New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-18
SUPERBAS STAYE OFF
PIRATES TILL EIGHTH
Visitors Close with a Rush, A.
ter Checking Rally, and
Win by a Run.
Raglan HAS MUCH LUCK
Hit Hard and Bases Filled on
Him Twice, but He Tight
ems Up and Keeps
Score Down.

Even without the mighty Hans Wag-
ner in the lineup. the Pittsburgh ~
rates made the Brooklyn Superbas walk
the plank at Ebbets Field Yesterday at-
ternoon before a small but select gath
ering OF fans" In a nip and tuck
battle. in which fortune seesawed. the
Smoky City band closed with rush
and tearing a cluster of three hits from
Ragan's delivery in the eighth innins
scored two runs. which gave them VIC
tory by score of to 3. The Pirates
timed their runs TO the fraction Of
second. dashinC the hopes of Brooklyn
inspired by a spirited rally in the sew
enth frame. when Dahlen's men scored
three times. momentarily taking the
lead.
The Pirates came up in that eighth IN
ming and set for two runs. They needed
hits, and argued among themselves thal
Ragan might be induced to supply the
necessary commodity So Wilson cuu-
gelled a wallop down the lines that Dau-
bert was lucky to knock down, and
Smiths sensational one-handed stop
alone robbed VioX of a double.
Seeing the chance. Fred Clarke broke
into the game as pinch hitter Clarke
only intended to sacrifice, and both run
ners moved upon his out RaSan to Dau-
bert Ham Hyatt batted for Robinson
but all Brooklyn breathed easier when
the big slugger struck out
That brought little Bob Byrne TO the
bat. and Bobby hit TO centre field scor-
ing Wilson and Viox. Byrne tried for
in Inn
to Ragan to Cutshaw.
The Pirates hammered Ragan for
round dozen safeties. all of the common
one base variety The fame haired lad
was lucky to pull out with only four
runs scored against him. In the sew
enth inning he had the bases filled with
only one out. but no runs were recorded.
and In the third frame, after one run
had scored, runners were on second and
third. with no one out but there they
STAYED. In the fifth the bases were
filed. this time with two out and the
hard hitting Jocks Miller flied to
Wheat. Raglan had fine control, and
this helped
Hank Robinson. a left-handed youth
started for the Pirates and for seven
innings held forth. Then he retired to al
low Fred Clarke to bat for him. lie was
hit nine times. and four Of these came in
the lucky inning" when Brooklyn took
the lead for a while At other times
Brooklyn had chances. but simple-minded
base running nulhfed several perfectly
good hits. Claude r. Hendrix finished for
Pittsburgh and allowed one hit
The felders were busy. KOmmers, the
centre fielder Of the Pirates. made one OF
the greatest captures seen on Ebbets
Field In the second inning Jerry Cut
shaw drove the ball to deep centre. II
looked like a sure home run, hut kom-
mers ran like a deer, and leaping high in
the air pulled It down with one hand.
Just previous TO this Carey qualihed ior
membership in the porch climbers league
by robbing Moran of double by d hard
running catch.
The Pirates scored FIRST in the third in
ming. Viox was safe on Hummeis error,
and took second IN a hit by simon otto
Miller then tried 10 pick him off, but
threw wild and he reached third to tally
on a single by Robinson. In the hfth
Simon was hit, and completed the circuit
on hits by Robinson, who had quite d day
Of II, Carey and Butler.
The Superbas leaped to the fore in the
seventh. Daubert and Smith singled
moved along on a sacrifice by Hummeh
and crossed the plate on Miller's double.
The last named scored on RaGon's semi
annual hit to centre Then came the
eighth. and with it victory for the Pr
rates.
rrLo ecoro follows.