The sun., 1919-09-20
YANKEES ONLY TEN
POINTS FROM TIGERS
New Workers. Beat Detroit, 2
to 0, and Draw Close to
Third Place.
NOGRIDGE is A PUZZLE
Fans Six of Jennings's Crew
Locals Show Their Bat
ting Strength.
NoeR1DGE is A PUZZLE
n, CHARLES F. MATHrsoN.


70 ina possession Of third position in
an. American League pennant race
s,rssd on a series of nine games between
N. petroits and the Yankees there
..orld he A general tendency TO pick tho
,,,r0,ns athletes as the probable victors.
r.necially after the severe z to 0 trounc-
Inr that the Tigers received from the
Yankees yesterday at the Polo Grounds
tina latter getting within ten points OF
,bs,r rivals 1t was a crushing defeat in
al departments of the national pastime.
George Mogridge's southpaw slants
hroueht dismay to the mighty Ty Coop
ana all the other heavy thumpers on
~. Wolyertne payroll, only one of whom
ma, the ball squarely. Young was the
fortunate person. He got single IN
,hs ,rst ana a double In the fourth. The
othsr hit made OF Mogridge was a single
bv Benny Dyer in the eighth inning.
MogridRe had the Tigers breaking
hair hacks IN an effort to meet his slow
delivery. He had them reaching all over
the batsmen's box for his curves ana
srops and induced them to hit the air
after his fast ones had nestled. In the
eapacious glove OF Muddy Ruel.
As indicating the effectiveness of Mo-
ridge. only four Of the Tigers got AZ
sar az first base, only one reached sec
md and one got as far as third.
MogridEe Fans SIX.
Therefore II can be readily understood
that the strident CALCULATIONS of Col.
Jennings were wasted on the crisp au-
tumn air. In addition to thus humiliat-
ing Mr., Cobb and his supporting COM
many, Mogridge famed an even half
dozen Of the Tigers, never gave a base
on balls and avoided wild pitches and
hitting batsmen. AS Mogridge drew a
pass himself. made a hit and scored q
rdn, Il can be seen that the pitcher spent
4 ponentous afternoon.
While the Tigers were giving this
2sinful exhibition of hitless baseball the
Yankees were making life miserable for
Bernie Boland and George Cunningham.
Every one of the regulars except Peck
all the ball safely. and Wick, who was
seat to right after a season of bench
warming celebrated the event by pound
ing the ball for three singles and a sac
rlfce fly. He also scored two of the
seven runs, and accounted for three
others.
The Yankees are under obligation to
Eddie Ainsmith for the four runs scored
of poland In the second frame. Boland
has been thorn In the side of the
Yankees, and they expected trouble from
him yesterday. Possibly he might have
puzzled the Yankees had It not been for
Ansmith. Boland had not pitched more
than three balls when AinNnith held up
his hand like traffic cop and stopped
the game Then the catcher walked
solemnly, not to say Overwhelmingly. to
the pitcher and spoke in low, earnest
tones to Boland.
BOland Shows Weakness.
The pitcher sent up few more balls.
Fhen Ainsmith again halted the game
snd strobe to the pitching mound. where
ie delivered another lecture to Boland.
what the discourse was about could not
be ascertained. but It seemed that Bo-
and was not pitching the kind of balls
hat Ainsmith signalled for.
Lewis Bodie and Ruel singled In sue
cctsion and Mogridge sacrificed when
Ansmith again trotted down the path
10 the pitchers box. This time the
catcher expostulated with the dramatic
force Of tragedian, and Boland re-
''tonded with an irritable vocal out
tieek.
BY the time that Ainsmith got back
10 his position Boland was well UP In
me air. Perhaps not so high as Rohlfs
vent but still to a great height.
Wick slammed out single. Peck got
pass and Baker singled. These with
bad relay 10 the plate of a ball from
me outleld gave the Yankees four runs
and the game.
Cunningham to the Rescue.
With two out in this inning Cunning
nam was called to the rescue and got
lns third man out without additional
TALES.
But Cunningham did not escape, for
IN the fourth frame Mogridge's pass and
singles by wick, Baker and Pipp yielded
TWO runs. Flagstead made a three base
error on Vick's single. the ball getting
past him and rolling to the fence. Both
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