New-York tribune., 1918-03-23
Yankee Regulars Barely
Miss Defeat BY Recruits
Tie Game With Run, Which
Is Safe by Only a Frac-
ton of a Second
By Wood Ballard

V,,..: l lie lankoa
'ann'sans Just missed trimming ,hs
regulars At Central City Park hero ~
Gay by the fraction of secona ~,
youngsters went into the f,., eua
one run to the good, and it looked .s y
they had clinched their revenca g..
yesterdays defeat. ''
There were two down in this ,...
frame, with High on third and pa.
on first, when Del made dash fou NV
ond and was caught between ,ho
Love then slammed the ball to Wara
aaron tagged Pratt all right, but niyh
mad crossed the plate-by the fract;on
OF second. The score was to
The occasion was the second nr.o
tee game of the Yankee train;nc 60.
son here, and the contest want
innings. There was an abundance ~
Dash and spirit and fast play, and It
did not at all resemble practice camo
Miller Higgins has thorouyblr
aroused and alive ball team.
The pitchers are rapidly com;nr
around 10 fitness, and there were hoa's
on the balls which were speeded o.,o,.
the plate to-day. Caldwell appears ~
be about ready to go the fnll ror.a
He worked four innings this afterno0n
and held the Yannigans hitless NM,
two men were down in the fo"n.L
when two scratch singles came in snc
cesslon. '"''
Base-Sliding Taken Tn
A bit of base sliding was added "a
the programme in the morning worL
out. and as the day was the warmes4
OF the stay in Macon, the SQUAD Woe
kept on the field longer than usual and
the work was more strenuous th,n
heretofore. '''"''
Alvah Bowman, the pitcher from tho
Toledo club Of the American Assoc;a.
ton, who arrived last night, Joined the
others IN the morning practice. Bow
man Will be remembered as hayinc
been with the Cleveland Indians two
seasons ago. He is a powerful right.
handler. over SIX feet, and WEIGHS
around 100. He looks to be in perfect
condltlon and says he can have his arm
working we'll within week.
Manager Huggins is pleased with
the progress made by his players dur
ing their stay here the second week
OF which ends tomorrow. His train
ing methods have been success in
that he has conditioned his men with.
out undue discomfort to them. There
ISM sore arm in the camp, and down
, here one would never suspect there is
such thing as a dog" Hug has tied
the can to all of them.
The first exhibition game of the sea.
son will be played here tomorrow,
when the Yanks meet the strong col.
lection OF talent from Camp Wheeler.
Huggins has not yet chosen his box
men for the contest. He will prob
ably use three in the course of the
afternoon, but he is certain to put his
available regulars in the lineup. A
telegram to-day announces that Stay
Home Baker will arrive late tonight
The regulars went to bat first and
counted one in each of the first three
frames. Gilhooley led off with a
single to right, advanced to second on
Highs sacrifice. Camp to Lamar and
scored on Pratt's one-tmer to left
Beck Takes One
had fouled 10 Lamar, Beck got base
on balls. Zinn went to second as
Ruell sent an easy roller to third
Lamar's foot was off the bag when he
caught Camps throw and Muddy was
safe, the roller going as a hit. Cald
( we'll advanced both runners on an in
field out, Shawkey 10 Lamar, and then
Beck counted when Shawkey unwouna
q wild pitch as the fourth ball for Gill
hooley.
With two gone in the third, Wally
Pipp maintained his home run reputa-
tion by lifting one of Shawkey's fast
ones over the fence and into the mlds,
Of a string Of boxcars several hundred
feet beyond. This onded the scoring
for the regulars until the seventh in
ming. when they tied the count
The Yannigans came TO life in the
fourth. After Miller and Camp had
gone out, Via the Beckto-Pipp route,
Caldwell foated one over which slck
shot through short for single, the
first hit off Ray. Lamar hammered
one down past Pipp, and Wick raced
around to third. On Lamar's delayed
steal Sam scored and the former was
safe at second, when Ruell threw hlgh
20 Peckinpaugh. Walters ended the
session with a pop-up to Peck.
In the tifth the Yannigans counted
three times on four hits and two er-
rors Ward led of with single 10
right, and went TO second as Gllhooley
was fumbling the ball. Hugglns al
tempted sacrifice and was safe when
Rock threw wide and low to flpp'
Ward scored and Hug went to secono
Hannah lined long single to lett ana
y went to second when Bodie shot the
ball TO the plate, holding Hugglns or
third. Slim Love pasted hot one 10
left. sending higgins over the rupoc''
and Hannah camc home on Miller sac
rifce fly to Bodc.
No Score in Sixth
Both sides were scoreless in the
sixth. but in the seventh the regulars
cvened up the count. McGraw leo VI.
with a triple to right, Love threw out
Gilhooloy, and Hannah shot 1he oaai ~ .S
third. High was given base on nai.o
and y.crt to third on Pratt's single 10
centre, and scored while Wafa "a'
,rnnn;np down Del between the bases;
The lineup. score by innings OH"
summary follow: .u,,,-aS5:
Regulars -Giihoocy right field hisn p,i,. len
acd rccslnnaurh shorts,op Beck taTS Ii,cser s''''
Bunll catcher caldwell and Mc';raM ,,h,,d base:
yicS. elt aelA: Lamar first base Water nsss: Han.
field: Ward. snurts op. llusans. sno,,n seno 49,
rah catcher: Shawsoy and Love. pi'ohef>
Score by innings: REE
neao'sr, -.......-1 a . 8 d . .
Naulisans .....-.--' I" r,r,s nin
.r.s.c> bs.c M.,s-Mco;raw and Camp = i''a'' m Nc
Pip Ease on hai's~-on Sh",Tss NM, By Mc-Crss