New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-12
Yankees Better Soldiers
Than Baseball Players
Their Military Drill Wins
Approval, but Red Sox
Win the Game
Nv W. O. MGEEHAN

II the minor matter Of oaSs0a"
comc. which opened the america"
league season at the Polo 1rou''u'
.s,or6av. the Yankees lost to the Dos
,on Rcd Sox by the dOleful and a'sma'
~ 10 70 3. in the major mate
800 ';,;,orr science, the Yankees s"'u
:, Column of squads across w
1Ga Won a popular victory that Wa III
~, r,orc consequence than paseo""
game. I'LL renC for the
- nrertice period Manager DouV
$50 a signal and the men sou ' ',.,
-. I,,bbousc. The band struCh Wy
W ,;ctstep and out Of the cluohouSS
Srhicb the baseball players nay
A;so,rcared stepped the neatest an
nsttiest looking infantry pia'oo" '""'
ever marched.
Guns Alone Lacking
Tho mon wore the white home UNI
% tho Yankee baseoaH team
rL.,, carved their bats on their Shot'
so m Rut il would have taken t tnu
u,or+ermaster's department only !eS
minutes to put them into the owe u I'D
m' ma 80 hand them Springfield rlhes, anu
-. yyo,,Id have passed for pla'oo'
If rsc,,lar army infantrymeh' c-.ol
49, Dorev. of Major GeheI I
vo 10 STAFF. led on the platoon. ne
80 Garked or one side by the martha
E%Yrn Of Captain Tillnghast J. nom
.d;o,, Huston and on the other oy tnG
scsrceIv less martial figure OF OoIOne'
Jacob Rupert. Sergeant Nllilanl
ovau wild Bill Donovan Sc'eu
guide. 1o.,.ort, moaned
Sergeant Donovan. mere nv
Germans in that band ana 'Tgs bor3-
ing 20 throw us out OF step. H"' O''
master is a spy. I'll bet. r..o,;.
Rnt despite the strong prof. entonlo
.o1Sencies of the music the Yankee m
Sa,trvmen made a perfect squads leI'
roanceuvre and passed in review oelote
General Wood and his staff. Then they
sv,,,nc, of down the field, wheeled PACK
nd hating i'm company front 1orma
t,on presented bats, while the PAM
nlsved "Thc Star Spangled Banner:
After going through some hgnt mil
tarv calisthenics with their pats my
YANKEES were dismissed by their orlIl
sergeant. and became mere civlilans
and baseball players once more
Blow TO Poetic Justice
Bv any working Of poetic justice the
YANKEES for their patriotic demonstra-
ION should have been decisive VIC
tors But poetic justice has of late
been getting it in the neck, the STATS
and other vulnerable parts OF us an
sin Slim Caldwell. the temperamental
telecrapher. who Is eligible for inc
signal corps OF the first call, was sta
toned on the mound with ORDERS 10
hold those SoX at any Cost ohni, WV
,yintered in Panama, patagonia OF
Afgbsnistan or some other place where
10 Vas supposed TO have acquired all
L;,de NJ speed control, was more or
ioss clouted all over the scenery: ne
Soy acquired a simple matter or tnir-
teen hits from him for something IKE
twenty-five bases. IL.
Mr.. Walker, Of Boston, was particu-
larlv pleased 20 see Caldweil al 'nc
10 Walker tapped Caldwell for two
bones+ three-base hits and two-oag-
cer Uoblitzel maced him for q couple
one of them being home run INTO the
right field stands 1t was not human
warfare, it was slaughter. -
On the other hand, Babe kutn, "ho
nitched for Boston and who is IN the
Pau,Lv,srd SQUAD OF the Rcd SoX platoon,
hold the well drilled Yankees down 70
tbree hits. There is no explanation Tor
This unless there was something SIN
;s+er in tho fact that Ruth changed ms
lof, shoe at the end of the fourth mn
ING while the martial followers OF WHO
William Donovan had a one-run lead
Waves Distress Signals
The tally stood 3 to , when Ruth
waved distress signals. and couple OF
his eliminates came running out win
now shoe. Ruth moved 10 the third
base line to change his spikes: WIG
William Donovan. who was coaching on
Tho third base line, suspected plot
and came in 10 protest.
What's the matter with this guys
dog7" demanded Sergeant Donovan
susniciously. whats he changing his
shoe now for7"
zone Of my dogs IS on the blink
renlied Ruth. There's nothing in tht
rules against guy changing his SHOES
al don't know about that" said Don
ovsn insisting on his rights, me-
E IL war time and there might be some
thing in that there shoe. Let's nave
- q look
~ ruth handed over the shoe, ant
~ Donovan peered into it. To all IT.
- tents and purposes IL was one of those
number ten shoes that 60 with tho
number six and q quarter hats worn
bv the average ball player and Dono-
van handed il back But the first IN
stinct of Wild William Donovan must
have been correct for the moment
Ruth pulled that shoe on. the star OF
the Yankees began 10 set with a splsSf
of meteor dust that clouded the Milky
Way.
Red Sox Tie Score
In tho sixth inning the Red SoX tied
the score. In the seevnth they soaked
caldwell for three hits, one Of them
HoblitzePs homer. and piled up -four
omnhatic runs. The three which the
Sox added in the ninth might be
classed under the head OF unneces'
sary brutality.
TO this day no one can convince
Wild Bill Donovan that Ruth did not
have something besides q mere fgura'
Z tive kick IN that new shoe.
Caldwell encountered trouble almos'
f the moment nc gracefully unwound
1 some Of that stuff acquired IN that
4 mysterious winter resort. Hooper
polcd a hit TO left field and Barry
sacrificed. Hoblitzel beat n bunt that
I cludcd Baker and Duffy Lewis struca
4 out. Walker made his FIRST appear
ancc in the role of personal Nemesis
10 Caldwell when ne dashed a three
haggcr TO the left field fence scoring
Hooper and Hobitzcl
i The Yanks had their only amusc'
mcnt during the pastimc i'm the fourth
when Maiscl was passed by Ruth
I Wally Pipp was slammed lightly upon
I the os magnum or some other part OF
1 his anatomy and walked to hrst.