New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-13
Bakers Home Run Hit
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Donovan's Men Ignore Old
Indian Sign-Snatch Game
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By ". O. MGEEHAN


White Sox and stove in the Stats OF
their alleged Nemesis, Ed Cicotte. in
a melodramatic twelve-inning battle At
the Polo Grounds yesterday.
The score was to | against the
Ysnks in their half of the ninth and IT
looked very much as though Cicotte
had once more chalked the Indian sign
on the New York Americans in lurid
colors. Pipp, the FIRST up, got base on
balls. but Miller MED out harmlessly
10 centre.
home Run Baker, the brittle but tai
ented agrculturist OF Trappe, Md.
trundled up carrying a couple OF CLUBS
The Home Run King has not been
working at his trade n whole lot TINS
season owing 70 his extreme traglilty
Wild William Donovan walked part
Of the way over from first base and be-
gan to exhort Baker to make good on
his monicker. "Yonder," said Wild
William. with a sweeping gesture, rs
the right field stand. a hit into 1t VIII
do the team considerable good at this
point in the pastlme. HIT II rignt
there"
dexterous digits when the crack Of the
bat smote the otherwise quiet air. The
ball travelled like a bullet in the direc-
ton in which Donovan had been point
ING. II cleared the rim OF the lower
grandstand by scant SIX inches.
Baker trotted around the bags, bring
ing Pipp in ahead Of him and tleing
the score.
First Yankee Homer
This was the first home run achieved
by Yank on the home lot this season.
There was something uncanny about
the wsy the ball took the exact drec-
ton pointed out by the Yankee man
ager. II looked tough right there for
Nemesis, otherwise Cicotte.
After that the game began TO look
like a severe case of perpetual motion:
Slim Love was working beautifully and
had the White SoX eating out OF his
left hand. which is the one he uses IN
action. On the other hand, the Yanks
did not seem to have the drive for the
final overthrow of their pet aversion
and jinx, Cicotte.
When Baker, who started off for the
Yanks in the twelfth, struck out, the
chances OF getting the struggle over
| before the shades of night blew in on
! Coogan's Bluff seemed slim indeed. But
Peckinpaugh, who was busting Cicotte
| with persistence and power, slammed
| one against the left field wall for
two Dagger. This was the second time
during the afternoon that Peck hit
that wall He is aiming for point
which will bring him one of those vest
pocket collapsible NATURALIZATION
he hits it,
With only one out and Peckinpaugh
dancing few feet off second, the
Nemesis of the Yanks began to show
some visible signs Of agitation. Leslie
Nunamaker was up next, and Nuna-
maker is one Of those carefree batters
who is liable to slam the ball into
some distant section of the scenery at
any time. With discretion that got the
stands to booing, Cicotte passed Nuna-
maker.
Looked Like a Draw
Donovan hustled in Hughey High TO
bat for Love. High hoisted long foul
that was neatly nailed by Schalk. That
made couple of outs, and the pros
poets for a drawn battle were increased.
Corporal Tim Hendryx. who was
switched to position of leadoff man
only yesterday. was the next 20 face
the Nemesis. Timothy connected and
drove sharp single out to centre.
Peckinpaugh started to round third on
the way home. Felsch caught the ball
on the bound and threw to cut him off.
The ball and Peckinpsugh arrived in
the vicinity of the plate almost stimuli
taneously Peckinpaugh slid under
Schalk. who reached down and tagged
him, but as the pair rolled on the
ground the ball fell from Schalk's hand.
Umpire Hidebrand, who had hoisted
the signal OF "out," lowered his hand.
paugh was safe with the win
ming run. The naughty Sox had been
humbled and the tradition that Cicotte
was Yankee Nemesis had been
smashed into smithereens.
When the SoX got after Mogridge in
the first inning for three hits and a
couple of runs the Comiskey Clan
looked like legitimate leaders in the
American League. With one out,
Weaver singled to left. Eddie Collins
dashed on past Baker. Then came
Jackson with three Dagger that scored
the pair. Southpaws were supposed TO
be poisonous TO the Sox. but they
seemed 10 have no difficulty in digest
ing anything that Mogridge had to
offer.
The Yankees shot over one run in
their half of the first inning. Corporal
Hendryx, the same Timothy who was
afterward destined TO pound in the
winning run, got TO the bag when kis-
berg made a poor throw to first. Tim
othy scored when Fritz Maisel drove a
three-bagger TO right
In the second inning it became ap-
parent to Wild William Donovan that
this was not Mogrdge's afternoon to
shine. Risberg fell on the southpaw
for two-bagger. He was stopped at
third, though, when Schalk hunted to
Baker. who caught Risberg. Cicotte
singled and sent Schalk to third. This
caused Donovan to withdraw Mogridge
abruptly and to replace him with Rus
sell.
Russell Trife Erratic
Russell was a trife erratic, but man
aged to hold the Sox safe until the
sixth. Then, after tanning two of the
pale hosed invaders. he began 20 go
bit bad. Schalk, Cicotte and Leibold
singled in turn. with the result that
one run was forced through. With
jinx in the box, it looked tough for the
Yankees.
Slim Love went in for the Yankees
in the eighth, Russell having been
yanked TO make room for Caldwell as
pinch hitter in the seventh. Counting
his work yesterday. Love has now
pitched twenty-nine innings this sea-
son without having permitted run 20
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