The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-15
DODGERS GET LONE
J. HIT AGAINST YANKS
Thormahlen Is Invincible for
Five Innings, While Nell
son Gives One in Four.
PFEFFER POUNDED HARD
Bmleigh Grimes Has Off Day
and Is Walloped All
Around Lot
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BRUNSWICK. Ca, April 1.-THE spring
series between tho Yankees and the
Dodgers now stands I'VE games to three
In favor of the American Leasuers. The
eighth game Of the set, played here this
Afternoon, developed into q Brooklyn
rout. the final score being z to o in ia
tor OF the New Yorta. Hard hitting In
mo late innings made one sided affair
out of what had been q great pitching
duel In the first i've innings.
Tho game almost turned out q no hit
AFFAIR for pair Of Yankee hurlers.
Herb Thormahlen, tho young side wheeler
of the American Leaguers, pitched ave
,hnings without allowing q hit. Then
came Luther Nelson. a long armed
rookie from Memphis who already had
won himself q place on the Hussins
pitching stan. He added two innings
10 the string OF hitless hurting and had
TWO batsmen down In the eighth when
Dit broke into the score. It was clean
drive by Ernie Kruger which bounded
.ssainst the fence in right field.
- So effective was the work Of these
young Yankee boxmen that the Dodgers
did not even threaten to score. In the
nine innings they got one runner past
FIRST base. and he was doubled of Sec
nnd a minute after he arrived there.
Olson reached first in tina fifth on q high
toss by Ward. Malone sacrificed him to
second. Kruger followed with a line
drive which Peck snagged behind sec
.opd base. Then he touched the bag for
'sn unassisted double play. This was
tho gem Of q well helded game.
Pfener Bombardsd in sixth.
:; Two of the top notchers OF the Robin
son hurting corps went down in the
sisuehter Ed. Pfefrer started the game
10 nh AA H. We o.. a,,.
n.ngs and until two were out in the
stxth. Then came three hits in success
sion. the last one a scratch but good
enough to chase over runners who had
been perched on second and third bases.
Pfeffer was followed by Grimes, who
had done some high class pitching in
earlier games. but this plainly was not
Burleigh's day. The American Leaguers
pounded almost everything that he
served to them. getting nine hits and
i've runs in the last three innings.
Walter Pipp, who had batted at
four hundred clip In the FIRST seven
games OF the series. had another busy
day with the willow. In five trips to the
plate he collected two doubles and a sin
gle and scored three runs. Aaron Ward
also found Uncle Robbie's boxmen easy
TO the extent of three clean singles and
a pass In four trips to the pan. All told
Il
flfteen hits which totalled nineteen bases.
Re 4 scratch hit by Duffy. Lewis in the
.eixth inning put the Yankees on their
way TO an easy victory. Wick and Peck
were easy outs in this inning. when Ptpp
FLASHED a slow ball to right field for a
single and Pratt sent him to third with
double TO left centre. Lewis hit hard
-bounder at Malone the ball bounced off
Malones finger tips and before he could
recover it both Pipp and Pratt had
scored
Halas Has Charley Horse.
Another run was added in the sew
snth. Halas the first Yankee to face
Grimes. singled to right He pulled ur
1t first base with a charley horse and
Lamar replaced him as base runner and
finished the game in left field. Wards
single to centre sent Lamar to third and
he scored on Ruels hit to left In the
eighth Pipp and Lewis contributed
doubles for another run.
Singles by Nelson and Peck, another
double by Pipp and single to left field
by Pratt chased In three more runs for
the Yankees In the ninth inning.
Infelder Eddie Mooers left the Yanks
Tonight to Join the Memphis club. Pitcher
Hunter Goodbred left the Dodgers
TO Join the Memphis club and First Base
man Adams left for Toledo. 1t was ar
nounced that the Yanks and Dodgers
win conclude their series with games at
FTbbets Field next Monday and Tues
Newark has been called of. The score ::