The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-02
.YANKS ADVANCE AT
TIGERS EXPENSE
Mogridge Defeats Boland, 5 to
A, and Leads New York
Into Second Place.

Miller Higgins, mite Yankee manager.
has discovered the combination to beat
Bernie Boland, formerly the most per-
sistent jinx that ever pursued a New
York team. Miller solved the trick by
pitching Mogridge against little Bernard
Long George can't beat anybody else.
but he surely can take the hoodoo on
Boland.
Higgins learned the trick on that last
disastrous Western trip Of the Yanks-
The Tigers had rolled back the Yanks in
four straight games, and Jennings sent
in Boland to grab of the fifth game and
clean UP the series. Being pretty well
out Of pitchers, Higgins called on Mo-
gridge to oppose him, and George hadn't
won a game up to that time. The game
lasted only six innings. and Mogridge
COPIED 1t by score Of to 0.
Yesterday Higgins figured what can
be done once can be done again. SO
again Mogridge got the call to oppose
Boland and again it worked George
had about six horseshoes hidden around
him on the Polo Grounds yesterday. He
nosed out the Tigers, with Boland pitch
ing. BY score of to 4.
Still Boland is considerably ahead of
the game. Since he broke into the
league in 1915, he has defeated the
Yankees fifteen times. Yesterday was
New Yorks fourth victory over Boland
Yanks I'm Second Place.
1t was quite an afternoon for the
Yanks. as they hurdled over the Indians
and Tigers and landed back In second
place. The White Sox, however, remain
quite few jumps ahead
Chick Fewster, the converted Yankee
infielder, now playing right field In place
Of Wick, lashed out his first big league
homer yesterday, and the kid certainly
inserted 1t in the right spot. After De-
troit tied 1t up in the first half OF the
eighth, Chick lasted his -go-round
welt into the left field bleachers in the
Yankee half, again sending the Yanks to
the front.
Hugh Jennings again is bossing the
Tigers from the grand stand. Hughie
hasn't pulled out any of Hen Fabian
grass this year. The last time the
Ee-yah man was in town, he was under
suspension for a rumpus in Boston, ana
yesterday Hughie again was notihed that
he had been set down indefinitely foT
his strenuous conversation to Ban
Johnson's Jumps in Boston last Thurs
day. The fans miss Hughes good
a.tr-ed antics
Eleven. Tigers Left on Bases.
The Tigers got an awful raft of men
on the bases yesterday, but couldn't get
them over. They got nine hits, includ-
ing a triple and three doubles Mogridge
dished out six bases on balls and winged
two others, while another Michigander
got on base on Pecks bad throw. That
was eighteen Tigers to reach base, Oh
whom only four scored. Two were
cleaned up on double plays one was
nipped stealing and eleven were left
The Yanks made much better use OF
their scoring chances against Boland. as
only three Of the local lads were left.
Del Pratt. Ty Cobb and Ross Young
did quite bit Of mauling. Pratt smote
three healthy singles in as many times
up and carried in two runs. Cobb and
Young each got three hits and base on
balls in Ave times up. One of Tvs hits
was a triple and Pep had double in his
collection. Cobb knocked in three OF the
four Tiger runs. Twice he drove IN
Young. and Pep drove in the fourth Iiger
tally.
1t took the fastest kind of support TO
pull Mogridge out of his many holes.
Baker grabbed Ainsmith's wicked smash
behind third in the fifth with the bases
full and got his man. In the sixth Peek
threw out both Bush and Young from
left field.