New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-30
T,so Defeats in Same Day
a Hard Blow for
Wild Bill

Philadelphia, May - maj NauaN
.,s and senile, that lean and lanky tao
.;s;.n-Connie Mack, none other-arose
- a. Shibe Park in all the craft
nd guile Of his well known penn9nt,,
t.ocbing art and slammed Wild Bill
E.~ovsn two sledcc hammer blows, one
2, either lamp.
4 border Of crepe hung around the
.fsce where Bills smile used 10 be be-
t,-e his athletes Knocked of for the
,sy. whipped Soundly in each end OF
'oghle.beader. Joe Bush shut out Ray
e,sber in the opening game by the
,core OF 90 o. Moves, new conner,
81 the better Of Southpaw Mogridge
= The second tilt, the White Elephants
,,.rieyinc the cause in their half OF
.ks eighth after the visitors had
s,srned out 20 one-run lead for the
second time. ne score Of this last
rame was I TO 3.
Lot Of Scene Shifting
This double-barrelled surprise did a
Lat Of scene shifting in the standing OF
he American League. As Cleveland
-, over the Tigers. New Nork's double
IN droppcd the Gotham boys 10 fourth
ashton. behind the Indians. Philadel-
sba. by its startling reversal OF form,
iurdled over the Tigers and Senators
ne latter lost two TO the worlds cham
pion Red Sox from the cellar to sixth
position.
II doesn't require a very minute post
nortem 20 get to the fundamental
cause OF New York's narrowing after
room. In both games the visitors were
ou,plsyed. outpitched and outhlt. IL is
ysry true that Nunamaker's bad throw
Va. largely responsible for three OF
Pbladelphia's runs in the first game;
also that another bad throw helped to
the final tally.
But il is equally true that Ray Fish
or was hard hit, while Bush was not
and that Bush. too, was particularly
Elective on those few occasions when
the Yankees three tened. The only ray
o. sunshine in the gloom OF THIS hrst
encounter was one grand inning Dg
Monroe. the mammoth new pitcher OF
the Donovan Fusiliers, who, IN the m
ming he toiled, struck out two batsmen
II this latest brainstorm Of the Atm
letics is any true criterion of peIma-
nent reform. then Connie Mack may not
have been barking through his nat
when he said he had a chance for the
first division. To-day but for the let
;ering on the shirts a stranger might
have lost the identity Of the respective
battlers. The GAS" had it. all right
Stufy Mclnnis, the main howitzer OF
Cornelius McGillicuddy's masked bat
teries, enioyed the visit of the Yankees
tremendously. Stuffy ratified out three
hits in each game, improving his bat
ting average 10 the extent OF nall
dozen blows in seven official times at
bat. Defensively he was quite as pow
orful, too.
Caldwell in Centre
The rally of the Athletics in the
eighth inning of the second game was
ruinous 10 one Yankee who has been
severely bufreted by fate so far this
season. In the absence of Hughle High,
who is nursing couple Of carbuncIes
on the neck, Slim Caldwell was as
signed TO the centre field patrol.
In this fateful inning old Slim
hooked one Of Noyes's fancy offerings
ever the right field wall, scoring a
runner ahead The clout gave George
Mogridge a one-run lead, with only two
innings to 90, but he Immediately frit-
tered away not only the advantage, but
the ruinous extra mark as well.
The White Elephants hoped Fisher
and cinched the victory in the third
inning of the first game, Bush singled.
When Witt hunted Nunamaker threw
low 10 second both runners being safe.
Strunk walked. filling the bases. Boz
dies fly TO Hendryx and Bates's fly to
Miller scored Bush and Witt, respec-
lively. McInnis's single Tailed Strunk.
The run in 3he fifth was the result OF
BODIES double and a sacrifice by Bates,
which Nunamaker threw into right
held.
Strunk's wonderful one-handed catch
of Caldwell, the first batter, had vital
bearing OF the first game. II killed a
triple at least, possibly a home run.
ia spite of this, however, the New York
ers got away TO a one-run lead. Miller
walked and stole second. He went TO
third on Maiseps out and scored on
Pipp's single. Walters was caught
stealing.
Johnson knocking home Mclnnis, who
had singled with one out. The Ath-
letics took the lead in the sixth.
Strunk singled off Pipp's glove. Bodie
sac~ifced Bates's fly to Caldwell put
Strunk on third. Mclnnis singled again
for the run.
Peck famed in the eighth, but Wal
tsrs doubled 20 left. Witt got Mogridge
Tor the second out. Caldwell then
Knocked the ball over the right field
fence.
MeInnis broke up the game again in
the eighth. Mogridge got off poorly by
passing Strunk. Bodie singled TO right,
putting Amos on third Bates popped
10 Pipp. After the catch Wally threw
quickly 20 Maisel. at first, and II looked
from the press box as If Fritzie tagged
Ping of the base. Umpire Hildebrand
ruled otherwise. despite spirited argu-
ment on the part Of Donovan and his
clan. The decision saved the winning
run 20 the Athletics, for Melnnis TINS
time came across with a double tnat
scored both Strunk and Bodie. Stuhy
Was out trying TO stretcn the Two
Dagger. Hendryx 10 Maisel 10 BAKER
FIRST GAM
NEJy York "A L. PHILADELPHIA "a L.