New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-31
BROOKLYN SM|TES BOSTON
Rucker Steps Into Breach and
QueI|S a Rally.
SMALL HOLIDAY GATHERING
Kent Holds Braves for Six
Innings, but Weakens and
Nearly Loses Game.

Kent. the young pitcher OF INC bfpOhiN u
Superbas. pitched iu faultl.Ss style Tor SIN
innings Of the game with the Boston
braves at Washington Park Yesterday
morning hut ho blew MP in the seventh
inning and scared to such great heights
that before the inning was over Ia
derrickcd him and Scut g. Napoleon
Rucker into the box 10 save the game after
FIVE runs had been hammered over the
plate Tho Georgian was in good form
and allowed only one hit this home run
bv Jackson to the outlNint district OF Go
wanus Canal. Brookiyn's classic body OF
water. Despite tho rall> tho SuperhaS
managed 10 gather eight hits. and, aided
hv four errors, won by score Of : to 8.
Rain prevented the game scheduled for the
afternoon
The 'dav wa threatening. and only %"
fans were on hand 10 witness tho affair
lust 70 show how loyal a Brooklyn crowd
can he. the fans" stood up in the ninth
inning and rooted heart and lungs for Dos
ton To ~ least tic tho score in that frame
and win ont AT leisure Mcdonald. the IN
fielder Of the Braves, was called to The
home plato by Ownie Yiugling. and while
his team mates gathered in the mia dis
lance was decorated with the highest I'm
sigma OF the Knights ~ Columbus. The
crowd was slightly I'm doubt As ia lust
what was going on, but they ch"er"d lust
As ~ all were in on the deal
Although Hess was no great puzzle to tho
BROOKLYN batters. he might we'll have
pulled the game out Of the fire., bat IN or
der 10 win almost any game you've got 10
stop kicking the ball around and this Bos-
ton absolutely refused 10 do. II so hap
pened that not 2 few Of their hlunders
came when Brooklyn had runners on the
paths and so made the high road 70 rho
plate easy Of access.
While the BROOKLYN defence was far from
perfect they managed 10 refrain from
making any costly plays when Boston had
men on the paths Wheat dropped 3
wicked smash off Sweeney's bat in the soy
enth inning, when there was runner on
third. but Il was long hit and the run
ner would have scored anyway
It was not all ragged. however. and few
Of the athletes made plays which meritcd
the unstinted applause Of the crowd
Sweeney had a busy time at the keystone
sack and made the most Of his half dozen
chances. Jackson roved about in the out
field and made three neat captures. while
DAILY was kept on the 60 To get four
Spratt had three chances in ALL but mud
died two Of them in the most approved
fashion Spratt made amends I'm n meas
ure for his inability 10 hold the ball by
his sturdy work with the bat. He poled
ont two singles in four times up while
Kirke and Daubert did as well.
The scoring WAS started ny Brooklyn.
who put three runs over the plate on d
pass to DAILY. an infeld out. a hit latsman.
Daubert's double and a single by Wheat
with Hummel's out at first. They scored
again in the fifth inning on an error by
Spratt and daring steal home by Kent
which rivals tie performances OF Leon
Ames IN the following frame they col
lected three more hits on "A single by Dau-
bert HummerS triple a base on balls to
TOoiey and single by Phelps which was
i'm turn followed by an infeld out by Kent
Then came the explosive seventh inning.
With one out Jackson singled and Dcvlin
was passed Spratt bounced a little one
10 Kent. but Smith muffed the throw at
third and the bases We're filled. That gave
Boston the chance. and they improved on
five runs were scored and Kent had been
banished. while Nap Rucker entered the
fight In the following frame jackson lar
ruped the ball for "A home run into the cor
ner Of left field. but that was all When
the team came up for the ninth frame the
crowd rooted for them. but in vain. Rucker
retired the side on half dozen pitched
balls