New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-26
ClevelandRouts
Yankees by Rally
In Ninth Inning
Indians Five Runs Behind
When They Fall Upon
Shocker's Shoots

Cleveland. May 25.-They're all
wrong, Gustave, all wrong, those
six million faithful back home who
think they know Wild Bill Donovan.
They may know Bill Donovan. But
they don't know him wild; none except
the few who may have visited the
Cleveland ball yard this afternoon.
Nothing in the jungles ever approached
the wildness OF the Yankee chief as he
saw ninth inning rally sweep away a
five-run lead and win the second
straight game for Cleveland by the
score of 6 to .
Yes, sir. The Gays of miracles are
with us yet, and nothing is certain in
baseball If ever n team looked like a
winner it was New York, with one
Cleveland batter down in the ninth to-
day. Urban Shocker. the young spit
ball artist, had five runs to his credit
and the Indians were just four bases
away from the least semblance Of a
score.
Fell Fate Gets Busy
Shocker. the unbeaten of the year,
wild rs March hare (but not as wild
as Donovan at the fnish), had pulled
out of many tangling alliances and
apparently had gained strength in the
heat of battle. Then fell fate swooped
down, like a bomb from the night
caught him by the nape Of the neck
and the seat OF the breeches and
smashed him so quickly that even the
Shocker couldn't realize the shock.
The story is best told in the plain,
unvarnished chronicle of this most UNI
usual inning. In the hope born OF
despair Lee Foil seat Howard to bat
for Evans in the ninth. When Howard
struck out the crowd gave up and start
ed for the exits. But O'Neill caused a
pause with single to centre which
Lee Magee manhandled, giving the bat
ter an extra base.
billings batted fo5 Lambeth and
singled to left, scoring O'Neill. Graney
doubled TO right, putting Billings on
third Chapman singled to left. scor-
ing Billings and Graney. Iris Speaker,
who hadn't dore much in the series,
put the Maps right back in the swim
with double to right that counted
Chapman with The fourth run.
Five Hits in Row
These five consecutive hits. flashing
out of the blue in almost as many sec
onds. shook Donovan's last faint hope
IN Shocker. With the first intimation
of trouble Allan Russell had been
chased out to the bull pen. He was
hurriedly summoned before he had had
an opportunity properly 10 prepare his
arm. Russell started well BY tanning
Allison. Wambsganss snatched hit.
Russell handed out pass to Gulsto,
the hard hitting first baseman, iilling
the bases, in order to get a crack at
Howard, who had started the inning
with strike-out. But Russell never
got as far as Howard.
Iris Speaker, prompted by some I'M
canny divination, decided to try the
unexpected. He staked the game on
rs speed of foot and lit out for a
steal Of home with the tieing run. iris
not only made good. but had the luck
10 90 on wild pitch, one so wild that
Wamby raced in from second with the
Winning run.
Barring this inning, it was a delight
ful afternoon for New York. Tie base
running was DOlu ana splflteu vi. Dotii
sides, and the defence nothing short
OF marvellous. no less than five double
plays being effected.
New York squeezed" in its first run
in the fifth. Shocker made the bun'
that counted IIendryx. Tim, who
walked. had sprinted to third on Nuna-
makers single.
The Yankees staged wild rally OF
their own in the eighth which, for the
time, appeared quite as impressive as
the wind-up by Cleveland. Miller
walked and took third on Maisel's SIM
gle. He scored on Pipp's double
Baker doubled to right, scoring Maisel
and Pipp. Hendryx hit in Baker and
took second on the throw-in. But here
Lambeth replaced Gould and halted the
rally to a dead stop.
Wambsganss fumbled on Peckin-
psugh. .Hendryx taking third, but Tin
foolshIy tried to sneak home when
Nunamaker fouled TO O'Neill and was
doubled on the lines. Shocker's fly to
Roth. that ended the inning. would
have scored Hendrix from third.