The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-17
YANKEES INCREASE
LEAD OVER DODGERS
Outscore Brooklyn Team 5 to
to 1 in Game That Lasts
Only So Minutes. 81
Standing OF the Teams.
Total Total Total
Won. Lost runs. hits. error.
New York a.. 9 20 OF 10
brooklyn tNJ. 81 is IL

Special Despatch to The SUI.
GoLDsRoRo, n. c.. April 16.-The
Dodgers last hope OF annexink the
spring series With the Yankees vanished
here this afternoon. For the fourth sue.
cesslve time the tribe of Miller Higgins
took Uncle Robbie's aggregation into
camp, this latest success running the
Yankees string up TO seven victories in
ten games, with only three moro to be
played. The score was to /.
, Goldsboro gave the touring ball play
ers big welcome. In the morning the
town turned out to pay tribute to the
soldiers and sailors OF this community
who had done duty In the world war
and the national colors were flying
everywhere when the ball tossers ar
rived. The ball game and a trottine
meet made UP the afternoon programme
and every business house closed up for
the holiday.
Trotters and PAGERS tore up the heavy
turf of the half mile track inside OF
which the major leaguers were giving
their exhibition. The crowd exceeded
1000, the top figure that Yanks and
Dodgers have found either at Jackson
VILE or on the transforming tour north
ward.
The townsfolk looking at the first
game ever played here by major league
clubs saw something which the fan of
the big league city seldom sees in a life
time. game finished in less than an
hour! The Dodgers were the home team
to-day. and. as they were trailing. the
last half OF the ninth had to be played.
From the time Umpire Mullaney started
the teams on their way until Ward threw
out Brazil and ended the ninth inning
only 55 minutes had elapsed.
Poor support for Marquard.
Manager Robinson, with only Ave
pitchers In his squad and a double header
at Boston looming up for Saturday, has
to do some clone figuring thesei day
The result was that Rube Marquard had
to go the entire nine innings to- day and
Burleigh Grimes IL scheduled to go the
route tomorrow. RUDE pitched well
enough to win ordinarily. but he got
poor support at critical times and these
misplays made possible most of the New
York runs .,ut
Three Of New York's six hits were
punched In the fourth inning for two
runs. but good fielding would have shut
of at least one run and would have re-
tired the side before the third hit got
into the box score. Walter Pipp had
another busy day with the willow. He
landed on Maruuard for a pair Of long
doubles. which played prominent part
In the scoring OF three runs. OMara
excelled in the field, but had the mis-
fortune TO muff an easy pop fly in the
eighth inning after having handled nine
chances without an error. The riisplay
handed the Yankees one run.
Schneider and Shawkey tanned thu
Dodgers. as the other Yankee pitcher,
have been doing. and the result 10 that
the Brooklyn team has scored only two
runs in three games since leaving Jack
sonville. Schneider was making his frs,
appearance since the first game these
club, played this spring. He allowed two
hits and no runs in Ave innings, and
shawkey followed with four hits and
one run in four frames.
Ynnks Get started in Fourth.
The Yankees got busy IN the fourth
after three runless innings. Wick sin.
gled to left, and was safe at second
when Peck hit TO O'Mara and Malone
dropped the throw. Wick scored or
Pipps double to centre. While Pecl
| was going out at the plate on Lewis
roller to O'Msra Pipp reached third, nnt
he registered when Lamar's sroundei
hoped away from Malone.
Pipp's second hit sharted another ruiz
In the sixth. Walter advanced TO third
on wild pitch and Lewis scored with g
single to centre. In the eighth Peck wal
safe on O'Mara's error, stole second
reached third on an infield out. ant
scored on n squeeze play BY Pratt. An
other squeeze play gave the Yanks rur
in the ninth. Lamar reached third or
his single. an out and an error. ant
Shawkey squeezed him home.
In Brooklyn's ninth Griffith doubled
and was allowed to steal third. Whea
upset the whitewash pail with a singl,
| TO centre, scoring Griffith. The score: