New-York tribune., 1919-06-16

Jimmy Burke Browns (anclent and
the Higgins Hopefuls kick in the S
pinnacle of the American League S
diminutive as possible-a l to 0 affa
Urban Shocker took the measure of
our own Jack Quinn. Mr.. Shocker was
all that name implies. He shocked
everybody continuously with his sharp,
swapping splitter and his terrific speed
not to mention his "dipsy-dew," one
of the best educated slow balls of
major league repertory. He shocked
the twenty-five thousand faithful who
rooted from start to last like those
possessed, though for lost cause.
Urban started his shocking on
Sammy Wick. in the very first inning.
and he finished at the expense of
All the other Yankees, especially Wally
Pipp, in between and beyond this con-
fine, had occasion many a time and
oft to fall back upon the old shock
absorbers.
Mr.. Shocker is a veteran whose years
in the big show have in no wise tenn
pered an unchristian spirit4 His is
the theory of "an eye for an eye and
tooth for a tooth" and more es-
pecially so when Miller Higgins is the
subject-or object--of his athletic pro-
pensities. Shocker, it will be remem-
bered, was star pitcher of the
Yankees when Midget Miller hied East
to relieve Wild Bill Donovan of
thankless occupation. One of the first
things he did was to transplant friend
Urban to St. Louis, along with a lot
of ordinary chaff that had collected
about the Rupert Huston feed box,
in order to bring Del Pratt over this
way. 1t was an insult Shocker never
has been able to live down. He takes
his revenge on Hug and the Yankees
at every available opportunity. And
yesterday found him even less charit-
able and Christian-like than usual
Mr. Shocker had to be at his level
best to tame the Sabbath ire of those
Yankees yesterday. Jack Quinn pitched
a game that would have brought home
the bacon about ninety-nine times in
every hundred BUT Shocker's pitching
and ccombinatioN of circumstances in
the persons of Two New York cast
offs conspiyed to spill the beans One
might think to look at the head of Ray
Demmitt, Yankee of the old Stallings
regime, that it could possibly have no
bearing on the result of baseball
game. Yet here is a concrete example.
One of Quinn's sptters got away
from him when Ray first stepped to
the plate beginning the second inning.
1t tunked Demmitt's block, though evil
IDENTIFY not even splintering it, for he
raced gayly to first base A moment
later Baby Doll" Jacobson, one-time
Giant, drove wicked liner to deep
right centre field for three bases,
which Tailed Demmitt with the only
run of the game. Jacobson, after
Baker threw out Smith, was smothered
at the plate when Gerber fell down on
his end of squeeze" play.
After the first inning, when Gedeon
hit into a double play following a pass
to Austin, the Browns got one hit, but
no more. in eveA round After the
second Quinn was in tight quarters
only twice. Austin's single, a sacrifice
and passed balE put Jimmy on third
with only one out in the sixth. Shocknr
singled and Austin walked with none
down in the eighth. Both times Quinn
pitched himself out of trouble man.
fully and we'll.
But meanwhile the Yankees could
make absolutely no impression against
Crb's offerings. The five scant hits
they garnered framed four situations
where pinch blow would have tied it
up or broken it up, but there was no
pinch hitting this fellow Shocker
Lewis opened the second with a
clean single and, after Pipp popped,
raced to third when Gerber booted on
Pratt. Ping Bodie, with three balls
called and only one strike, chopped at
dubious one and rolled weakly to the
box. This was the great chance. Peck
got life with two down in the third
and pulled a delayed steal successfully,
but Home Run Baker whitfield
Peck reused the multitude by hitting
cleanly to start the sixth. Baker and
Lewis hit into force-outs at second,
while Pipp hoisted ignobly once more.
With two gone in the eighth j. Frank
In Baker doubled through big Jacob
son and Duffy Lewis scratched a weak
infied single down Austins alley Be-
lore Lewis had an opportunity to try
out Severeid's wing Pipp murdered ex-
pirlng hope by offering weakly at a
teaser with no better result than an
easy chance for Gedeon.