New-York tribune., 1918-05-18

wiz oah~ %.>< the foup.
by the Browns.
At first it didn't look as thouoh -.
Browns were going to do any twoinp !.
Allan Russell pitched the bali r;sss
down their throats for a period Of A.
and two-third innings. Then some h;.s
pulled the ancient wheeze ahout ~
prospects being fine for a no-hit c.,r' rss
and so, of course, George the Sisler ~
a sharp and undisputed single int
right field. '"''
1t was one of the most undisnut.s
Of undisputed singles we ever hss.
seen, and thus Allan Russell was A.
prived of his chance for a no-hit eams
Not that no-hit game means an,'
thing, but it sounds officious and IN
portant, in that respect being soms.
what like United States Senator
Baseball, after all, is a. simn,.
process or formula in physics. The In.
portant thing is to score more mr..
than the other fellow, and that i. :
precisely what the 1919 Browns, mean.
ing the 1918 Yankees, did against II.
1917 Yankees, meaning the 1914
Browns, yesterday. Of course, thers
may not be a mid-wiater deal betweew3
the Browns and the Yankees next sea.
son-it may only be just a commor
winter deal-and, if not, We are II
error in calling the 1918 Yankees ths
1919 Browns. Still, habit is a hard
thing to overcome. Look at Nat Coo1.
win.
Jones Uses Three Pitchers
The outstanding feature of yester.
days game was that the Yankees mads
more runs than the Browns, and 50 a.
as we could see, that was all there va
to it. There were, of course, subor.
dinated points of interest. Fielder
Jones managed to change pitchers thres
times, which gave him his customary
perfect average, and Murderers' Row
did all the numbering that was neces.
sary, Franklin Baker, Mr.. Peck and
Paw and Wally Pipp knocking the ball
here and there with spirit and the well
known precision.
Allan Russell's H2O delivery had the
Browns guessing all the way. On all
but four occasions they guessed wrong.
The Browns are not a hard hitting
team, but Russell was pitching the sort
of ball that no club could have found
nourishment in yesterday. The Browns,
come to think of it, are more Of a rum
ming team than hitting club this year.
They can run down to a baseman watt
ing to touch 'em with the baN faster
than any club we have seen this season.
No matter.
Allan Sothoron began pitching for
the Jones family, and got as far as the
second inning before he was scored
upon. In that frame Pratt led off with
spirited rap at Gerber, who tossed out
the New York end of the celebrated
midwinter deal by close margin.
Bodie Is Hit; Scores
WaJly Pipp hit long foa! into th
right field stand and followed 1t wi. b
single to centre. Bodie was hit by ,
pitched ball, but with little stitckin,
the ball may be used again. That pu
two on, and Armando Marsan hit ,
noble Cuban single to right centre
which scored Pipp and put Bodic OF
third. "Truck" Hannah sent up a sac
rltice fly to Demmitt and Bodie beat thu
toss over the plate
The Yankees did not score again
until the fifth inning, when they laid ID
two more runs, one of which proved !
handy thing to have around a little
later. Marsans began with fly ia
Bodle, but Hannah singled to centre
Russell hit in front of the plate and
oothoron tried to make play on Han
nah at second. Hannah was strolling
leisurely toward the bag, but Soth-
oron, like all pitchers when they arc
making a play at second. instead Of
hrst, became charged with excitement
and threw the ball away. So Hannah
and Russell were abase with but one
down.
Gilhooley moved the men I'D with Z
blow TO James Pepper Austin and Peck
lnpaugh scored Hannah with q single
to centre. j. Franklin Baker then cut
a wicked single down the right Geld
foul line that scored Russell With
Pratt up Mr.. Peck and Paw and ].
tranklin Baker began a double steal
that was punctured from Nunamaker n
Gerber TO Nunamaker.
Promising Rally Nipped.
In the sixth, with two down. Austin
Dunted and was safe on Hannah's low
throw to Pipp. Sisler hit larruping
single to right, sending Austin to third.
Iedeon singled to left, scoring Austin
ana driving Sisler to third. Smith
rally.
In the seventh the Browns scored
9gain. Nunamaker hit a slow roller to
1eck and continued to second when
fecK threw the ball to the right field
STANDS. Gerber singled. sending Nuny
70 third, and Hendryx, swinging for
Kogers-who was then pitching for
himself, Fielder Jones and All Sothoron,
hit a sacrifice fly to Marsans that
scored N1namaker with the Browns
last run.