New-York tribune., 1919-07-08
Bakers Homer
Opens the Way
To3---2 Victory
Drive Into Stand. Scores
Peck Ahead and Then
Three Singles Settle Issue

The best game of the recent long
series between the Yankees and the
Washington Senators was staged at the
Polo Grounds yesterday, when the locals
captured the concluding contest by a
brilliant ninth-inning rally. The score
was to and the win gives the
Yankees the series by six games to
three.
Everybody likes happy ending. No
happer or better ending could have been
set than was enacted for the fairly
large crowd of fans yesterday. Con-
sidering the stay of the Washington
nine and that it was Monday, the crowd
was quite large.
Lief Erickson, the numbering Dane,
had been moving the Yankees down
with , monotonous and disappointing
regularity. Eric simply had our war;
riors eating out of his hand. To make
matters worse, Eric carried a disdain-
fNl air about him in marchir1, to and
from the box. In short Eric was going
altogether too we'll on that mound and
was due for fall. But nobody thought
things would be permitted to drift
along in such fashion until the ninth,
Fighting Spirit Aroused
They did, however. Then the Yankees
fighting spirit became aroused. Peck
irpaugh, who collected two more hits
IN this game, making twenty-eight in
a row in which he has hit safely,
picked out club and strobe deter
minedly and defnantly to the plate.
The blonde and ungainly Eric slipped
over two strikes almost immediately
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off a couple. Then he fulfilled the hopes
OF the onlookers answered the exhor-
tations of Manager Higgins by smash
ing single into centre. Frank Baker
eaTe to the bat next. Frank in the
days of the Athletics, used to break up
lot of ball games with wallops such
as Babe Ruth is producing nowadays.
no bake" is threatening to regain
IS title of "Home Run King"
Eric threw Frank three balls and
thought to cross him up by shooting
spanked the leather plumb on the seam.
driving 1t into the right field stand.
Peck scored ahead and the game was
tied.
Erickson Is Derricked
Clark Griffith, who has wealth of
gray hairs from just such accidents as
these, and who had been anxiously
watching from the bench to see how Eric
would get through that ninth frame
sadly shook his head and strolled out
to postpone hostilities. Harry Harper
was called to the mound from the bull
pen and Foster, Shanks and Griff
grouped themselves behind Harper to
see If he had the stuff. Satisfied that
he had, after watching him throw a
couple, play was resumed with Duffy
Duffy fouled one into the stands and
slashed the next over second Wally
Plpp laid down a perfect bunt which
the visitors were unable to field. Then
Pratt after missing twice in an at
tempt to sacrifice, gave it up and took
a cut at the next, sending it into right
field, scoring Lewis and giving victory
to the home club
Ernie Shore opposed Erickson when
the teams came together Ernie did
quite we'll while he hurled, but Eric
was going better. The first run gar
nered from Shores offerings was made
IN the second period by Picinich, the
hustllng, nifty young catcher, who
cracked one into the left field beachers
and circled the bases at his leisure.
Score Again in Seventh
In the seventh Lief helped apparently
to cllnch his own game by slamming to
centre. Bodie failed to bring his knees
together in time and the ball sailed
onward to the fence, Erickson gallop-
ing to third. Leonard bounded to
Pratt slow hit which allowed Erick-
son to tally, although Pratt made a
fruitless attempt to nail the pitcher.
Inc next batters were easy outs.