New-York tribune., 1918-08-28
ankees AXE
Double-Header
From St. Louis
BY Charles A. Taylor

A most surprising thing occurred at
the Polo Grounds yesterday afternoon
The Yankees won double header. the
Yanks were shocked, the Browns were
shocked, and even Silk O'Loughiin, the
umpire par excellence, was III d daze
when the final returns were announced.
The score Of the first game was 4 to
i'll favor Of the Yanks. In the second
battle the two teams wrencled for
twelve innings before decision was
reached in favor of the Hugmen, the
count being to G.
In the first contest Slim Love and
person named Rogers essayed to do
the pitching. Slim did very nicely
until the ninth, when, with the bases full
and only one man out he gave way to
George Mogridge. who famed the next
two battors, Iouck and Tobin, anL
saved the day. Rogers was pummelled
so hard that he was forced to sur
render his task to Wright, who in turn
was replaced by Houck.
Two Innings Enough.
The Yanks won the first game by
their activities in the first two innings.
In the opening frame Gilhooley walked,
went to second on single by Walters
and sped to third on Bakers fly to
Hendryx On an attempted double steal
Gilhooley was caught, but Pratt fol
lowed with a single that registered
Walters. Pratt advanced to second on
the throw-in and scored on a single by
Hummel.
In the second inning the tanks col
lectod two more runs, enough to win
the game. Ham Hyatt started the pro-
ceedings with home run into the
lower tier of the right field stand
Peck was an easy out, but Hannah, Love
and Gllhooley banged out three safetlcs
in row and the bases were full.
Rogers was supplantou by Wright at
this crisis and Walters fouled to Sew
ereid. Baker drove the bail past first
scoring Hannah and again clogging the
sacks. Pratt ended the festivities with
q erounder to Maisel, which was easily
turned into an out
The Browns scored one run in the
sixth on a pass to Wright. a force out
Maisel's double and an infcld hit by
Demmitt.. They added another tally in
the eighth, when Nunamakcr, batting
for Wright, beat cut a grounder. Tobln
was safe as the result of q bunt.
Maisel went out, but Sisters single
Tailed Nunamaker.
In the second battle the Yanks over
came a four-run lead gained by the
Browns at the expense of Joe Finneran
in the first four innings, and, thanks
to Mogridge. who poled out single in
the twelfth, scored another victory.
Ssler, the wonderful, was drafted to
pitch the second game for the Browns,
but was driven back to first base by
the Yanks in the eighth, Houck going
to the mound for the visitors.
The Browns apparently put the game
in the ice box in the third stanza,
when they scored three runs. They
added another tally in the fourth, and
it looked most dubious for the Yanks
until the Hugmen belted Sisler for one
run in the fourth, two in the sixth and
three in the seventh. That finished
Sisler, but the Yanks kept on the job
with perfect defence after the Browns
had tied the score in the eighth until
the lucky twelfth arrived.
Peckinpaugh opened the crucial
frame with bunt, which he beat to
first. He went to second on sacri-
fee hit by Hannah. Mogridgc brought
the winning run across with single to
left.
The scores: