New-York tribune., 1919-09-01
Athletics Fail
To Dent Plate
Off Carl Mays
''Injunction KID Holds the
Mackmen in Check While
Team Mates Get Six Runs
By w. O. Mcclellan

Carl Mays shut out McGillicuddy's
Apa athletics at the Polo Grounds yes
terday and made it seven sraight vic
tories for the Prodigal Yankees. Now
that the Yanks do not have to worry
over the worlds series they are set
Ting down to baseball, and the chances
are that they will annoy several pen
nant contendcrs during their last stand
at Coogan's Bluff. The score yester-
day was Yanks 6, Athletics 0.
Round the eighth inning puzzled
| spectator demanded in stentorian
tones, what kind of a ball game is
this?" The inquiry was not quite
justified. 1t wasn't bad ball game.
into consideration the fact that the
Apathctics were participating in the
pastme. The inquiry woke up Phil
adelphia fan, who had slept through
to this point. The Philadel elphian
yawned, muttcred II dunno" and went
bac kto sleep.
The Yanks got in the first punch ns
early as the first inning. Tewstcr got
base on balls, bat was thrown out
crying to steal second. Pecknpaugia
also walked and went to third, when
Baker crashed q single TO centre. Wallie
Pipp sent twistcr past first that went
for two bases and scored Peckinpaugh.
With prat out Lewis singled to right
and brought Baker and Pipp home.
In the third inning the Yanks
launched another drive at Naylor. who
was in the box for the Apathetics.
Baker started it with double 10 CEN
! trc. Pipp rolled "A bunt to third and
beat it to the bag. Pratt singled TO
left centre and scored Baker.
Barely Miss Triple Play
Lewis popped to Dugan, who doubled
Pratt at second. Pipp started to shoot
for the plate and beat the throw by a
whiskcr. Otherwise thosc present
would have witnessed the rare triple
play. Ppp did no: have the ball beaten
by more than half an inch at that.
! The Ianks got one more in the sew
enth when Fewster singled TO centre
and stole second. Peckinpaugh's out
and sacrifice fly by Baker brought
him home
One Of the features OF The afternoon
was the right fielding of Chick Tews-
I ter, who started life as an inic der
/ The Baltimore beauty is getting used
TO the right field wall. and has started
TO play the territory as though he had
been reared on Coogan's Blu@. He
was all over the territory Yesterday,
making catches and throws that were
reminiscent Of iris Speaker. On the
bases Fewstor was a terror to the Apa-
thetics. 1t has become 50 that when
he starts down to second the rest is
conceded.
Despite the Apathetics. about 10000
trai!ed cut to Brush Stadium to look
over The Yanks and to wonder why
they are not at the present writing
leading their league by safe margin
Numbers of those who Augusted al
Saratoga were present many Of them
having swan the greater part of the
distance.
The Aoathetics did not look interest
ing at any part OF The pns,ime. It
probably was Their listlessness that
lulled into pleasant afternoon S
slumber the lone Philadelphian, who
snored through the eight and halt
innings. But as he snorcd there was
beatitlc expression on his coun-
tenance.
Dreams of Old Days
He was dreaming OF the days when
the Apathetics were the Athletics
with Baker. Collins, Barry and Mclnns
rollicking in the intield. In the eight tn
he stirred uneasi!y when his neighbol
shouted to Hurrus, who had let q
couple Of strikes 60 by. cav, wave at
the ball, anyhow. Give us something.'
But it did the Apathctics little good
to wave at Mays. He kept the hits
scattered and tied the Philadelphi hia
batters into double bowknots. With
Mays on the pitching staff of the
Yanks n. few months ago the Yanks
would be in Cincinnati lodging por
bottles next month.
The Yanks left last night to take
on the Boston Red SoX for couple
of games. The Polo Grounds to-daS y
will be occupied by the Giants and the
Braves. Hank Gowdy and Al Demaree
dropped in yesterday to announce this
One game will be staged in the morn.
ing and the other in the afternoon
The managers would like to have made
it a double header, but the league
would not permit punching the exhibit
tions.
The score:
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