New-York tribune., 1919-04-30

they forked over their second tussle
letics by score of 7 to 1.
Ying Johnson, squat. frozen-faced
his right hand-his face evidently set
that way looking in vain for some as
sistance from Comics schoolboy ag-
gregation of 1918-did some high class
Tipping for the White Elephants. Any
pitcher who shuts out Murderers' Row,
even in their most docile mood, as ap-
peared the occasion yesterday after
noon, has to have something besides
horseshoes.
Johnson had both the stuff and the
luck. Many a terrific lam by aerial
and ground route shot fairly at field
ers. Those Yanks hit much harder
than the six safeties appended below
might indicate, but in the crises had
about as much kick as a flooded gas
engine. There WAS no sign of rallying
when rallying might have accomplished
something In the general uplift.
Even Connolly Fooled
Ernie Shore, who came to our fair
midst with Duffy Lewis in the big swap
with the Red Sox, made his metro
politan debut and was cursed with too
great riches Of the pitching trade. He
had so much stuff on the ball that he
fooled Tommy Connolly, dean of the
umpires, quite as often as he fooled
ears in trouble thereby. Only when
Shore was in the hole and had to groove
the pellet were the Athletics able to
get so much as foul off him. But, like
the naughty little girl, when he went
bad he went clear to the bottom.
Things were badly enough off before
MAJOR Bulger's trite observation, but
by no means hopeless, for in the lucky
or unlucky-seventh Philadelphia
unloaded five Of their seven runs.
There might have been q chance to get
back brace off Ying Johnson, but
seven, never. A team like the
Athletics that had gone into overtime
every start was entitled to some con-
slderation from the tickle dame.
Probably the order affected only the
dimensions of the score, but Con q
second guess) it did seem the real
turning point of the battle hinged on
the passing Of catcher Perkins in the
seventh inning. Shore, who had famed
Perkins the first time and held him to a
puny fly next time, was ordered to
one out. Then big Ernie couldn't get
the ball over the plate for the sup
posedly soft Wing Johnson, and with
the resulting run he passed out of the
picture
1t was a tough legacy indeed for
southpaw George Mogridge and before
he settled to his work the AS put over
all the runs Shore had put on the
bases with another to boot. The corral
was locked with the wind-broken steed
on the outside looking in.
AS to the general discomfort of Mr..
Shore and some 5000 bugs-the Ath-
letics were happy, and the rest of the
Yankees didn't seem to care much
blame it mostly to Mack's Irish, but
do not whitewash the Dutch. Kopp
was the first visitor who even came
close to getting on. He strolled with
one out in the fourth and took sec
ond while Baker was killing off Bobby
Roth. George Burns. the cleanup man
Of the AS, got Shore in the hole and
then hoped on cripple.
Wick Makes Vain Try
Wick made desperate attempt to
pick the liner up against the paling,
but lost the decision by inches, and
the ball caromed away deeply behind
him. Before he could recover Burns
had legged it to third, and Kopp, after
scoring, was cooling off on the bench.
Wits clean single to centre, after
he apparently had been struck out,
ball dribble through his piano legs
there was another stranger on third
base. Mr.. Shore, however, organized
saving sortie by striking ou. doubt
full Thomas.
Ernie then went along with all his
battling grace for the next couple of
spasms, limiting the Elephants to
Kopp's fluke hit in the sixth, boun-
der IN front of the plate, tree-top high
But Witt opened the seventh with a
scratch hit, a slow bounder t. Pratt,
on which Dal was forced to try under
handed in an awkward positis n. In
passing it may be said that Wit may
be some distant relative of Torl Con-
molly. Surely this time the young
man was struck out before he
scratched his dire blow
Anyhow, the speedy Witt Bothered
Shore so much, guarding against
steal, that he lost Thomas. Dugan
sacrificed neatly Then Shore was or
dered to pass Perkins, who had whitfield
before to Shore, who whitfield later to
Russell and who didn't seem TO have
even speaking acquaintance with a
base knock. 1t filled the bases, and
together again. He passed Johnson,
too. forcing home Witt with run.
Shannon doubled down the first base
line off Mogridge, scoring Thomss and
Perkins. Kopp famed, but Roth
scratched single to Peckinpaugh
Roth strayed too far off first base. Ruei
pegged badly to Pipp, who in turn peg
ged quite as badly to Peckinpaugh,
Roger knocking down the ball with his