New Britain herald., 1917-06-18
NEW YORK FANS SEE
 SUNDAY BASEBALL
30,OOO Enthusiasts Crowd Int Benefit Game at Polo Grounds

SSSAsA 00OOO&AA SASA00A0SL9 p9JI0IxU00 part of their patriotic duty Ut the Polo Grounds yesterday AftsrnAon while the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Browns played their first major league championAhip gAme ever contested In Manhattan on tl4a. Sabbath. That the Yankees lost aa , bitterly fought game by A scoro n ? to 1 really mattsrAd little. .s.. <
 The game was played for tho blne. fit of the EngineArs' Reserva corps, and 21.0OO spectators paid thalr way into the grounds. After all Axrenaea were deducted approximately t1A Aed were donated to A fund for the s4p. port of the dependants of the b1@s in the corps who will soon take thStaI place on the fring line in France.
 Major General J. Franklin BSll,T commander of the Department of t1t4; East; Read Admiral R. N. uAhor, commandant of the New York navy yard and numerous officers Of thes army and navy attended tho eAnnA The 1st regiment of New York 11ls gineers and the rival teams dStllu4S before the game. and Franks AilltA49s band gave a concert. A great spf44t of patriotism swept over the ernWt
 \ The Yankees lost because thlV played one of their chAractArt1k1a l eames behind Slim CaidwAll's pitOn. ing. The slender one simply canMot l get an even break in the luck. t.s TOTS of commission and ofniseion o4s; fered chances which the BroNM1oes were not slow to setss. and so aaSS opportunity to close ground on tAas White sox slipped by. sSs siS
 Break Comes m Fifth. I The break in the game ca1ra4 Al6Aa. in the fifth inning. 1t mitht be mof4, 5, fitting to say that the collapse < q the defence of tho Yank64s camA 1n
 that frame. Two errors of tho hand
 and break In the thinking pre- ceases Of Roger PeckinpAuGh opened
 the way for two runs that w1rG not
 long in scoring. 1 Derrii Pratt. first rnAn up, ssat . .
 bounder It PeckinpAui1h, Wkt6A :, veered of the shortstop's siovs aud
 tricklad into short laft center. ThA
 few Eards behind the innelds PAdIs looked at 1t. but made no move. LAe Magee saw 1t, but did not try to rnA1S a play. Miller was aware of tho iprsssnce of the globule, but VII thinking of the days to come. r1cas; ll finally bestirred hifnself and mado ., throw to lfaissl, but Pra4t slid s iN tunder the toss.
 Johnson rolled one down to Bak4Ds who. with plenty of time, made ' wtlA
 and woolly throw to Pipp. TAe 49-
 suit was that Pratt was safe at third.
 while Johnson made his objectite.
 sothoron made a heroic try for SsQj single to risht, but Maisel was over In; time to make beautiful stop and . Iquick throw that headed of Pr9tA
 and resulted in the last nanted hetn9
 run down by Walters sss s.S;
 Johnson, however. got to tllirds9 while Sofhoron advanced to secord.
 Bert Shotten singled to right nAl4.s scoring Johnson. while sothoron y4nA to third and scored on AustiA'a 4he fly to center. x Those two runs loomed large AAA
 foreboding. for sothoron was 06aA1 along in his own effective. spit.bal- lish manner. Throughout six In nings the sum total of New YorIs4 attack was one single to left h1adf with Tim Hendryx doing the hittins.
 The score: l r. h. s.l lst. Louis ,..... ooooaoooo~-1 5 \ Il New York .s... ooooo0i0o-i E ! 2 3s
 sothoron and sevsraid; CaiA~sIt and Walters. Is