New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-23
Yankee Battle
Deadlocked by
Fine Pitching
Jesse Tannehill in Disguise
of Umpire at Fort
Til Huston
By GRANTLAND RICE

Macon. Ga. March %. Pitching pre-
dominated over batting at Fort III
Huston again this afternoon. with the
result that the close Of the second
regulation nine-inning contest OF the
training season found the Regulars and
the Volunteers deadlocked in a =
tie. II was suggested that the invoca-
ton Of the double umpire system Tor
the first time this year, coupled with
low visibility due TO a dark and lower
ing sky. had something 70 do with the
prevalent paucty Of pinch pokes. but
the chances arc that the real answer
Law in the superb work Of the four
pitchers involved.
Joe Kelley. the boy scout. started out
O. umpire the contest unassisted. DuI
~ Bill Piercy sauntered up to the plate
in tho second half OF the third inning
"A masked and padded figure emerged
from the dug-out and moved maJesu-
cally TO a position just abaft Les
Nunamaker. the Volunteer catcher.
With a businessiike air the mysterious
stranger whsked brush from his mp
pocket. busted off the plate and then
drawing himself up to his full height
removed his mask TO summon Piercy
TO his position.
Tannehill Masked Marvel
II was seen then that the masked
marvel was none other than Jesse Tan
nchill. onetime Yankee, international
League umpire-elect and one of the
two eesticulators delegated by Ed Bar
row TO arbitrate the impending differ
cnces between the Yankees and the
Boston Braves. Jesse arrived IN
Macon last night with no thought OF
going to work until next Monday, but
when pressed by Wild Bill Donovan to
share with Kelley the odium Of hand
ling this afternoons battle accepted
the invitation with commendable alac-
rity.
IL cannot truthfully be said that his
work made any great hit with the
Yankees. He insisted upon calling
strikes and balls as he saw them, not
according TO the eXigencies of the &C
cagion. as Kelley used to, and the in
rovation was the cause of much sorrow
among the athletes, especially to Nally
Pipp. who was twice called out on
strikes when a base hit might have
broken up the game in favor Of the
Regulars
Kin Picrcy and Urban Shocker
shared the pitching burden for the
Regulars. opposing Nick Cullop and
George Mogridge. All four were high
u effective. though Shockcr alone es-
caped being scored upon. He pitched
the last four innings against the Vol
untecrs. and during his regime only
two hostile runners reached first base,
Paddy Baumann on a single IN the
sixth. and Everett Bankston on an in
field tumble i'm the ninth. Neither ever
advanced beyond the gateway. Shocker
alternated q fast ball and n slow curve
with such telling effect that only two
balls were batted beyond the inheld
of his delivery.
Percy got By almost equally well in
four of his five innings. In the fourth.
however. his fast ball lost track OF its
hop and during the jumpless period
Bankston. Baumann and Joe Gedeoa
leaped upon il for a trio OF consecutive
singles. which. aided and abetted By
wild pitch, gave the Volunteers a pair
OF runs.
High Bats in Runs
Both Of the Regulars runs were
batted in by Hughie High, who made
NJ for lot Of lost time BY collecting a
home run. Of somewhat doubtful char
acter, and two blistering doubles in
four times up. His homer dropped
lazily over the short right field fence
in the first inning. and his second
double scored Walter Alexander with
the tieing run in the eighth. In the
six inning interval between these
wallops the Regulars were absolutely
subservient to the left-handed caresses
OF Cullop and Mogridge. The batting
order was:
Regulars Gilhooley. If; High. II;
Maisel. %; Pipp. 1b; Baker, 3b; Magee,
Ct; Peckinpaugh. IS: Walters ana Alex
ander. c; Piercy and Shocker. p.
Volunteers Hendry, Ct; Miller. II;
Aragon. 3b; Bankston, RI; Baumann.
ID; Gedeon. 2b; knapp. SIS; Nuna-
maker and Olsen. c; Cullop and Mo-
Fridge, y.
Umpires Tannehll and Kelley.
Score by innings:
" II "