The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-30
$4,000 FANS SEE:
YANKS BOWLED OVER
Locals, Shut Out Until Ninth,
Score 8 Runs in Rally-yitt
Stars-Score Is 5 to 3.
BY FREDERICK G.. LIEn.

on that little baseball playlet won in
the Ninth" on the Polo green yester-
day. but Frankie ODoul, the phenom
, OF the Jacksonville training camp last
| spring. lost his cue when II came his
| time to take the stage and the whole
| piece was ruined.
At that the belated rally OF the Yanks
IN the farewell round contained the big
thrill of the afternoon. with two down,
Pratt tripled: Bodie fiogFed his second
homer into the left field bleachers in two
days. and Hannah singled. And then
O'Doul, hitting for Russell, famed
As the Rcd Sox birched George Mog-
ridge freely. they had enough runs in
bank to withstand this late charge of
the Yanks from Harlem The worlds
champions won the third game of the
set by score of s to 3. Ed Barrow, Sox
pilot, is trying to make good on his
| boast that the Boston uplift would start
| in New York.
The Yanks stlll are getting valuable
| assistance in the West, as Cleveland and
Chicago were bowled over again. The
Indians surely have hit a cropper. They
lost their fifth straight yesterday. Soon
the Yankees may be watching Detroit.
rather-than the Indians and White Sox.
Jones. Not Ruth. on Mound.
Ore Sam Jones picked on the Yankees
yesterday. Sammy Jones pitched for
Boston instead of Babe Ruth. as was an
nounced by the Boston management
This rather irritated AIRY Sparrow, who
says Harry Frazee of Boston has no
right to make him look foolish and fool
the public. Fraxee requested last Satur-
day that IL be announced Ruth would
pitch. Barrow said he would have
pitched Ruth had McInnis returned to
the game to play second base.
But Sammy Jones pitched and hit for
Boston just as big Babe Is wont to do.
Had Gilhooley clutched n fly from
I Lewis,s bat in the ninth Sam would
, have had n four hit shutout. Sam also
swung a vicious bludgeon. He slapped
out doubles the first two times up. The
! first OF these two bagEers was good for
| a pair of runs. After that Sam sub
| sided. He wound up his day by fan
ming twice.
George Mogridge, the lank left handler
| tried to win his first game Of the season
yesterday. George pitched against the
Red Sox on opening day, when he was
beaten by Mays. 10 to 0. George wasn't
hit that hard yesterday, but he still Is
trying TO jimmy his way into the games
won column.
/ The Red Sox have had four games
postponed In New York. but that
shouldn't worry Frazee any. for on the
! games played the club has done well
( financially. In four appearances here
the worlds champions have played to
about 100000 fans They opened the
season here to 10000. They drew 20 600
/ the Sunday before yesterday. Last Sat
urday's double header attracted $4,000.
and yesterday the crowd was about a.
000 The Sox can't kick II II does rain
/ hAn In fn1
team ever has played to as many per-
! sons in its first four games In any rival
| town.
Red SOx Get Early Start.
The Red Sox started off with a run
| In the first inning. Gilhooley shot one
down to Pipp. Wally picked IL up. but
| spilled IL as he carried II to first. II
/ got Mogridge In a jam right from the
start. Oscar Witt scored Gilhooley with
double TO left centre. which Bodie
! slightly mussed up. Oscar blew his fam
| ished batting average to a double and
two singles. He needed them badly, as the
fastest batting averages have Witt listed
at .204. Witt aslo did sundry circus
fielding stunts, including a one handed
leaping catch on Wick.
Sammy Jones got in his first wicked
wallop in the second. when the Sox
scored two more. Schang opened with
a single and stole second. aided by
wild pitch. Scott and Shean both lifted
to the outheld. Jones then rammed a
two Dagger between Bodie and Lewis.
scoring Gilhooley. Peck. gave an imi-
tation of sieve and Gilhooiey's
, srounder found one of the holes and
passed through 1t. Jones scoring.
Mogridge then steadied and went good
for FIVE innings. in which Boston got
only two sparse hits But they at
tackled him In n body In the eighth.
when successive singles by Roth. Ruth,
Schang and Scott produced two more
runs.
Yanks Rally In Ninth.
That Yank fiareup in tho ninth came
entirely unexpected. But II had the fans
standing on the backs OF their chairs
while II lasted. Baker rolled 10 Ruth as
a starter and Gilhooley spilled Lewis's
short fly. DUFFY making second. Pipp
lifted 10 Gilhooley. for the second out.
That didn't look like much excitement.
Roth then tried to help Hooper catch
Pratt's fly, and helped him as much as
the clown in the circus who assists I'm