New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-16
.RUCKER DOES THE TRICK
Pitches Brilliant Ball, and Brook
Ign Beats the Cardinals.
TOOLEY IN THE LIMELlGHT
Superbas' Shortstop Completes
Splendid Days Work by
Checking Incipient Rally.

With the team running as smoothly as a
dynamo, Bill Dahlen and his band OF
Brooklyn Superbas won thrilling victory
over the hard hitting Cardinals yesterday
afternoon in the first Of four-game series,
The score was TO /. The Brooklyn team
showed one OF the finest brands OF real
live baseball 1t has exhibited this year.
and with Nap" Rucker working at top
speed, the Cardinals were held helpless,
although they fought to the bitter end and
threatened to pull off one of their well
known and highly feared ninth inning
rallies, when two singles rang off the bats
of Evans and Mowrey, with no one out.
Rucker was never better In his life. He
struck out a dozen batsmen. every man
on the ST Louis team tanning the air at
least once, with the exception Of Miller
Higgins Seven hits in ali were made off
Rucker, and three Of these came in the
first inning and produced the Cardinals
sole tally Thereafter Rucker had them
eating out Of his hand and not until the
last inning did they seriously threaten the
plate In the sixth inning he turned on the
steam to the last notch and struck out the
! side, Konetchy, Evans and Mowrey being
| the victims.
Tooley PLAYED the short field in manner
! that endeared him TO the hearts OF the
rooters. and roved about all over the dia-
mond. His lightning stop at second base
Of grounder by Hauser in the sixth
inning enabled him to force Higgins. and
! his fine hurl to Daubert doubled up the
little shortstop at first by step. and 1t
was a remarkable catch by Tooley that
/ broke up the rally by the visitors in the
ninth inning when he raced back into lett
| field and caught Texas Lacquer by Roger
| Bresnahan and prevented Evans from
scoring.
! Rucker was accorded warm reception
when he toed the rubber in the first inning,
and il appeared for a moment as II the
crowd Of some ten or twelve thousand
would be disappointed. Higgins slammed
the first service to centre field for base,
and after Hauser famed Ellis pounded the
hall TO right for a double. Higgins slid
home safe on the hit. KOnetchy struck
out, and. although Evans rolled MT aI9ns
the third base line, the clouuhg ehueu
there for Mowrey finished the inning by
grounding out to Zimmerman.
II was good hesdwork that saved Rucker
from trouble in the fourth. He got ria OF
walked Cakes obliged by striking out
nahan he proceeded to fan Sallee
The unexpected opened the way Tor
Brooklyn 10 win out in the hfth, Erw d,
hunted along the third base line and oeat
| Il ont by yard Fucker hit to centre Tor
/ a base. and Davidson went out to ko-
netchy. Jake Daubert whalsd . one 10 cen
tire that scored Erwin, and took secon com,
/ when Cakes let the ball roll away from
him him Daubert rushed to third when, Hauser
| could not field Wheats savage lick, put
Rucker tried for, the plate and was run
| on the play Humme then beat out a
| grounder TO third and Daubert crossed the
plate with the last run of the game.
Evans opeeed the ninth by hitting 70
one 10 left sending Evans TO second base
/ hut the next three men were dispatched.
thanks to Tooley's fine WORK
The score follows: