The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-18
SHORE GOES ROUTE
AGAINST BROWNS
Ernie. Pitching First Com
plete Game of Season, Beats
st. Louis, 5 to 2.
pECK'S HITTING FEATURE
Roger. Drives Out Homer and
Two Singles-SailOrs
Guests Of Club.
pECK,s HITTING FEATURE
nv FREDERICK G. LIEB.

Ensign Ernie Shore, the long legged
gunner OF the Yankees, realized quite an
ambition on the Polo Grounds yester-
a.y For some time past Ernie has been
haroorlng n notion that some day he
would like to finish something that he
started.
humps early in the spring and after his
rhecks contracted to their normal club
Illness Ernie could get up just enough
stsan, 10 go six or seven innings In
cu.stionably all traces Of the mumps
AZ. now gone for Shore stuck through
an entire nine inning cruise against the
81 Louis Browns. II 10 the first time
shore has gone the route this season,
hence all this jubilation.
Aided by some timely humping by
Roger Peckinpaugt and dexterous foot
work. BY Sammy Wick in right field.
shore licked the Brownies in the last
game OF the set by score OF to q.
giving the Yankees three games out OF
four That rather wipes out the stigma
Of the Yankee route in st. Louis, when
The Brownies cleaned UP New York
three straight.
Az the White sox beat the Athletics
ara,n and the Cleveland Indians twice
upset the Red Sox, the American League
rses is getting very hot. Only % points
SEPARATE the first three teams. Fur and
feathers should ny when the Yanks and
Indians rush into q clinch on the Polo
Grounds this afternoon.
weilman on the Mound.
n was quite a day for Gobs on the
/ Harlem baseball pasture yesterday.
Array Sparrow officially designated It as
Ieviathan Day. as the Yanks were play
inr host to the officers and sailors Of
tho big transport. The Yanks had lots
O, company II also was free day for
the lads IN khaki. in addition to which a
regiment Of urchns were bleacher guests
Of the Yankee Colonels-Ruppert and
Huston.
While Shore lasted through the muss
several times he was on ice so thin one
could hear 1t crack. In the first five in
ninrs the Browns made only two hits on
him, but In the last four they stung him
for nine Jimmy Burke, the laxative
st Louis pilot, is having some bad
dreams Twenty three Browns were left
on the bases in the last two games.
Roger Pecklnpaugh furnished the
Browns few lessons in hit productivity.
His three bingles produced more runs
than the eleven st. Louis hits. Roger
hit a homer into the left field bleachers
in the fourth. His single in the fifth
knocked in Truck Hannah. and he
scored after opening the eighth with a
single.
Yanks Score 2 Runs in the Fifth.
Carl Weilman, the lanly left handed
s.. Louis bean pole. threw up the pro-
jecties for Peck's first two hits. George
Wright. who took such a pasting last
Saturday. tried his luck again yester-
day. He relieved Weilman in the sew
tnth and did much better.
The Levisthan tars saw one OF the
hest fielding exhibitions OF the year.
There was only one error, an excusable
NUT at first by Gedeon when he tried
to sneak in behind Bodie and catch the
Hon. Ping mapping. Pratt made a stop
Of Sisters hot smash close to first base
IN the first inning that was a ptppin.
while Wick made several smart running
catches that should make Shore his
friend for life. Sammy is getting to be
handy boy to have around.
Weilman held up pretty we'll until the
fourth, when Peck lined the ball into
The KID chorus In the left field bleachers.
II was quite whacll as IL still was
rising when 1t hit the wooden seats
~ 'ultI AnleI CONAN DuIIy Lewis
was called out on strikes a few minutes
later on a ball that Duffy threw himself
on the ground to prevent being beaned
Duffy engaged Ollie Chill, the pint sized
imp" in conversation which grew to
be quite personal. But the squall blew
over without any casualties.
The Yanks scored two more in the
NTH. Pratt and Bodie led off with sin
EleS and Del went to third when Gedeon
iAuhed throw to catch Ping mapping
Il first Hannah scored Derril with a
haSe knock TO left. Shore sacrificed
Nlt Bodie was run down on Vick's tar
% Austin. Peck lined solid single &c
Ell Hannah scoring. but Wick was out
6, the plate when he ran past Paddy
oConnors danger signal.
IN the sixth Baker walked and was
;orced by Pipp, Wallie scored wher
FIatt trpled over st. Louis Earl Smiths
.ead. Del also ran past O'Connor's rec
nag and was nipped at the plate trying
for a homer.
II looked as though Shore was abou
70 dow in the seventh when jacobson
smith and Gerber. the first three mer
up banged clean singles, the Baby Dol
scoring, But Ernie buckled down anC
sot the next three. In the ninth Shore
Iad another shaky spell with two out
lac sloan. a pinch hitter. singled and
'ooN second when Austin walked OF
'oar straight balls. Gedeons singl,
sent Sloan home Quinn again got yer,
ousy in the Bull Pen, but Tobin lifted
10 Bodie for the exit out The score:
ST LOUIS a. NEW YORK a.