The sun., 1917-08-27
$4,000 SEE YANKS
DROP GAME TO SOX
New Workers Hit Ball Hard,
but Get Poor Pitching
Score Is 8 to 8.
Social DesposcA TO Tn SuS.

CHICAGO, Aug. 26.--After q week Of
Alright pitching and stellar fielding.
which had got little in the way Of VIC
tories, thes yankees let down in both de-
psrtments this afternoon and instead
raye the best exhibition Of hitting that
the club has shown since leaving home.
However. the batting was not sufYicient
IN Offset the weakness on defence and
the White Sox rang up victory by the
score Of 8 to 3. A crowd OF $4,000 fans
saw the game.
Donovan started George Mogridse.
who usually Is a puzzle to the White
Sox, and Rowland pinned his faith In
Reb Russell, who has been quite an
enigma to the Yankees for the past two
seasons. To-day neither had anything
that might be classed as puzxling. The
Yanks made life so miserable for Russell
in the first three innings that Rowland
withdrew him In the third.
Mogridge, after a fair start, wilted
completely in the fifth and sixth and
vas pounded SO hard that Donovan sent
Nick Cullop TO the mound. Nick was
trine wild and the Sox pounded his
offerings as far as they had pounded
those Of his brother southpaw.
Double Plays Feature.
rhe game abounded in double plays
and a number OF hits found their way
INTO the box score which ordinarily
would have been easy outs The glaring
sun and high wind bothered the ielders
considerably.
The White Sox began the scoring in
the first inning. J. Collins was hit by
pitched ball. but was forced at second
by McMullin. After Eddie Collins had
fsnned for the second out Joe jackson
lined like a bullet at Pipp. The ball hit
ths top OF Pipp's glove and glanced on
10 the right field stand for double,
NcMulun scoring before Gilhooley could
get the ball back to the plate.
The Yankees got the run back in the
seoond. Gedeon singled to centre and
want to third on Bakers single TO right.
A pass to Hendryx filled the bases with
pone out. Nunamaker then hit into
6oubls play by grounding to Risberg'
Cedeon scoring during the operation.
The Sox were retired in their half OF
the second and the Yanks went ahead In
ths third. High opened with his nuke
s,ngie and then let Felsch get him OIL
ART base After Gilhooley had filed out
Peck bsak out a bunt and raced In from
first base on Pipp's triple to deep left
csntre This was Pipp's first hit after
. spell Of five hitless games. Gedeon
ay TO Eelsch left Pipp on third.
Rovlands team took the lead IN the
tn1r0 ana mover was hcaoOu'
singled to centre and got an extra base
a Hsndryx's tumble Rowland then took
Russell out of the game and sent Has
brook in to run for him. ]. Collins
buntsd and was safe because Baker ran
IN 70 make a play at first and Mogridge
grabbed the ball for play At tniro.
NcMullin's out advanced John Collins
and a pass to z. Collins filled the bases
Jackson's single to left sent HasorooH
and ]. Collins home.
Sox Increase Lead.
In the NTH the Eox added two more
ruus on J.rCoIlins's scratch hit. q sacri-
nee, E. CoilinsAu single to centre, MT
batsuAn and pelsch's single to left In
the sixth Danforth's double ana singles
By ! Collins and McMullin added two
more runs. That was all for Mogrtdge.
A doubk By Baumann. an inneid ou'
and 0ilhoo,eyAy infield single gave the
Yanks their last run in the seventh. The
Sox got their last run OF Cullop IN tne
eighth. J, Collins got double wnen
Hsndryz misjudeed his fly. took tniro
on an out and counted when E. collins
tripled to left centre.
Col. Jacob Rupert, owner OF ina All
KEGS. who is here with the team an,
nounced to- nigh. that he had completed
a deal WITH the Salt Lake city ciuo OF
the Pacific Coast League for the pur.
chase II Catcher Hannah. Col Rupper'
said the club contemplates the purchass
OF many more star minor leaguers'