The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-11
YANKS BREAK EVEN;
LOSE LEAGUE LEAD
Drop to Second Place Through
Defeat by Indians in Sun
set Game, Z to 3.
QUINN WINS OPENER
In Duel With Myers, Scores by
i to 0-Peckinpaugh Goes
Hitless.
Special pespasoA 10 The sux.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 1o.-The Yam
KEGS fell from FIRST place In the Amert-
can League pennant race to-day when
they lost the second game OF q double
header to the Cleveland Indians At
League Park here. The scores were 1
TOO and to 3. respectively. The Chi.
caeo White Sox assumed command OF
the johnson circuit by trimming the
Athletics in both games OF q double
header and hold the lead by few
points. A defeat for the sox by the
Athletics tomorrow with q victory for
New York will put Chicago back In
second place.
Roger Peckinpaush. who had hit safely
in twenty-nine games, to-day failed to
get a hit. He went through the whole
afternoon without getting the leather
out of the infield. The fans were with
Peck to the end and cheered him TO the
echo every time he came UP.
Hard hitting and general all around
playing turned the trick for the In
dams in the second contest. Thormsh-
len and Russell were hammered of the
mound by Fohl's men, while Smallwood
and MoGraw, who finished, we're in good
form. HI Jasper, who worked for the
Indians, was a puzzle until he shut down
in the closing innings of the game. Then
the Yankees got their total OF three
tsilies from him.
Quinn and Myers In Duel.
II was a different story when Jack
Quinn hooked UP in duel with Elmer
Myers. formerly OF the Athletics. The
hitting was restricted, and there was a
decided paucity Of counting at the plate.
In the seventh inning the Yanks got
runner around wallie Pipp denting the
rubber, while the Indians did a ghost
dahce on the lines in the ninth. but never
committed the various atrocities they
threatened time and again.
1t was not until the seventh inning
that the Yankees got runner around.
Pip opened with q roller. which Wamoy
booted. Pratt laid down q sacrihce,
pipp taking second Bodie then hit one
to Lunte, whose throw to third was high
and wide and Pipp slid in safely. 1t
was I'D to Truck Hannah and he surely
came through with the goods. His rip
ping drive to left field scored Pipp and
put the game on Ice.
In the ninth the Indiana threatened.
wanby singled TO centre and Speaker
drove to right Wickland cut loose with
q silly throw to third. trying for Wamoy.
and Speaker hit for second. There was
the winning run waiting for single.
There was Just one out, Jasper having
whitfield. Smith was passed, filling the
bases.
Wood came up and the signal for the
squeeze play was tipped. Wamoy went
down toward home. but Wood missed the
sign. He stood there and Wamoy died
for the second out Then Wood ended
the game with hopper to Pratt and
New York breathed easy.
Indians HIT Hard in Second Game.
In the second game, as related. the
Indians broke out in 4 hitting fever and
clouted everything. There was nothing
10 Il. Thormahlen had a lot OF stun. but
he was unable to keep 1t out OF the
groove, with a result that the hits new
and runs accrued. In the end the yam
kees rallied. They hit hard. Bodie espe-
ciAlly. Ping got two doubles. but seven
runs were too many to overcome AND
Cleveland won.
There were numerous features in the
aeidinR. Doc Johnston made a sizzling
back handed catch of Pipp's liner In the
nrst game and Pipp turned around ano
robbed the Doc of a hit by great stop
Peck flelded brilliantly, and 30 dc
6peaker. The scores: