New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-14
mo STOPPING SUPERBAS.
Reds Driven to Cover Under a
Shower of Hits and Runs.
SEW GAME UP IN SECOND
Six Men Complete the Circuit in
That Inning and the Rest
Was Easy.

! fight for first place i'm the National
League pennant race at Ebbets Field
yesterday against the Cincinnati Reds,
and after the visitors by forced march
/ in the early innings had taken a COM
handing position behind the breastworks
of three rurs. stormed the heights. sweep
/ ing all before them and won by score of
! o to 8.
| Victory was won only after Dahlen had
unlimbered his heaviest siege guns and
| opened a concerted fire of grape and
shrapne on General Arthur II. Fromme,
the grizzled veteran. who repulscd the
/ Giants In the battle of CoOgan's Bluff
/ few days ago.
: For five innings Fromme stood up under
the whitening voleys, vainly striving 10
ward off defeat. but finally surrendered
after friChtful slaughter.
over on the Gulf of Philadelphia. Com
modore Doom. Of the good ship Phillies,
and "Capting" Wagner, of the Pirate
/ frigate. Pittsburgh, met In battle, and
once more the sea vandas struck their
coors before the cannonading OF the
/ Quaker city craft so Dahen must needs
wait another day at least before his flag
waves above the rampant of First Place.
/ Frank Allen. from Mobile. who hurls
them from the south side, was in com
mand of the Brooklyn skirmishers when
4 the Reds appeared marching in battle for
nation across the heights. Brooklyn
quickly depoyed. but after exchanging
( few volleys. discovered that the enemy
was too strong, and fell back upon the
main body, where Allen was relieved from
command by Cliff Curtis, who held the
enemy in check thereafter. Under the
direction of Curtis Brooklyn's position
was never in danger.
/ Before that was accomplished, however
; the Reds had scored three runs Lite
johnny Bates opened the battle by drlV-
/ ing a single to Fisher, which the latter dlu
well to stop, and completed the circuit
when Becker got a lucky triple TO lett
field The ball tok a bad bound ana go'
away from Wheat. Tinker fouled out 10
Captain Daubert. and ioblitzen drlpbled
to the box. with rare baseball sense
Becker tried TO score and was easily run
out. Hobby taking third on his demise ana
scoring on "A single to centre by Marsans.
In the second inning the Reds scored their
. a
/ luke double by Fromme.
! While all this was going on the Su-
perbas held their fire. but in their nan
Of the second inning the gunners woke Up
and fairly slaughtered Fromme. seven
/ hits and a base on balls. five OF the hits
coming after two men were out scored
half a dozen runs and sewed UP the
game. Ten men batted around. Daubert'
who opened by loftng to Becker. closed
with a drive TO Tinker. who made re-
markable one handed stop and snap throw
which got Wheat at third base
After Daubort flied to Becker Smith ana
Fisher singled in succession. Miller was
nassed Intentionally, filling the bases
Dablen then sidetracked Allen and sent
Erwin to bat. but TEX" struck out on
three balls. Hits then ratified from the
bats of Moran. Cutshaw, Stengel Wheat
and Daubert in a row ana six runs
counted
\ short respite followed. but in the
fifth inning Brooklyn knocked Fromme
ont OF the box Wheat and Smith singled
and Fisher cleaned up with triple
Betts. a former amateur from the ,incln-
natl sand lots. entered the game. lie was
inclined 10 be wild, but allowed only one
hit. a triple by Fisher. who scored on
long ny by Miller for the final run OF
! the game.
Fisher was especially active in the
game. He not only had three hits. in
Guiding two triples. but h. took care Of
eight chances in the field. wheat hau
five chances in the field and two hits'
while Becker had six drives to look AFTER
Old Johnny King caught In his oldtlme
form and hammered out three safe hits
Bill Dahlen was in collision with LORD
Byron. and was put off the field for dis
putting a perfectly good decision at second
| base.
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