The sun., 1918-07-17
YANKS BEGIN THEIR
ANNUAL RETREAT
Lose Two Games to Tigers, 12
to 1 and 4 to I, and Drop
Far Behind Red Sox.
ny FREDERICK q. LuEB.

The Yankees played as though they
were anxious to Join the Athletics and
the Tigers in the battle for the cellar
championship yesterday afternoon at the
Polo Grounds. They were outplayed in
both sections of a double header with
the Tigers.
The FIRST game left the New Workers
buried under a rain Of Tiger runs and
extra base wallops. the score being
IL to 1. The nightcap was a little more
but the Yanks caved in near
the finish. Detroit pounding out n 4 to 1
victory.
Unless the Yankees brace quickly the
fans will begin to suspect that the team
Is on the July retreat which put Bill
Donovan's team out Of the race after
tho Fourth OF July.
Caldwell was brought IN from the
outfleld and placed back on pitching de-
tail in the FIRST game Up to the Sew
enth inning he permitted only three
the Tigers began whacking his shoots
earned runs.
Daisy Vance wal1oped Hard.
Dairy Vance was put on exhibition in
the eighth inning. and he was one
Dairy. Daxzy has been pitching lot
In batting practice lately. and he surely
gave the Tigers a lot OF practice. as well
as the Yankee outnelders. In an inning
and a third they batted him for two
triples. two doubles and three singles.
Bernhard. kid finger from the
University OF Pennsylvania, was called
in to put out the fre In the ninth and
got rid of stanase and Dauss When
the smoke was over and the damage
compiled It was found that the Tigers
had collected fifteen hits for twenty
three bases.
Slim Love pitched for the Yankees In
the second game and twirled high class
ball for seven innings. Then he weak
ened and was whaled hard in the last
two frames for three runs on pair OF
doubles, q base on balls and a homer by
Oscar Stanage.
Georgie Dauss and Bernie Boland
both Yankee jinxes, made short work OF
the famed inmates of Murderers Row In
the two games The Yankees garnered
only ten hits of the pair in the eighteen
innings. Boland holding them to three in
the second game. II was Boland's elev-
enth victory over New York. Bernie
also broke a tie score in the eighth In
ming of the second game when he doubled
and scored on a two Dagger by Bobpie
Jones
Robbie, who was subbing for Witt at
third. had the banner afternoon Of his
life. Beginning with the seventh inning
of the first game be ran of flve hits in
six times at bat. the collection including
n triple and two doubles
Detroit had quite a first base casualty
list In the second game. Harry Heilman
crashed into a right field box in the sec
ond inning going after Pratts foul and
put a dent in his chest. He got up dizzy
and was bruised. but no bones were
broken Ty Cobb moved in from the
outfield to take charge Of first and mar
rowly escaped a more serious accident
In the sixth.
Pratt and Cobb Collide.
Pratt was on first and Peck on third.
when Pipp fouled to Cobb. Pratt took
a big lead OF first, trying to draw a
throw to third, and Cobb made a sudden
dash to first to get Del off the base.
Pratt dived in from one side and Cobb
from the other.
During the play Cobb fell on his left
arm anu got up WIN MS sHpuIieT blhut
out OF place. For time II looked rs II
the bone were fractured, but other play
ers pulled the bone in place. After a,
ten minute intermisslon Cobb returned
to his position. but he could not dis
guise the fact that no suffered pain
when he caught the ball.
The less said about that FIRST game the
better, especially OF the last three IN
nings. in which twelve hits were dumped.
Love had been pitching SO we'll that
he was expected to win an even break
in the second section. but he too fell
by the wayside. Detroit got run In
the first on three rather scratchy hits
Bobbie Jones got single when Love
was slow covering first and took second
on Cobbs hit TO Pratt behind second
Veach also bounced n single past Pratt.
which Del claimed hit Cobb, but Evans
ruled otherwise. The hit scored Jones'
The Yanks tied in the third when
they punched two Of their three hits
with an error by Bush. Walters sin
gled to left with one out, and took third
when Loves roller trickled through
Bushs legs. Little Al scored on Gil
hooley's single.
The tie was broken In the eighth
when with one out Boland hit to deep
centre for a double and scored on Joness
two Dagger to right The Tigers clinched
II in the ninth. when with two out COT
fey walked and scored ahead OF Stanage
on Oscars homer into the left field
bleachers The scores: