The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-01
Yankees and Tigers
 Split Double Bill
Bodie and Thormahlen Quit Team to Enter Shipbuild ing Plant nt-Keating Pass es First Three Men to Face Him in Second Game.

Detroit, Aug. 1-The Tanks put on one of those early season rallies in the hYst half of yesterdays double header with the Tigers and picked up a game that appeared to be lost Then they went back to their normal summer standard and dropped the second half of twin bill. The score of the Yankees victory was 5 to 3, four runs developing from six hits in the seventh inning. Their hits were far apart in the second game, and it went to the Tigers by the score of 6 to 2.
 Tyrus Cobb's batting average is moving toward the 400 mark at the expense of the Yankee boxmen. Cobb finished Tuesdays game with a dou- ble and a triple after coming into it in the sixth ming. Yesterday he toed the plate nine times and collected triple, double. three singles and two passes.
 Huggins used five pitchers during the double-header, and Jennings used four.
 In the second game Keatings wild ness brought Robinson, who receives credit for the first victory, in again and the Tigers won by hitting him hard. Heating walked the first three Tigers to face him in the opening in- ming of the second game and Veach landed on Robinson for double which scored two runs. The Tanks got those back in the fourth on Q scratch hit, a pass, Wards bunt, and Vitt's throw past first base. In the same inning the Tigers got two more
  Bush and double by Jones. In the eighth Cocey tripled, Spencer walked, and Cunningham forced him at sec ond. Bush's sacrifice fly scored Coffey, and Jones' triple scored Cunnin rham.
 The Tigers collected all of their runs in the first game before making their first hit, bunt by Cobb in the second inning. With one out in the first inning Jones walked and stole second Cobb also strolled, and when Thormahlen hit each the bases were filled. A pass to Witt forced Jones home, and Walkers sacrifice fly to Bodie scored Cobb. Ping made a great throw after the catch and Wal ters made quite kick on Connolly's decision that Tvrus was safe.
 A pass to Stanage started the Tigers -- on their way to their last run in the second inning. Walters tried to catch hip mapping and threw past first base, allowing Stanage to reach sec ond. Kallio sacrificed his battery partner to third and he scored when Peckinpaugh fumbled a roller from Bush's bat.
 The Tanks were blanked until the fifth, when they pushed over a run Pipp opened with triple, held third while the next two batrmen were re- tired, and scored on wild pitch.
 The seventh inning settled the game. Baker singled to centre, Pipr filed out, and Bodie singled to left Caldwell batting for Peck, singled tc left and the bases were filed Walter, doubled to left, scoring Baker and 'Bodie. Hannah batted for Robinson and while Bush was throwing him out at first base Caldwell scored and Wal. '$ers reached third. Gilhooley's safe tbunt sent Walters over with another run. Lamar also hit safely, and Pratt ended the inning with a grounder tc Kallio.
 Ping Bodie left the second game ir the fifth inning and hurried on hi. way to Hoboken, where he is to enter a shipbuildng plant. Herbert Thor mahlen. the new pitching star. ac companied Bodie east. He also vii work in the Jersey plant