The sun., 1918-07-24
YANKEES ADVANCE
BY BEATING BROWNS
New Workers Wind Up I'm
profitable Home Stand
With 4 to 1 Victory.
ny FREDERICK G. LIEB.

But for the fact that the Yankees and
Brownies INDUCED in a farewell scrap
on the Polo Grounds yesterday the gen.
eral public probably would have decided
that baseball had shut up for the war
However, the shift from east to west and
giving the New York and st. Louis
Americans the baseball stage al, to
themselves. The Yankees spanked the
Brownies in the deciding game of the
set by a score OF to 1 and regained
third place
The st. Louis series was the only one
which the Yanks we're able to wrest
from the Western mines. The home stay
ending yesterday was the most I'M
profitable one the Yanks have put In at
Harlem all season. for including a Sun
day jump to Cleveland they won only
eight out of nineteen games. ten others
being defeats and the odd one a tie.
They broke even In six games with the
I White Sox lost three out OF fve TO
| Cleveland, then dropped three out OF
four to Detroit and Won two out Of
three from st. Louis. another game re-
sulting in a tie.
| An inkline OF how the Baker order
will affect baseball crowds. even II the
| leagues are permitted to finish out the
season. was furnished by the feeble
turnouts on the Polo Grounds on Mon
day and yesterday.
MoeridGe Ready to Quit.
one one umpire. Dick Nailin. showed
up yesterday, but he managed to get by
without any difficulty.
George Mogridge. who will join the
| Standard Sh!pbuildng Company to-
morrow or Friday. pitched n clever
game for the Yankees. He kept the
Missouri hits nicely scattered. The
game will probably be Mogr!dge's last
| in New York uniform.
Big Dave Davenport permitted the
| same number OF hits as Mogridge. nine,
hut the Yankees clustered them on him.
He struck out six men and knocked one
of Mogridge's slants into the deserted
| right field stand for home run. same
being the only run scored Off Mogrdge.
Two Brownie hits IN the FIRST inning
went to waste as n result OF wide awake
| tactics by the Yankee inheld Maisel
opened with single TO left, and in try
ing to sacrifice Austin hit n little bunt
fy 70 Mogridge. which George muffed.
The muff had great results. as Mogridge
threw out Austin, who had slowed up
,
throw. In the meantime Maisel. think
ing the ball would be caught. started
back for first. He reversed himself and
started for second again. but Pratt's
throw to Peck beat him there. Sisler
then singled. and a moment later he
was caught of first base and run down
by the entire Yankee infield
Davenport Hits Homer.
St Louis a temporary lead when he
surprised everybody in the park. Includ-
ing himself, by knocking out a drive for
the circuit
New York took the lead by scoring
twice in the fourth, and thereafter was
never headed. Baker caught Maiser
mapping and beat out hunt on him.
Pratt doubled over third base, sending
j Franklin to third Hyatt came along
with timely single to centre. scoring
Frank and Del, while Ham wandered
down 10 second when Smith fumbled
the ball. Bodie advanced the veteran to
third with a sacrifice. but on an at
tempted squeeze play Peck failed to con-
meet and Hyatt was caught standing
up yards on third base. Tie was run
down by Nunamaker
Two were out when the Yankees
started on their third run in the NTH
inning. Bill Lamar. who knocked OUT
three hits. singled. stole second and
scored on Caldwelrs single to centre.
Caldwell also drove In a Yankee run
in the seventh inning After Peck
famed Hannah singled and took second
on a wild pitch. Then Mogridge famed
Lamar bounced a hit OF Dayenport's
glove. sending Hannah to third Truck
scored when Caldwell hit single to
u 10 hnl
to an infeld hit. Baker was passed,
filling the bases. hut Pratt rolled to
Gedeon for the third out.