The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-05

YANKEES LOSE DOUBLE HEADER Browns Take Both Games of Twin Bill-Scores
 7-6; 5-3.

St. Louis, Aug. 5-While the mer- at Sportsman's Park, yesterday af- ternoon the Browns and Yankees clos ed their last series of the season in this city before a gathering of about 5000 sweltering fans. Jimmy Burke's ,boxmen stood the terrific heat much better than the pitchers nominated by Miller Huggins, and the Browns won both ends of the bargain-day Dill, the first by the score of [ to and the second to the tune of to 3.
 Just as Mogridge fatered after his mates had batted out lead for him in the first game, so did Caldwell fall down in the second encounter after the Yankee bats had carried the team to the front in the sixth inning of the closing number. With the Tanks in front in the seventh, hits by Austin, Severeid and Rogers sent a run over 1 and tied things up. Then came two out and an intentional pass to Sisler. Demmitt drove a single to right field. | which chased two runners over the dish and furnished the Browns with their margin of victory.
 The Yankees had scored a run in the first inning on Gilhooleys single I Austin's tumble, Gils steal of third and a single by Baker. The Browns went into the lead in the second scoring two runs on hits by Smith, Austin and Rogers and an error by Peckinpaugh, which made the second run possible. In the sixth Lamar s single and Pratt's triple tied the score i again. Bakers sacrifice fly sent Pratt in and put the Tanks in the lead | again, but an inning later they fell back and never again threatened.
 Frank Baker emerged from his ,, batting slump and pounded out four hits, also a sacrifice fly. Gilhooley was the only other Yankee who had any success with the stick. These two contributed half of the hits made by the New Workers in the twin ball, Gilhooley also played a fine game in centre field, pulling down eight drives in the afternoon. Catches by Hen drix and Hyatt and a throw from left field to first base by Lamar, doubling a runner off the bag, were other fielding features.
 The Browns took the opening game after the first batsman had been re- tired in the ninth, the bases empty and the home team two runs behind
 Severeid crashed a single to centre
 Mogridge hit Tobin and Maisel's short fly to right bounded away from Hyatt
 for a triple This tied up the game
 and when Sisler followed with 2 squeeze play bunt Maisel scored.
 Holding a lead is becoming a los'
 art with the Yankees. They broke
 away to a three-run lead in the frs
 inning on singles by Gilhooley an(
 Lamar, Bakers double and Fourni2r':
 single. The Browns got a run ir
 the third on Tustin's hit an out anc
 a single by Tobin.
 In the third Sisler, Demmitt, Ge
 deon, Austin and Nunamaker nicket
 sulting and giving the Browns thu
 lead.
 Nunamaker got a hit when Elmer an was trying to pass him and got ;
 ball too close. Huggins replace' Finneran with Heating in this innin! and took Heating out in the seventh Mogridge finishing the game.
 The Yankees tied up the game 4 the sixth, Hyatt scoring on his walk Fournier's single and an inield out In the sexenth the Tanks went to F two-run lead on Gilhooleys triple singles by Lamar and Baker and al
 error by Nunamaker.
 } In the home seventh after Tobil
 singled and Sisler walked with tw 7 out, Higgins sent Mogridge to tn } hill He sent five batsmen down i , order until one was out in the ninth
 and then the rally won the game. A peculiar double fly marked thi } game Austin ran from second as ball bounded from Gilhooley's hands
 Peck caught the ball and threw |
 Pratt, doubling Austin off second.