The New York herald., 1922-05-16
ONLY THREE BLOWS
OFF CODD'S ROOKIE
Stoner - First Name Lii 80
Hurls Detroits to Victory
: by 6 to 1.
MILLER SAVES LOCALS
His Triple Prevents Shutout-
Wits Great Catch a
Rouser.
MILLER SAVES LOCALS
by nANIEL.

His front name is Lii, but take it
from the surprised Yankees this
battling burly boy stoner of TIE Tigers
is a He pitcher There was some
question at the Polo Grounds yester-
day whether the husky right handlers
full handle is Lillian or Liliom or
Lillith. But whatever it be, the re-
cruit from Oklahoma City left the
recumbent Yankees holding the lilies
left them with only three scattered
hits, while Ty Cobb's collection OF
paprika won by s to 1, and made 1t
three out Of four.
Happily. TIE Browns took beating
from the Athletics, so the New Yorks
still hold their place at the top of the
heap. AS for those Tigers, who were
last just week ago-they moved into
. tie for third place.
A single by Whitley Witt to open the
Yankee attack, triple by Wallie Schang
which went to waste in the fifth and a
three bagger by Elmer Miller, which en-
abled the locals to escape a whitewash-
ing In the seventh. represented the sum
total Of the New Yorks work with the
bat. Stoner had a great fast ball. good
curve and a fair change Of pace. Above
all. he had glittering support.
Led by Lew Blue. the Tigers skipped
hither and thither. made fantastic
clutches, leaped high and dug low
ubiquitous fighters who never for a
moment let up and had nasty habit of
ha i,,of xx1,op
looked as If they had got started. The
Detroits came through witt, three double
plays-of course. they were lightning
double aplays-and Frank Baker, who Il
In a dismal slump, suffered the chagrin
OF hitting into two of them.
Wits Wonderful Catch.
Not all the defensive foreworks were
set off by the visitors. Witt made a
couple of catches which dazzled, and
the second was one of those rip snorting
hair raisers which fill the eye only every
once in a long. long while. In the eighth
inning Blue slammed a terrific liner
toward the home run sector In right
center. Somehow Witt came up with the
ball, jumped high, stuck UP his glove
and speared the pellet. Wits first
master catch also made Blue victim.
Sam Jones pitched for the. Yankees,
and the Tigers pitched into Sam Jones.
The right handler had an off day. gave
eleven hits and was in h;t water nearly
all the time. He retired IN the eighth to
let Camp Skinner bat foc him and this
brought Lefty O'Doul into the, picture tc
pitch the ninth and retire the visitors in
apple pie order.
There was an absorbing filtration be-
tween the Yankees and a thundershowel
In the fifth inning, but the local efforts
20 bring on a flood to forestan the
thirsty Tigers. who were leading by 3
TO 0. were fruitless. Instead of being
halted by the raindrops, which were not
numerous enough to force recess. the
Detroits went out and got fourth run
in that session. Then the Yankees were
out and got another goose egg-and
made it legal ball game, to have and
10 hold. now and forever. while 5000
rain checks became about as valuable
a. SO many Russian roubles.
Cobb Just staggers Around.
Old Man Cobb, who sent a pinch hitter
for himself last week, hobbled about in
center with the slow footedness of a
scared Jack rabbit. and fooled about at
the plate for a mere couple Of hits. not
TO mention a telling sacrifice. Old Man
Cobb had his boys scrapping for every
advantage, running out every chance
playing real ball and winning. Four
straight In Boston. three out of four
here--not so bad for those Tigers.
It's bad form to act the second
guesser in baseball, but II looked to
us as IL the Yankees played poor base
ball In the first. and could not recover.
After the Tigers had taken a two run
lead in the opening inning the Yankees
got men on first and second and nobody
out. Witt got his single and Fewster
walked on four in row. Stonkr, from
oklahoma City. looked as IL he would
not go the inning. Up came Baker. and
the play was to sacrifice.
: The Tiger infieIder was sucked in for
the bunt. but Baker never bunted He
probably intended to cross them, and
It turned out case of the bitter bitten.
Baker tried to hit. and fouled. Now
the Tigers deployed for continuance
OF the hitting game. and again Baker
tried to hit--and failed. Finally he
slammed into a double play. Blue to
.Rigney to Blue fast and fatal With
witt on third there still was hope for
"a run but Holman killed 1t with an
iridescent catch OF Miler's fly in short
right.
Four Hits In First.
Four hits for a couple OF tallies In
the first served notice on Sam Jones
and the rest OF the Yanxs that they were
in for a jolly afternoon. Blue started
things with single to right and then
Bobby Jones slammed a hit Off Pipp's
,outstretched hands. Cobb ordered him
self to sacrifice-and obeyed orders.
,Veach singled to center--a solid single,
men--and two Tigers schooted over the
pan.
The Yankees got their run in the
seventh through an infeld out. Miler's
triple opened the inning. Our Elmo
,darted in while Clark was throwing out