New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-22
SUPERBAS DROP ANOTHER
Thanks to Babe" Adams, Pr
rates Make II Two Straight.
KLEIN BANISHES THREE
Kirkpatrick Averts Brooklyn
Shut Out by Home Run in
Fourth Inning

| Of his skill as a pitcher at Ebbets Field
: In the second game Of the series against
the Brooklyn Superbas yesterday after
noon and, holding Dahlens men in the
/ hollow of his mighty right hand. pitched
/ his team to victory by score of to 2.
/ Enos Kirkuatrck was the one cloud in
/ the otherwise sunny afternoon for Adams.
! lie broke into the game after Jake Dau-
| bert was eXiled for complaining over a
, third strike In the first inning. Coming 10
! the plate I'm the fourth with Charley Stem
/ gel on second base, he slammed the
sphere far into left centre field for
! home run. scoring Stengel before him
| Save in that instance, and one or two
others. the Superbas might have used
! toothpicks with as telling effect in the
pinches. They had two chances to score,
but these were not improved in the
first inning Herbert Moran. the first man
up to the bat. drove out triple 10 distant
| left fed With Hummel. Stengel. Wheat
and Daubert coming up in row. il
seemed as II the run must score Adams.
/ however. was more than equal to the
occasion He made a fine stop and re-
tired Hummel passed Stengel caused
Wheat to pop out and then famed Dau-
bert The latter was so peeved that he
GRATED at great length. and Klein put
him out Of the game.
! In the seventh inning Raglan caused the
crowd 10 gasp by driving double 10
! left field Moran rose to the occasion
and singled 10 centre field but the pitcher
was thrown out al the plate. sent 10 GER
/ tain death bv Phelps. Adams showed his
metal in the eighth inning. after Hummel
/ singled by striking out Stengel Wheat
and Kirkpatrick in z row. In all he al
lowed only seven hits and struck out eight
men.
Billy Klein had 4 bad dav behind the
/ bat and several OF his decisions might
! have been laughsble were they not SO
sad He had the players Of both teams
nervous and kept the crowd In an uproar.
I Brooklyn was the chief sufferer, for not
alone did he chase Daubert, but later he
! banished Otto Miller for venturing an
| opinion that there We're many empty
chairs In the home for the blind and
helpless Also Jerry Cutshaw was re-
quested to leave the bench for Ginning In
i'm the anvil chorus. During the several
debates the Pittsburgh players offered
testimony on both sides.
/ "Roarinc" Pat Ragan was out on The
rubber FOR Brooklyn. but 1t was not his
dav. The Brooklyn infeld played soccer
with couple OF perfectly harmless
chances. and what with Raean himself
and ! Carlyle Smith INDUCING In little
I long distance throwing contest. punched
with a couple Of timely hits by the oppo-
sltion. the result could not be other than
il was Ragan allowed seven hits In all.
but as Indicated. several Of these hap
pened along al critical moments and
drove runners over the plate.
The Pirates opened the bid for runs IN
the second frame. Miller walked. moved
TO second when Wilson grounded 20 Ragan'
and scored on Byrne's single TO left field.
In the fourth the Superbas flashed 10 the
fore for a moment on Kirkpatrick's cir
cult cincher. but the Pirates came back
I'm the sixth inning and tied the count on
a double by Vlox and a single by the only
! Hcnus Wagner
The big blow-off came I'm the eighth
| Viox singled 70 left. and Wagner was
safe when Ragan threw his bunt wild
The thought Of Wagner bunting was sum
cient cause 20 make any one throw wiId.
Miller tried 10 sacrifice. and rolled one
down 10 Smith. but the latter would have
lnone Of il and threw TO right field allow
Ing Viox and Wagner 10 score, while
! Miller went 10 second. He took third
on sacrifice b. Wilson. and scored on
A perfectly executed squeeze play, Byrne
bunting the ball and dying AZ first.
H. IA. ninth itufug with two out. zee
| Callahan batted for Raglan and doubled
but Viox caught Moran's savage line
drive. ending the game.