The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-13
SPEAKER TOO MUCH
FOR SLIDING YANKS
Tris's Fielding and Batting
Win for Cleveland by
Score Of 2 to 1.
MOGRIDGE PITCHES WELL
Loses to Coveleskie After
Holding Indians to 5 Hits
3 Go to Harris, War Hero.
ny FREDERICK G. LIrB.

ny FREDERICK G. LIEB.
We repeat. the pervsrsity OF the Yanls
raseth all understanding. On Tuesday
the Yanks mauied out nine runs. but
four pitching misfits let the game fritter
through their fingers. Yesterday George
Mogridge, the lanK left handler. pitched
the best game of the entire home stand
only to get beaten, When the Yanks get
a pitcher who can pitch they can't hit
and when they get the hits then they
can't find a pitcher. Twas ever thus
With the Yankees.
Mogridge held the Forest City chaps
TO Ave hits on the Polo Grounds yester.
day, but he ran against an old family
link OF Manhattan Island, Stanley
Coyeleskie. The only difference between
stan" and his older brother. Harry. is
that Harry picked on both the Giants
and the Yanks while Stanley picks ex-
clusvely on the Yankees. Coveleskie
nosed out the Yanks in the last game
Of the Yank home stay by a score of
10 1.
Cleveland took the series--three games
out Of four-and this was the town the
Indians especially were anxious to beat.
The homo stand. which opened SO aus
piclousy with two smashing victories
over the Chicago leaders. therefore came
10 a sad end. The Yafiks broke even on
fourteen games. They split four with
the White Sox, took two out OF three
from each the Tigers and the Browns.
and dropped three out OF four TO the
Indians. Breaking even at home is no
way to gain on the leaders.
Too Much Speaker. o..
1t simply was case of too much
Speaker on the Polo Lawn yesterday.
Tho great Indian manager and centre
helder was the whole show for his team.
Never did the brilliant Tristram appear
to better advantage. He starred on both
the offence and defence. He knocked in
cleveland's first run and scored the sec
ond. but it was in the field that he COW
cred himself with his greatest glory.
He caught nine flies and threw out
one runner at the plate. But they are
only the cold facts. One had to see
some Of those catches and that assist to
appreciate them. In the seventh. with
Baker on third and Lewis on second.
Pratt knocked a fly TO Speaker in pretty
deep centre field. Ninety-nine fielders
out OF a hundred would have been con-
tent to throw to third and try to keep
the man from second from advancing,
but Speaker let fly to the plate.
Admitting that Baker ran as though
he had lead In his shoes, "Spokes'' throw
came in to O'Neill on the first bound.
Steve took II about I'VE yards up the
base line and he completed a spectacular
play by sliding into Baker as Frank
came in. And he pinned the ball on J..
Franklin. too. 1t was one of the longest
flies or which n base runner has been
rsiied at the plate around here in years
But then few fly chasers in baseball his
tory ever possessed an arm like iris.
Makes Wonderful Catch.
But even then Speaker wasn't salts
fed TO leave the Yankees alone. with
one run needed TO tie the score. Baker
opened the ninth with a single and took
second on Lewis'D out. Then Pipp
picked one. There was a shout OF
exultation when the fans saw It sail
high over Joe Woods head into deep
right field. 1t looked like a triple, then
like homer as It sped toward that lit
tie bleacher gate in deepest right field.
And then out OF nowhere appeared
Speaker.
After running like a deer, he suddenly
wheeled about and actually made the
catch look easy. There was a moan
through the stands. while Pipp looked as
though his dearest friend had betrayed
third, narrowly escaped being doubled
up when Speakear Strengthened UP and
made another sensational peg to second.
Steve O'Neill also will attest that the
Yankee outfielders earned their salt.
Sammy Wick and Duffy Lewis made two
catches on Steve that he isn't likely TO
forget for a while. Steve sent one to
right field like a rifle bullet In the sec
ond, with two mates on the bases. The
ball was speeding toward Che right field
wall when Sam stuck out his gloved
hand and the ball stuck. Then Sammy
dashed into the wall, but he never let go
Of the horsehide.
In the seventh ONeill bumped another
hummer to deep left. Lewis turned his
back to II and caught It In the outskirts
OF FabiRn's field. "They don't seem to
hke little steve much to-day" muttered
o'Neill.
Harris Gets Three Hits.
Joe Harris, Cleveland's war hero, got
three OF the nve Indian hits. which was
fair enough. AS long as they had to
20 to any OF the Indians the fans pre-
TERED TO have Joseph get them.
Mogridge had only one wabbly inning,
The sixth. when the Indians clustered
three Of their i've hits. The uRluclSy
Nalilt WHEN jazz 1Ianoy OpcHtu
with a shin hit. The ball was slowed
up by striking Pipp's lean shanks and
rolled to short centre for a fiuke double.
Chapman sacrificed Graney to third and
he scored when Speaker shot a hot
single. to left. Iris stole, aided by
fueTs poor peg. and scored when Harris
knocked his third single to centre.
The Yankees baggcd their lone run
on Coyeleskie in the eighth. With one
out Ruel beat out a slow dribbler over
second and advanced 10 second on
Moeridge's sacrifice. Fewster drove in
me run with a hot single down the left
ned foul line. Wick then did n foolish
hlng, He boosted a fly to Speaker
mat fellow never drops 'em.
The Yanks fed from here last night
TOT Detroit, where they open their last
western trip tomorrow. They'll need
prayers. The score:
CLEVELAND a. NEW YORK tA1
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