The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-12
YANKS TAKE FINAL
FROM CLEVELAND
Shawkey Returns to Form and
/. Defeats Indians by a
Score of 2 to 1.
ny FREDERICK G. LIER.

ny FREDERICK G. LIEB.
Nothing Of moment happened on the
Polo lawn yesterday. That is. nothing
OF moment outside OF the Yankees win,
ming ball game. And after Babe Ruth
shattering the homo run record and Ray
Caldwell pitching a no lift game on sue
cessive baseball days mere Yankee
victoyy furnished little In the way of
real Excitement.
Still II behooves us to be satisfied with
small favors We extend our hearty
congratulations to the Yanks on their
quick work yesterday. They actually
defeated the Cleveland Indians in an
hour and thirty-two minutes. The score
was 3 to /. 1t was the last game OF the
year between the Yanks and the team
dubbed In some circles as Ban John
sons own" Cleveland won the years
series, thirteen to seven. That's the
worse humping any team has given the
Yanks this year
Despite theirl victory the Yanks still
were swinging their maces as though
they were In n trance. Perhaps they
are on hit strike. Everybody's doing
It But can you imagine a walking deley
cation approaching Ping Bodie and ask
ing Ping to restrain from "hhsting 'em'i
SO that he might help uplift his down.
trodden brethren2
Only Four Hits for Yankees.
The Yanks got only four hits off Ser-
geant Jim Bagby, and Ping got one of
EN-, Pings safety Is given particular
prominence because he cracked II in fhe
fourth with Pratt on second. 1t scored
Del with what proved to be the winning
run. .-,r
Bob Shawkey was serving them lp
| for the Yanks, and Bob, the Cob pitchAd
the way he did In the early days of thu
year when he won ten straight and the
Yanks and all their loyal legion were
/ full of hope. He dispersed the Indians
With six hits Ray Chapman scored the
only run off the former mariner
in the frat inning when Pipp rather in
advisedly attached himself to a long
foul and permitted a run to score from
third. Wallie argued perhaps that a
foul In hand Is putout no matter what
the circumstances.
One of the extraordinary things about
the game was that Peck went through
the afternoon without a chance. After
Peck handled forty-four chances in two
double headers 1t probably was deemed
advisable to keep the ball as far away
from Peck as was permissible
| Ping IL the Hero.
The one conspicuous bit Of Yank field
ing was performed BY the Hon. Ping
Bodie in the eighth. With the Indians
a run, behind, Steve O'Neill knocked a
| clean single to centre. Bagby also
stabbed liner in the same direction.
Not a chance for Ping to get that one
argued Steve to himself. as he put on
full steam and headed for third. But he
didn't know our Ping. The fans razzed
him the other day and shouted for his
gore. Ping was out to redeem himself.
| He waddled In as fast as his stocky
pins would waddle him. No use, Ping
couldn't get In fast enough. So he dove,
/ The grass was wet and he slid In on his
shirt BOSOM. He squeezed Bagbys liner
Off blade OF grass and then turned a
| couble somersault Regaining his feet
he majestically held the ball up in the
air to- convince the umpires and the
| word that there wasn't anything
'phoney'' about his catch. Then he
threw to Pipp. doubling O'Neill off that
bag. Steve never even tried to get back
but applauded the nlmble Ping from
second base
A free bit OF outdoor vaudeville com.
edy Is given the fans on the Pole
! Grounds every day while the lad with
the megaphone does his announcing
They had one fellow who got the gate
after he repeatedly pronounced western
Pennsylvania's thriving metropolis a,
| "Pittsboig." But his successor has beer
awarded the brown derby with nc
strings attached. He almost has had
Billy Evans in commissions the last two
days with the contortlons he can do with
old George Moriarty's monaker. Or
| Wednesday he pronounced 1t evans and
Morality" and yesterday 1t was Evans
and Majority" Needless to say tn,
| present announcer has no kin which
came here from Erin.
Indians Score First.
The Indians scored their lone run II
the first Graney went out on q fas
play. The ball bounded OF 'Pipp's glove
to Pratt, who shot 1t over to Shawkey
covering first, In time 70 beat Jack Glad
stone. Chapman then slapped a single
to centre and salloped around to third
when Speaker lined q single 10 right
Pipp ran into deep foul territory to catch
Harris's foul 1t wouldn't have beer
necessary for Wally to clutch 1t. but ht
did. BY the time he turned around ant
straiehtened up for o play to the plat'
the fast Chapman had scored.
The Yanks tied 1t In the second. Lewi'
birched a double to left and Bodies
soarer to Speaker was long enough t
enable Duffy to get down to third
Lewis scored when Graney failed Il
catch Ruel's low line drive.
New York then scored what proved z
be the winning run In the fourth Wit
one out Pratt smashed to left for tw'
bases and Lewis flied to Speaker. Bod.
knocked q single to right sending In Del
That was making good use or New
York's meager crop of bingleA
To-day the Browns are tho atuacuon
The Missourians had hopes OF pushinI
the Yanks out Of fourth place until tn