New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03
"CY' YOUNG WINS AGAIN
Defeats Brooklyn After Boston
Loses First Game.
ALLOWS ONLY SIX HITS
Barger Pitches Well Enough to
Get Best of Hogg, One of
Tenney's Youngsters.

Dividing the honors for the second time
Brooklyn and Boston broke even In the
double header at Washington Park yester-
day afternoon. With the versatile 'Cy'
Barger on the mound, Brooklyn managed
to squeak through with the opening game
with the totals standing at to 8. Fred
Tenney made his bid for honors in the final
contest, and sent the veteran "Cy' Young
out on the mound to oppose Wilbur Schardt.
The grand old man Of baseball pitched
game that waited the minds Of the twelve
thousand spectators back to the palmy days
when old Denton stood them on their heads
and, swinging along at relentless pace ne
won his game with the score standing at
2 to /.
Young allowed only a half dozen hits
throughout the battle. and Kept them well
strewn along the way and only in the
eighth inning could the Superbas bunch
them effectively enough TO put a run over
the plate Then, however, Brooklyn saved
itself from the humiliation Of whitewash
Singles by Schardt and Daubert, with Err
wins base on balls and a sacrifice fly by
Wheat. turned the trick. Young famed
three men and issued only one base on
balls.
Schardt was beaten, but far from dis
| graced. The lanky boy pitched ball that
was good enough to win five out OF SIX
games Seven we'll distributed hits We're
cleaned from his delivery, two Of which
were doubles He had all kinds Of smoke
on the ball, and famed ten men, while only
for an instant did he lose control and hit
| Gowdy with the ball in the second inning
A miserable error by HUMPHREYS, the re-
! crult outielder, on Mller's fly, was all that
prevented him from sending the game into
extra innings. The bobble was followed by
Gowdy's hit and Miller scored the winning
run for the Terriers.
Tenney called upon Hogg to oppose Bar
ger. Brooklyn's all around star performer.
Neither Hogg nor "Cy' was effective, but
In points of hits made the Terrier had all
the better of the Superba. Hogg was hit
safely only seven times, but he blew in
the second frame after his mates had
slammed Barger around for brace or tai
lies. and three hits with hit batsman pro-
duced three runs and the lead. He settled
we'll and after the Terriers tied the score
|
} NJ Dahlen's band until the eighth inning,
when three hits scored the winning run.
Zach Wheat was the man who stood be-
tween the Terriers and victory. The fleet
footed Cherokee roved about the outer past
IRE and caught everything that came MS
way. He vas lightning in covering the gar
den with men on bases. and two perfect
throws TO the plate nipped Nike Donlin by
inches. saving the day for Barger. Tooley
made the most Of fifteen hard chances
throughout the day.
The second game was a brilliant duel be-
tween Young and Schardt for five innings,
with Schardt having the shade the better
of his old rival. The strain told in the end,
however, and Boston put one over in the
sixth. With one out in the frame Jackson
| singled and stole second. On the nj and
rtln play. the Tennessee mOuntaineer start
ed for third, and by fast running he crossed
the plate when Miller beat out weak little
roller. Back on the trail for runs, Dahlen
men tied the count in the eighth inning
when Erwin, batting for Bergen, walked.
schardt singled to right field and Erwin
STONED at second. Tooley forced Tex at
the far turn. but when Daubert hit to short
left the paths were filed. Wheat smashed
the ball to deep centre, but Donlin made a
pretty catch, Schardt scoring
poston won out in the ninth when Hum
| nbries's error put Miller on first He stole
| seccnd base, and came around when Gowdy
singled 10 right.
| The score follows:
| FIRST GAME