnks got q rug
in the sixth, and increased their lead
in the eighth. bu, in the latter inning
the Barons landed on Triple for 8
single, a triple and double and tied
the game again. This deadlock lasted
Until the game was called.
Yanks Hit in Second.
The Ysnks faced four pitchers and
collected almost twice as many hi"
as the home players got. Three runs
were cashed in during the second H.
ming on Gedeon's single. Peci's triple.
Nunamaker's single and q single d.
Piercey. In the sixth, while Perrymsn
WAS operating, Baker. Gedeon and Pipp
singled in succession, one run resulting
Gedeon ended the scoring In the eigh'h
when he hit all the way TO the fence
In left for homo run.
The home pitchers who have beer
working out here since March ~, were
in fine fettle. Collectively they ssruei,
out eight Of the New York players and
did not give one base on balls.
The batting Of Gedeon was the brshi
particular spot in the work OF the us,
itors. He singled In the second sne
sixth innings, and pounded out home
run in the eighth. Frank Baker 90;
only one hit in four trips TO the plate
much to the delight OF the home f.ns,
who gave him rousing welcome when
ne stepped to the plate and then IN
plored the local boXman TO strike BIT
out. Baker did some clever work ~
the field. Two thousand i've hundra
fans saw the game.
The Yankees leave here shortly De-
fore midnight For Nashville, where they
are scheduled to play tomorrow.
The score:
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