New-York tribune., 1911-09-05
BROOKLYN ''FANS" HAPPY
SuperbaS Defeat PhiIIieS Twice
Without Difficulty.
ALEXANDER FIRST TO FALL
Then Earl Moore Tries His Hand
and Meets with a Sim
liar Fate.

Two stirring victories over the faltering
! Phillies at Washington Park yesterday was
the record Of Brooklyn. Humbling the
pride OF the Quaker City pitching staff In
the morning game, the Superbas jumped
all over Alexander and Earl Moore captur-
ing the game by a score Of 8 to 2 In the
afternoon battle with G.. Napoleon Rucker
as artist Brooklyn welded the whitewash
brush, at to O. while Moore, who again
tried his luck, and Curtis looked on In
silent admiration. The crowd OF some flf-
teen thousand fans" had cheered Justify.
for state occasions are rare in Brooklyn.
While Rucker pitched a great game in
the afternoon battle, he was aided and
abetted at every angle. Philadelphia sim
ply didn't want the game, so Brooklyn had
70 accent It. Six errors were spilled along
the route. which figured prominently In
the result Knabe Is good second base
man. and while he had the right idea OF
fielding the ball, he lacked the execution
! thereof, and his poor work in the fourth
| frame was largely responsible for the runs
made Moore was in a good mood; he con-
/ tributed two errors TO the cause. The
"fans" cheered all hands wildly when they
n,arag ged 10 get the ball and hold on to II.
| Rucker held his rivals down to five hits.
and under the spell Of his work the plate
was never threatened. Nine hits were
| cleaned from Moore.
| Elmer Knetzer pitched one Of his good
games in the morning and we'll deserved
10 win. He confined the slugging OF the
visitors TO five hits, three or which
were punched In the second and third
innings and sent the only two runs scurry-
ing over the plate, Alexander weakened In
the seventh inning after the Superbas had
combed him down for run in the fourth,
and then, punching four hits with a stolen
base and an error, scored four runs and
won the game Moore entered the game
In the eighth inning, but he was hit safeiy
twice. and these. with an error and base
on balls produced two runs.
philadelphia scored in the second inning
of the morning game when Beck doubled,
took the far turn on sacrifice and
counted on a well worked squeeze a pass
to Knabe, with Lobert's double. gave them
run in the third, but Brooklyn counted
one in the following frame. Daubert was
PASSED. but was forced by Wheat. Zach
stole the midway, to score on triple by
Hummel.
Hits by Hummel, Humphries, thinner
man and Daubert, with a stolen base by
zimmerman and Madden's error, produced
four runs in the seventh inning, and when
Moore took up the fight in the following
frame singles by CoulsOn and Erwin with
[ a PASS 10 Hummel and LObertS error, gave
the last run Of the game.
Brooklyn had a field day in the after
noon battle. and scored in the first inning.
The fourth ball to Tooley was wild pitch
and the batter went TO second. Moore
threw Daubert's sacrifice wild, and all
hands were safe. While Jake and Wheat
were doubled Tooloy scored from third.
Daubert and Wheat hit safely in the third
frame and scored a run, and the following
inning two errors by Knabe, with doubles
by Coulson and Zimmerman, produced
three runs. The final tally OF the game
was made in the seventh frame on double
by Daubert and Hummel's hit for base.
The score follows