New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-01
Senators Drive
Yankees Down
League Ladder
Grimth's Men Take Double
Header, One Game Co
ing Eleven Innings
By Charles A. TAYLOR

Inc Yankees appear 70 nave fof1ot-
ten that their Western trip is ended
and that they are back on their homo
grounds. At any rate, they played In
their wild and woody style yesterday
afternoon, with the result that the
Senators captured both games Of a
double-header. The scores were TO
l and TO 8, the last encounter going
eleven innings. The two defeats sent
the Yankees down into sixth place.
Harry Stevens had all his lamps
lighted over his sandwiches when Home
Run Baker furnished the final out Of
the day by flying TO centre field. One
enthusiastic fan sitting back of third
base had supply Of candles on hand
and he touched OF three Of them in the
tenth inning As they fickered, bright
ening the gloom about him, he shout
ed in regaphone tones to Umpire Nal
lin TO call the game.
He gave as the reason for his per-
emptory demand that he was hungry.
That was the case with the whole null
titude OF three thousand VINO witnessed
the prolonged catastrophe. They were
all hungry, not for baseball OF the
Yankee brand, but for good. substan-
tial meals, from soup TO nuts.
One Big Inning
The outcome Of the first game was
determined in the second inning Rice
scratched a hit past Pipp and went 10
second when Foster grounded out 10
the Yankee first baseman. Rice stole
third and Harry Milan walked. Char
rity doubled to right field. tallying Rice
and sending Milan 20 third. Henry
drove single 20 left field, which
brought Milan and Charity across the
plate.
These three runs weIc moro than
enough, but the Senators added an ,
other in the eighth for good measure
of Ray Fisher, who had replaced Mo- ,
gridge on the mound for the "Wild
Bills" Rice walked and Foster singled
to centre, putting Rice on second.
Menosky, batting for Harry Milan, sac
rifced 10 Nunamaker 10 Eipp. Charity
lined TO High, and Rice scored when
Peckinpaugh let HuShie's perfect throw
TO second for a double play get away
from him.
The Yankees made their lone run in
the fifth inning. Alexander singled 70
left and Mogridge followed with q sim
gle TO centre. Clyde Milan juggled the
hit, permitting Alexander 70 reach
third and Mogridge second. A sacrifice
fy by High scored the Yankee catcher.
Two thousand mere fans had made
their way into the stands when the
second battle opened, with Shocker and
Shaw as the opposing pitchers. Shocker
started off like a whirlwind and retired
the Senators in one-two-three order
during the first four innings. Not a
man reached first on Urban until the
fourth, when Clyde Milan singled to
deep short.
In the mean time the Yankees Md
gathered one tally. This came in the
second frame as q result of Tim Hen.
dryxs smash TO left centre for q homo
run. The visitors tied the count in the
fifth on another ciroIit clout from tho
bat of Morgan, who drove the ball into
the left field bleachers.
Looks Like Victory
The Yankees apparently sewed up the
game in the sixth, when they scored
two more runs. High singled TO right
field and went TO second when Shaw
hurled Gilhooleys tap wildly 70 tho
keystone sack. Peckinpaugh doubled to
left, scoring both the runners.
The Senator'S waited until the eighth
inning before they got sufficiently busy
with their bats to tie the score. Char
rity was safe at first on Peckinpsugh's
wild toss Of his grounder, and went to
third on Ainsmith's single TO left field.
Leonard, batting for Shaw, tapped tho
hall down the third base line, Baker
making a beautiful play, which retired
Charity at the plate. Menosky singled
to right field, scoring Ainsmith and
Leonard.
Dumont replaced Shaw in the box for
Washington, and the teams remained in
a deadlock until the eleventh, when the
Griffith clan broke out in a batting
frenzy under the glare Of Harry
Stevens's sandwich lamps and the fans
candles aforementioned. Shanks drove
single 70 centre. Clyde Milan singled
to right field and Shanks dashed 10
third. Rice hit TO Pipp, who threw
wildly 20 Nunamaker, Shanks scoring
and Rice taking second. Foster singled
to centre, scoring Milan, and Morgan
doubled to left, scoring Foster. To-
days double header will start at 1880.
Tha ccnraa.