New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-28

The man in the bleachers was
asleep. with his back toward the game
but he tossed fitfully and uneasily. lie
must have been under the influence Of
a strong soporihc. 1t may have been
his shores that awakened the Apa-
thetics.
The score was tied when the Apa-
thetics came to the bat yawning deeply
and stretching their arms SO that the
cobwebs were shed from them. Ping
Bodic, the spaghetti-fed Native Son.
ambled up 20 the bat and took three
malicious swipes at the ball II he
had connected there would have been
considerable wreckage in the centre
field bleachers. But Ping did not con
nect-not even once.
Bates next approached the plate and
rubbed his eyes and asked, Where am
and Why" Then IL seemed to dawn
upon him that he was at the folo
Grounds, engaged in the National
Pastime. lie stepped into straight
one and sent il out to where Tim
Hendrix was doing in his place in the
sun. Timothy was late in cranNng up
and the bali rolled along for a two
Dagger.
Dreamed Of Old Athletics
Stufy Mclnnis. coming out Of his
deem slumber, thought that he was
hack with the old Athletics and was
expected to hit the ball. While labor
ing under this delusion he lifted a
single to centre field. and, while NM
Ter was watching the antics OF the
energetic pill, Bates came through
with a run.
Gooch came up dreamy-eyed, and
languidly popped out to Maisel. Haley,
who had hitherto not been suspected
of being related to the celebrated
comet of the same name, showed some
meteoric tendencies, however lie
slashed hit to left field and Mclnnis
scored. That gave the awakened Apa-
thetics two-run lead.
The shock Of the Apathetics' awaken
ing startled Wild william Donovan. the
peerless leader of the Yankees. who
woke up those birds?" he demanded.
I've were going along very NIGEL y until
the alarm clock went off. Now look at
US"
with the lead Myers, the Apathetics
pitcher. stemmed the tide Of the Yam
kee sluggers who came up in the last
half of the ninth. wlted and weary
With two out, Robert Shawkey, the
golfer-pitcher, achieved his second two
Dagger Of the day. This left the saliva
ton Of the Yankees up TO Timothy
Hendryx. If Tim had swiped one over
the left field wall he would have tied
the score. But Timothy did not do that,
so the Apathetics went back TO their
slumb ars with victory. II Is 70 be
hoped that the shock will have no per
manent effect upon Cornelius Macgilli-
cuddy, of the Philadelphia Dimitorium.
Robert Shawkey rather disprove1 the
claim that golf is deadly TO baseball
player. Not only did Robert heave a
nice game. but he got himself two two
base hits and a single, which is consid-
cred a nice afternoon for any pitcher
Squeeze Play Comes Cropper
The Yankees failure TO take the sixth
and last game of the series was due to
the failure Of the squeeze play in the
sixth. The squeeze play is tradi-
tional bit Of Yankee strategy. When II
works the multitude applauds, and
Harry Stevens, commissary general of
the Polo Grounds, calls the world 20
bear witness that the Ianks are intel
lectual baseball players.
But when the squeeze play fails It
becomes the cheese play The multi
tude means in anguish. and General
Harry Stevens msrvels at the thickness
Of the Yankee skull. The squeeze play
failed Yesterday.
Miller singled in the sixth, was sac
rifced 70 second and stole third. Peck
inpaugh walked. and il looked like the
psychological moment for the squeeze
rlay. Nunamaker tried TO bunt, but
after fouling Off two popped into
Haley's mitt. Haley threw to second,
completing a double. Thus did the
brilliant squeeze play become the RI
diculous squeeze play. It's all in the
game.
The Apathetics got their frs. run in
the opening spasm. Witt tripled 20
right and scored on q sacrifice fy by
Ping Bodie. This ought 10 have con-
WINGED the Yanks that the Apathetics
we're beginning to wake up, but it
didn't They did not admit it until it
was too late.
Shawkey scored the run that tied in
the fifth. HendryX sliced one through
Bates and sent him to third. The
golfer made the entire course when