New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
Clustered Hits
OF Locals ROut
Leaders, 6 to 4
Huggins's Men Bombard
Williams and Danforth,
Southpaws, i'll Last Innings
By w. 0. Mcclellan

The embattled Yanks pounded
Claude Williams. the left handed riv-
eter and baseball pitcher. with par
ticular vehemence in the sixth inning
yesterday and f1attened the naughty
White Sox at the Polo Grounds by
to 4. Manager Miller Higgins was
evlcted by Believing Brick Owens in
the ninth-reason unknown. but it
might have been for demonstrating
with the umpire because the Yankees
were winning. Jack Quinn had only
a couple of bad moments.
The sadfaced athletes of the New
York Americans seemed to have shaken
Off some of the melancholy that has
marked the Yanks for its own in sea-
sons past. They battled yesterday
after considerable disbursement.
After they got one-run lead in the
second the Sox tied in the fourth
and passed them in the fifth with onlv
two hits. 1t looked as though Quinn
was being followed home by some Of
the tough luck that had bitten him on
the road.
But in the sixth "Moderers' Row.
Baker not participating, gave Riv-
eter Williams a pounding that must
have reminded him of the shipyards
with all the steam hammers going at
once. Little Sammy Wick led off with
a single to left. Peckinpaugh hit an
other across the left field line. Baker
popped out. Duffy Lewis drove one into
lett, scorlnk Wicker and making it even
again. Plpp hoisted long fly to CEN
ter and Peckinpaugh scored.
Pratt's Rap Decisive
Derrlll Pratt gave Williams his hard.
est bump when he drove a two -bagger
TO right and scored Lewis. Then Riv-
eter Williams faced Ping Bodie, the
renowned Spaghetti King, who in his
own language is called Francisco Piz-
zola. Ping Bodie also was a riveter in
the great war, but in a rival shipyard:
consequently the feeling between Sig
nor Plzzola and Riveter Williams is
somewhat bitter. Ping was better
rlveter. Consequently Williams passed
him purposely and Hannah popped one
up directly over the plate for an alti-
tude record
The Yanks got two more in the
eighth with David Danforth. another
left handler, in the box. With pipp
out, after Felsch made seemingly
impossible catch of one Wally drove
out almost against the ccntrefield
renee, Pratt got a base on balls. Ping
bodle drove a double to left. sending
Pratt home and going to third on the
throw-in.
with Signor Pizzola on third and
hannah at bat Miller Higgins ordered
the preparation of the traditional
Yank strategy and panacea for all tho
evils of baseball-the squeeze. Han
nah bunted to Eddie Collins and Ping
hurled his carefully nurtured person
across the plate
All through the game there was soma
spectacular fielding that caused the
neat debllltated multitude to rise and
howl, at the imminent risk of incur
ring heat apoplcxy Pcchinpaugh
played wonderful fielding game. Wick
made backward catch on the run. and
there was the catch made bv Felsch.
Suffer From Humidity
Umpire Brick Owens also was suffer-
ing great mental and some physical
anguish because of the humidity In
calling balls Brick let his head sag
back and uttered Moo" with the same
expression and vehemence used by the
cattle when they feel that the water
holes are drying up. 1t may be that
the similarity Of the pain expressed by
Brick is due to the certain proximity
Of July /.
The Yanks got their first run in the
second inning, when Pratt singled to
right with two out. Bodie got his base
on balls and Hannah dumped single
just behind short, scoring Pratt The
Sox tied j nthe fourth when Eddie
Collins got the first hit from Quinn. a
double to centre. Collins went to third
on Jacksons out and scored on Felsch's
long fly.
The Sox took the lead in the fifth
when Schalk got a base on balls and
went to second on Wiliams's sacrifice.
Liebold's single to right scored him.
which made it two runs on two hits for
he SoX and lot of hard luck for
QuinS. The sixth inning dispelled all
Of the gathering gloom.
Nome Run for Weaver
In the eighth Quinn got little care
less and lobbed one right over to Buck
Weaver. who promptly hosted it into
the upper tier of the right field stand
for home run. The Sox got one more
in the ninth, when Jackson and Gandil
singled. Josephus scored on Felsch's
fy.
1t was in this inning that Miller
Higgins was evicted by Owens. Happy
Felsch turned on a rcbounding foul and
batted it into the stands. Miller Hug
gins demanded his eviction. But he de-
manded it so vociferously that Owens,
fearing the temperature and the vic
tory had gone to his head. chased him
to the shower for safety.
Tho score:
CHICAGO "A. ~ NEW YORK "a L)
ab r h po abr h NJ a.
I.ebold. N...4 200 Wick RI s / = %
Weaver. 3b O-peck'gh. SD s o