The sun., 1919-09-27
MACK'S YOUNGSTERS
PUZZLED BY MAYS
Carl's Pitching Enables New
Workers to Retain Hold
ON Third Place.
ERROR HELPS MACKMEN
Hannah's Wild Throw Pre-
vents Shutout-Huggins
Uses Many Rockies.
ny CHARLES r. MArHIsoN.

Connie Mack's Southern Association
champions signalized their farewell APP
pearance at the Polo Grounds for the
present season by dropping a game to
the Yankees by s to 2. The. Yankees
also celebrated their last game in the
Brush Stadium for the season, and a
good time was. had by all except Mr..
McGillicuddy, who saw nothing in the
actions of his rockies to Indicate that
they would prove dangerous factors is
the race of 1920.
Barring the batting of Burns, who got
two singles and triple in four trips
to the plate and the fieldjng OF Gallo
way and Griffin, the performance of the
substitutes for the cellar champions of
the American League was suggestive of
the national pastime In a rural COM
munlty.
Their deficiencies with the stick were
due to the puzzling raise" delivery of
Carl Mays, who performed in his best
style. The Yankee management rather
hattered the Athletics by sending Mays
20 tho rubber, but after the sixth In
ming Higgins cast serious reflection on
the ability Of the visitora by permitting
Wick, Baker. Lewis, Pipp and Ruel to
retire from the game and putting second
string men in their places
Notwithstanding these changes. Mays
would have shut out the Philadelphians
but for the fact that Hannah made an
ambitious attempt to throw the ball over
Coogan's Bluff in the ninth inning. and
as result two men scored. With these
two tallies the Athletics happily de-
parted for their home city. and were
followed by the Yankees, who are re-
qulred to win two more games from
the Athletics before the season closes.
Yanks stin In Third Place.
The Yankees still hold third place by
nearly a full point, although the White
Sox apparently are doing all in their
power to give the advantage to the De-
troits and thus enable Cobb and his
fellow players to gather in the 10 per
cent of the worlds series money that
goes with the position,
The White Sox, having clinched the
. American League pennant, now are saw
ing all their men for the worlds series
tussle. Gleason yesterday put in semi
pro pitcher named Sullivan. and the
Tigers nicked him for nineteen hits. The
Detroits and Yankees have two games
each to pay, and the Huggins clan will
have to keep on their toes to the finish.
II they drop a game In Philadelphia and
Detroit wins both OF their games away
will go the 10 per cent. into thin air.
Roberts and Boone were the sort of
pitchers to appeal to big league hitters
Roberts was touched up for eight hits
and six runs In the five frames he was
on the mound. and Boone escaped with
four hits and two runs IN the three
final sessions. Although Boone denied
he was a descendant OF Daniel Boone, he
would have looked the trapper had he
worn a coonskin cap and carried rife.
Yanlxs Score Twice.
The Yankees got their two runs in the
second inning on singles by Pipp Pratt
and Ruel and Lewis's sacrifice. Singles
by Pratt and Lewis and a wild throw
by Burns gave one in the fourth. and
three were scored in the fifth on Peck's
walk, Bakers single, Dykes's error,
Pratts sacrifice fly and Lewiss double.
Lewis tried to stretch his hit to a triple
and was nipped at the third station.
Two more came in the sixth on Ruel's
pass, Mays's infield hit. a wild pitch by
Boone AMI Vick's single.
Griffin opened the ninth inning with
single, and Welsh was safe at first on
Peck's bad throw. Hannah. who had re-
placed Pipp at first. ran after the ball
and made throw that went to the
stands. both runners scoring before the
leather could be retrieved. Burns fol-
lowed with a hit, but Galloway forced
Burns, Dykes forced Galloway and Mays
threw Ewoldt out at first. The score: