The sun., 1919-09-19
YANKEES TAKE LAST
GAME FROM CHICAGO
Huggins's Maulers Find Mayer
Easy Picking and Beat
J. White Sox, 6 to A.
NAYS LEADS ATTACK
Carl Gets a Double and Single
in Third Inning-Baker
Gets Four Hits.
NAYS LEADS ATTACK
n, FREDERICK G. LIEB.

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TIA white sox had Erskine Mayer.
sormer Phil and Pirate pitcher, on the
hurting hill on the Polo Grounds yes
tsrday and didn't look 30 good. Kid
v GLEASON picked up ErslSine after he had
been waived out Of the National League.
figuring change Of league might BEN
.st him. But Erslxine needs a change
H scene to Jersey City, Chattanooga,
little Rock or some similar place before
he can spruce up.
Erskine has discovered that the boys
IN the American League can hit 'em
Aust as far as In the National. It's
uretty hard to get them past those
Chicago fielders. but the Yanks gave
them a lot of exercise in the third
inning. Six runs we're prodded out of
Irksome Erskine in that busy round.
and they proved enough to down the
sox by to 4. 1t was the last Chi
csgo-New York tilt of the year. The
Sox won the years series, twelve games
to eight.
The Yanks obtained Carl Mays en-
trely because of his ability to start a
hall down by his heel and shoot 1t at
opposing batsmen from such angles as
10 cause them discontinue and annoy
auce. But like all ball players Carl
likes his hits, and when he encounters
a pitcher like Mayer he intends to have
as much fun as anybody.
Mays Leads the Attack.
Carl really put most of the dyna-
mite into that busy third inning. He
started the frolic with n hefty double
to left centre, and when he came UP
second time with tho bases full he
drove a powerful single to right, driv-
ing In two more runs. Carl beat out an
inield splash later in the game, giving
him three hits In four times up.
Evidently the clubbing of Eddie Col
lns his old Athletic co-star, fired some
Of the old ambition in Frank Baker.
The Maryland mauler had his best hit
ting day In a blue moon. He cracked
out four safeties in five times up. Be-
, tween Mayer, Lowdermilk and Wnkin-
son the Yanks drove out thirteen hits
for seventeen bssea
Gleason Is giving Cicotte and Williams
lot Of much needed rest these days
Though the Sox have not clinched their
pennant as yet, as have the Reds In the
National League. still Gleason thinks he
Is on easy street and can afford to float
along with. his second ratera
Mays d.d not pitch as well as usual,
as Chicago got to-him for nine hits and
he walkeS four men. Infeld errors by
Peckinpa'Igh and Pratt were directly re-
sponsible COR three runs scored on Mays.
Only ons Chicago run was earned. Carl
did his best work in the fifth, when clean
line Singles by Risberg, Schalk and Lei
bold filed the bases with one out. Ed
Collins the Columbia terror, was up and
II looked like a flock of Chicago runs.
But Eddie hit to Mays. who forced Ris-
berg at die plate and Ruel snapped the
ball dcTn to first doubling Collins at
Pipe base.
Loosely Played Contest.
The game was loosely played and both
sides wasted a lot of hits The Yanks
. Kicked some runs away in the eighth,
when singles by Mays, Peck and Baker
and sacrifice by Wick failed to produce
any runs For one thing Mays was
picked of second base by Wilkinson, one
Of Gleason's young hurlers.
The Sox started off with two runs In
the first inning. After little Leibold
famed, Collins was safe when his
nounder rolled between Peck's legs. p
Trowbridge stole second. Weaver singled
TO right, Eddie taking third. Weaver
advanced to second on Vick's peg to the
plate to head of Collins. Jackson Their
knocked single to right, scoring Eddie
and Buck Joe had fine day, getting
Double and two singles in four times up
The Yankees had a scoring riot In the
third inning. eleven men going to Dat
Mays started the firing with double tc
right and he breezed home when Sammy
Wick cracked out ono of his long whacks
q triple between jackson and Felsch
Peck was thrown out by Weaver. anC
Viclr nal n falx
y lscond. Pipp forced J. Franklin ant
stole second. Pratt continued the bonn
Aardment with q double to deep left
scoring WalliA Lewis drove safely Il
centre for a base, scoring Del, and OF
Felschs low throw to the plate Lewis
advanced to second.
Theer was a slight lull in the bonn
bardment, while Mayer issued passes 4
Bodie and Ruel, filling the bases. Mays
up the second time in the inning, crashe'
long single to right, scoring Lewis ant
Ping. Wick ended 1t by bounding to Ris
berg, who forced Mays at second.
sox Score in Sixth.
Chicago was a bit troublesome in tn
Iixth. Jackson doubled with one out
and Felsch walked. Gandil famed, bu
pass to Risberg filed the bases. Prat
tumbled on Schalk and Jackson scored
Eddie Murphy batting for Lowdermili
went out on a slow bounder to PecA
Roger making a neat play on 1t.
The Sox scored their only earned ru
IN the eighth and 1t took two double
IA and a single to do It. jackson single
~ for his third hit and went to third o
Fe!schs double TO right. Gandn famed
and Risberg hit to Mays. who tosse
jackson out at the plate. Schalk doubled
scoring Felsch and sending Risberg t
third. With the tying runs on the base
Gleason didn't think enough Of the gam
10 send in pinch hitter He let VIII
lnson rookie pitcher. bat and tie
youngster famed. The score:
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