New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-05
Fletcher Star
With Stick in
Giants Game
McGraw's Men Take Lead
Over Tigers in Exhibit
ton Series, 8to d
Bv W. O. MGEEHAN

Tulsa. lala., April an the 10 ow
Of the 1Il dcrricks which st'rd liNe
temporary tombstoucs over the last
holdings Il the Cherokee nation. inc
New Nors Giants. aided and allotted
BY the Indian Jim Thorpe. to-day took
;hc ffth game OF the Dctroi. series
by tho decisive score OF 90 a.
The game was ziCzaCgnC back and
forth un.il p timely blow from tho
sancuinarv member Of the sac and
Fox tribe brought home two Tcn and
gave tho nalc-faccd members Of the
Hibcrnio .TCutonic tribe OF NcGraw a
sale lead over tho Detroit spiders. In
addition. Thorpe did some Spec'3cu!a"
fielding an stood forth as great
warrior iu tho sight OF his own people
and the n1llid persons who are manlp-
u'ating thc oil wells IN this N"inlty.
The chill and Gusty afternoon vas
given martial touch by an exhibition
drll or four SQUADS or Detroit players
who mauTuvred with baseball bats IN
place Of rifles. They swung ln precise
column Of SQUADS over a plain where
some Of the earlier Americans held the
war dances as part or their crude pre-
parcdncSs propacauda. The precision
OF their drill spoke well Tor the Amer
lean Leagues plan snd the esprit dc
CORPS Of tho Detroit club.
Anything but Ball Weather
u was not baseball weather. IN the
orinion o. the eTete big leagues. The
wind swirlcd across tho barren field.
tearing up acres OF the col sand and
plastering Sc on the crowd and PLAYERS.
HuChie Jennings, whose own private
stunt on the coaching lines ls 70 tear
I'D single blades OF grass, while utter
ing weird cries. hunted In vain for some
vestiCe Of verdure. He was forced 10
resort 10 The planting Of toothpicks at
first and third bases for the purpose
Of going through with his mysterious
ceremonials.
The Jennings vhoop OF "Eeyah'
caused some speculation among the
Indian spectators as 10 which OF the
American tribes Mr.. Jennings belonged.
il resembled the cry OF the Apaches or
some tribe further west The con
scnsus OF opinion was that the "Ee-
yah" whoop Of Jennings was the old
cry Of the Modoc Indians Of the lava
beds Of California.
-Four Trick Home Runs
The force Of the wind and the engi-
nceriug eccentricities Of the field were
responsible for four Of the home runs.
The one achieved by Arthur Fletcher,
the 'TumultUoGs Texan, went over the
left field fence in the teeth OF the gale
and would have been an honest four
base hit in any Of the fields Of clviliza-
ton.
Poloynious Perritt. called Poll for
short. was the proud accomplished OF
one OF the home runs. Poloynious
hoisted a lofty one and it scared over
the fence and rolled into the Cherokee
reservation, never TO return.
Boland. the southpaw who started
the session for the Detroit marchers.
proved considerable of a puzzle 10 the
Giants IL was not until the eighth,
when Jim Thorpe. digging his spikes
into the looted soil of his ancestors,
poled out the sharp blow with his war
club that it began TO look anything Ike
a certainty Of victory for the Polo
GrOunders.
Cunningham. the Southern Lacquer,
replaced Boland and passed two Giants.
The blow of Thorpe did the rest, aided
by an error on the part Of Heilman.
Anderson started for the Giants and
was replaced by 2. Perritt. Both of
the Giant hurlers seemed to be work
ing nicely.
Aborignes Wait on Thorpe
The temperature sank so rapidly and
the oil sand blew so impartially that
the crowd began TO thin out after the
fifth. Only the bronzed men and WON
en- Of Thorpe's race hung on TO the
finish. waiting in the hope that Thorpe
might pole one over the fence for the
greater glory OF q pretty nearly van
ished race. But Jim played canny
game. placing hits instead Of swing
ing at the ball with the wildness Of
his ancestors.
The Giants infeld did some fancy
bits OF defensive work. a double play
from Zimmerman 10 Herzog 10 HolEe
furnishing some mclodrama that made
the chilled ones sit up and take no
tice. Herlog also helped himself to
home run. The expedition leaves to-
night for Wichita. kas.
Tho score follow:
DETROIT NEW WORN
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