The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-03
YANKS TAKE LAST
GAME SEASON
Beat Red Sox in Nightcap, + to
3, After Losing Opener
by 8 to 9.

Father Knickerbocker locked the doors
Of his Major League baseball shop yes
terday afternoon. tackled on a placard
the war" tucked the key in his coat
pocket, took a lingering look at the Polo
Grounds structure and then wendell his
way down town to resume his regular
business OF hAping to wallop the Kaiser.
Father Knick's regrets we're softened
by the recollection of two farewell games
under conditions that reminded him Of
the finish of a hot pennant fight. with
the Giants winning. The contenders
were the Boston Red Sox. winners Of the
American League pennant. and con-
tenders for the worlds title, and the
Yankees. who made a gallant though
unavailins fight for the nag The Sox
won the first game by 8 to 2, and the
Yankees grabbed the second, to 8.
Boisterous Adieu to sport.
Both games were fought bitterly. and
the great holiday crowd Of $4,000 persons
gave a boisterous adieu to the great
national sport. in which they were aided
by the military band from Camp Merritt
One thousand soldiers saw the games
Experts who saw the play to get last
line on the Sox were for the most part
OF much impressed, and predictions were
freely made that the Cubs would trim
the American representatives. The
Yankees should have won both games.
for in the opening contest Sam Jones
gave the home batsmen openings in
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was not forthcoming and so the Yankees
were nosed out.
The Sox were first to score. Hooper's
hard smash to left for two bags. followed
by a sacrifice hit by Shean and a sac
rifice fly by Strunk. bringing in a run.
The Yankees tied In the second and
should have made enough runs then to
win the game for they had three men on
bases, one run in and none out but
failed to collect more than the single
tally.
Fourier. Hyatt and Peck. the irst
three at bat. made singles. Fourier
scoring on Peck's hit. Then Hannah
was passed and the sacks were full.
Love famed. Walters popped a puny fly
to Coffey and Hummel rolled an easy
one into McInn.s's hands at first.
Forced the winning Run.
Love really forced the winning run
on the Sox in the sixth. McInnis
started the session with a single. and
after Scott had popped out to Fourier,
Corey also singled. sending McInnis to
second. Schang did likewise and Nc
Innis scored, Coffey going to third. On
Jones's grounder to Peck. Gofrey waH
out at tho plate. Hooper walked and
the bags were full. Love passed Shean,
forcing Schang home with what proved
to be the winning run. Singles by Pratt
and Fourier. an out at first and Peck's
sacrifice fly gave the Yankees a run in
the eighth and that was their expiring
effort
The second game WASH bomba rdment
of Mogridge and Dubuc from start to
finish. and the Yankees fired the last
shot. single by Baker in the ninth, that
brought In the winning run with two
men out. Home runs. doubles and
triples were scattered all through the
contest and the fans became hoarse
cheering the long drives.
whiteman Scores All Three.
George Whiteman. a veteran. who
was with the Yankees in 1913, scored
all three runs collected by the Sox. He
made a single. double and a homer
and upheld the honor of Babe Ruth
in brilliant manner.
The Yankees scored the winning run
In the ninth. Peck and Hannah had
retired on flies. Then Mogridge got a
pass. and Walters singled. Hummel
walked and the bases were full.
Then came J. Franklin Baker. of
Trappe. Maryland. and closed his bril-
liant professional career nv nalipo ,