The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-05
new YORK YANKEES
SOME "SQUEEzERS''
Dope Shows They Pulled the Play
Twelty-etght Times.

Ernest i.anigan is wonder n dig
E.ng I'D statistics and ne now claims 10
HAY" uncarlhcu the dope on just how
many tunes rHcn major l"aSu" worked
IN" SQ'I""zr play IN tn" I"i1 season. Ac-
c"r,irls 10 these statistics ,hc NJ" York
Y;iIlhCr$ were the great little squeeze
pullcrS. says Lan!gam:
Mil ponnyan'S Yankees worked INC
squeeze seven moro times last season
than did all the eight National LcaEu"
teams. They got away with this trick :"
;jmrS. winning thr," Etin"S VITA IN"
play and saving themselves al" smut
Out The iriumphs were over WASHING
TON, on April -; over Bosom. on juno -"
and owe. Detroit. on July -. IN" 'aEc"
opposing batteries being Johnson and
A!msmitn. LEONARD and Thomas ANA
l:hmk,. and S.anag". Mai$cl and Miller
,ni!ahora;cd IN thu, Squ",z" play mat d.
f.n:cd IN" Senators. Nunhnhkcr ana
pipp were th% heroes II the triumph
over ih. Red Sox and MaranS ana !tpp
started when the Tigers were beaten.
Urban Shockcr WAS IN" baiS'na' IN
four OF ;hc Yankees IS successful
sGil"cZ" plays. Lee Mag" IN four. l-cS!i"
Nunam;tllcr III three. Fritz NaiS"i Ill
three. EnGrr l'"ckinpaugh IN three
uugcy High in three, Armand" Marsans
IN two. Elmer Miller IN two Norman
Clllnp in one, Al Walters Ia one. Waiter
Alexander IN ono and Joe GIDEON IN one
The teams the Yankees OF 1917 work
60, the Squccz" against were l'"F"ii-
eight times: Washington. seven times
Boston. four times; l'hiladrlph!!L ihT""
times: Chicago. three times. Cleveland.
twice. and 81. Louis. once
In two of the successful sQuec2eS
I-,-N. ~
hun,rI on what would have. been his
,h,rd x;rikc-on June - and September
II. against philadelphia. Mack's bat
TRIES on thcs" dates were Schaucr and
li,i,v and NoycS and Meyer.
In the National League Hugo BcZdeK.
the Pirate cnic:tatn. likes ;h' squeeze
acd his men worked |; successfully
eight times during Tn" year. "hcn
Jimmy Callahan was IN" EorSair com
,nandrr II" r!ttSburGhrrS got away with
mis- play twice. Six times III" 3. Louis
Cardinals used the squeeze aud iwIcc Il
won games for them.
IA; Morans lhilles worked inc
sruenzc On their opponents twice, ana
So did l'hristy Maih"ws"ns t"dS. LEO.
Srailjngs' Braves used the play onC".
bu, the Supcrbas. under "lIhert E"H'h-
son. Ih.. Giants. under John Mc';raw
Mitchell. had no use Tor tho Schcm" As
;, means Of acquiring runs, and never
once ;ricd IL
The only double squeeze Of the year
in tho National League. was worked ny
rho I'hillics at the Folio Grounds IN
the sixth inning on April -. and 6c'an"
q double squeeze bccasue jeff T"sTriin
rumblcd to tho ground in picking up
George whitted's bunt Bancroft hhd
scored By the time the ball reached tn"
Hcw York pitcher. and Stock followed
Davy home when h" saw T,Sr"au on the
iurf--A wild throw from a sitting posi-
tion making MittUu'S voyage 10 the
plate easier.
HugGins' Cardinals were The only Ma
,ional League team 10 win games wiih
the squeeze gaining \ victory over ihe
Pirates on July 4 and one over the k'dS
IN Srp;rmhcr ,. ON the FIRST Manned
da,r Gonzales squeezed CrhI%" in from
fr,yG. ana on tho last named dat" Mead
ows did the bunting and Gonzales thc
running. The opposing batteries ""r"
Jacobs and Schmidt and Toncy ana
WInSO.