New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

~. this little, old Manhattan mas 'wo ;.o
s.si hall clubs on which to divide 1ts
.;srs lava this year of grace.
iiresdy this season Huggins's Yankees
Ia done much precedent busting. 1t
s.m.;ned - for them. as they did yester-
IT, to come so manfully from away
s.S;nd in the closing rounds, to snatch
E..orv from apparent sure de1eat-
vi that before the largest crowd OF
~ season out to pass judgment on
Mm-to gain the seal OF locai ap-
,,cysl For in the past this ciuo mas
sivsys been too prone to play the very
,soarest game it could conceive on Dig
lssessions, and to be sound asleep every
/ b;ne opportunity for cllnchlng respect
,nd favor came knocking at the ooor.
Yanks Displayed Gameness
4. Va one of the twenty-odd thousand
~ .at in at Brush Stadium yesterday
sttsrnoon hs r can deny that Higgins com.
mscds powerful club, a resourceful
.lrh AZ we'll as one to which the word
srn;tn has an absolutely foreign char
.stsr II ever team had reason to
s..l discouraged and turn to the con-
soation of possible betterment, OF
future days, that same was the Yankees
.stsr six innings of yesterdays battling
/ had rolled into ancient history.
II wasn't so much that big Bill James
vas nitching the game of his life. And
ismes was pood-there is no denying
that. Nothing would break right. Ihat
l;ttla cuss DOME Bush, for one, was
|. 81 himself enough of JOY Killer al
most for an entire series. He was
here. there and everywhere over the
;ntsid and outfeld, bobbing UP in the
rnst .r, unexpected ways and places and
killing 81 base hits with every bob.
Slim Love, unlike James, was having
all sorts OF trouble controlling ms
hooka and. his speed, and it seemed
about every base on balls he gave was
somehow or other converted into
run To make matters worse, Mur-
derers' Row in the sixth had squan-
dered what seemed the golden oppor-
, tunity Of their afternoon, when they
failed to get run over after filling the
hases on James, with only one out. :.
The score stood A to l in favor OF
tie enemy when New York's lucky sev-
enth rolled around. This seventh tells
the story from New York standpoant'
The fans arose to q man, but their az
titude was prayerful rather than hope
iul. Midget Miller Huggins, who was
/ doing q Charlie Chaplin at the first
base coacher's box, was a sort of sad
boxing Chaplin at the time. He came
ont 81 his reverie after two balls and
Mo strikes had been called on Elmer
Miller with bright idea.
Called on Reserves
B MY heavy artillery has failed me"
mused the Miller. ut can't get the
nnge Of the Royal Bengals. Why, not
ty to rush the Felines with my whole
reserves and beat the life out of them
At close quarters 2"
No sooner thought Of than Higgins
began to put his scheme into execu-
lion. He rushed off his patrol with
howl to the umpires to halt the game
minute. Hug withdrew Elmer Mil
lsr, whose finger earlier had been
stubbed by wicked line hit, and sent
Hughie High. in place of this first bat
Ter Of the inning, to shoulder the re-
sponsibilities of the two and two count.
High had a good eye and let two wide
ones drift by.
Old Truck Hannah slapped one so
wickedly that it got past the agile
Buah before he could even see 1T. That
put two on with none out. Walters
vas sent in to run for Hannah. Cald-
we'll was sent to bat for Love. Slim
The Second got himself in a hole by
/ fouling off two. He took ball, then
cracked one through the box to Ty
Cobb in deep centre. This hit scored
High and put Walters on second. Ray
Caldwell is one Of the fastest sprint
efs on Huggins's team, but Fewster is
supposed to be ghost. Caldwell had
done his mite with the base knock, so
10 gave way to Fewster.
L Gilhooley, one of the quickest
thinkers in the game, saw an opening
p cross the Tiger infield. playing we'll
rack. He started a pretty bunt tow
ga Witt, who was flatfooted, and the
oatter would have gotten away with
heady hit but for Yelle's quick field
re. Yelle just did get Gil at first,
ne other two runners advancing on
ne sacrifice.
Peckinpaugh drove wickedly toward
oash and New York's hopes would
Eeosbly have perished right there
e luck not decided 1t was time to
Ms the under dog small favor. AS
ttsnsster hurdled Peck's mean lick the
1tned three feet above little Bush's
sssntic leap. Walters and Fewster
Mssswalked home on the lucky hit.
lnen old Home Run Baker settled
BILL James's hash. He drove one
tween Cobb and Heilman for three
ss.es. scoring Peck. C. Jones relieved
s. sass. Bodie greeted him with q
tince fly that counted Baker.
Scored Run in Second
ne Yankees got their other run in
~, isss stcond on hits by Pratt and Pipp
sacrifice and Miller's sacrifice
- Nhey had only one other good
Mning, IN the sixth. Gilhooley
sed to start this inning, and after
nled to Cobb Baker was hit by
s. pitched ball. Pratt scratched an
i.ssa is.a single through Witt, filing the
NO g.. fipp, over-anxious. fouled out
snsS while Bodie grounded to
.as Tigers scored three depressing
M tho fourth. Dresser walked
ned 70 third on Cobb's single
onptiy stole second. Love
M Si{ veach also, filling the bases
~ lonc out. Heilman popped te
~ upus Witt doubled to left, scor-
~ three runners.
y: .e lost this drive in tho sun al
s-ss last second, though he re,
y &ss tne ball so quickly that Peck'f
s m. xs!a,sy s!,y had Veach headed at the
sSs,s M Hannah dropped the ball in
n f hobby. Witt, who took third
"a tsan vIEor, was caught at the plate
~ Aeung rolled to Peck. Baker
Sl. should have scored another
= the sixth. but sot one lone