The sun., 1919-05-19
YANKEES WINNING
STREAK SHATTERED
Wambsganss's Homer Brings
Victory to Indians, a to B
10000 Fans at Game.
Special DespateA TO THE Sun.

CLEVELAND, Ohio; May 1s.--The win
ming squirt of the Yankees, who had won
four of their previous six games and
tied two others. was checked by the
Indians this afternoon before a gather
ing OF 10000 fans. The home team won
with three runs in the seventh after
slow bounder got away from Pipp win
two men gone. The score was TO 3.
The Yankees died hard. In the ninth.
which opened with the Higgins crowd
two runs behind, one run was pusneo
over the plate, and only a single STOOD
between the Yanks and . tie score. Del
Pratt was on second base. after chasing
Peck homo with a double, when DuHy
Fred Coumbe was In the bull pen when
Coveleskie set Duffy down on strikes
The Now Workers. had another good
day with the stick even II they did not
win. Coveleslie, who usually sets them
down with a meagre allowance, was nit
to-day for nine resounding smacks. every
one as clean az q whistle. Three OF the
blows we're good for extra bases, too.
wambsganss Gets Homer.
The Indians got a few scratch hits
in their collection and their only Drive
for more than one base was the home
run which went to Wambsganss In the
seventh inning. Though Ping Bodie car
ries a cipher in the oficial error column
he was not entirely blameless. That line
smash by wamby bussed It's way
through Pings legs and rolled on ana
on. Before the bail was back three
runs were over.
Eight Indians were stranded IN inc
first four frames and from the foprth
to the finish the only uprising by'the
tribe was the ono in the seventh, made
possible by Ptpps error OF commission
and Bodies error OF omission. II Ping
had even blocked the ball the game
might have been saved for the Yankees,
who were leading by run, when
wamby lined to centre.
Mogridge went out in the eighth, not
because he was hit hard, but because
Higgins decided that Bill Lamar was
more valuable with the stick. Lamar
was retired on strikes and Russell
pitched the next inning. with good sup
port Mogridge would have allowed one
run and that came over on scratch
hit.
Indians First to Score.
The Indians picked up their first run
in the third inning after having Ave
runners left in the two previous chap
tiers. Speaker walked. went to second
on Woods sacrifice. to third on Gar
deners out and scored on a bunt by
Wamby. 1t was peculiar baseball, this
bunting with two out and a runner on
third, but Wamby got away with it.
| Hugginss men tied up the game on
their next turn at bat With one out in
the fourth Peck was hit and Pipp came
through on a hit and run play, send
ing Peck to third. Bakers single to
right sent the run over.
| Another New York marker arrived in
the sixth. Mogridge started the inning
with a double to right centre. moved
along base while Wamby was retiring
| Wick at first and scored on squeeze
play by Peck.
The game slipped away from the Yam.
KEGS in the seventh. Chapman and
Speaker were easy and then came a
single to left by Wood. Gardener hi,
along the first base line and Pipp FUN
bled. both being safe. wamby followed
with a line drive to centre and Bodie
! tried for a shoestring catch. The bal
went through Ping, rolled to furthest
centre and all three runners scored.
In the ninth a double by Peck was
followed by two out and then Pratt
doubled, scoring Peck. Pratt was lef,
on second when Lewis struck out
Catches by Graney and Speaker. a
stop by Baker and the batting of Wamby
were the features The score: