The sun., 1919-07-22
YANKEES LOSE TWO
GAMES TO CHICAGO
Drop to- Third Place When
White Sox Score by z toe
and 5 to 4.
KERR is DOUBLE VICTOR
Acts as Relief Pitcher Both
Times-Shawkey and Thor
mahlen Beaten.
Special DespdtcA 70 TIE suN.

CHICAGO, July 81. - Dropping two
heart breaking contests. the first in the
ninth inning by to 6 and the second
in the tenth by to 4. the Yankees
made It three straight setbacks at the
hands Of the white Sox to-day. The
double defeat, coupled with Cleveland 8
victory over the Athletics, jolted New
York out OF second position in the Amer
lean League race Shawkey was hit
hard In the first game and Russell felt
the weight OF the Chicago shillelahs in
the second. Dicky Kerr the little Chi
cago southpaw. is credited with winning
both games. Each time he worked into
the fray rs a relief pitcher.
All OF the scoring in the first game
was crowded into the last three innings,
In which both teams played savage .base-
ball, with the lead seesawing. After the
Yankees had tied things up in their
half OF the ninth Weaver broke up the
game with single to centre that drove
in Leibold with the winning run. The
defeat was charged to Quinn, who went
on the mound in the ninth after the
Yankees had tied the score.
For Ave innings neither team sue
ceeded in dentlng the scoring pan. In
the sixth the White Sox took hop,
skip and jump into the scoring columns.
clustering six hits on Shawkey and bag
ging four runs with the help of Yankee
misplays.
The score against New York stung
the Yankees into action and they raj
lied and put over three runs In the
seventh. Pratt singled to left. Bodie
famed, but Fewster doubled to left,
Pratt pulling up at third. Ruel walked,
filling the bases. Ward batted for
Shawkey and walked. forcing in Pratt
Peckinpaugh shot a single to centre that
registered Fewster and Rnel. Roger
was left on Pipp's ay to Felsch and
Bakers infleld out
Yankees Again Rally.
Another Yankee rally in the eighth
gave New York the lead. Lewis tripled
to right and registered the tying run on
Pratts single. Bode sacrificed. Few
ster's fly fell safe in right for double,
but Pratt held third. On the squeeze
play Ruel hunted out. McMullin to Ris-
berg. Pratt scoring. Fewster expired on
an attempted steal home.
In Chicago's half OF the eighth the
White Sox bagged two runs on singles
by Weaver and Jackson and Risberg's
triple, but the Yankees tied things up
again in the ninth, Hannah batted for
Russell and singled. Wickland ran for
Hannah. Peckinpaugh sacrificed. On
Pipp's single to centre Wickland was -
At the plate. Felsch to Schalk. Pipp tax
Ing second on the throw. Baker tied
thipss UP again with sharp single over
second that scored Pipp. Williams was
derricked after Lewis singled. and Kerr
was rushed to the rescue. Ne famed
Pratt W.
Kerr walked with one down On Chi
cago's half OF the ninth and was>forced
by Leibold. Leibold stole second and
took third on Ruels bad throw. Quinn
purposeiy passed Eddie Collins. Weaver
then broke up the game with a single
10 centre. scoring Leibold.
Thormahlen the Victim.
rhormahlen was the victim OF the
White Sox in the second game.
The slim left handler OF the Yankees
hurled peculiar game. He bobbled
around for two innings. allowing four
runs on four extra base hits, and then.
regaining his most effective form, he
swung along allowing only two hits In
the closing eight innings
But in the tenth inning he laid the
foundation for his own downfall by Civ
ing a pass 10 Ray Schalk. A sacrifice
by Kerr and a single by Shane Collins
sent the winning run pattering over the
plate.
The scoring opened with a dizzy rush.
With one out in the first Eddie Collins
tripled to the left field stands, but died
when Buck Weaver raped to Baker.
Jackson drew pass, and then Eelsch
doubled to right, scoring Weaver and
jackson.
In the second Schalk doubled, and
Faber drew a pass. Shane Collins
raped a double to left field, cleaning
the bases
That marked the ending of the scoring
activities until the sixth inning, when
the Yankees broke loose with couple
OF bursts. Two were down when Batter
singled to centre field and Lewis crashed
out triple to centre which scored the
Trappe farmer. Pratt doubled. scoring
Lewis.
In the eighth Pip drew q pass and
went to second when Collins threw out
Baker. Lewis was an easy out, but
Pratt hit to right and went to second
while Collins played football with the
ball Pipp scored. Bodie singled. SCOT
ing Pratt with the tying run. The
scores:
FIRST GAME,