New-York tribune., 1919-09-11
Indians Scalp
'Hugggins Outfit
In Two Games
Mays Victim of Caldwcll's
Perfect Effort; Visitors
Win by 3 to 0 and 3 to 2
BY w. O. Mcclellan

came back yesterday and pitched
no-hit game for the Cleveland Ind
iAns against the Yankees at the
Polo Grounds. Only two men
reached first base, Hannah through
a base on balls and Baker through
an error by Wambsganss.
Caldwell. the erratic, the tcmpera-
mental. the undependable. shut out
"Murderers' Row." the hardest slug
gers in the league, with the might of
the arm that they said had gone bad,
and with the steel of the nerve that
they said he had lost:
While Caldwell held "Murderers' Row"
harmless, Soldier Harris, of the A. f.
F. furnished the drives that brought
the three runs across for the Indians.
He did it with home run and double.
The second game, another hard fought
contest, was won by the Indians by
the score of 8 to 2. The scintillating
fielding of Roger Peckinpaugh made
this game worth remembering.
There were something like $4,000 per-
sons at the Polo Grounds when Cald-
we'll started his game against Carl
Mays, the injunction-a heavy ar
tllery of the Yankees. When the fifth
inning was passed without anything
like hit being scored against Cald-
we'll the crowd began to wonder if the
aimed at by all pitchers since the game
was played and which is attained by SO
few.
Crowd With Caldwell
The crowd was with Caldwell, the
prodigal, despite the fact that he was
working for Ban Johnsons team, the
Indians, for the prodigal always was a
likeable wastrel. Even after he had
driven managers to desperation he
could win them back with that COM
pelling grin of his. Even when he dis
appeared. bent on his own personal
diversions when the team needed him
most, he grinncd his way back into the
good graces of the fan with the wiles Of
young Mulvaney of the diamond.
A New York crowd has sporting in
stincts. When it came to the ninth
with two out and Peckinpaugh, about
as formidable hitter as they have on
the Yanks, came to bat, the crowd was
silent with apprehension. When Peck
inpaugh was thrown out by Chapman
they cheered with relief and delight.
The prodigal pitcher had won the crown
Of baseball.
The no-hit games have not been par
ticularly plentiful at the Polo Grounds.
This was the first time that an Ameri-
can League pitcher has ever achieved
the feat on this lot. Cy Young pitched
one at the Hilltop, according to the
oldest inhabitants. Jim Lavender, of
the Cubs, pitched one against the
Giants in 1916 and Rube Marquard, one
of the abest seamen in Uncle Josephus
Daniels's fleet, pitched one in 1915.
The nearest that Caldwell had ever
come to it before was to shutout the
opposing side with two hits He had
come within an inning or two, but had
just failed.
Soldiers Homer Wins
The Indians gave him fine support
and start that put the heart into HIM
in the first, not that the Prodigal ever
was q pitcher who needed bright skies
and all the best of it, Graney got a
base on balls off Mays in the opening
inning Then Soldier Harris, who stood
under more barrages than any ball
player in either league. just nosed one
over the left field fence for home
run
The Soldier evidently believed that
General Pershing would occupy the
box that had been draped for him and
fitted with gold eagle borrowed from
Squire Ebbets. of Brooklyn, who car
ries more Cohanesque props and waves
the flag harder than any owner in
baseball In the sixth inning the Sol
dier brought another run across. Chap
man got base on balls and went tc
second on Speakers sacrifice. Their
Harris drove a two Dagger to right
and the third run was scored. But tht
commanding general of the A. r: r
did not arrive to witness the 1eat o1
one of his doughboys.
Neither did Harris, costarring will
Caldwell, get all Of the credit tha
WAS due him. 1t was Caldwell's game
his comeback, his retort to the man
ayers that had discarded him. Ever.
sporting crowd likes to a man pul
himself out of the hole as Caldwell die
yesterday. Mays, the injunction-ar
mored, pitched steady game, but i
was not his afternoon to shine.
Tho second game was a battle be
tween Jack Quinn and George Uhlt
who has been winning lot of game
for the Indians of late. Uhlc won out
but it looked as though the Yank
might make a last charge in the mint
when Pratt made a home run with tw
ont. But Murderers' Row subsde
after the first murderous crack
Speaker Still on Job
The Yanks started the second gam
as though they were out for reveng
and going to get it, Roger Peckir
paugh smashed double to centre.
would have been home run if anybod
y but Speaker had been covering tn
three fields. The player manage
scooted after it and speared it on tn
bound, holding it to double Peckir
paugh scored on a hit by Pipp to rigt
field.
In the sixth inning Ban Johnson
team, undisturbed by injunctions, cam
back and took hard swat at Quinn
Harris got a base on balls, The
Larry Gardner got under one and pr
it'into the right field stand by abol
an inch for another home run.
In the ninth Joe Lannin, forme
owner of the Red Sox, VINO had bee
sleeping peacefully through bot
games, woke up. SO did the Yanks
but it all happened too late. Prat
came out of the trance with hom
run smash into the left field stand
with two out. Lewis singled to lei
field. Ping Bodic, after taking
hard smash at a couple. got himself
base on balls. But Muddy Ruel poke
one down to Gardner and was throw
out.
The Yankee legal team seems to b
kicking the daylghts out of Ban Johr
son, all right, but in the meantinl
Ban Johnson's baseball team seems t
have the Indian sign on the Yanke
baseball team. Before the bar tn
Yanks are leading the league, but o