The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-16
SHOCKER BATTLES
OLD TEAMMATES
In Stirring Duel With Quinn
Leads Browns to ! to o Vic
tory Over Yankees.
HIGGINS MEN LOSE LEAD
Lone Run Is Scored in Second,
When Demmitt is Winged
and Jacobson Triples.
HIGGINS MEN LOSE LEAD


A broad shouidsred youns chap with
q sunburnod face, an out thrust chin, q
liberal supply Of slippery elm, a good
right arm and commendabis nerve
spoiled an otherwise perfectly lovely AZ
:ernoon for the Yankees at tho Polo
Grounds yesterday. The staiwart youth
wore the livery of the st. Louis Car
dlnals, He beat the veteran Jack Quinn,
/ to 0, in a scintiliating pitchers duel,
and toppled the Yankees out of the top
story in the American League standing.
II was none other than Urban ShocksT,
whom the Yankees usad TO root as hard
for az they do now against, Urban
staged little skit all Of his own, which
might have been called Revenge, or
The outcasts Triumph" 1t almost
drew tears from the 10000 fans that
viewed the drama.
Ever since that cold January day last
year when Miller Huggins chased
Shoeker away from the homo hearth
along with Nick Cullop. Les\ Nuna-
maker, Joe Gedeon and Fritz Maisel in
exchange fer Derrill Pratt and the sepiis
Eddie Plank, Urban has been doing his
best to show Higgins that Miller Is far
from being q baseball David Harum.
Urban, in fact, has been proving q YER
y
shocksr has pitched against the Yam
KEGS four times since Higgins waved the
trade wand and changed Urban into Q
81. Louis Brownie. Victory perched
atop the etalwart shoulders of the
Yankee outcast three times. In June
last year the Yankees beat the Cardinals
with Shocker pitching for SC. Louis, / 70
o. The other three clashes resulted in
triumphs for shocksF.
shocker Yields five Hits.
Urban made the Yankees look like
troop Of the International Leaguers
shocker used to NOV down the year the
Yankees farmed him out to Toronto. He
set the Yankee siuggers down with ave
scattered hits and only Issued one pass.
With his splitter working like a charm
he kept the ball writhing and twisting
across the plate until the Yankees
threatened to dislocats their backbones
trying to connect safely.
With the exception Of the second when
Gerber. with one down, fumbled Pratt's
grounder and allowed Lewis. who had
led off with q single. to race all the way
TO third. Shocker was not threatened IN
Ill the eighth. With two down in that
canto Baker started a belated rally by
polling a double down the right field foul
line and advancing to third when Lewis
beat out bunt to Austin. Each time
shocker calmly pulled himself out Of the
hole. In the second he tossed out Bodie
himself and made Hannah ground to
Gerber. In the eighth Baker and Lewis
were left stranded when Pipp grounded
TO Gedeon and was tossed out by Joe.
One certainly cannot blame the YaHy
kee defeat on Quinn. Jack twiried mag
nlfcent ball. He furnished a brand Of
pifchiOD haf y0talA nj
games out OF ten. Jack had one lapse
from grace and 1t cost him the game.
II happened In the second inning, when
he winged Demmitt with q pitched ball
and then let Jacobson lean full tilt into
fast one The ball went screaming
Into right centre for three hassoeirs and
pushed Demmitt across the platter with
the lone run OF the long afternoon.
Jack Then Tishtens.
But with none out and Jacobson
perched on third Quinn would not allow
81 Louis to Jam another run across.
takrr tossed out Smith and kept Jake
glued TO third. The mastiff of a fellow
then attempted a greyhound stunt. He
tied TO steal home and was out on
ouinn's peg to Hannah. Bodie made
good catch OF Gerber's belt to centre.
The Browns harvested eight hits on
Oulnn's delivery, but no two Of the ST.
louis elouts came In the same inning.
With men on the bases the Yankee vet
eran was invinclble, barring that lone
exception In the second inning. Jack
worked out Of two tight holes in the
sixth and the eighth.
Austin opened the sixth with a Texas
Lacquer over second and was sacrificed
70 second by Gedeon. A passed ball nut
Jimmy on third. Peckinpaugh. who was
al over the inheld during the game.
ceIralled Tobins liner and Pratt tossed
out Demmltt
Shocker pried the lid OF In the eighth
win single to right. Quinn then
passed Austin for the second time. Jack
only issued two bases on balls, and both
went to Austin. Shoeker went to third
Snen Gedeon forced Austin, Pratt 10
reckinpaugh. Peckinpaush then made
a EAttering corral OF Tobin's Texas
Lacquer back Of second, and Demmltt
was thrown out by Pratt.
Inc Yankees decorated their defence
WIN Two lightning double plays. Quinn
feeklnpaugh and Pipp made a twoply
Mling OF Austin and Gedeon In the hrst
ana Peekinpaugh and Pipp did away
WIN Tobin and Demmitt In the fourth
BAKER fell in fielding Tobin's bunt Ia
we fourth, and 1t went as hit, Peck.
hpaugh thti scoeped up Dsmmitt':
sLouhder, toushed second and pessed tc
.'pp Tor a double play that had to b.
seen to be appreciated.
me helding feature OF the fray wal
BAKERS hare hand grab OF Jacobson.
sevage bounder and lightning peg &c
@'sl IN the seventh. The score,