The sun., 1912-06-01
WILLIE keller LEADS
DODGERS TO VICTORY
Dahlpn on Sick List While His
Players Beat BOstOns
Twice.
YINGLING PITCHES WELL.
So Does Ruckcr After He Is
Called In to Relieve
RagOn.
YINGLING PITCHES WELL

wee W lille keeIer, III the role OF RctinX
manager. led tn" Brooklyns in a double
triumph over the Boston Nationals at
Washington Park yesterday. the scores
being o to 3 and to g. Bill Dahlen was
laid up with an attack Of stomach trouble
| and could not appear in uniform. so Keller.
his able lieutenant. handled the Dodgers
with expert Judgment He assigned the
box to lingling, a compactly built and
| nervy southpaw. who was secured from
Toledo last iall and the younRster pitched
| gilt edged ball in the frat game He
| showed great speed a puzzling cross FIRE
and unfiinching courage.
| The Beaneaters gathered fve hits. two
Of which were rank scratches. on Ninglins.
while two OF their three runs were directly
due 10 bases on balls Behind him the
Brooklyns played with evident confidence.
| Tooley making several brilliant stops and
! throws and Jake Daubert covering first
base in magnificent style. incidentally
| Ningling hit the right field fence within a
| few feet of the top in the fourth inning
fora two bagger that practically put victory
beyond the reach of the visitors
keeler did not waste much time in de-
Gliding to supplant Ragon with Nap Rucker
in the second game. As soon Ragon
showed signs of wahhng in the second
inning keeler raised his right hand and
Rucker came in to save the home team.
This change worked like a charm, TOR
Rucker. with three men on bases and no.
body ont. pulled the Dodgers out of their
predicamcnt 10y engineering three sue
| Cessive putou's and thereafter he was a
puzzle that could not he solved until the
| Bcstons scored one tally in the last period.
The weakness ot the Boston pitchers
was manifest in both games Dickson
once with the Giants. began curvng for
them in the first gam" and he managed to
get away with the first three innings without
allowing more than two hits The Bostons
had made n run in the first inning on
McDonaid's PAS k!rk"'s sa'iitic" and
! disappeared when the Dodgers rolled
up siN runs in the fourth period.
pauhcrt began this rally with cracking
three basser to lett centre and scored on
Wheat's double iinmnel dropped d safe
hi in short right on which Wheat ran to
doaSe ss adsd BY fnh knsI nsh mare sTo~
to second. Wheat crossing the rubber IN a
gallop. ooley walked and irwin's m
ling punched the ball against the fence
for two b ises, sending Humme! and Tooey
home and putting.Brook lyn iust far enough
ahead To carry on the honors
! Dickson was derricked at that stage
OF the slaughter and Hogg was substituted
Devlin fumbed Morans roller and DAILY
Mcdonald picked M smiths grounder
and threw ingling out al the plate, but
Daubert' hard single to left enabled Moran
and paly TO count at the rubber. On ,h,,
Hogg. Who shot the bah to McDonald IN
time to nsli smi,h Siding INTO ,hrd ~
McIigue, lett handler -upplantSd iiogg
IN he NTH inning, hut IN tn" sixth the
Dodgers made two more run. ON IRWIN :
double, SinglIngs sacrifice. Moran's single
and steal and nalys two hagger. smith
and Daubert received passes and with the
bases covered Wheat hied to Miller. Who
threw Day out At the. plate. hummel
added another run 10 Brookyn's string
IN the seventh when he walked stole sec
ond, reached third Oh "A Wild pitch and
safely but was thrown by Miller To second
IN time to force Iooisy, Who mad accepted
a free ticket
Bo,tons runs III the .hrst half of this
round were the rcsul, Of Ncponald's base
on balls, krk"s single. an error 10y
Iool.y, Mlller.- scratch and Shglinc :
After Racon had thanked the Nardm"n
in the first inning of the second game
,ns nodS,rs orS II 6no.h hg,'"r
right aud baly sacrificed. ON Smith :
rap To- Deylin Moran was caught between
second and third, but he rea, he'd the latter
bag when Brown, after touching him.
dropped the pIll pauhert then sent both
men HON" With iauhng triple 10 right
and hung np the third run of the inning
on Humm"l's sharp base hit IN the same
direction.
=, Ragon was easy IN th" second inning
f, Mf,,rr ana Jatk11n nv ssieiy ana wnen ea
bags were filed Dovlin lined base hit to
right, scoring Miller and Jack son. and when
| Ragon handed pass to Gowdy. keeler
sem for kuk"r, king. batting for Brown, T.,
pop.d - fly TO liummo! Mcdonald famed
and Rucker threw kirke ont after stopping
| n -eethlng liner.
| The Brooklyn> had three men on bases
and one out in IN" 'hird when Iooley =
| hot shot vas stopped by Mcdonald and a
last douhl" play was ,omrlnt"d by GoWdy
| and halssr. In the fifth Moran made a
startling catch Of Swe-ney's line drive loee
To IN. fence, whll" in the last half Red
| Smilh found Donn.lly for long home run
drive To ia. left field corner of the park
| Victory was clin"hed with three more
| runs III the siNih when fIunmai tripled, ,
| Tonl"y and Erwln singled. fucker -acri-
| rced and GoWdy mum ed Donnelly's throw
| oi Moran's ground,r to stop looley at the
plate trW in then scored on Gowdy :
wild throw TO catch Moran ~ second The
| rally ended when kirhr .obbled paly 4,
| nv and doubled Moran as lie tried TO run
| home. Brook ln'- ran IA tn. eighth was
produced by double baggsts from the bats
| Of ErW in and l'aly,
| iiausrr got around IN the ninth with
| Beanvill"'- third run ON base on balls,
| t'uW dy'~ has. hit Muran'- oN"u-abl" 'nun
| OF Donnclly, hard liner and McDonald' :
scratch hi. With the bases occupied a
swift double play by Rucker, Erwin ana
| Danher' ended the game.
| The score
FIRST CANT
| BOSTON y H.. BROOkLlN
| alb h y pac ab { ae
n On sh? . = q Moran.f sc? o o
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