The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-13
YankS and Senators Battle
is More Rounds to a Dram
AFTER Going Twelve Scoreless Innings on Sunday They
Engage in Wild Shindig That Leaves Them Still
Without Verdict, the Count Being 4 to a.
ny FREDERICK G. LIED.

ferhaps some day later in the season
When the chill Is out OF the air and, the
sunday baseball law is properly de-
ciphercd the Yankees and the Senators
VIII De able to put on n finish fight.
AFTER going twelve innings on Sun
Gay without either team being able 10
coax over n run Miller Hugrins's Rladi.
ators and the District Of Columbia lads
resumed their argument on the Polo
Grounds yesterday. This time they
strung the affair along for fifteen In
nings without either team getting in a
knockout punch.
Brick Ownes got cold, hungry and
hosetty as inning after inning rolled by
without either team getting anything
mat even resembled run. With the
score standing A at the end of the
ntteenth, he suddenly uttered some gut
tural sounds. went through a series OF
wild syrations with his arms, and DART
ed Off the field.
This was the office" that the game
was over. No one knew exactly WHY
as II was about as light as any time
In the afternoon. But for want of a
better excuse 1t was called because OF
darkness
Oh, for the Old DAYS!
Fans may enjoy this new tangled Gus.
tom OF running everything overtime on
the Polo lawn. but occasionally baseball
writers and peanut statesmen sigh for the
good old days when ball games expired
after nine innings. Thirty eight innings
OF play have been spilled in the last
three games in Harlem and only one
went to decision. Last Thursday the
Giants refused to lose to the Graves
until the eleventh inning. There was a
two day intermission. and then the
Tanks and Senators put on their two
day Marathon. They crowded twenty
seven innings OF ball into two after
moons, and left the standing of the
clubs exactly where they found It.
Derril Pratt was the culprit who was
responsible for all the extra chapters to
yesterdays end of the serial The Yanks
had victory in their grasp In the ninth,
and all that was needed to finish the Job
was for Pratt to relay ball to Pipp TO
complete an easy double play. But II
was so easy" that Del made one OF his
celebrated wild throws and let in the tie
ing run. while 1t put Gherrity on third
base. whence he proceeded to steal home.
This steal created more OF dis
turbance than friendly discussion on
the matter of Fiume between an Italian
and his Jugo-Slav. neishbor. Ruel
dropped a low pitch. but made a quick
recovery just as Eddie slid in. Prick
Owens called Ainsmith out. whereupon
Eddie rose. grabbed Brick by the
shoulders and proceeded to waltz him
around the infield. Brick finally shook
himself loose. but the whole benchfuI of
Senators surrounded him, anxious TO
have the next dante.
Grimth Only Wells.
Griffith was in street clothes, so he
couldn't get into the mixup. but his
shrill voice could be heard above the
tumult giving vent to sounds of dis
approval and distress.
Finally the Senators rushed out TO
Bill Dineen. and oddly enough he sided
with them. He said in his opinion
Charity was safe. and confded this
opinion TO Owens, Brick then reversed
the decision. Charity now danced
with JOY, but Brick only had jumped
from the frying pan into the fire. The
entire Yankee bench now empted it.
self and in moment Owens was sur
rounded by a circle OF angry Yanks.
Higgins said an awful lot for a little
fellow. There was only one way TO quiet
him. That was to remove him from the
scene of the crime. Higgins finally
accepted the invitation TO cool down in