New-York tribune., 1918-07-05
Ping Bodies Muyf
Costs YnnkS the Lead
Error Beats Caldwell Out of
Victory-Huggins' Men
Win First Game

WASHINGTON, July 4.-The Yankees
got ffty-ffty split on their holiday
double-header with the Senator'S mere
to-day, dropping the afternoon num-
Der by the score of ! to 3, after win
ming the opening battle by the score of
to O. Ping Bodies failure to capture
a high fly that was hit his way in the
seventh inning was responsible for the
defeat of the New Workers in the after
noon. The defeat cost Huggins's men
the American League lead.
Pings failure was heartbreaker for
Ray Caldwell, who pitched we'll enough
telegrapher kept the eight Washington
hits SO we'll scattered that it required
some poor playing on the part Of the
other Yankees to allow the Senators to
score any runs. Hannah and Bodie did
the bungling, and to these two Yanks
rather than to his own pitching Walter
Johnson owes his latest victory.
Hannah's miscue made one run pos
sible, while Bodies failure allowed
three more to drift over the plate. The
Yankees earned two runs on solid hit
ting in the eighth inning and picked up
another through a dropped ball at the
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victory instead of defeat.
The Yankees did not make misplay
until the sixth inning of the afternoon
game, and through it the Senators
scored their first run Of the game.
With one out. Milan scratched a single
off Pipp's glove and stole second. Han
rah's low throw bounded into the out
field and put Milan on third in position
to romp across on another intield hit.
Yankees Tie in Seventh
An error helped the Yankees to tie
things up in the seventh. Pipp doubled
to the right field wall and reached
third when the Washington infield be-
came mixed up on Bodies bunt and the
ball rolled safe. Hannah attempted to
squeeze Pipp home, but hit the ball too
hard. Judge shot it to Picinich at the
plate, but he dropped the ball and the
tieing run was in.
In the same inning Ping made his
blunder and the game was settled for
the Yankees. Morgan opened with a
single and Picinich hit to Pipp. Walters
throw beat Morgan to second, but Peck
dropped the ball. Johnson tried to
sacrifice and forced Morgan at third.
Shotton hit to Peck and Picinich was
forced at third.
The inning should have ended on
Shotton's grounder, and another chance
to end it developed when Foster hit
high to left field. The ball dropped
near Bodie and Miller for triple, both
johnson and Shotton scoring. Foster
followed the pair home on a wild pitch.
The Yankees rallied in the eighth
inning and landed on Johnson for four
solid hits and two runs. Peck, Baker,
Plpp and Bodie got the hits and a
great play by Judge and Johnson kept
Miller from getting another hit.
Pitchers Duel in Morning
In the morning game Doc Ayres and
Bob Shawkey had a great pitching duel
for seven innings, but Baker broke it
up when he knocked one of Docs slants
over the right field wall with two run.
ners aboard. The Yanks landed on
Ray Hansen, rookie pitcher, for three
more runs in the ninth.
.Shawkey pitched wonderful game
after the first inning. In this frame he
walked three men in succession after
the first batsman had been retired.
Then he set the Senators down run
less and during the remaining eight
innings only twenty-five men faced him.
Only three scattered singles were made